A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The home fans are optimistic that the difference between 4th and 12th place in the table will show on the pitch.
Antwerp and AS Eupen should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Antwerp form and stats
Home games in the Pro League have been a walk in the park for Antwerp so far, with 22 points won from 8 matches; 7 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. Antwerp has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Bosuilstadion. We remember; it was Standard Liege.
Antwerp are confident in defense, having played 257 minutes without conceding a goal.
A good away victory last time out for Antwerp, who won 4-0 against Waasland-Beveren (placed 15th). Before that, Antwerp drew at home versus Genk.
As mentioned above, Antwerp "killed" Waasland-Beveren in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Antwerp 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 two matches and the win/draw/lost stats: W2-D0-L0.
The manager L. Bölöni will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Standard Liege in only four days.
Antwerp are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Bosuilstadion in their league games, having scored an impressive 20 goals in 8 matches. Antwerp have conceded 8 in these home matches.
AS Eupen form and stats
The visitors are W3-D1-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Pro League. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as AS Eupen have lost on their last two travels.
AS Eupen won their last game, 1-0 versus KV Oostende played at home. It was a Belgian Cup defeat before that one as the away game against Kortrijk wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.
You'll want to know how AS Eupen managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found five similar matches resulting in 0 away wins, 0 draws and 5 home wins.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting AS Eupen as they have only managed to score 8 times from 9 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as AS Eupen have conceded 17 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Antwerp and AS Eupen have met before this season: AS Eupen - Antwerp 1-4. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 8 Antwerp victories, 1 draw and 1 AS Eupen win. 6 of these games ended with three goals or more, 4 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Mbokani 14 goals |  L. Refaelov 7 goals |  D. Lamkel Ze 6 goals |
Antwerp missing players
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| Antwerp | AS Eupen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 18 |
| 10 | 7 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 37 | 20 | 12 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 15 |
| 24 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 10 | 17 | 29 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 89% | 89% |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 72% |
| 72% | 75% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | 39% |
| 56% | 62% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 22% | 17% |
| 17% | 25% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 22% | 17% |
| 78% | 75% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 44% | 44% |
| 17% | 25% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 11% | 22% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 56% | 44% |
| 4.7 | 5.1 | 5.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4 | 4.6 |
| 4.9 | 4.2 | 3.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 6 | 5.6 |
| 2.2 | 2 | 0.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.9 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 150 | 94 | 46 | Total Shots | T S | 9 | 29 | 84 |
| 73 | 49 | 28 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 11 | 31 |
| 51% | 41% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 73% | 48% |
- AS Eupen has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0)
- AS Eupen has the fewest scored goals in the first half (6)
- AS Eupen have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- AS Eupen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Antwerp has the fewest matches under the total-line (5)
- Antwerp has the most matches over the total-line (13)
- Antwerp has the most scored goals in the second half (23)
- Antwerp have not yet lost a game at home.
- Antwerp have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Antwerp have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Antwerp have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Antwerp have scored more than double the goals of AS Eupen.
- Antwerp 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 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 31 | 42 |
| 2 | Gent | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 37 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 35 |
| 3 | Standard Liege | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 34 |
| 4 | Antwerp | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 34 |
| 5 | Sporting Charleroi | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 32 |
| 6 | Zulte-Waregem | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 28 |
| 7 | Mechelen | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 28 |
| 8 | Genk | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 24 |
| 9 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 23 |
| 10 | Anderlecht | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 22 |
| 11 | Sint-Truiden | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 20 | -11 | 21 |
| 12 | AS Eupen | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -14 | 19 |
| 13 | Kortrijk | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -7 | 16 |
| 14 | KV Oostende | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 17 | -14 | 15 |
| 15 | Waasland-Beveren | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -23 | 11 |
| 16 | Cercle Brugge | 18 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 24 | -25 | 8 |