Pro League: Antwerp expected to win home game against Waasland-Beveren

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Fri 29.January
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Bosuilstadion (16649 seats)

There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Antwerp leading Waasland-Beveren by 19 points.

Insights:
  • Antwerp haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Waasland-Beveren has the most conceded goals (51) in Pro League

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Antwerp and Waasland-Beveren.

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Antwerp form and stats

When playing at home in the Pro League, Antwerp have managed 6 wins, 3 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 12 games.

Antwerp enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at AS Eupen's place. The match ended 2-0 with Abdoulaye Seck and Lior Refaelov scoring. Ahead of that match, Antwerp lost 1-2 at home to KV Oostende.

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 five matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won five, drew zero and lost zero.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Belgian Cup game versus La Louviere in only four days. This game is also played here at Bosuilstadion.

The Antwerp fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 19 goals in 12 league matches. On the other hand, Antwerp have conceded 15 goals.

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Waasland-Beveren form and stats

3 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Waasland-Beveren, who have the most conceded goals (51) in Pro League, playing as the away team in the Pro League this season. Two points from the last two away games for Waasland-Beveren, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Home advantage was not enough for Waasland-Beveren in their previous game, as they lost their Pro League-match, hosting Mechelen, 2-3. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Anderlecht that ended 0-0.

Waasland-Beveren were so close to getting something from the game against Mechelen, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal two minutes into overtime.

You'll want to know how Waasland-Beveren managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found ten similar matches resulting in one away win, three draws and six home wins.

Waasland-Beveren have scored 17 goals on their travels this season, from 13 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Waasland-Beveren rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 24 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Waasland-Beveren - Antwerp 0-3 played earlier this season. Antwerp-Waasland-Beveren H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Antwerp four wins, Waasland-Beveren five wins, one draw. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

AntwerpD. Mbokani Bezua
D. Mbokani Bezua
8 goals
AntwerpL. Refaelov
L. Refaelov
7 goals
Waasland-BeverenD. Heymans
D. Heymans
7 goals

Antwerp missing players

Waasland-Beveren missing players

Antwerp Waasland-Beveren
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
24 12 3 Played P 4 13 24
12 6 1 Won W 0 3 5
4 3 1 Drew D 2 5 6
8 3 1 Lost L 2 5 13
38 19 2 Scored S 3 17 30
32 15 2 Conceded C 8 24 51
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 92% 96%
79% 75% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 92% 96%
54% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 54% 58%
33% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 46% 46%
21% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 31% 33%
58% 67% 33% BTTS BTTS 75% 77% 71%
21% 17% 33% Clean Sheets C S 25% 15% 17%
21% 17% 33% Failed to Score F T 25% 15% 17%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 2.1 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.6 2
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
9.6 9.5 7.7 Shots (avg) S ( 2.5 4.8 7.1
4.1 4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0.5 2 3.1
38% 40% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 150% 65% 41%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Antwerp haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Waasland-Beveren has the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in Pro League
  • Waasland-Beveren has the most conceded goals (51) in Pro League
  • Waasland-Beveren has the the worst goal difference (-21) in Pro League

  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 23 16 3 4 48 16 12 8 1 3 21 10 11 8 2 1 27 6 32 51
2 Antwerp 24 12 4 8 38 32 12 6 3 3 19 15 12 6 1 5 19 17 6 40
3 Genk 23 11 6 6 46 31 11 6 4 1 25 12 12 5 2 5 21 19 15 39
4 Standard Liege 23 10 7 6 33 24 12 5 5 2 18 14 11 5 2 4 15 10 9 37
5 Anderlecht 24 9 10 5 34 26 12 7 5 0 18 6 12 2 5 5 16 20 8 37
6 KV Oostende 23 10 5 8 33 29 11 6 3 2 22 14 12 4 2 6 11 15 4 35
7 OH Leuven 23 10 5 8 39 39 12 6 2 4 16 16 11 4 3 4 23 23 0 35
8 Sporting Charleroi 23 10 3 10 34 32 10 5 1 4 11 7 13 5 2 6 23 25 2 33
9 Beerschot-Wilrijk 23 10 3 10 45 48 11 6 2 3 25 20 12 4 1 7 20 28 -3 33
10 Mechelen 24 9 5 10 38 42 13 4 2 7 22 25 11 5 3 3 16 17 -4 32
11 AS Eupen 24 7 9 8 29 39 12 4 3 5 17 21 12 3 6 3 12 18 -10 30
12 Gent 23 9 3 11 33 30 10 4 1 5 16 14 13 5 2 6 17 16 3 30
13 Zulte-Waregem 23 9 3 11 34 41 13 3 2 8 14 27 10 6 1 3 20 14 -7 30
14 Kortrijk 23 8 5 10 28 34 13 5 2 6 20 24 10 3 3 4 8 10 -6 29
15 Sint-Truiden 23 7 5 11 29 36 12 4 3 5 14 14 11 3 2 6 15 22 -7 26
16 Royal Excel Mouscron 24 6 7 11 22 33 12 3 5 4 13 13 12 3 2 7 9 20 -11 25
17 Cercle Brugge 23 7 1 15 29 39 11 3 0 8 17 22 12 4 1 7 12 17 -10 22
18 Waasland-Beveren 24 5 6 13 30 51 11 2 1 8 13 27 13 3 5 5 17 24 -21 21

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.