Pro League: Antwerp anticipated to overwhelm RFC Seraing

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Fri 16.September
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Bosuilstadion (16649 seats)

Antwerp greet RFC Seraing with hopes of acquiring all three points. Can they? Open our in-depth preview!

Insights:
  • Antwerp have the fewest conceded goals (5) in Pro League
  • RFC Seraing have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Pro League

This could be an entertaining fixture with lots of spark and bustle as both sides are well rested since they last played a game. Bring it on!

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Antwerp form and stats

Overall Pro League stats playing at home this season for Antwerp are 4-0-0 (wins-draws-losses). The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of four straight victories regardless of arena.

Antwerp are confident in defense, having played 199 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

It's back home for Antwerp, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Cercle Brugge away with the result 2-0. Janssen and Alderweireld found the net in that victory. Butez loved the game against Cercle Brugge. With a stunning six saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 2-0 victory. Butez, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.35 out of 10 in that game. Butez topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that, Antwerp had a home game versus Westerlo which ended with a victory 3-0.

Antwerp has scored 12 goals so far and conceded 4 goals from 4 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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RFC Seraing form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Pro League, on their Pro League travels is 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, the home defeat versus Club Brugge with 0-2 on the scoreboard. Defender Lepoint was the best team player with a rating of 7.04. Lepoint won 6 of 8 duels.

Before that, the Belgian Cup victory away at Sint-Eloois-Winkel. We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where RFC Seraing played away with similar odds. This revealed 5 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 0 were draws and the home team won as expected 5 times.

The travelling fans enjoy Seraing's attacking play in away games, having scored 7 goals in 4 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: four - two - one (Antwerp wins - draws - RFC Seraing wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AntwerpV. Janssen
V. Janssen
5 goals
AntwerpM. Frey
M. Frey
4 goals
RFC SeraingM. Mouandilmadji
M. Mouandilmadji
4 goals

Antwerp missing players

RFC Seraing missing players

Antwerp RFC Seraing
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
8 4 1 Played P 0 4 8
8 4 1 Won W 0 2 2
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 2 6
19 12 1 Scored S 0 7 7
5 4 0 Conceded C 0 8 16
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
75% 75% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 75%
50% 75% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 75% 50%
25% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 75% 50%
25% 50% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 12%
38% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 75% 38%
62% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 62%
 
3.5 4.5 3 Corners for (avg) C F 0 2.5 2.9
5.4 5.5 6 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6.2 4.8
1.5 1.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.8 2.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11.9 15 17 Shots (avg) S ( 0 7.2 9
4.4 4.8 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2.8 2.1
54% 63% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 64% 41%
 
12.2 9.8 11 Shots against (avg) S A 0 13.8 12.4
3.8 3.5 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 6.8 5.1
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • All of RFC Seraing's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • 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.
  • Antwerp have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Antwerp have scored more than double the goals of RFC Seraing.
  • Antwerp have the fewest conceded goals (5) in Pro League
  • Antwerp have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Pro League
  • Antwerp have the most clean sheets (5) in Pro League
  • Antwerp have the most points (12) at home in Pro League
  • Antwerp have the most scored goals (12) at home in Pro League
  • Antwerp have the the best goal difference (+14) in Pro League
  • Antwerp have the the best goal difference (+8) at home in Pro League
  • Antwerp have won all their games so far.
  • Antwerp have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Antwerp haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Antwerp is in the best form (6-0-0) in Pro League
  • RFC Seraing have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • RFC Seraing have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • RFC Seraing have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • RFC Seraing have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • RFC Seraing have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Pro League
  • RFC Seraing 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 Antwerp 8 8 0 0 19 5 4 4 0 0 12 4 4 4 0 0 7 1 14 24
2 Genk 8 6 1 1 21 9 4 3 1 0 9 4 4 3 0 1 12 5 12 19
3 Club Brugge 8 6 1 1 19 7 4 3 1 0 10 4 4 3 0 1 9 3 12 19
4 OH Leuven 8 5 1 2 16 13 4 3 0 1 7 6 4 2 1 1 9 7 3 16
5 Gent 8 4 2 2 13 9 4 2 1 1 6 4 4 2 1 1 7 5 4 14
6 Standard Liege 8 4 1 3 12 13 4 2 1 1 6 5 4 2 0 2 6 8 -1 13
7 Union Saint-Gilloise 8 4 1 3 12 13 4 3 0 1 6 4 4 1 1 2 6 9 -1 13
8 Sporting Charleroi 8 4 0 4 13 13 4 2 0 2 7 8 4 2 0 2 6 5 0 12
9 Anderlecht 8 3 1 4 12 9 4 2 1 1 7 4 4 1 0 3 5 5 3 10
10 Mechelen 8 3 1 4 16 15 4 2 0 2 10 9 4 1 1 2 6 6 1 10
11 Sint-Truiden 8 2 4 2 7 8 4 1 1 2 5 7 4 1 3 0 2 1 -1 10
12 Westerlo 8 3 0 5 13 16 4 3 0 1 8 4 4 0 0 4 5 12 -3 9
13 KV Oostende 8 3 0 5 8 11 4 2 0 2 4 5 4 1 0 3 4 6 -3 9
14 Kortrijk 8 2 1 5 5 11 4 0 1 3 1 7 4 2 0 2 4 4 -6 7
15 AS Eupen 8 2 0 6 7 14 4 1 0 3 3 6 4 1 0 3 4 8 -7 6
16 RFC Seraing 8 2 0 6 7 16 4 0 0 4 0 8 4 2 0 2 7 8 -9 6
17 Zulte-Waregem 8 1 2 5 7 15 4 1 0 3 5 10 4 0 2 2 2 5 -8 5
18 Cercle Brugge 8 1 2 5 3 13 4 1 2 1 2 3 4 0 0 4 1 10 -10 5

Read more about Pro League

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.