Pro League preview with statistics: Kortrijk welcomes Anderlecht to Guldensporenstadion

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 10.April
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Guldensporenstadion (9399 seats)

Guldensporenstadion: Shake it up for a football jamboree when Kortrijk put their fighting gear on for Anderlecht. Get the latest info on the fixture at Tipsway!

Insights:
  • Kortrijk have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Anderlecht have the fewest matches under the total-line (8) in Pro League

Kortrijk can neither be promoted or relegated from Pro League. Anderlecht are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

Both squads have had ample time to rest since their last work day in an official game. Let's aim for an active fixture!

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Kortrijk form and stats

When playing at home in the Pro League, Kortrijk have managed 5 wins, 4 draws and suffered 7 defeats from 16 games. It's trouble wherever Kortrijk are playing these days as they have suffered five straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.

Kortrijk lost their last game at Mechelen (placed 6th) after a 2-3 scoreline. Midfielder Benchaib was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.61 (out of ten) in that game. Benchaib scored two goals and had 26 successful passes (of 30 total).

Ahead of that match, Kortrijk lost 0-1 at home to Standard Liège.

The Kortrijk fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 21 in 16 matches. On the other hand, Kortrijk have conceded 21 goals.

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Anderlecht form and stats

7 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Anderlecht playing as the away team in the Pro League this season.

Anderlecht are travelling after their nice 4-0 home win in the fixture against Sporting Charleroi (placed 7th). Hoedt was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.13. The defender Hoedt hit two key passes and won 3 of 8 duels.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Gent wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

Anderlecht has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 28 goals from 16 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Anderlecht as they have only conceded 15 goals from these away games. More than 55 percent of these were conceded from the 60th minute and onwards in these in the last 30 minutes of games.

Head 2 Head

These opponents have battled previously this season: Anderlecht - Kortrijk 1-1. Kortrijk-Anderlecht H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Kortrijk two wins, Anderlecht five wins, three draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

AnderlechtJ. Zirkzee
J. Zirkzee
14 goals
KortrijkF. Selemani
F. Selemani
13 goals
AnderlechtL. Refaelov
L. Refaelov
12 goals

Kortrijk missing players

Anderlecht missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Kortrijk Anderlecht
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 5 16 33
9 5 1 Won W 2 7 17
10 4 1 Drew D 2 5 10
14 7 3 Lost L 1 4 6
41 21 5 Scored S 7 28 69
45 21 8 Conceded C 5 15 34
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 94% 97%
85% 75% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 62% 82%
39% 44% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 50% 55%
27% 31% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 38% 39%
9% 12% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 18%
52% 50% 40% BTTS BTTS 60% 44% 55%
24% 25% 20% Clean Sheets C S 20% 31% 30%
24% 25% 40% Failed to Score F T 40% 31% 18%
 
4.4 4.8 4.4 Corners for (avg) C F 5.8 5.4 5.7
6 5.1 6.4 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.6 3.8
2.7 1.9 2.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 1.7
4 2 1 Red cards R C 1 2 6
 
12.2 13.8 12.8 Shots (avg) S ( 15 13.5 14.7
4 4.1 3.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.6 5.1 5.3
31% 32% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 35% 39%
 
