The Anderlecht & Antwerp managers V. Kompany and F. Vercauteren are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Pro League league table.
- Anderlecht is in the best form (4-2-0)
- Antwerp haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Anderlecht is in the 3rd league table position and will remain there regardless of what happens for the rest of the season. Antwerp are staying put at 2nd place whatever happens for the rest of the season.
Anderlecht form and stats
Anderlecht, who have the fewest conceded goals (11) at home in Pro League, have performed here this season with 9 wins from 17 Pro League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 7 games and lost 1. Two home wins in a row for Anderlecht bring valid hopes of a third.
Anderlecht drew their last game, 2-2 away at Club Brugge. Before that, Anderlecht had a home game versus Club Brugge which ended with a victory 2-1.
Jacob Bruun Larsen was able to secure the draw 2-2 in the game against Club Brugge after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Anderlecht handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, three draws and two defeats.
The manager V. Kompany will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Genk in only four days.
Anderlecht are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 25 goals in 17 games. From these home matches, Anderlecht have conceded only 11 goals.
Antwerp form and stats
9-2-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Antwerp in their Pro League matches away. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Antwerp, as they have won on their previous two travels.
Antwerp's previous game was their home loss versus Genk (2-3). That result followed a home victory 3-2 versus Genk.
Antwerp are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is five wins, three draws and four defeats. From a total of twelve matches.
The travelling fans enjoy Antwerp's attacking play in away games, having scored 27 goals in 17 league matches away. As opposed to that, Antwerp have seen the ball go into their own net 23 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Antwerp - Anderlecht 1-4. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Anderlecht four wins, four draws and Antwerp two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Nmecha 15 goals |   D. Mbokani Bezua 11 goals |  L. Refaelov 9 goals |
Anderlecht missing players
Antwerp missing players
| Anderlecht | Antwerp | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 35 | 17 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 17 | 35 |
| 15 | 9 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 9 | 18 |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 53 | 25 | 5 | Scored | S | 6 | 27 | 59 |
| 36 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 23 | 51 |
| 89% | 82% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 97% |
| 74% | 71% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 83% |
| 49% | 35% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 53% | 57% |
| 31% | 18% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 29% | 40% |
| 9% | 6% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 18% | 31% |
| 57% | 47% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 53% | 63% |
| 29% | 47% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 24% | 20% |
| 26% | 24% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 24% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 1 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | 11.1 | 8.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 9.8 | 10.2 |
| 3.7 | 4.3 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4.3 | 4.5 |
| 40% | 34% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 37% | 38% |
- Anderlecht have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Anderlecht have the fewest conceded goals (11) at home in Pro League
- Anderlecht have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in Pro League
- Anderlecht have the most clean sheets (8) at home in Pro League
- Anderlecht is in the best form (4-2-0)
- Antwerp haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Club Brugge | 34 | 24 | 4 | 6 | 73 | 26 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 34 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 39 | 11 | 47 | 76 |
| 2 | Antwerp | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 57 | 48 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 25 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 23 | 9 | 60 |
| 3 | Anderlecht | 34 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 51 | 34 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 23 | 17 | 58 |
| 4 | Genk | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 67 | 48 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 38 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 28 | 19 | 56 |
| 5 | KV Oostende | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 49 | 41 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 53 |
| 6 | Standard Liege | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 52 | 41 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 21 | 11 | 50 |
| 7 | Gent | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 55 | 42 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 21 | 13 | 49 |
| 8 | Mechelen | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 54 | 54 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 30 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 24 | 0 | 48 |
| 9 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 58 | 64 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 29 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 26 | 35 | -6 | 47 |
| 10 | Zulte-Waregem | 34 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 53 | 69 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 38 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 30 | 31 | -16 | 46 |
| 11 | OH Leuven | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 54 | 59 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 36 | -5 | 45 |
| 12 | AS Eupen | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 44 | 55 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 30 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 25 | -11 | 43 |
| 13 | Sporting Charleroi | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 46 | 49 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 33 | -3 | 42 |
| 14 | Kortrijk | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 44 | 57 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 24 | 35 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 22 | -13 | 39 |
| 15 | Sint-Truiden | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 41 | 52 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 32 | -11 | 38 |
| 16 | Cercle Brugge | 34 | 11 | 3 | 20 | 40 | 51 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 25 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 25 | -11 | 36 |
| 17 | Waasland-Beveren | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 44 | 70 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 21 | 40 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 30 | -26 | 31 |
| 18 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 32 | 54 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 32 | -22 | 31 |