Stayen: Sint-Truiden vs Anderlecht Pro League preview

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 15.March
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stayen (14600 seats)

Sint-Truiden hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 33 points and a 12th position in the Pro League table. Visiting Anderlecht holds 8th place with 43 pts.

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!

0 - 0 - 1 with 2-4. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Anderlecht when playing on artifical turf like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Anderlecht play their home games on grass so that's why we provide these numbers.

Sint-Truiden are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Anderlecht are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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Sint-Truiden form and stats

4 victories, 5 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Sint-Truiden have to build on here at Stayen in the Pro League. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Sint-Truiden, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.

Sint-Truiden haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 202 minutes ago. Y. Suzuki scored that one.

Sint-Truiden shared the glory with Standard Liège in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Preceding that match was the home game against Mechelen that was lost 0-3.

Sint-Truiden are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 14 games. On the other hand, Sint-Truiden have conceded 18 goals.

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Anderlecht form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Pro League travels is 4 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats.

The Anderlecht goalkeeper Hendrik Van Crombrugge is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 192 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Anderlecht had fun at their own home (Stayen) last time out, beating Zulte-Waregem 7-0. M. Vlap (3), J. Doku (2) and N. Chadli scored. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Waasland-Beveren at their stadium, the result 3-0.

As you can tell from the results above, Anderlecht was very dominant against Zulte-Waregem, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 7-0 (!) with M. Vlap (3), J. Doku (2) and N. Chadli providing the goals. It's hard not to mention M. Vlap's lethal finishing against Zulte-Waregem. three goals were a big reason for the important victory.

Anderlecht find the net regularly in their away games. 16 goals from 14 away fixtures in the league. 17 goals have been conceded by Anderlecht in these games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Anderlecht - Sint-Truiden 4-1 played earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Sint-Truiden won three games, three matches ended with a draw and Anderlecht has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four

Top Goalscorers

AnderlechtM. Vlap
M. Vlap
11 goals
AnderlechtN. Chadli
N. Chadli
8 goals
Sint-Truiden
Y. Suzuki
7 goals

Sint-Truiden missing players

Anderlecht missing players

Sint-Truiden Anderlecht
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
29 14 4 Played P 5 14 29
9 4 0 Won W 2 4 11
6 5 2 Drew D 1 5 10
14 5 2 Lost L 2 5 8
33 17 3 Scored S 9 16 45
50 18 7 Conceded C 8 17 29
90% 86% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 79% 76%
72% 64% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 71% 66%
55% 43% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 50% 52%
31% 21% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 14% 21%
21% 14% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 14% 21%
48% 50% 25% BTTS BTTS 60% 57% 52%
24% 29% 25% Clean Sheets C S 40% 29% 41%
38% 36% 75% Failed to Score F T 20% 36% 31%
 
4.1 4.7 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.8 4.6 5.4
6.2 6.6 7 Corners against (avg) C A 4.4 5.3 4.3
2.2 2.5 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 2.1 1.6
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
193 106 38 Total Shots T S 23 74 227
79 41 10 Shots on Target S O 12 36 110
42% 41% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 75% 44% 41%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Club Brugge 29 21 7 1 58 14 15 12 3 0 33 5 14 9 4 1 25 9 44 70
2 Gent 29 16 7 6 59 34 15 11 3 1 38 14 14 5 4 5 21 20 25 55
3 Sporting Charleroi 29 15 9 5 49 23 14 10 2 2 26 9 15 5 7 3 23 14 26 54
4 Antwerp 29 15 8 6 49 32 14 10 4 0 28 12 15 5 4 6 21 20 17 53
5 Standard Liège 29 14 7 8 47 32 15 9 4 2 24 9 14 5 3 6 23 23 15 49
6 Mechelen 29 13 5 11 46 43 15 6 4 5 25 24 14 7 1 6 21 19 3 44
7 Genk 29 13 5 11 45 42 14 8 1 5 21 18 15 5 4 6 24 24 3 44
8 Anderlecht 29 11 10 8 45 29 15 7 5 3 29 12 14 4 5 5 16 17 16 43
9 Zulte-Waregem 29 10 6 13 41 49 14 7 2 5 30 17 15 3 4 8 11 32 -8 36
10 Royal Excel Mouscron 29 9 9 11 38 40 15 6 5 4 22 17 14 3 4 7 16 23 -2 36
11 Kortrijk 29 9 6 14 40 44 15 5 3 7 24 22 14 4 3 7 16 22 -4 33
12 Sint-Truiden 29 9 6 14 33 50 14 4 5 5 17 18 15 5 1 9 16 32 -17 33
13 AS Eupen 29 8 6 15 28 51 14 4 4 6 14 19 15 4 2 9 14 32 -23 30
14 Cercle Brugge 29 7 2 20 27 54 14 5 1 8 16 23 15 2 1 12 11 31 -27 23
15 KV Oostende 29 6 4 19 29 58 15 5 3 7 20 27 14 1 1 12 9 31 -29 22
16 Waasland-Beveren 29 5 5 19 21 60 14 3 2 9 12 30 15 2 3 10 9 30 -39 20

Read more about Pro League

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.