Antwerp fights Anderlecht in Pro League battle

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 23.May
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Bosuilstadion (16649 seats)

Antwerp and Anderlecht are both riding high in the Pro League with their 2nd and 3rd positions respectively. Expect a great game!

Insights:
  • Anderlecht have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (11) 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 Antwerp and Anderlecht.

Antwerp are done competing for places this season; they will remain in 2nd place whatever happens now. Anderlecht have already sealed their fate; they will finish in 3rd place no matter what happens.

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Antwerp form and stats

The story so far in the Pro League for Antwerp at their home stadium (Bosuilstadion) is 9 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.

Antwerp faced defeat in their previous match, away at Genk (0-4). Defender Maxime Le Marchand got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.33/10. Marchand won 9 of 11 duels. As you see from the result above, Antwerp suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.

A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Club Brugge.

A decent goal production from Antwerp in their home games so far, with 30 goals from 17 league matches. Antwerp have conceded 25 in these home matches.

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Anderlecht form and stats

6 wins, 6 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Anderlecht playing as the away team in the Pro League this season. Anderlecht are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played eight in a row without losing.

Anderlecht's last game was the home draw against Club Brugge (3-3). Attacker Lukas Nmecha got a player rating of 8.12 in the game. "Man of the match" Nmecha scored two goals and hit one key pass. Anderlecht's last match (vs Club Brugge) ended in drama as all points looked lost at the score 1-3. They did not give up, fought back and in the end a courageous finish rescued a draw after 90 minutes thanks to a 90th minute equalizer by Jacob Bruun Larsen. A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Anderlecht, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun? The draw against Club Brugge came from a losing position. The Anderlecht manager V. Kompany brought on Jacob Bruun Larsen as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Genk.

The travelling fans enjoy Anderlecht's attacking play in away games, having scored 26 goals in 17 league matches away. 23 goals have been conceded by Anderlecht in these games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Anderlecht - Antwerp 2-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - four - four (Antwerp wins - draws - Anderlecht wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AnderlechtL. Nmecha
L. Nmecha
18 goals
AntwerpD. Mbokani Bezua
D. Mbokani Bezua
14 goals
AntwerpL. Refaelov
L. Refaelov
9 goals

Antwerp missing players

Anderlecht missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Antwerp Anderlecht
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
39 19 6 Played P 6 19 39
18 9 1 Won W 2 6 15
8 5 2 Drew D 3 8 17
13 5 3 Lost L 1 5 7
62 32 7 Scored S 10 29 60
59 28 10 Conceded C 10 26 44
95% 89% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 90%
82% 74% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 79% 77%
59% 58% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 83% 58% 51%
41% 47% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 42% 33%
28% 42% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 10%
62% 68% 67% BTTS BTTS 83% 68% 62%
21% 21% 17% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 26%
23% 21% 33% Failed to Score F T 17% 26% 23%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 1.8 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.9 1.5
5 2 1 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
9.8 10.2 11.8 Shots (avg) S ( 8 9.2 9.9
4.3 4.5 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.5 3.8
37% 37% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 53% 44% 40%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Anderlecht have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Anderlecht have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (11) 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 Club Brugge 34 24 4 6 73 26 17 12 1 4 34 15 17 12 3 2 39 11 47 76
2 Antwerp 34 18 6 10 57 48 17 9 4 4 30 25 17 9 2 6 27 23 9 60
3 Anderlecht 34 15 13 6 51 34 17 9 7 1 25 11 17 6 6 5 26 23 17 58
4 Genk 34 16 8 10 67 48 17 9 5 3 38 20 17 7 3 7 29 28 19 56
5 KV Oostende 34 15 8 11 49 41 17 9 5 3 33 21 17 6 3 8 16 20 8 53
6 Standard Liege 34 13 11 10 52 41 17 7 7 3 26 20 17 6 4 7 26 21 11 50
7 Gent 34 14 7 13 55 42 17 8 3 6 29 21 17 6 4 7 26 21 13 49
8 Mechelen 34 13 9 12 54 54 17 5 5 7 29 30 17 8 4 5 25 24 0 48
9 Beerschot-Wilrijk 34 14 5 15 58 64 17 7 4 6 32 29 17 7 1 9 26 35 -6 47
10 Zulte-Waregem 34 14 4 16 53 69 17 6 2 9 23 38 17 8 2 7 30 31 -16 46
11 OH Leuven 34 12 9 13 54 59 17 8 2 7 24 23 17 4 7 6 30 36 -5 45
12 AS Eupen 34 10 13 11 44 55 17 5 6 6 24 30 17 5 7 5 20 25 -11 43
13 Sporting Charleroi 34 11 9 14 46 49 17 5 6 6 18 16 17 6 3 8 28 33 -3 42
14 Kortrijk 34 11 6 17 44 57 17 5 2 10 24 35 17 6 4 7 20 22 -13 39
15 Sint-Truiden 34 10 8 16 41 52 17 6 3 8 20 20 17 4 5 8 21 32 -11 38
16 Cercle Brugge 34 11 3 20 40 51 17 6 1 10 25 26 17 5 2 10 15 25 -11 36
17 Waasland-Beveren 34 8 7 19 44 70 17 3 2 12 21 40 17 5 5 7 23 30 -26 31
18 Royal Excel Mouscron 34 7 10 17 32 54 17 4 5 8 17 22 17 3 5 9 15 32 -22 31

Table
  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 34 24 4 6 73 26 17 12 1 4 34 15 17 12 3 2 39 11 47 76
2 Antwerp 34 18 6 10 57 48 17 9 4 4 30 25 17 9 2 6 27 23 9 60
3 Anderlecht 34 15 13 6 51 34 17 9 7 1 25 11 17 6 6 5 26 23 17 58
4 Genk 34 16 8 10 67 48 17 9 5 3 38 20 17 7 3 7 29 28 19 56
5 KV Oostende 34 15 8 11 49 41 17 9 5 3 33 21 17 6 3 8 16 20 8 53
6 Standard Liege 34 13 11 10 52 41 17 7 7 3 26 20 17 6 4 7 26 21 11 50
7 Gent 34 14 7 13 55 42 17 8 3 6 29 21 17 6 4 7 26 21 13 49
8 Mechelen 34 13 9 12 54 54 17 5 5 7 29 30 17 8 4 5 25 24 0 48
9 Beerschot-Wilrijk 34 14 5 15 58 64 17 7 4 6 32 29 17 7 1 9 26 35 -6 47
10 Zulte-Waregem 34 14 4 16 53 69 17 6 2 9 23 38 17 8 2 7 30 31 -16 46
11 OH Leuven 34 12 9 13 54 59 17 8 2 7 24 23 17 4 7 6 30 36 -5 45
12 AS Eupen 34 10 13 11 44 55 17 5 6 6 24 30 17 5 7 5 20 25 -11 43
13 Sporting Charleroi 34 11 9 14 46 49 17 5 6 6 18 16 17 6 3 8 28 33 -3 42
14 Kortrijk 34 11 6 17 44 57 17 5 2 10 24 35 17 6 4 7 20 22 -13 39
15 Sint-Truiden 34 10 8 16 41 52 17 6 3 8 20 20 17 4 5 8 21 32 -11 38
16 Cercle Brugge 34 11 3 20 40 51 17 6 1 10 25 26 17 5 2 10 15 25 -11 36
17 Waasland-Beveren 34 8 7 19 44 70 17 3 2 12 21 40 17 5 5 7 23 30 -26 31
18 Royal Excel Mouscron 34 7 10 17 32 54 17 4 5 8 17 22 17 3 5 9 15 32 -22 31

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