Antwerp welcomes Zulte-Waregem as clear favourites: Big betting preview

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Date: Sun 26.January
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bosuilstadion (16649 seats)

Antwerp have performed better than Zulte-Waregem so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:

It's no vacation for neither Antwerp nor Zulte-Waregem 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 have been very solid at home in the Pro League so far, with 26 points collected from 10 matches (8-2-0). This has contributed greatly to their 3rd position in the table.

Antwerp drew their last game, also a home match. Kortrijk (placed 13th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score. A strong away win before that one, visiting Cercle Brugge and winning 2-1.

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 two games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 2 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 1 match were won by at least two goals.

The Antwerp manager L. Bölöni has got the team scoring with 21 from 10 home games in the league. Antwerp are not conceding a lot of goals here at Bosuilstadion in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 10 matches.

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Zulte-Waregem form and stats

3-3-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Zulte-Waregem in their Pro League matches away. It's all red in the travel logs of Zulte-Waregem, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team. It's looking increasingly bleak for Zulte-Waregem who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Sint-Truiden was the last time a defeat was avoided.

Two away games in a row for Zulte-Waregem, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Antwerp in the Pro League. Before that, Zulte-Waregem travelled to Club Brugge and returned home with a draw after the Belgian Cup game finished 1-1.

You'll want to know how Zulte-Waregem managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found two similar matches resulting in 0 away wins, 0 draws and 2 home wins.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Zulte-Waregem as they have only managed to score 9 times from 11 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Zulte-Waregem have conceded 18 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Antwerp - Zulte-Waregem 2-1. Last seven meetings between the teams: Antwerp won 5, Zulte-Waregem won 2 and 0 draws. 6 games with over 2,5 goals, 1 match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

AntwerpD. Mbokani Bezua
D. Mbokani Bezua
14 goals
AntwerpL. Refaelov
L. Refaelov
10 goals
Zulte-WaregemG. Bruno
G. Bruno
7 goals

Antwerp missing players

Zulte-Waregem missing players

Antwerp Zulte-Waregem
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 10 3 Played P 3 12 23
12 8 2 Won W 0 3 9
6 2 1 Drew D 0 3 4
4 0 0 Lost L 3 6 10
41 21 3 Scored S 0 10 32
26 8 0 Conceded C 10 20 33
95% 90% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 96%
86% 70% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 92% 91%
64% 60% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 42% 48%
45% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 25% 30%
14% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
73% 60% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 35%
23% 40% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 30%
9% 10% 33% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 39%
 
4.8 5.5 6.7 Corners For (avg) C F 3.3 3.8 4.3
4.9 3.5 2.3 Corners Against (avg) C A 3.3 4.8 4.5
2.2 2 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2.2 1.7
2 0 0 Red Cards R C 1 3 3
 
178 105 25 Total Shots T S 3 66 126
87 54 11 Shots on Target S O 1 29 60
47% 39% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 34% 53%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Antwerp have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Antwerp have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Antwerp have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Zulte-Waregem have scored away.

  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 21 16 4 1 48 9 11 8 3 0 27 3 10 8 1 1 21 6 39 52
2 Gent 23 13 6 4 47 25 12 10 2 0 32 8 11 3 4 4 15 17 22 45
3 Antwerp 22 12 6 4 41 26 10 8 2 0 21 8 12 4 4 4 20 18 15 42
4 Standard Liège 23 12 5 6 42 26 12 8 2 2 23 9 11 4 3 4 19 17 16 41
5 Sporting Charleroi 21 11 7 3 36 18 10 7 1 2 18 8 11 4 6 1 18 10 18 40
6 Genk 23 10 4 9 36 34 11 7 1 3 18 13 12 3 3 6 18 21 2 34
7 Mechelen 22 10 4 8 33 34 11 4 3 4 18 20 11 6 1 4 15 14 -1 34
8 Zulte-Waregem 22 9 4 9 31 31 11 6 1 4 22 13 11 3 3 5 9 18 0 31
9 Anderlecht 23 7 9 7 27 25 12 4 5 3 15 11 11 3 4 4 12 14 2 30
10 Sint-Truiden 23 8 5 10 27 39 11 3 5 3 12 12 12 5 0 7 15 27 -12 29
11 Royal Excel Mouscron 23 6 9 8 31 34 12 4 5 3 18 15 11 2 4 5 13 19 -3 27
12 AS Eupen 23 6 5 12 19 35 11 2 4 5 9 15 12 4 1 7 10 20 -16 23
13 Kortrijk 22 6 4 12 28 36 11 4 2 5 19 17 11 2 2 7 9 19 -8 22
14 Waasland-Beveren 23 5 5 13 19 43 12 3 2 7 11 25 11 2 3 6 8 18 -24 20
15 KV Oostende 23 5 3 15 23 44 11 4 2 5 16 19 12 1 1 10 7 25 -21 18
16 Cercle Brugge 23 3 2 18 20 49 12 3 1 8 12 21 11 0 1 10 8 28 -29 11

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.