Pro League: Anderlecht believed to outplay Zulte-Waregem

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Wed 18.January
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Lotto Park (22500 seats)

Welcome to Pro League and Anderlecht - Zulte-Waregem. In this preview you'll get statistics, results, numbercrunching, tendencies and stories!

Insights:
  • Anderlecht have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Zulte-Waregem have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.

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 Zulte-Waregem.

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Anderlecht form and stats

Anderlecht have collected 13 points from their Pro League home games so far after 4-1-5. The Anderlecht manager Riemer might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

The Anderlecht coach Riemer and his pawns return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Club Brugge (placed 4th).

Ahead of that match, Anderlecht lost 1-3 at home to Union Saint-Gilloise.

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

The Anderlecht fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 16 goals in 10 league matches. Anderlecht have conceded 14 in these home matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Zulte-Waregem form and stats

There's been little loot from Zulte-Waregem's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 10 away games in the Pro League. Zulte-Waregem only have 1 win to counter their 6 defeats and 3 draws. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Zulte-Waregem have lost on their last two travels.

There might be some fixture complaints from Zulte-Waregem as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 0-1 against Genk. Sormo was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.84. The defender Sormo won 8 of 8 duels.

Before that one, the victory at home hosting Sint-Truiden in the Belgian Cup (2-0).

After this away game Zulte-Waregem return home for a Pro League game against Westerlo. That game is only three sleeps after this.

The attacking power of Zulte-Waregem when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 10 league matches away. As for defending, Zulte-Waregem rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 15 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The former head to head meeting ended Zulte-Waregem - Anderlecht 3-2, earlier this season. Last ten meetings with these contenders: Anderlecht won seven, Zulte-Waregem triumphed in one and we saw two draws. nine games with more than 2,5 goals, one match with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

AnderlechtF. Soares Silva
F. Soares Silva
7 goals
Zulte-WaregemJ. Vossen
J. Vossen
5 goals
Zulte-WaregemZ. Gano
Z. Gano
5 goals

Anderlecht missing players

Zulte-Waregem missing players

Anderlecht Zulte-Waregem
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
20 10 4 Played P 3 10 20
7 4 4 Won W 0 1 4
3 1 0 Drew D 1 3 4
10 5 0 Lost L 2 6 12
28 16 13 Scored S 1 8 25
29 14 4 Conceded C 5 15 43
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
70% 70% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 90%
55% 50% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 30% 55%
40% 50% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 40%
20% 20% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 20%
50% 50% 75% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 55%
20% 10% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 10%
35% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 50% 35%
 
5.6 7 7 Corners for (avg) C F 6.3 5.3 5
4.6 4.6 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 5.1 4.8
2.2 1.9 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.7 2.9
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 3 5
 
11.2 13.3 13.8 Shots (avg) S ( 8.7 10 10.7
4.1 4.7 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 3.7 4
36% 34% 68% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 22% 32%
 
11.9 10.2 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 15.3 15.1 14.1
3.6 3.7 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 4.6 4.7
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Anderlecht have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Anderlecht haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Zulte-Waregem have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Zulte-Waregem 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 Genk 20 17 1 2 49 17 11 10 1 0 29 9 9 7 0 2 20 8 32 52
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 20 14 3 3 43 23 10 7 2 1 18 8 10 7 1 2 25 15 20 45
3 Antwerp 20 12 3 5 35 22 10 8 1 1 22 8 10 4 2 4 13 14 13 39
4 Club Brugge 20 10 5 5 37 25 11 6 4 1 24 12 9 4 1 4 13 13 12 35
5 Gent 20 10 4 6 34 21 10 6 2 2 18 10 10 4 2 4 16 11 13 34
6 Standard Liège 20 9 4 7 31 24 10 5 2 3 20 11 10 4 2 4 11 13 7 31
7 Westerlo 20 9 3 8 39 35 10 5 2 3 24 14 10 4 1 5 15 21 4 30
8 Sint-Truiden 20 8 6 6 22 20 9 3 2 4 9 10 11 5 4 2 13 10 2 30
9 OH Leuven 20 8 5 7 35 31 9 4 1 4 15 14 11 4 4 3 20 17 4 29
10 Cercle Brugge 20 7 5 8 26 28 9 4 3 2 15 9 11 3 2 6 11 19 -2 26
11 Sporting Charleroi 19 8 1 10 26 32 10 4 1 5 14 16 9 4 0 5 12 16 -6 25
12 Anderlecht 20 7 3 10 28 29 10 4 1 5 16 14 10 3 2 5 12 15 -1 24
13 Mechelen 19 6 4 9 27 34 11 5 3 3 20 17 8 1 1 6 7 17 -7 22
14 AS Eupen 20 6 1 13 26 42 10 3 0 7 11 18 10 3 1 6 15 24 -16 19
15 Kortrijk 20 5 3 12 19 37 10 2 2 6 6 18 10 3 1 6 13 19 -18 18
16 KV Oostende 20 5 2 13 22 44 9 4 0 5 12 17 11 1 2 8 10 27 -22 17
17 Zulte-Waregem 20 4 4 12 25 43 10 3 1 6 17 28 10 1 3 6 8 15 -18 16
18 RFC Seraing 20 4 3 13 19 36 10 0 2 8 4 16 10 4 1 5 15 20 -17 15

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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.