Pro League match preview: RFC Seraing believed to be the weaker party when Antwerp pays a visit

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 11.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du Pairay (8207 seats)

RFC Seraing will hope that their home advantage is enough to get at least a draw from this gruelling duel, against high-powered Antwerp.

Insights:
  • RFC Seraing have the fewest scored goals (25) in Pro League
  • Antwerp have the fewest conceded goals (24) in Pro League

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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RFC Seraing form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Pro League this season. RFC Seraing have only managed 1 win, 3 draws and 10 losses from their games here at Stade du Pairay.

No payout for RFC Seraing in their previous match, an away game at Cercle Brugge that ended in defeat 1-3. Mouandilmadji, an attacker, was the champion performer for the team in that fixture, receiving a rating of 7.05 (out of 10). Mouandilmadji scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Ahead of that match, Seraing lost 0-2 at home to Mechelen.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for RFC Seraing here at Stade du Pairay in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 14 games). RFC Seraing have conceded 21 from these games.

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Antwerp form and stats

The visitors are W6-D4-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Pro League.

Antwerp are travelling after their nice 5-0 home win in the fixture against Mechelen (placed 13th). As you can tell from the results above, Antwerp was very dominant against Mechelen, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-0 (!) with Ekkelenkamp (2), Balikwisha and Kerk (2) providing the goals. Ekkelenkamp got a match rating of 9.41 in that game, top player of the team. Ekkelenkamp scored two goals, served one assist, hit two key passes and had 25 successful passes (of 26 total).

Before that one, the win at home against Union Saint-Gilloise (after extra-time, 4-3 on penalties) in the Belgian Cup (1-0).

Highlight this: 8 of the latest 10 league games involving this side have seen only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting terms).

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Antwerp have scored 18 goals in 14 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 15 goals have been conceded by Antwerp in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Here's the final score when the squads faced each other previously this season; Antwerp - RFC Seraing 2-1. RFC Seraing-Antwerp H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: RFC Seraing one win, Antwerp five wins, two draws. four of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

AntwerpV. Janssen
V. Janssen
15 goals
RFC SeraingM. Mouandilmadji
M. Mouandilmadji
8 goals
AntwerpM. Balikwisha
M. Balikwisha
5 goals

RFC Seraing missing players

Antwerp missing players

RFC Seraing Antwerp
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
28 14 4 Played P 4 14 28
5 1 0 Won W 3 6 17
4 3 1 Drew D 0 4 6
19 10 3 Lost L 1 4 5
25 7 2 Scored S 7 18 51
54 21 9 Conceded C 2 15 24
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 89%
82% 64% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 71% 75%
57% 29% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 43% 50%
32% 7% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 25%
11% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 18%
54% 43% 50% BTTS BTTS 25% 36% 36%
4% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 75% 43% 54%
43% 57% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 21%
 
3.5 3.9 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4.8 4.8
6.6 6 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 4.6 4.3
2.6 2.9 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 1.9 1.8
7 5 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
8.1 9.4 7.5 Shots (avg) S ( 12.8 11.7 13
2.2 2.1 2.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.6 4.7
40% 23% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 28% 39%
 
14.6 13.6 13.2 Shots against (avg) S A 15.2 12.1 10
4.8 3.3 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 3.6 3.2
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Antwerp have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Antwerp have scored more than double the goals of RFC Seraing.
  • Antwerp have the fewest conceded goals (24) in Pro League
  • Antwerp have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Pro League
  • Antwerp have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Pro League
  • Antwerp have the most clean sheets (15) in Pro League
  • Antwerp have the most clean sheets (6) away in Pro League
  • Antwerp is in the best form (3-3-0) in Pro League
  • RFC Seraing have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • RFC Seraing have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • RFC Seraing have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Pro League
  • RFC Seraing have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Pro League
  • RFC Seraing have the fewest points (6) at home in Pro League
  • RFC Seraing have the fewest scored goals (25) in Pro League
  • RFC Seraing have the fewest scored goals (7) at home in Pro League
  • RFC Seraing have the fewest scored goals in the second half (11) in Pro League
  • RFC Seraing have the the worst goal difference (-14) at home in Pro League
  • RFC Seraing have the the worst goal difference (-29) in Pro League
  • RFC Seraing 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 Genk 28 21 4 3 67 27 14 12 1 1 36 10 14 9 3 2 31 17 40 67
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 28 18 5 5 57 34 14 10 2 2 27 13 14 8 3 3 30 21 23 59
3 Antwerp 28 17 6 5 51 24 14 11 2 1 33 9 14 6 4 4 18 15 27 57
4 Club Brugge 28 12 10 6 47 35 14 7 6 1 29 15 14 5 4 5 18 20 12 46
5 Gent 28 13 6 9 47 32 14 8 3 3 23 13 14 5 3 6 24 19 15 45
6 Standard Liege 28 13 6 9 46 36 14 8 2 4 27 14 14 5 4 5 19 22 10 45
7 Westerlo 28 12 6 10 53 47 14 7 3 4 35 22 14 5 3 6 18 25 6 42
8 Cercle Brugge 28 10 10 8 40 38 14 6 6 2 25 16 14 4 4 6 15 22 2 40
9 Sporting Charleroi 27 11 5 11 35 37 13 6 1 6 18 17 14 5 4 5 17 20 -2 38
10 OH Leuven 28 9 9 10 43 41 14 5 5 4 22 19 14 4 4 6 21 22 2 36
11 Anderlecht 28 10 6 12 40 38 14 5 3 6 23 20 14 5 3 6 17 18 2 36
12 Sint-Truiden 28 9 9 10 28 32 14 4 4 6 13 17 14 5 5 4 15 15 -4 36
13 Mechelen 27 8 6 13 37 51 14 6 5 3 27 23 13 2 1 10 10 28 -14 30
14 Kortrijk 28 7 6 15 33 51 14 3 4 7 13 25 14 4 2 8 20 26 -18 27
15 AS Eupen 28 7 5 16 35 55 14 4 3 7 17 23 14 3 2 9 18 32 -20 26
16 Zulte-Waregem 28 5 8 15 37 61 14 3 4 7 23 35 14 2 4 8 14 26 -24 23
17 KV Oostende 28 6 5 17 29 57 14 5 1 8 16 24 14 1 4 9 13 33 -28 23
18 RFC Seraing 28 5 4 19 25 54 14 1 3 10 7 21 14 4 1 9 18 33 -29 19

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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.