Betting guide: Anderlecht favourite to beat Kortrijk at Lotto Park

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 21.February
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Lotto Park

The league table in Pro League tells a story about these teams so far, with Anderlecht leading Kortrijk by 9 points. Match preview to follow:

Insights:
  • Anderlecht has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in Pro League

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!

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Anderlecht form and stats

Anderlecht, who have the fewest conceded goals (6) at home in Pro League, are steadily winning Pro League games and points here at Lotto Park. 7 wins, 6 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 13 games. Two draws in a row at home now for Anderlecht.

Anderlecht travelled for their previous game, a trip to Cercle Brugge that ended 0-0. A strong away win before that one, visiting Union Saint-Gilloise and winning 5-0.

Anderlecht are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 18 goals in 13 games. Defensively Anderlecht have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (6 in 13 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Kortrijk form and stats

4 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Kortrijk playing as the away team in the Pro League this season.

Kortrijk play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-3 to OH Leuven (placed 5th). A draw for Kortrijk before that, at their own venue hosting Standard Liege (after extra-time, 5-6 on penalties) (1-1).

The attacking power of Kortrijk when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored from 13 league matches away. Kortrijk have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Kortrijk - Anderlecht 1-3. Last ten meetings between the teams: Anderlecht won seven, Kortrijk won one and two draws. eight games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

AnderlechtL. Nmecha
L. Nmecha
12 goals
KortrijkP. Guèye
P. Guèye
5 goals
KortrijkF. Selemani
F. Selemani
4 goals

Anderlecht missing players

Kortrijk missing players

Anderlecht Kortrijk
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 5 Played P 4 13 27
10 7 2 Won W 0 4 9
12 6 3 Drew D 0 4 6
5 0 0 Lost L 4 5 12
36 18 7 Scored S 2 12 33
27 6 3 Conceded C 8 13 40
85% 77% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 77% 85%
70% 62% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 62% 74%
44% 31% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 46% 63%
26% 15% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 8% 26%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
52% 38% 60% BTTS BTTS 50% 46% 56%
33% 62% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 38% 30%
30% 23% 20% Failed to Score F T 50% 38% 30%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.6 1.2 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 1.8 1.7
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
9 10.2 12.6 Shots (avg) S ( 10 8.4 9.6
3.4 4.2 5.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.6 4
39% 33% 26% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 26% 30%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Anderlecht has the fewest conceded goals (6) at home in Pro League
  • Anderlecht has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in Pro League
  • Anderlecht has the most clean sheets (8) at home in Pro League
  • Anderlecht have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Anderlecht have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at 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 19 3 4 55 18 13 9 1 3 24 11 13 10 2 1 31 7 37 60
2 Antwerp 27 14 5 8 44 36 13 7 3 3 22 17 14 7 2 5 22 19 8 47
3 Genk 26 12 7 7 50 35 13 7 4 2 29 16 13 5 3 5 21 19 15 43
4 Anderlecht 27 10 12 5 36 27 13 7 6 0 18 6 14 3 6 5 18 21 9 42
5 OH Leuven 27 11 7 9 44 43 14 7 2 5 19 18 13 4 5 4 25 25 1 40
6 Standard Liege 27 10 10 7 38 31 14 5 7 2 20 16 13 5 3 5 18 15 7 40
7 KV Oostende 26 11 6 9 39 34 13 7 4 2 27 17 13 4 2 7 12 17 5 39
8 Mechelen 27 11 6 10 41 43 14 4 3 7 22 25 13 7 3 3 19 18 -2 39
9 Sporting Charleroi 26 11 5 10 39 35 12 5 3 4 13 9 14 6 2 6 26 26 4 38
10 Beerschot-Wilrijk 27 11 4 12 48 52 14 6 3 5 27 24 13 5 1 7 21 28 -4 37
11 Zulte-Waregem 27 11 4 12 41 47 14 4 2 8 16 28 13 7 2 4 25 19 -6 37
12 Gent 27 10 6 11 40 33 13 5 3 5 23 17 14 5 3 6 17 16 7 36
13 Kortrijk 27 9 6 12 33 40 14 5 2 7 21 27 13 4 4 5 12 13 -7 33
14 AS Eupen 26 7 11 8 32 42 13 4 4 5 18 22 13 3 7 3 14 20 -10 32
15 Sint-Truiden 27 8 6 13 35 42 14 5 3 6 18 16 13 3 3 7 17 26 -7 30
16 Royal Excel Mouscron 27 6 8 13 23 41 13 3 5 5 13 16 14 3 3 8 10 25 -18 26
17 Cercle Brugge 27 7 2 18 30 45 14 3 1 10 18 25 13 4 1 8 12 20 -15 23
18 Waasland-Beveren 26 5 6 15 32 56 12 2 1 9 13 29 14 3 5 6 19 27 -24 21

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.