Match guide: Anderlecht expected to win when Beerschot-Wilrijk comes to visit

This could be an action-packed fixture with lots of spark and energy as both squads are well recovered since they last played a game. Let's get started!

Anderlecht form and stats

Anderlecht have collected 8 points from their Pro League home games so far after 2-2-1. The trend of drawing games is also valid regardless of arena as Anderlecht has four draws from their last four matches.

Anderlecht shared the glory with Sint-Truiden in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. Anderlecht's goalie Hendrik Van Crombrugge played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Sint-Truiden with a stunning six saves. Sergio Gómez was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.65 out of 10. The defender Gómez scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 0 of 2 duels.

Before that, Anderlecht played out a draw 2-2 when visiting KV Oostende.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Anderlecht home games with this odds we find eight games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in four wins, three draws and one defeat. Looking at the victories, three matches were won by at least two goals.

There will be little rest for Anderlecht after this match as they are travelling to La Louviere for a Belgian Cup game in only three days.

Anderlecht are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (13 goals in 5 games). On the other hand, Anderlecht have conceded 7 goals.

Beerschot-Wilrijk form and stats

The visitors are W0-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Pro League. The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Beerschot-Wilrijk, who have now gone eleven games without a victory. The Cercle Brugge game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since.

Beerschot-Wilrijk aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 278 league minutes without a goal. I. Soumare was the last player to find the net.

Beerschot-Wilrijk might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Mechelen proved too strong as Beerschot-Wilrijk slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Olympisch Stadion. Mike Vanhamel (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 7.6. Vanhamel stopped the opponent with four saves.

Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to OH Leuven.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Beerschot-Wilrijk played away with similar odds. This revealed three games. The visitors overcame the odds to win one time, two were draws and the home team won as expected zero times.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Beerschot-Wilrijk manager J. Torrente as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Francs Borains.

Beerschot-Wilrijk are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 7 away goals from 5 games (in the league). People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Beerschot-Wilrijk concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.

Head 2 Head

As for the last three games between these two teams, there's two Anderlecht victories, zero draws and one Beerschot-Wilrijk win. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

B. Raman 4 goals

J. Zirkzee 4 goals

L. Refaelov 3 goals

Anderlecht missing players

Beerschot-Wilrijk missing players