Beerschot-Wilrijk will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 6 points behind Antwerp.
- Antwerp have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Beerschot-Wilrijk form and stats
When playing at home in the Pro League, Beerschot-Wilrijk have managed 6 wins, 3 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 12 games.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Mike Vanhamel not having conceded a league goal in 306 minutes.
A strong away win before that one, visiting OH Leuven and winning 1-0.
As mentioned above, Beerschot-Wilrijk "killed" Dessel Sport in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Beerschot-Wilrijk as they have a new game in only four days, a Belgian Cup match thankfully also at home. Mechelen are visiting.
Beerschot-Wilrijk can score goals in their home matches. After 12 league matches they have found the net 25 times. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Beerschot-Wilrijk have conceded 20 from these games.
Antwerp form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Pro League travels is 6 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Antwerp, as they have won on their previous two travels.
G. Kamboleke and R. De Laet scored in Antwerp's previous match, the home game against La Louviere that ended 2-1. Before that, Antwerp secured a home win against Waasland-Beveren with the score 3-2.
Antwerp has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 19 goals from 12 games. As opposed to that, Antwerp have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Antwerp - Beerschot-Wilrijk 3-2, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Beerschot-Wilrijk zero wins, one draw and Antwerp two victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Holzhauser 11 goals |   D. Mbokani Bezua 8 goals |  L. Refaelov 7 goals |
Beerschot-Wilrijk missing players
Antwerp missing players
| Beerschot-Wilrijk | Antwerp | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 25 |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 46 | 25 | 7 | Scored | S | 5 | 19 | 41 |
| 48 | 20 | 9 | Conceded | C | 5 | 17 | 34 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 83% | 80% |
| 68% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 58% | 56% |
| 48% | 42% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 33% | 36% |
| 32% | 33% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 24% |
| 64% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 60% |
| 16% | 8% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 25% | 20% |
| 24% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 25% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 2.1 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7.1 | 8.2 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 9.7 | 9.8 |
| 4 | 4.5 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
| 46% | 46% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 37% | 38% |
- Antwerp have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Antwerp 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 | Club Brugge | 25 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 53 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 7 | 35 | 57 |
| 2 | Antwerp | 25 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 41 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 43 |
| 3 | Genk | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 49 | 33 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 43 |
| 4 | Standard Liège | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 36 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 38 |
| 5 | Anderlecht | 25 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 34 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 38 |
| 6 | Sporting Charleroi | 25 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 38 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 26 | 4 | 37 |
| 7 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 25 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 46 | 48 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 28 | -2 | 37 |
| 8 | KV Oostende | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 36 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 36 |
| 9 | OH Leuven | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 40 | 41 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 24 | -1 | 36 |
| 10 | Zulte-Waregem | 25 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 38 | 45 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 17 | -7 | 33 |
| 11 | Mechelen | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 38 | 42 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 17 | -4 | 33 |
| 12 | Gent | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 34 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 32 |
| 13 | AS Eupen | 25 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 30 | 40 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 18 | -10 | 31 |
| 14 | Sint-Truiden | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 33 | 37 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 23 | -4 | 30 |
| 15 | Kortrijk | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 29 | 37 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -8 | 30 |
| 16 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 21 | -11 | 26 |
| 17 | Cercle Brugge | 25 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 30 | 44 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 20 | -14 | 22 |
| 18 | Waasland-Beveren | 25 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 32 | 54 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 27 | -22 | 21 |