Antwerp perform at a high level so far being 3rd in the table. KV Oostende can look both up and down from their 7th position.
- Antwerp haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Antwerp form and stats
6-3-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Pro League numbers at home for Antwerp so far this season. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Bosuilstadion.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Antwerp, as their goalkeeper Alireza Safar Beiranvand has completely shut out the opponents for 203 minutes in the Pro League.
A nice win for Antwerp last time playing, versus Cercle Brugge. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with D. Lamkel Zé scoring for the victors. A strong away win before that one, visiting Gent and winning 1-0.
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Antwerp matches with similar probabilities have ended with one win, zero draws and zero defeats (from one game).
There will be little rest for Antwerp after this match as they are travelling to AS Eupen for a Pro League game in only three days.
Antwerp have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Bosuilstadion with 18 goals in 11 league matches. Antwerp have conceded 13 in these home matches.
KV Oostende form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for KV Oostende so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 3-2-6 (win-draw-lose).
KV Oostende are travelling again after losing away to Club Brugge in their previous match (1-2). Before that, KV Oostende secured a home win against Kortrijk with the score 2-1.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of KV Oostende when being an outsider away as they are today, we find six matches with the visitors losing four times, drawing one and winning one game.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Oostende as they have only managed to score 9 times from 11 away games in the league. 14 goals have been conceded by Oostende in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: KV Oostende - Antwerp 1-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - four - two (Antwerp wins - draws - KV Oostende wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Mbokani Bezua 8 goals |   J. Sakala 8 goals |  L. Refaelov 6 goals |
Antwerp missing players
KV Oostende missing players
| Antwerp | KV Oostende | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 11 | 22 |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | 8 |
| 35 | 18 | 8 | Scored | S | 4 | 9 | 31 |
| 30 | 13 | 7 | Conceded | C | 8 | 14 | 28 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 95% |
| 77% | 73% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 55% | 77% |
| 55% | 45% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 45% | 64% |
| 36% | 36% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 18% | 27% |
| 23% | 27% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 59% | 64% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 45% | 64% |
| 18% | 18% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 27% | 23% |
| 23% | 18% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 36% | 18% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 2 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9.6 | 9.5 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 8.5 | 8.1 |
| 4.2 | 4.2 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 38% | 39% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 23% | 40% |
- 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 | 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 Liege | 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 |