Anderlecht and KV Oostende are ready to display their new recruits and finesse: It's the first fixture of the Pro League season.
Anderlecht form and stats
In the previous season, Anderlecht's league statistics were 18 wins, 10 draws and 6 losses, leading to 3rd spot in the Pro League. Over these 34 matches they scored 72 goals and gave away 36. Appearing as the home team in the previous season Anderlecht generated 10-5-2 (win-draw-lost) with 41 goals and 19 conceded.
Anderlecht are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 11 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 7, drew 4 and lost 0.
Anderlecht have prepared for this season with four friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these four matches are 3 victories, 0 draws and 1 losses. In these games, Anderlecht have scored 8 goals and conceded 1 time.
KV Oostende form and stats
Let's have a look at how KV Oostende performed last season in the Pro League: They landed a 12th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 7 draws and 17 defeats. In total they scored 34 and conceded 61 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 4 and lost 8 with 15/24 goals scored/conceded.
That victory felt nice as this side had gone four league fixtures without victory.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Oostende played away with similar odds. This revealed 5 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 1 were draw and the home team won as expected 4 times.
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. KV Oostende have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 6 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeats from seven fixtures.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - two - three (Anderlecht wins - draws - KV Oostende wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Anderlecht missing players
KV Oostende missing players
| Anderlecht | KV Oostende | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anderlecht | Last season | KV Oostende | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 40 | 20 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 20 | 11 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 8 | 17 | ||
| 80 | 43 | Scored | S | 15 | 34 | ||
| 43 | 22 | Conceded | C | 24 | 61 | ||
| 95% | 95% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 94% | ||
| 82% | 95% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 65% | 74% | ||
| 55% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 35% | 53% | ||
| 40% | 35% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 12% | 29% | ||
| 18% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 12% | ||
| 55% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 29% | 44% | ||
| 30% | 30% | Clean Sheets | C S | 24% | 21% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 53% | 41% | ||
| 5.5 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5.4 | ||
| 3.7 | 2.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.1 | 5 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.4 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Red cards | R C | 5 | 6 | ||
| 14.2 | 15.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.2 | 11.9 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.5 | ||
| 38% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 29% | ||
| 9.9 | 9.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.8 | 13 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 4.8 | ||
| Last season | 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 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 50 |
| 2 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 46 |
| 3 | Anderlecht | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 40 |
| 4 | Antwerp | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -7 | 36 |
