It's game two of the Pro League season and everything to play for. Read our full preview of Antwerp-Kortrijk!
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Antwerp form and stats
Last season, Antwerp's league statistics were 18 wins, 6 draws and 10 losses, resulting in a 2nd position in the Pro League. Over these 34 matches they scored 57 goals and conceded 48. Playing at home last season Antwerp managed 9-4-4 (win-draw-lost) with 30 goals and 25 conceded.
In their previous game, the manager B. Priske Pedersen led his Antwerp to a defeat in the Pro League match away at Mechelen. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Bosuilstadion. The goalie Jean Butez was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.21 out of ten. Butez stopped the opponent with seven saves. A disaster for the home team in their last match (vs Mechelen) as a comfortable lead 2-0 was completely ruined into a loss 2-3. Jean Butez had a busy but productive day in the Mechelen match. Despite making seven saves the loss could not be prevented.
Prior to that, an away loss at Genk.Kortrijk form and stats
Let's have a look at how Kortrijk performed last season in the Pro League: They landed a 14th position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 6 draws and 17 defeats. In total they scored 44 and conceded 57 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 4 and lost 7 with 20/22 goals scored/conceded.
Kortrijk had fun at their own home (Bosuilstadion) last time out, beating RFC Seraing 2-0. Teddy Chevalier and Faïz Selemani scored. Marko Ilić (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 7.84. Ilić stopped the opponent with four saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Preceding that, the 1-4 home loss versus Mechelen.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Kortrijk playing away, we found one game. Results were zero away wins, zero draws and one home win.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: five wins for Antwerp, two draws and three wins for Kortrijk. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  M. Frey 1 goals |  M. Benson Hedilazio 1 goals |  F. Selemani 1 goals |
Antwerp missing players
Kortrijk missing players
| Antwerp | Kortrijk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Antwerp | Last season | Kortrijk | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 40 | 20 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 19 | 10 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Lost | L | 7 | 17 | ||
| 63 | 33 | Scored | S | 20 | 44 | ||
| 59 | 28 | Conceded | C | 22 | 57 | ||
| 95% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 70% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 79% | ||
| 57% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 65% | ||
| 40% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 29% | ||
| 28% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 12% | ||
| 60% | 65% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 59% | ||
| 22% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 35% | 26% | ||
| 22% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 35% | 26% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.3 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.6 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.7 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9.8 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.1 | 9.7 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.4 | ||
| 36% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 30% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sporting Charleroi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Kortrijk | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Mechelen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Sint-Truiden | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | AS Eupen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Club Brugge | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Genk | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | OH Leuven | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Standard Liege | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Zulte-Waregem | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Cercle Brugge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Antwerp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Gent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Anderlecht | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 17 | RFC Seraing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 18 | KV Oostende | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 44 |
| 2 | Genk | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 44 |
| 3 | Antwerp | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 35 |
| 4 | Anderlecht | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 33 |