Sint-Truiden vs Antwerp match preview: Even contest expected

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 21.November
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)

Antwerp go to Sint-Truiden brimming with confidence, but the host team is no weakling. More news on the game here!

Insights:
  • Sint-Truiden have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Antwerp have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) 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.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Antwerp have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 1-1-0 (win-draw-loss) from two matches.

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Sint-Truiden form and stats

With 1 Pro League win, 2 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Sint-Truiden are certainly not brimming with confidence.

A good away victory last time out for Sint-Truiden, who won 1-0 against Mechelen (placed 4th). Midfielder Christian Brüls was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.41 (out of ten) in that game. Brüls hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Before that game, the home loss against Club Brugge with the scoreline 1-2.

Sint-Truiden has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Sint-Truiden have conceded 13 from these games.

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Antwerp form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Pro League travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

The Antwerp goalkeeper Jean Butez is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 225 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Michael Frey and Alhassan Yusuf scored in Antwerp's previous match, the home game against Anderlecht that ended 2-0. The attacker Michael Frey got a match rating of 8.22 in that game. Frey scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.

The game before that, in the Europa League, was lost at home, a 0-3 defeat against Fenerbahce.

Antwerp have another fixture away from home in just four nights, a Europa League game vs Eintracht Frankfurt. A gruelling fixture list for the visiting team!

Antwerp are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 13 times in 7 away games so far. Antwerp have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Sint-Truiden victories, three draws and three Antwerp wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

AntwerpM. Frey
M. Frey
14 goals
AntwerpM. Benson Hedilazio
M. Benson Hedilazio
3 goals
Sint-TruidenM. Konate
M. Konate
2 goals

Sint-Truiden missing players

Antwerp missing players

Sint-Truiden Antwerp
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
14 7 2 Played P 1 7 14
5 1 0 Won W 1 4 8
3 2 0 Drew D 0 1 3
6 4 2 Lost L 0 2 3
15 8 2 Scored S 1 13 25
20 13 4 Conceded C 0 9 16
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 71% 71%
57% 71% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 57% 50%
21% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 29%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 29% 21%
64% 86% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 71% 64%
29% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 29% 29%
14% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 7%
 
4.7 5.7 7.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4 5.1
4.3 4.1 2 Corners against (avg) C A 7 8.6 8.2
2.8 2.4 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 5 3.4 2.7
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
11.9 14 8.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11 11.1 11.8
3.9 4.1 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 3.6 3.8
27% 28% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 52% 47%
 
11.4 11 9.5 Shots against (avg) S A 16 17.4 15.7
4 4.4 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 8.1 6.3
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • All of Sint-Truiden's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Antwerp have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Antwerp have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Antwerp have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Antwerp have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Pro League
  • Antwerp have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Antwerp haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sint-Truiden have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Sint-Truiden have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sint-Truiden have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Sint-Truiden haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Union Saint-Gilloise 14 10 1 3 33 13 7 5 0 2 17 6 7 5 1 1 16 7 20 31
2 Antwerp 14 8 3 3 25 16 7 4 2 1 12 7 7 4 1 2 13 9 9 27
3 Club Brugge 14 7 6 1 25 17 7 3 4 0 14 8 7 4 2 1 11 9 8 27
4 Mechelen 14 7 2 5 25 24 7 4 1 2 14 10 7 3 1 3 11 14 1 23
5 Sporting Charleroi 14 6 5 3 25 18 7 3 2 2 11 6 7 3 3 1 14 12 7 23
6 Genk 14 6 3 5 28 23 7 3 2 2 13 9 7 3 1 3 15 14 5 21
7 AS Eupen 14 6 3 5 24 21 7 2 2 3 10 11 7 4 1 2 14 10 3 21
8 Anderlecht 14 5 6 3 27 20 7 3 3 1 19 11 7 2 3 2 8 9 7 21
9 Kortrijk 14 5 5 4 17 16 7 3 3 1 10 7 7 2 2 3 7 9 1 20
10 Gent 14 5 3 6 21 15 7 4 1 2 16 9 7 1 2 4 5 6 6 18
11 Sint-Truiden 14 5 3 6 15 20 7 1 2 4 8 13 7 4 1 2 7 7 -5 18
12 KV Oostende 14 5 2 7 18 25 7 3 1 3 10 13 7 2 1 4 8 12 -7 17
13 Standard Liege 14 4 5 5 16 23 7 1 3 3 8 12 7 3 2 2 8 11 -7 17
14 OH Leuven 14 3 8 3 18 22 7 3 3 1 10 8 7 0 5 2 8 14 -4 17
15 Zulte-Waregem 14 3 5 6 22 33 7 1 2 4 11 21 7 2 3 2 11 12 -11 14
16 RFC Seraing 14 4 1 9 16 27 7 3 1 3 11 9 7 1 0 6 5 18 -11 13
17 Cercle Brugge 14 2 4 8 14 21 7 0 2 5 4 11 7 2 2 3 10 10 -7 10
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 14 1 3 10 13 28 7 1 0 6 3 10 7 0 3 4 10 18 -15 6

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.