Can KV Oostende defeat Anderlecht in DIaz Arena clash?

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Fri 03.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: DIaz Arena (8400 seats)

Here's all you need to know, and even more, before the KV Oostende - Anderlecht game!

Insights:
  • KV Oostende have the most conceded goals (51) in Pro League
  • Anderlecht have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

This promises to be an intriguing fixture with lots of spark and energy as both sides are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Get this show on the road!

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KV Oostende form and stats

KV Oostende have played 11 Pro League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-0-7 (wins-draws-losses). Three consecutive losses here at DIaz Arena is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.

An away draw last time out for Oostende, facing Kortrijk in a game that ended 2-2. Ambrose was able to secure the draw 2-2 in the game against Kortrijk after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today? The attacker Batzner was named "man of the match" for KV Oostende with a rating of 8.64/10. Batzner scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, served one assist and hit four key passes.

Preceding that match was the home game against Cercle Brugge that was lost 1-2.

Goals keep coming in this club's league matches, with 11 in a row having three or more goals (over 2.5).

KV Oostende are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 11 games.

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Anderlecht form and stats

4-2-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Anderlecht in their Pro League matches away.

195 minutes! That's how long the Anderlecht goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Anderlecht played 0-0 against Antwerp in their previous match. Verbruggen (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.05. Verbruggen topped it up with a clean sheet.

Preceding that game was the away victory against RFC Seraing with the score of 1-0.

Anderlecht have scored 13 goals on their travels this season, from 11 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Anderlecht have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road. 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 sequence of 5 consecutive matches without defeat (3-2-0) when facing Oostende.

This was the result when the participants played each other previously this campaign; Anderlecht - KV Oostende 2-0.

Top Goalscorers

KV OostendeN. Bätzner
N. Bätzner
5 goals
KV OostendeT. Ambrose
T. Ambrose
5 goals
KV OostendeF. Hornby
F. Hornby
5 goals

KV Oostende missing players

Anderlecht missing players

KV Oostende Anderlecht
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 11 2 Played P 3 11 23
5 4 0 Won W 2 4 8
3 0 0 Drew D 0 2 4
15 7 2 Lost L 1 5 11
25 13 1 Scored S 6 13 31
51 22 3 Conceded C 4 15 32
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 91%
87% 82% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 64% 65%
78% 82% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 55% 52%
35% 27% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 27% 39%
13% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 18% 22%
65% 73% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 45% 48%
4% 9% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 36% 26%
30% 18% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 27% 35%
 
4.6 4.8 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 6 4.3 5.6
5.8 5.5 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 4.6 4.4
2.4 2.7 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.3 2.1
7 5 0 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
11.9 12.3 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 13.3 9.5 11.6
4.4 5.4 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.3 3.5 4
25% 22% 11% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 37% 35%
 
13.1 11.4 11 Shots against (avg) S A 13 13.3 11.6
5 5.1 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 3.8 3.8
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Anderlecht have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Anderlecht have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • KV Oostende have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • KV Oostende have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • KV Oostende have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Pro League
  • KV Oostende have the most conceded goals (51) in Pro League
  • KV Oostende have the most conceded goals in the second half (29) in Pro League
  • KV Oostende have the most matches over the total-line (18) in Pro League
  • KV Oostende have the the worst goal difference (-26) in Pro League
  • KV Oostende haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • KV Oostende is in the worst form (0-1-5)

  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 22 19 1 2 56 19 12 11 1 0 33 9 10 8 0 2 23 10 37 58
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 23 16 4 3 46 24 11 8 2 1 19 8 12 8 2 2 27 16 22 52
3 Antwerp 23 14 4 5 42 23 11 9 1 1 26 9 12 5 3 4 16 14 19 46
4 Club Brugge 23 11 7 5 42 29 12 6 5 1 26 14 11 5 2 4 16 15 13 40
5 Gent 23 11 5 7 39 24 11 6 3 2 18 10 12 5 2 5 21 14 15 38
6 Standard Liege 23 11 4 8 37 29 12 7 2 3 25 12 11 4 2 5 12 17 8 37
7 Westerlo 23 10 4 9 44 39 12 6 2 4 28 17 11 4 2 5 16 22 5 34
8 Cercle Brugge 23 9 6 8 32 32 11 5 4 2 19 12 12 4 2 6 13 20 0 33
9 Sint-Truiden 23 8 8 7 24 25 11 3 3 5 10 14 12 5 5 2 14 11 -1 32
10 OH Leuven 23 8 7 8 37 34 11 4 3 4 17 16 12 4 4 4 20 18 3 31
11 Anderlecht 23 8 4 11 31 32 12 4 2 6 18 17 11 4 2 5 13 15 -1 28
12 Sporting Charleroi 22 8 3 11 28 35 11 4 1 6 14 17 11 4 2 5 14 18 -7 27
13 Mechelen 22 7 4 11 30 40 12 6 3 3 23 19 10 1 1 8 7 21 -10 25
14 Kortrijk 23 6 4 13 26 44 12 3 3 6 11 22 11 3 1 7 15 22 -18 22
15 AS Eupen 22 6 2 14 28 46 10 3 0 7 11 18 12 3 2 7 17 28 -18 20
16 Zulte-Waregem 23 5 5 13 30 48 12 3 2 7 19 31 11 2 3 6 11 17 -18 20
17 KV Oostende 23 5 3 15 25 51 11 4 0 7 13 22 12 1 3 8 12 29 -26 18
18 RFC Seraing 23 4 3 16 21 44 11 0 2 9 4 17 12 4 1 7 17 27 -23 15

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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.