Beerschot-Wilrijk vs Sint-Truiden: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 17.October
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Olympisch Stadion (12771 seats)

The league table in Pro League tells a story about these teams so far, with Beerschot-Wilrijk leading Sint-Truiden by 9 points. Match preview to follow:

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

Sint-Truiden play their home games on artifical turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Sint-Truiden when playing on grass are 10 wins, 10 draws and 19 defeats from 39 matches. They have scored 43 goals and conceded 70 times in these games.

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Beerschot-Wilrijk form and stats

Beerschot-Wilrijk, who have the most scored goals (11) at home in Pro League, have played 4 Pro League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-0-1 (wins-draws-losses). Beerschot-Wilrijk has recorded two wins in a row here at Olympisch Stadion, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Beerschot-Wilrijk faced defeat in their previous match, away at Gent (1-5). Before that game, the 3-2 home victory against Waasland-Beveren.

Beerschot-Wilrijk were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

Beerschot-Wilrijk are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Olympisch Stadion in their league games, having scored an impressive 11 goals in 4 matches. Beerschot-Wilrijk have conceded 8 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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Sint-Truiden form and stats

0-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Sint-Truiden, who have the fewest points (1) away in Pro League, in their Pro League matches away. Sint-Truiden seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Sint-Truiden aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 337 league minutes without a goal. Lee Seung-Woo was the last player to find the net.

Sint-Truiden played 0-0 against Kortrijk in their previous match. Prior to that match, the Sint-Truiden manager K. Muscat faced defeat when travelling to Mechelen and losing 0-2.

Sint-Truiden are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 2 goals from 4 away games. For Sint-Truiden, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Beerschot-Wilrijk zero wins, two draws and Sint-Truiden four victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Beerschot-WilrijkR. Holzhauser
R. Holzhauser
5 goals
Beerschot-WilrijkM. Noubissi
M. Noubissi
3 goals
Beerschot-WilrijkT. Tissoudali
T. Tissoudali
2 goals

Beerschot-Wilrijk missing players

Sint-Truiden missing players

Beerschot-Wilrijk Sint-Truiden
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
8 4 2 Played P 0 4 8
5 3 2 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 3
3 1 0 Lost L 0 3 4
16 11 6 Scored S 0 2 6
17 8 3 Conceded C 0 9 13
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 75%
88% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 75%
88% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 50%
62% 75% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 25%
38% 50% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 12%
75% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 50%
12% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 25%
12% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 50%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.4 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3.2 2.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
53 37 12 Total Shots T S 0 15 47
26 18 6 Shots on Target S O 0 6 24
62% 61% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 25%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • All of Beerschot-Wilrijk's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • All of Sint-Truiden's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk has the most conceded goals in the first half (8) in Pro League
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk has the most scored goals (11) at home in Pro League
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have scored more than double the goals of Sint-Truiden.
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sint-Truiden has the fewest points (1) away in Pro League
  • Sint-Truiden has the the worst goal difference (-7) away in Pro League
  • Sint-Truiden have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Sint-Truiden have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Sint-Truiden have yet to win a game away.
  • Sint-Truiden haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Sporting Charleroi 8 6 1 1 14 5 4 3 0 1 7 3 4 3 1 0 7 2 9 19
2 Club Brugge 8 6 0 2 21 5 5 3 0 2 9 4 3 3 0 0 12 1 16 18
3 Standard Liège 8 5 2 1 12 6 4 2 2 0 5 3 4 3 0 1 7 3 6 17
4 Beerschot-Wilrijk 8 5 0 3 16 17 4 3 0 1 11 8 4 2 0 2 5 9 -1 15
5 Antwerp 8 4 2 2 15 11 4 2 2 0 8 4 4 2 0 2 7 7 4 14
6 OH Leuven 8 4 2 2 13 12 4 2 1 1 5 5 4 2 1 1 8 7 1 14
7 Anderlecht 8 3 4 1 15 12 4 2 2 0 7 3 4 1 2 1 8 9 3 13
8 KV Oostende 8 3 3 2 12 8 4 2 1 1 9 5 4 1 2 1 3 3 4 12
9 Cercle Brugge 8 4 0 4 11 10 3 2 0 1 5 2 5 2 0 3 6 8 1 12
10 Kortrijk 8 3 2 3 9 9 4 1 1 2 5 6 4 2 1 1 4 3 0 11
11 Genk 8 2 4 2 12 13 4 1 2 1 7 6 4 1 2 1 5 7 -1 10
12 Gent 8 3 0 5 12 11 4 2 0 2 9 6 4 1 0 3 3 5 1 9
13 AS Eupen 8 1 5 2 8 12 4 1 1 2 4 8 4 0 4 0 4 4 -4 8
14 Mechelen 8 2 1 5 9 14 4 1 1 2 6 6 4 1 0 3 3 8 -5 7
15 Zulte-Waregem 8 2 1 5 10 18 4 1 0 3 5 11 4 1 1 2 5 7 -8 7
16 Sint-Truiden 8 1 3 4 6 13 4 1 2 1 4 4 4 0 1 3 2 9 -7 6
17 Waasland-Beveren 8 1 1 6 12 22 4 0 1 3 5 10 4 1 0 3 7 12 -10 4
18 Royal Excel Mouscron 8 0 3 5 3 12 4 0 1 3 1 4 4 0 2 2 2 8 -9 3

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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.