Pro League forecast and guide: Anderlecht moderate thought to subdue Sint-Truiden

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 12.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Lotto Park (22500 seats)

Anderlecht are set for a new challenge after their 2-0 against KV Oostende in the previous game. Sint-Truiden are coming to visit!

Insights:
  • Anderlecht have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Sint-Truiden have the fewest matches over the total-line (9) in Pro League

This football field uses the playing surface grass, unlike Sint-Truiden's home ground. The former 38 games by the away side on grass have produced 15 wins, 10 draws and 13 losses.

This should be an action-packed game with lots of fun and energy as both participants are well recovered since they last ran out on the pitch. Get ready!

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Anderlecht form and stats

All-inclusive Pro League statistics playing at home this season for Anderlecht are 4-2-6 (wins-draws-losses).

Nothing to worry about in defence for Anderlecht, as their goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen has completely shut out the opponents for 285 minutes in the Pro League.

It's back home for Anderlecht, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating KV Oostende away with the result 2-0. Murillo and Dreyer found the net in that victory. Defender Murillo got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.32/10. Murillo scored one goal, hit two key passes and won 7 of 8 duels.

In the match before that, Anderlecht hosted Antwerp and drew the game 0-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Anderlecht handle that role? We have found 4 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

The manager Riemer will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Ludogorets in only four days.

The Anderlecht fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 18 goals in 12 league matches. Anderlecht have conceded 17 in these home matches.

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Sint-Truiden form and stats

The visitors are W5-D5-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Pro League.

Sint-Truiden are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the fixture against Kortrijk (placed 15th). Those three points felt good as this side had gone three league matches without victory. Bauer was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.81. The defender Bauer won 6 of 9 duels.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus OH Leuven that ended 1-1.

We have checked recent matches where Sint-Truiden have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 10 games were 4 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

Sint-Truiden have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 12 league away games 14 goals have been scored. It's not easy to score on Sint-Truiden as they have only conceded 11 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Anderlecht have won or drawn the last 6 games (5-1-0) against Sint-Truiden.

It's not the first time these parties face each other this campaign, as the history books show this recent match: Sint-Truiden - Anderlecht 0-3.

Top Goalscorers

Sint-TruidenG. Bruno
G. Bruno
10 goals
Sint-TruidenD. Hayashi
D. Hayashi
7 goals
AnderlechtL. Refaelov
L. Refaelov
4 goals

Anderlecht missing players

Sint-Truiden missing players

Anderlecht Sint-Truiden
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
24 12 2 Played P 2 12 24
9 4 0 Won W 1 5 9
4 2 1 Drew D 1 5 8
11 6 1 Lost L 0 2 7
33 18 2 Scored S 4 14 25
32 17 3 Conceded C 3 11 25
92% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 88%
67% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 71%
50% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 33% 38%
38% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 8% 8%
21% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 8% 4%
46% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 42% 42%
29% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 42% 33%
33% 42% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 38%
 
5.5 6.8 13 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 3.9 4.2
4.3 4.2 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.1 4.3
2.1 2 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.3 1.8
4 2 0 Red cards R C 0 2 5
 
11.6 13.3 19 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 11 11.9
4 4.5 7.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.4 2.3
35% 33% 13% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 48% 45%
 
11.7 10.2 9 Shots against (avg) S A 15.5 11 10.5
3.7 3.8 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 3.2 2.9
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Anderlecht have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Sint-Truiden have the fewest conceded goals (11) away in Pro League
  • Sint-Truiden have the fewest matches over the total-line (9) in Pro League
  • Sint-Truiden have the most matches under the total-line (15) in Pro League

  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 24 20 2 2 60 22 12 11 1 0 33 9 12 9 1 2 27 13 38 62
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 24 17 4 3 50 24 12 9 2 1 23 8 12 8 2 2 27 16 26 55
3 Antwerp 24 14 5 5 42 23 12 9 2 1 26 9 12 5 3 4 16 14 19 47
4 Club Brugge 24 11 8 5 42 29 12 6 5 1 26 14 12 5 3 4 16 15 13 41
5 Gent 24 11 5 8 41 27 12 6 3 3 20 13 12 5 2 5 21 14 14 38
6 Standard Liège 24 11 5 8 38 30 12 7 2 3 25 12 12 4 3 5 13 18 8 38
7 Westerlo 24 10 5 9 45 40 12 6 2 4 28 17 12 4 3 5 17 23 5 35
8 Sint-Truiden 24 9 8 7 25 25 12 4 3 5 11 14 12 5 5 2 14 11 0 35
9 Cercle Brugge 24 9 7 8 33 33 12 5 5 2 20 13 12 4 2 6 13 20 0 34
10 OH Leuven 24 8 7 9 38 36 11 4 3 4 17 16 13 4 4 5 21 20 2 31
11 Anderlecht 24 9 4 11 33 32 12 4 2 6 18 17 12 5 2 5 15 15 1 31
12 Sporting Charleroi 23 8 4 11 30 37 11 4 1 6 14 17 12 4 3 5 16 20 -7 28
13 Mechelen 23 7 5 11 32 42 13 6 4 3 25 21 10 1 1 8 7 21 -10 26
14 AS Eupen 24 6 4 14 30 48 12 3 2 7 13 20 12 3 2 7 17 28 -18 22
15 Kortrijk 24 6 4 14 26 45 12 3 3 6 11 22 12 3 1 8 15 23 -19 22
16 Zulte-Waregem 24 5 5 14 30 52 12 3 2 7 19 31 12 2 3 7 11 21 -22 20
17 RFC Seraing 24 5 3 16 23 45 12 1 2 9 6 18 12 4 1 7 17 27 -22 18
18 KV Oostende 24 5 3 16 25 53 12 4 0 8 13 24 12 1 3 8 12 29 -28 18

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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.