Another adrenaline-pumping match in Pro League as Kortrijk welcome Anderlecht

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 19.February
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Guldensporenstadion (9399 seats)

Faithful supporters at Guldensporenstadion haven’t witnessed many wins this season, with Kortrijk lying uncomfortably in the 15th place. The visiting Anderlecht will attempt to guard their higher league spot in this one.

Insights:
  • Anderlecht have won significantly less corners away then at home.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Europa Conference League game only three days ago. That game, against Ludogorets, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Anderlecht.

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Kortrijk form and stats

Kortrijk's results here at Guldensporenstadion in the Pro League have been very modest with 3 victories, 3 draws and 6 defeats.

Happy days for Kortrijk in their previous game, a fixture away at Standard Liege (placed 6th) that ended with a 2-0 victory. Finally, a league victory after three fixtures without. Wasinski, defender, was given a rating of 8.34/10 in that game, top of the team. Wasinski scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 5 of 9 duels.

Heartbreak before that as Kortrijk lost 0-1 at Sint-Truiden's place.

Kortrijk aren't scoring a lot here at Guldensporenstadion in the league, with only {11 goals} from 12 games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 22 goals have been conceded.

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Anderlecht form and stats

5 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Anderlecht playing as the away team in the Pro League this season. Anderlecht has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

Two away games in a row for Anderlecht, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Ludogorets in the Europa Conference League. Vertonghen was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.45. The defender Vertonghen won 5 of 7 duels.

Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against Sint-Truiden in the Pro League.

After this away game Anderlecht return home for a Europa Conference League game against Ludogorets. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Anderlecht are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 15 away goals from 12 games (in the league). Anderlecht have conceded 15 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Anderlecht have managed a streak of 4 consecutive games without losing (3-1-0) when playing Kortrijk.

The participants have met each other previously this season, with the match result Anderlecht - Kortrijk 4-1 entered in the official records.

Top Goalscorers

KortrijkF. Selemani
F. Selemani
7 goals
KortrijkF. Avenatti Dovillabichus
F. Avenatti Dovillabichus
6 goals
AnderlechtL. Refaelov
L. Refaelov
4 goals

Kortrijk missing players

Anderlecht missing players

Kortrijk Anderlecht
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
25 12 4 Played P 4 12 25
7 3 0 Won W 3 5 10
4 3 2 Drew D 0 2 4
14 6 2 Lost L 1 5 11
28 11 1 Scored S 8 15 36
45 22 5 Conceded C 4 15 33
96% 92% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 92%
76% 75% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 67% 68%
60% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 52%
40% 42% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 25% 40%
20% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 17% 20%
60% 50% 25% BTTS BTTS 50% 42% 48%
20% 17% 25% Clean Sheets C S 50% 42% 28%
24% 42% 75% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 32%
 
4.4 4.8 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.1 5.4
6.5 5.9 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 4.5 4.2
2.4 2.5 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.2 2
6 3 1 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
11.1 12.4 12.2 Shots (avg) S ( 13 9.7 12.1
3.5 4.1 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.5 4.2
32% 22% 6% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 38% 36%
 
17.1 16.6 17.5 Shots against (avg) S A 13 13.3 11.3
5.2 5.2 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.7 3.6
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Anderlecht have won significantly less corners away then 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 Genk 25 20 2 3 60 23 13 11 1 1 33 10 12 9 1 2 27 13 37 62
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 25 17 5 3 51 25 12 9 2 1 23 8 13 8 3 2 28 17 26 56
3 Antwerp 25 15 5 5 43 23 12 9 2 1 26 9 13 6 3 4 17 14 20 50
4 Club Brugge 25 11 9 5 43 30 13 6 6 1 27 15 12 5 3 4 16 15 13 42
5 Gent 25 11 6 8 44 30 12 6 3 3 20 13 13 5 3 5 24 17 14 39
6 Standard Liege 25 11 5 9 38 32 13 7 2 4 25 14 12 4 3 5 13 18 6 38
7 Westerlo 25 10 6 9 48 43 13 6 3 4 31 20 12 4 3 5 17 23 5 36
8 Cercle Brugge 25 9 8 8 33 33 12 5 5 2 20 13 13 4 3 6 13 20 0 35
9 Sint-Truiden 25 9 8 8 26 28 12 4 3 5 11 14 13 5 5 3 15 14 -2 35
10 Anderlecht 25 10 4 11 36 33 13 5 2 6 21 18 12 5 2 5 15 15 3 34
11 OH Leuven 25 8 8 9 38 36 12 4 4 4 17 16 13 4 4 5 21 20 2 32
12 Sporting Charleroi 24 9 4 11 33 37 12 5 1 6 17 17 12 4 3 5 16 20 -4 31
13 Mechelen 24 7 5 12 33 44 13 6 4 3 25 21 11 1 1 9 8 23 -11 26
14 AS Eupen 25 7 4 14 32 49 13 4 2 7 15 21 12 3 2 7 17 28 -17 25
15 Kortrijk 25 7 4 14 28 45 12 3 3 6 11 22 13 4 1 8 17 23 -17 25
16 Zulte-Waregem 25 5 6 14 31 53 13 3 3 7 20 32 12 2 3 7 11 21 -22 21
17 KV Oostende 25 5 4 16 26 54 12 4 0 8 13 24 13 1 4 8 13 30 -28 19
18 RFC Seraing 25 5 3 17 23 48 12 1 2 9 6 18 13 4 1 8 17 30 -25 18

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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.