The wisdom of the crowd believe with their cash that Anderlecht will defeat Sint-Truiden at Lotto Park

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Tue 14.December
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Lotto Park (22500 seats)

The team playing at home, Anderlecht, should be expected winners in this match, but Sint-Truiden have shown both skill and bravery. Read more about the game!

Insights:
  • Anderlecht have the most scored goals in the second half (26) in Pro League
  • Sint-Truiden have the fewest scored goals in the second half (11) in Pro League

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

14-7-23 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Sint-Truiden when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 44 matches are 48-80 (scored/conceded).

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Anderlecht form and stats

All-inclusive Pro League stats at home this season for Anderlecht are 4-4-1 (wins-draws-losses).

Anderlecht enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at RFC Seraing's place. The match ended 5-0 with Kouamé, Raman, Zirkzee, Hadj and Refaelov scoring. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Anderlecht played a great game against RFC Seraing and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. Joshua Zirkzee, an attacker, was the top player for the side in that match, collecting a rating of 8.15 (out of 10). Zirkzee scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Ahead of that match, Anderlecht won a home game hosting Zulte-Waregem (3-2).

Goals are plentiful at Lotto Park in the league this season as Anderlecht has scored 23 goals here in 9 home games. Anderlecht have conceded 14 from these games.

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Sint-Truiden form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Pro League travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. Three has not been a lucky number for Sint-Truiden as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Antwerp match.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Pro League home defeat versus Cercle Brugge with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Midfielder Christian Brüls was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.95. Brüls scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

A loss against Union Saint-Gilloise was the result prior to that, in a home game.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Pro League trip to Gent.

The attacking power of Sint-Truiden when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 8 league matches away. 9 goals have been conceded by Sint-Truiden in these games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

This was the result when the sides played each other earlier this campaign; Sint-Truiden - Anderlecht 2-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Anderlecht victories, two draws and three Sint-Truiden wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

AnderlechtJ. Zirkzee
J. Zirkzee
8 goals
AnderlechtL. Refaelov
L. Refaelov
7 goals
AnderlechtS. Gómez Martín
S. Gómez Martín
5 goals

Anderlecht missing players

Sint-Truiden missing players

Anderlecht Sint-Truiden
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 1 8 18
8 4 1 Won W 0 4 6
7 4 1 Drew D 1 1 3
3 1 0 Lost L 0 3 9
39 23 8 Scored S 0 7 19
24 14 3 Conceded C 0 9 27
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 88% 94%
89% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 78%
61% 67% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 38% 61%
50% 56% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 17%
22% 33% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 6%
72% 89% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 38% 67%
17% 11% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 22%
11% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 25% 17%
 
6.3 7 7.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4 4.7
3.4 3 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6 4.1 4.6
1.8 1.8 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.8 2.4
4 3 1 Red cards R C 0 3 3
 
15.7 17.4 18.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7 9.6 11.6
5 5.6 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.9 4.1
43% 46% 62% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 23% 26%
 
10.7 10.3 10 Shots against (avg) S A 12 11.6 11.5
3.3 3.3 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 3.4 4
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • All of Anderlecht's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Anderlecht have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Anderlecht have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Anderlecht have scored more than double the goals of Sint-Truiden.
  • Anderlecht have the most scored goals (23) at home in Pro League
  • Anderlecht have the most scored goals in the second half (26) in Pro League
  • Anderlecht have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Anderlecht haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sint-Truiden have the fewest scored goals (7) away in Pro League
  • Sint-Truiden have the fewest scored goals in the second half (11) in Pro League
  • Sint-Truiden have the most clean sheets (4) away 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 Union Saint-Gilloise 17 12 1 4 43 18 8 5 0 3 18 9 9 7 1 1 25 9 25 37
2 Antwerp 17 10 3 4 30 18 8 5 2 1 15 7 9 5 1 3 15 11 12 33
3 Club Brugge 17 9 6 2 32 23 8 4 4 0 17 10 9 5 2 2 15 13 9 33
4 Sporting Charleroi 18 9 5 4 32 22 9 4 2 3 13 9 9 5 3 1 19 13 10 32
5 Anderlecht 18 8 7 3 39 24 9 4 4 1 23 14 9 4 3 2 16 10 15 31
6 Gent 17 8 3 6 27 17 8 5 1 2 19 10 9 3 2 4 8 7 10 27
7 Mechelen 17 8 3 6 29 29 9 5 2 2 17 12 8 3 1 4 12 17 0 27
8 AS Eupen 18 7 4 7 28 26 9 3 3 3 13 13 9 4 1 4 15 13 2 25
9 Kortrijk 18 6 7 5 22 22 9 4 3 2 12 10 9 2 4 3 10 12 0 25
10 Genk 17 6 4 7 31 29 8 3 2 3 15 12 9 3 2 4 16 17 2 22
11 Sint-Truiden 18 6 3 9 19 27 10 2 2 6 12 18 8 4 1 3 7 9 -8 21
12 KV Oostende 18 6 2 10 21 37 9 4 1 4 13 21 9 2 1 6 8 16 -16 20
13 Standard Liege 17 5 5 7 18 29 9 2 3 4 9 15 8 3 2 3 9 14 -11 20
14 OH Leuven 18 4 8 6 23 29 9 3 3 3 11 12 9 1 5 3 12 17 -6 20
15 RFC Seraing 18 6 1 11 23 36 9 4 1 4 13 14 9 2 0 7 10 22 -13 19
16 Cercle Brugge 18 5 4 9 22 25 9 1 2 6 8 14 9 4 2 3 14 11 -3 19
17 Zulte-Waregem 17 4 5 8 27 38 9 2 2 5 14 23 8 2 3 3 13 15 -11 17
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 18 2 3 13 15 32 9 2 0 7 5 11 9 0 3 6 10 21 -17 9

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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.