Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Antwerp welcomes Waasland-Beveren

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Date: Sun 04.August
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bosuilstadion (16649 seats)

Game week two of the Pro League season and the teams have had a few days to digest the first match. Here's the Antwerp - Waasland-Beveren preview:

It's no vacation for neither Antwerp nor Waasland-Beveren as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Antwerp form and stats

Antwerp has recorded two wins in a row here at Bosuilstadion, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Antwerp's previous game was a Pro League match also played at home, ending 3-1 versus Waasland-Beveren. The home side are looking to build on that result. Before that match, a win away at AS Eupen.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Antwerp home games with this odds we find one game with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 0 matches were won by at least two goals.

Last season, Antwerp's league statistics were 4 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses, resulting in a 3rd position in the Pro League. Over these ten matches they scored 12 goals and conceded 16. Playing at home last season Antwerp managed 2-2-1 (win-draw-lost) with 5 goals and 4 conceded.

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Waasland-Beveren form and stats

Waasland-Beveren play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-3 to Antwerp. The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-3 defeat against Club Brugge.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Waasland-Beveren played away with similar odds. This revealed five games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 1 time, 2 were draws and the home team won as expected 2 times.

Let's have a look at how Waasland-Beveren performed last season in the Pro League: They landed a 14th position in the league table after playing out 5 victories, 12 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 37 and conceded 50 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 5 and lost 8 with 20/28 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Antwerp won 2 games, 2 matches ended with a draw and Waasland-Beveren has 6 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 3 / 7

Top Goalscorers

D. Mbokani
2 goals
L. Refaelov
1 goals / 1 assists
Ivo Rodrigues
1 goals

Antwerp missing players

Waasland-Beveren missing players

Antwerp Waasland-Beveren
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
2 1 0 Played 0 1 2
2 1 0 Won 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost 0 1 2
7 3 0 Scored 0 1 2
2 1 0 Conceded 0 3 6
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 3.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% BTTS 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
7 4 0 Corners For (avg) 0 3 2
3 3 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 4 9
1 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 1 2
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Antwerp Last season Waasland-Beveren
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
40 20   Played   15 30
18 8   Won   2 5
9 6   Drew   5 12
13 6   Lost   8 13
51 27   Scored   20 37
50 24   Conceded   28 50
90% 90%   Over 0.5   100% 93%
75% 75%   Over 1.5   87% 83%
50% 50%   Over 2.5   60% 57%
20% 20%   Over 3.5   40% 27%
10% 10%   Over 4.5   20% 13%
55% 65%   BTTS   60% 70%
32% 25%   Clean Sheets   13% 13%
22% 20%   Failed To Score   27% 23%
 
5.5 6.3   Corners For (avg)   4.1 3.9
4.3 4.5   Corners Against (avg)   7.9 6.7
2.9 2.8   Yellow Cards (avg)   2.4 2.5
3 3   Red Cards   0 3
Key stats last season:
  • Waasland-Beveren have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Waasland-Beveren haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

Antwerp
All Pro League Europa League UEFA Europa League Play-offs Club Friendlies Belgian Cup
All Home Away
16-05-19 PRO Antwerp 1 - 2 Gent
19-05-19 PRO Club Brugge 3 - 2 Antwerp
26-05-19 UE Antwerp 3 - 2 Sporting Charleroi
28-07-19 PRO AS Eupen 1 - 4 Antwerp
04-08-19 PRO Antwerp 18:00 Waasland-Beveren
08-08-19 EL Antwerp 17:30 Viktoria Plzeň
11-08-19 PRO Sporting Charleroi 16:00 Antwerp
15-08-19 EL Viktoria Plzeň 18:00 Antwerp
18-08-19 PRO Antwerp 16:00 Sint-Truiden
25-08-19 PRO Antwerp 12:30 Gent
Waasland-Beveren
All Pro League Club Friendlies UEFA Europa League Play-offs Belgian Cup
All Home Away
14-05-19 UE Waasland-Beveren 0 - 5 Zulte-Waregem
17-05-19 UE Royal Excel Mouscron 2 - 4 Waasland-Beveren
10-07-19 CF Waasland-Beveren 3 - 1 Lommel United
27-07-19 PRO Waasland-Beveren 1 - 3 Club Brugge
04-08-19 PRO Antwerp 18:00 Waasland-Beveren
10-08-19 PRO AS Eupen 18:00 Waasland-Beveren
17-08-19 PRO Waasland-Beveren 18:30 Genk
24-08-19 PRO Cercle Brugge 18:00 Waasland-Beveren
31-08-19 PRO Waasland-Beveren 18:30 Sporting Charleroi
14-09-19 PRO Sint-Truiden 18:00 Waasland-Beveren

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Club Brugge 2 2 0 0 9 1 1 1 0 0 6 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 8 6
2 Standard Liège 2 2 0 0 6 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 6 6
3 Mechelen 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 6
4 KV Oostende 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 6
5 Gent 2 1 1 0 7 2 1 1 0 0 6 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 5 4
6 Royal Excel Mouscron 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
7 Antwerp 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 3
8 Genk 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 -1 3
9 Sporting Charleroi 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
10 Anderlecht 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 1
11 Kortrijk 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
12 Waasland-Beveren 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
13 Cercle Brugge 2 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 -4 0
14 Zulte-Waregem 2 0 0 2 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 4 -6 0
15 Sint-Truiden 2 0 0 2 0 7 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 6 -7 0
16 AS Eupen 2 0 0 2 2 10 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 6 -8 0

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