Pro League: Anderlecht expected to win home game against KV Oostende

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Tue 15.December
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Lotto Park (22500 seats)

Anderlecht perform at a high level so far being 6th in the table. KV Oostende can look both up and down from their 9th position.

Insights:
  • Anderlecht has the fewest conceded goals (5) at home in Pro League
  • Anderlecht have scored at least twice as many goals at home as KV Oostende have scored away.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Anderlecht and KV Oostende.

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Anderlecht form and stats

16 points is a decent return from 8 Pro League games here at Lotto Park for Anderlecht. The data says 4 wins, 4 draws and 0 losses.

The Anderlecht supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Genk in Pro League and win 1-0. 2-2 away at Zulte-Waregem before that.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Anderlecht matches with similar probabilities have ended with one win, zero draws and zero defeats (from one game).

Anderlecht are traveling soon after this match as the Pro League match at Sporting Charleroi awaits in three days.

Anderlecht has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. Anderlecht have only conceded 5 from their league home 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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KV Oostende form and stats

KV Oostende have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Pro League, after 2-2-4 (8 played).

Oostende play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Cercle Brugge (placed 12th). Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Gent.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of KV Oostende when being an outsider away as they are today, we find five matches with the visitors losing three times, drawing one and winning one game.

A new game in only four days for KV Oostende, the Pro League home match versus AS Eupen. Busy days.

The attacking power of KV Oostende when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 8 league matches away. 9 goals have been conceded by Oostende in these games. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: KV Oostende - Anderlecht 2-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - one - three (Anderlecht wins - draws - KV Oostende wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AnderlechtL. Nmecha
L. Nmecha
7 goals
KV OostendeJ. Sakala
J. Sakala
5 goals
KV OostendeM. Gueye
M. Gueye
5 goals

Anderlecht missing players

KV Oostende missing players

Anderlecht KV Oostende
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
16 8 4 Played P 2 8 16
6 4 2 Won W 0 2 6
8 4 2 Drew D 1 2 4
2 0 0 Lost L 1 4 6
26 11 4 Scored S 2 5 21
20 5 1 Conceded C 3 9 19
94% 88% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 94%
81% 62% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 38% 69%
56% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 25% 56%
44% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 25% 31%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
69% 50% 25% BTTS BTTS 50% 25% 50%
25% 50% 75% Clean Sheets C S 0% 38% 31%
12% 12% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 25%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 1.6 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.6 2.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
9.4 10.4 9.8 Shots (avg) S ( 11 8.8 8.8
3.8 4.2 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.6 3.9
43% 32% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 17% 34%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Anderlecht has the fewest conceded goals (5) 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.
  • Anderlecht have scored at least twice as many goals at home as KV Oostende have scored 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 Genk 16 9 4 3 35 21 8 5 2 1 21 10 8 4 2 2 14 11 14 31
2 Club Brugge 15 9 3 3 30 11 8 5 1 2 13 6 7 4 2 1 17 5 19 30
3 Beerschot-Wilrijk 16 9 1 6 39 37 8 6 0 2 23 15 8 3 1 4 16 22 2 28
4 OH Leuven 16 8 4 4 30 25 8 5 2 1 13 9 8 3 2 3 17 16 5 28
5 Sporting Charleroi 16 8 3 5 24 17 8 4 1 3 10 6 8 4 2 2 14 11 7 27
6 Anderlecht 16 6 8 2 26 20 8 4 4 0 11 5 8 2 4 2 15 15 6 26
7 Antwerp 15 7 4 4 28 23 7 4 3 0 15 9 8 3 1 4 13 14 5 25
8 Standard Liege 15 6 7 2 19 14 8 3 5 0 11 8 7 3 2 2 8 6 5 25
9 KV Oostende 16 6 4 6 21 19 8 4 2 2 16 10 8 2 2 4 5 9 2 22
10 Kortrijk 16 5 5 6 21 24 8 2 2 4 14 18 8 3 3 2 7 6 -3 20
11 AS Eupen 15 4 8 3 18 21 7 2 3 2 9 11 8 2 5 1 9 10 -3 20
12 Cercle Brugge 16 6 0 10 22 28 8 3 0 5 13 15 8 3 0 5 9 13 -6 18
13 Gent 15 5 1 9 22 25 7 2 1 4 11 12 8 3 0 5 11 13 -3 16
14 Zulte-Waregem 15 4 3 8 21 30 8 1 2 5 10 19 7 3 1 3 11 11 -9 15
15 Waasland-Beveren 15 4 3 8 21 30 8 2 1 5 10 16 7 2 2 3 11 14 -9 15
16 Mechelen 15 3 5 7 22 28 7 1 2 4 12 14 8 2 3 3 10 14 -6 14
17 Royal Excel Mouscron 16 3 4 9 12 26 8 2 2 4 7 9 8 1 2 5 5 17 -14 13
18 Sint-Truiden 16 2 5 9 18 30 8 2 3 3 9 9 8 0 2 6 9 21 -12 11

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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.