Football betting preview: Anderlecht favourites when Waasland-Beveren visits

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Fri 22.January
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Lotto Park (22500 seats)

The league table in Pro League tells a story about these teams so far, with Anderlecht leading Waasland-Beveren by 15 points. Match preview to follow:

Insights:
  • Anderlecht has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Pro League
  • Waasland-Beveren has the the worst goal difference (-20) in Pro League

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 Waasland-Beveren.

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Anderlecht form and stats

Anderlecht, who have the most points (25) at home in Pro League, have performed here at Lotto Park this season with 7 wins from 11 Pro League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 4 games and lost 0. After failing to beat Standard Liège here at Lotto Park, Anderlecht has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.

The Anderlecht supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Sporting Charleroi in Pro League and win 3-0. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting OH Leuven (0-1).

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 five matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won two, drew two and lost one.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Anderlecht as they are travelling to their away game against Royal Excel Mouscron in the Pro League. That match is four days after this one.

A decent goal production from Anderlecht in their home games so far, with 18 goals from 11 league matches. Anderlecht have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Waasland-Beveren form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the the worst goal difference (-20) in Pro League, on their Pro League travels is 3 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats.

Waasland-Beveren are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Royal Excel Mouscron (placed 16th). Preceding that, the 1-5 home loss versus Zulte-Waregem.

You'll want to know how Waasland-Beveren managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found nine similar matches resulting in one away win, two draws and six home wins.

A quick return to home after this game, as Waasland-Beveren are hosting Mechelen in the Pro League only four days away.

Waasland-Beveren find the net regularly in their away games. 17 goals from 12 away fixtures in the league. For Waasland-Beveren, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Waasland-Beveren - Anderlecht 2-4 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Anderlecht won six games, two matches ended with a draw and Waasland-Beveren has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / two

Top Goalscorers

AnderlechtL. Nmecha
L. Nmecha
11 goals
Waasland-BeverenD. Heymans
D. Heymans
7 goals
Waasland-BeverenA. Koita
A. Koita
7 goals

Anderlecht missing players

Waasland-Beveren missing players

Anderlecht Waasland-Beveren
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 11 3 Played P 4 12 22
9 7 2 Won W 1 3 5
8 4 1 Drew D 1 4 5
5 0 0 Lost L 2 5 12
33 18 6 Scored S 5 17 28
25 6 2 Conceded C 8 24 48
95% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
77% 73% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 36% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 58% 59%
32% 18% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 45%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 33% 32%
55% 45% 67% BTTS BTTS 75% 83% 73%
27% 55% 33% Clean Sheets C S 25% 8% 14%
23% 9% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 8% 14%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 1.3 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 2
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
8.4 9.1 11.3 Shots (avg) S ( 4.5 4.8 7.2
3.4 3.8 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.8 2.2 3.1
45% 43% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 71% 65% 41%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • All of Waasland-Beveren's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Anderlecht has the fewest conceded goals (6) at home in Pro League
  • Anderlecht has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Pro League
  • Anderlecht has the most clean sheets (6) at home in Pro League
  • Anderlecht has the most points (25) 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.
  • Waasland-Beveren has the the worst goal difference (-20) in Pro League
  • Waasland-Beveren haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 22 15 3 4 45 14 11 7 1 3 18 8 11 8 2 1 27 6 31 48
2 Genk 21 11 5 5 43 27 10 6 3 1 24 11 11 5 2 4 19 16 16 38
3 Antwerp 22 11 4 7 35 30 11 6 3 2 18 13 11 5 1 5 17 17 5 37
4 Anderlecht 22 9 8 5 33 25 11 7 4 0 18 6 11 2 4 5 15 19 8 35
5 Standard Liège 22 9 7 6 30 22 11 4 5 2 15 12 11 5 2 4 15 10 8 34
6 Sporting Charleroi 22 10 3 9 32 29 10 5 1 4 11 7 12 5 2 5 21 22 3 33
7 KV Oostende 22 9 5 8 31 28 11 6 3 2 22 14 11 3 2 6 9 14 3 32
8 OH Leuven 21 9 5 7 36 34 11 6 2 3 16 13 10 3 3 4 20 21 2 32
9 AS Eupen 22 7 9 6 29 34 11 4 3 4 17 19 11 3 6 2 12 15 -5 30
10 Zulte-Waregem 21 9 3 9 32 35 11 3 2 6 12 21 10 6 1 3 20 14 -3 30
11 Beerschot-Wilrijk 22 9 3 10 42 48 11 6 2 3 25 20 11 3 1 7 17 28 -6 30
12 Kortrijk 22 8 5 9 27 32 12 5 2 5 19 22 10 3 3 4 8 10 -5 29
13 Gent 21 8 2 11 29 29 10 4 1 5 16 14 11 4 1 6 13 15 0 26
14 Sint-Truiden 22 7 5 10 29 34 11 4 3 4 14 12 11 3 2 6 15 22 -5 26
15 Mechelen 22 7 5 10 32 40 12 3 2 7 19 25 10 4 3 3 13 15 -8 26
16 Royal Excel Mouscron 22 5 6 11 19 32 11 3 4 4 12 12 11 2 2 7 7 20 -13 21
17 Waasland-Beveren 22 5 5 12 28 48 10 2 1 7 11 24 12 3 4 5 17 24 -20 20
18 Cercle Brugge 22 6 1 15 27 38 11 3 0 8 17 22 11 3 1 7 10 16 -11 19

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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.