Football betting preview: Beerschot-Wilrijk with moderate expectations before welcoming Anderlecht

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Mon 27.December
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Olympisch Stadion (12771 seats)

A cursory glance at the Pro League standings point to an edge to Anderlecht when they travel to Beerschot-Wilrijk. However; let's play before we elect a winner!

Insights:
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have the fewest scored goals (15) in Pro League
  • Anderlecht have the most scored goals in the second half (30) in Pro League

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Belgian Cup.

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Beerschot-Wilrijk form and stats

Beerschot-Wilrijk's results here at Olympisch Stadion in the Pro League have been very modest with 2 victories, 0 draws and 8 defeats. It's trouble wherever Beerschot-Wilrijk are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.

Beerschot-Wilrijk haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 360 minutes ago. Caicedo scored that one.

Beerschot-Wilrijk's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus KV Oostende (placed 11th). Midfielder Pietermaat was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.34 (out of ten) in that game. Pietermaat had 36 successful passes (of 45 total).

Heartbreak before that as Beerschot-Wilrijk lost 0-1 at AS Eupen's place.

The lack of attacking qualities in Beerschot-Wilrijk means that they have only scored 5 goals in 10 league home games, less than half a goal per match. On the other hand, Beerschot-Wilrijk have conceded 13 goals.

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Anderlecht form and stats

As the visiting team in Pro League matches, Anderlecht have produced an overall stat of 4-4-2 so far.

Anderlecht won their last game, 3-0 versus Kortrijk played at home.

Ahead of that match was the Pro League away draw versus Club Brugge that ended 2-2.

The travelling fans enjoy Anderlecht's attacking play in away games, having scored 18 goals in 10 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Anderlecht have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

These competitors have played earlier this season: Anderlecht - Beerschot-Wilrijk 4-2. Head-2-head stats last four meetings: one - zero - three (Beerschot-Wilrijk wins - draws - Anderlecht wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AnderlechtL. Refaelov
L. Refaelov
8 goals
AnderlechtJ. Zirkzee
J. Zirkzee
8 goals
AnderlechtS. Gómez Martín
S. Gómez Martín
5 goals

Beerschot-Wilrijk missing players

Anderlecht missing players

Beerschot-Wilrijk Anderlecht
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 10 2 Played P 3 10 20
2 2 0 Won W 2 4 9
3 0 0 Drew D 1 4 8
14 8 2 Lost L 0 2 3
15 5 0 Scored S 9 18 43
34 13 4 Conceded C 3 12 26
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
63% 50% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 90%
42% 30% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 60% 60%
26% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 50% 50%
16% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 10% 20%
32% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 60% 70%
16% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 20% 20%
58% 80% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 10%
 
5.6 6.1 7 Corners for (avg) C F 6.3 5.9 6.4
5.9 5.3 5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 4.4 3.9
2.3 1.9 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.7 1.9 1.8
6 3 0 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
11.7 11.2 7 Shots (avg) S ( 15.3 13.9 15.7
2.7 2.3 1.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 4.6 5
29% 22% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 39% 43%
 
13.8 9.8 7.5 Shots against (avg) S A 12.7 11.6 10.8
4.9 2.6 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 3.2 3.2
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Anderlecht have scored more than double the goals of Beerschot-Wilrijk.
  • Anderlecht have the most scored goals in the second half (30) in Pro League
  • Anderlecht haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have the fewest points (6) at home in Pro League
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Pro League
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have the fewest scored goals (15) in Pro League
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have the fewest scored goals (5) at home in Pro League
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Pro League
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have the most conceded goals in the first half (17) in Pro League
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have the the worst goal difference (-19) in Pro League
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Union Saint-Gilloise 20 15 1 4 50 20 10 7 0 3 23 11 10 8 1 1 27 9 30 46
2 Club Brugge 20 11 7 2 41 26 10 5 5 0 22 12 10 6 2 2 19 14 15 40
3 Antwerp 20 11 4 5 37 24 10 6 2 2 21 12 10 5 2 3 16 12 13 37
4 Anderlecht 20 9 8 3 43 26 10 5 4 1 25 14 10 4 4 2 18 12 17 35
5 Gent 20 10 3 7 33 22 10 7 1 2 22 11 10 3 2 5 11 11 11 33
6 Sporting Charleroi 19 9 5 5 35 26 9 4 2 3 13 9 10 5 3 2 22 17 9 32
7 Kortrijk 20 8 7 5 26 22 9 4 3 2 12 10 11 4 4 3 14 12 4 31
8 Mechelen 20 9 3 8 35 37 10 6 2 2 21 15 10 3 1 6 14 22 -2 30
9 Genk 20 7 5 8 36 33 10 4 3 3 20 15 10 3 2 5 16 18 3 26
10 AS Eupen 20 7 4 9 30 34 10 3 3 4 13 17 10 4 1 5 17 17 -4 25
11 KV Oostende 20 7 2 11 23 39 10 4 1 5 13 23 10 3 1 6 10 16 -16 23
12 Standard Liege 18 6 5 7 22 30 8 2 3 3 9 12 10 4 2 4 13 18 -8 23
13 OH Leuven 20 5 8 7 26 34 11 4 3 4 14 17 9 1 5 3 12 17 -8 23
14 Cercle Brugge 20 6 4 10 26 28 10 2 2 6 10 14 10 4 2 4 16 14 -2 22
15 Sint-Truiden 20 6 3 11 20 31 10 2 2 6 12 18 10 4 1 5 8 13 -11 21
16 Zulte-Waregem 20 5 5 10 30 45 11 3 2 6 17 27 9 2 3 4 13 18 -15 20
17 RFC Seraing 20 6 1 13 23 40 10 4 1 5 13 16 10 2 0 8 10 24 -17 19
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 19 2 3 14 15 34 10 2 0 8 5 13 9 0 3 6 10 21 -19 9

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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.