Football betting preview: Anderlecht favourites when AS Eupen visits

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 23.February
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Lotto Park (22500 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Anderlecht are in the 9th position while the guesting AS Eupen worry at 13th.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

AS Eupen are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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Anderlecht form and stats

5-5-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Pro League numbers at home for Anderlecht so far this season.

Anderlecht faced defeat in their previous match, away at Mechelen (0-2). 1-1 away at Gent before that.

Anderlecht has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. Anderlecht have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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AS Eupen form and stats

AS Eupen have only collected 13 points from their away games in the Pro League, after 4-1-8 (13 played).

The manager B. San José Gil was unhappy after their last game, a Pro League match played at their home ground Stadion am Kehrweg. AS Eupen suffered a 2-3 loss to Gent (placed 2nd). Preceding that game, the 2-5 loss visiting Sint-Truiden's place.

The attacking power of AS Eupen when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored from 13 league matches away. In the opposite end, AS Eupen have conceded 25 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; AS Eupen - Anderlecht 0-0. Anderlecht-AS Eupen H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Anderlecht six wins, AS Eupen one win, three draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

AnderlechtN. Chadli
N. Chadli
7 goals
AnderlechtK. Roofe
K. Roofe
6 goals
AnderlechtM. Vlap
M. Vlap
5 goals

Anderlecht missing players

AS Eupen missing players

Anderlecht AS Eupen
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 13 5 Played P 3 13 26
8 5 2 Won W 0 4 7
10 5 2 Drew D 0 1 5
8 3 1 Lost L 3 8 14
29 16 7 Scored S 1 12 24
28 11 4 Conceded C 5 25 43
73% 69% 60% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 92%
62% 54% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 62% 69%
46% 46% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 54% 42%
15% 15% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 23% 19%
15% 15% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 23% 19%
54% 46% 60% BTTS BTTS 33% 46% 50%
38% 54% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 15% 23%
35% 31% 40% Failed to Score F T 67% 46% 35%
 
5.3 6.3 7.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.5 4.1
4.3 3.2 2.8 Corners against (avg) C A 6.7 6.2 5.5
1.6 1.1 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.9 2.4
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 3 3
 
192 128 53 Total Shots T S 19 48 102
90 58 31 Shots on Target S O 5 19 38
32% 28% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 63% 63%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • AS Eupen has the fewest dropped points from leading position (3)
  • AS Eupen has the most conceded goals in the first half (25)
  • AS Eupen have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • AS Eupen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 26 18 7 1 53 12 13 10 3 0 30 4 13 8 4 1 23 8 41 61
2 Gent 26 15 7 4 54 28 13 10 3 0 33 9 13 5 4 4 21 19 26 52
3 Sporting Charleroi 26 13 9 4 43 21 13 9 2 2 24 9 13 4 7 2 19 12 22 48
4 Antwerp 26 13 8 5 45 30 13 9 4 0 25 11 13 4 4 5 20 19 15 47
5 Standard Liège 26 13 6 7 46 30 13 8 3 2 23 9 13 5 3 5 23 21 16 45
6 Genk 26 11 5 10 39 38 13 8 1 4 20 16 13 3 4 6 19 22 1 38
7 Mechelen 26 11 4 11 38 42 13 5 3 5 20 23 13 6 1 6 18 19 -4 37
8 Zulte-Waregem 26 10 4 12 38 39 13 7 1 5 28 15 13 3 3 7 10 24 -1 34
9 Anderlecht 26 8 10 8 29 28 13 5 5 3 16 11 13 3 5 5 13 17 1 34
10 Royal Excel Mouscron 26 8 9 9 36 37 13 5 5 3 21 16 13 3 4 6 15 21 -1 33
11 Kortrijk 26 9 5 12 38 40 13 5 3 5 24 20 13 4 2 7 14 20 -2 32
12 Sint-Truiden 26 9 5 12 32 43 13 4 5 4 17 15 13 5 0 8 15 28 -11 32
13 AS Eupen 26 7 5 14 24 43 13 3 4 6 12 18 13 4 1 8 12 25 -19 26
14 KV Oostende 26 6 3 17 25 50 13 5 2 6 17 22 13 1 1 11 8 28 -25 21
15 Waasland-Beveren 26 5 5 16 21 52 13 3 2 8 12 27 13 2 3 8 9 25 -31 20
16 Cercle Brugge 26 5 2 19 24 52 13 4 1 8 15 23 13 1 1 11 9 29 -28 17

Read more about Pro League

The First Division A is the top league of the football pyramid in Belgium, founded in 1895. It was earlier known as the Belgian Pro League. The season runs from July to May with 16 teams each playing 30 fixtures. The top six in the league table then play a championship playoff, the bottom team is relegated and places #7 to #15 have a Europa League playoff.