15.6 13.8 13.8 Shots against (avg) S A 13.8 10.2 9.9
4.6 4.2 4.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 3.4 3.4
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Anderlecht have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Anderlecht have the fewest matches under the total-line (8) in Pro League
  • Kortrijk have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Kortrijk 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 Union Saint-Gilloise 33 23 5 5 73 27 16 9 3 4 27 14 17 14 2 1 46 13 46 74
2 Club Brugge 33 20 9 4 70 37 16 9 6 1 34 16 17 11 3 3 36 21 33 69
3 Antwerp 33 19 5 9 54 37 16 9 3 4 29 18 17 10 2 5 25 19 17 62
4 Anderlecht 33 17 10 6 69 34 17 10 5 2 41 19 16 7 5 4 28 15 35 61
5 Gent 33 17 8 8 51 30 16 10 3 3 32 16 17 7 5 5 19 14 21 59
6 Mechelen 33 15 7 11 57 59 17 10 4 3 36 24 16 5 3 8 21 35 -2 52
7 Sporting Charleroi 33 14 9 10 52 46 16 6 5 5 21 16 17 8 4 5 31 30 6 51
8 Genk 33 14 6 13 64 47 17 10 3 4 39 18 16 4 3 9 25 29 17 48
9 Sint-Truiden 33 14 6 13 39 40 16 6 3 7 23 23 17 8 3 6 16 17 -1 48
10 Cercle Brugge 33 12 8 13 48 45 17 6 4 7 23 20 16 6 4 6 25 25 3 44
11 OH Leuven 33 10 11 12 47 53 17 7 4 6 25 25 16 3 7 6 22 28 -6 41
12 Kortrijk 33 9 10 14 41 45 16 5 4 7 21 21 17 4 6 7 20 24 -4 37
13 Standard Liège 33 9 9 15 32 48 17 3 5 9 15 26 16 6 4 6 17 22 -16 36
14 KV Oostende 33 9 7 17 32 61 17 5 3 9 19 37 16 4 4 8 13 24 -29 34
15 AS Eupen 33 8 8 17 37 59 16 4 4 8 18 27 17 4 4 9 19 32 -22 32
16 Zulte-Waregem 33 8 8 17 42 66 17 5 4 8 23 32 16 3 4 9 19 34 -24 32
17 RFC Seraing 33 8 4 21 30 66 16 5 3 8 16 28 17 3 1 13 14 38 -36 28
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 33 4 4 25 33 71 17 4 1 12 16 33 16 0 3 13 17 38 -38 16

Table
  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 33 23 5 5 73 27 16 9 3 4 27 14 17 14 2 1 46 13 46 74
2 Club Brugge 33 20 9 4 70 37 16 9 6 1 34 16 17 11 3 3 36 21 33 69
3 Antwerp 33 19 5 9 54 37 16 9 3 4 29 18 17 10 2 5 25 19 17 62
4 Anderlecht 33 17 10 6 69 34 17 10 5 2 41 19 16 7 5 4 28 15 35 61
5 Gent 33 17 8 8 51 30 16 10 3 3 32 16 17 7 5 5 19 14 21 59
6 Mechelen 33 15 7 11 57 59 17 10 4 3 36 24 16 5 3 8 21 35 -2 52
7 Sporting Charleroi 33 14 9 10 52 46 16 6 5 5 21 16 17 8 4 5 31 30 6 51
8 Genk 33 14 6 13 64 47 17 10 3 4 39 18 16 4 3 9 25 29 17 48
9 Sint-Truiden 33 14 6 13 39 40 16 6 3 7 23 23 17 8 3 6 16 17 -1 48
10 Cercle Brugge 33 12 8 13 48 45 17 6 4 7 23 20 16 6 4 6 25 25 3 44
11 OH Leuven 33 10 11 12 47 53 17 7 4 6 25 25 16 3 7 6 22 28 -6 41
12 Kortrijk 33 9 10 14 41 45 16 5 4 7 21 21 17 4 6 7 20 24 -4 37
13 Standard Liège 33 9 9 15 32 48 17 3 5 9 15 26 16 6 4 6 17 22 -16 36
14 KV Oostende 33 9 7 17 32 61 17 5 3 9 19 37 16 4 4 8 13 24 -29 34
15 AS Eupen 33 8 8 17 37 59 16 4 4 8 18 27 17 4 4 9 19 32 -22 32
16 Zulte-Waregem 33 8 8 17 42 66 17 5 4 8 23 32 16 3 4 9 19 34 -24 32
17 RFC Seraing 33 8 4 21 30 66 16 5 3 8 16 28 17 3 1 13 14 38 -36 28
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 33 4 4 25 33 71 17 4 1 12 16 33 16 0 3 13 17 38 -38 16

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