Pro League preview with statistics: Sint-Truiden welcomes Antwerp to Staaien

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Date: Sun 22.December
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Staaien (14600 seats)

The visiting Antwerp side should be favourites in this visit to Sint-Truiden, as the away team holds a 15 point advantage from their 19 league games this season.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

This stadium uses artificial turf, unlike Antwerp's home stadium. The visitors last three games on artificial turf have ended in 0 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses.

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Sint-Truiden form and stats

2-4-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Pro League numbers at home for Sint-Truiden so far this season.

Sint-Truiden drew their last game, also a home match. Antwerp (placed 2nd) was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Heartbreak before that as Sint-Truiden lost 1-5 at Zulte-Waregem's place.

Sint-Truiden has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Sint-Truiden's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Antwerp form and stats

3-3-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Antwerp in their Pro League matches away.

Antwerp has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Sint-Truiden for a Pro League game that ended a draw (1-1). Prior to that result Antwerp won their away game at Standard Liege in the Belgian Cup. The scoreline was 3-1.

The travelling fans enjoy Antwerp's attacking play in away games, having scored 17 goals in 10 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Antwerp have conceded 16 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Sint-Truiden - Antwerp 1-1 entered in the official records. Sint-Truiden-Antwerp H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Sint-Truiden 5 wins, Antwerp 2 wins, 3 draws. 5 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

AntwerpD. Mbokani
D. Mbokani
14 goals
Sint-TruidenY. Boli
Y. Boli
10 goals
AntwerpL. Refaelov
L. Refaelov
9 goals

Sint-Truiden missing players

Antwerp missing players

Sint-Truiden Antwerp
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
20 10 4 Played P 3 11 20
6 2 1 Won W 2 3 11
5 5 1 Drew D 1 4 5
9 3 2 Lost L 0 4 4
22 10 4 Scored S 9 18 39
37 12 6 Conceded C 2 17 25
90% 80% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
80% 60% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 90%
60% 40% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 64% 65%
30% 20% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 45% 50%
20% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 9% 15%
55% 60% 75% BTTS BTTS 67% 82% 75%
25% 30% 25% Clean Sheets C S 33% 9% 20%
30% 30% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 9% 5%
 
4 4.9 3 Corners For (avg) C F 5.7 4.5 4.8
7.2 7.4 8 Corners Against (avg) C A 3.7 5.6 4.8
2.2 2.3 2.2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1 2.3 2.1
2 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 1
 
136 71 18 Total Shots T S 11 68 162
51 26 8 Shots on Target S O 4 30 79
43% 38% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 225% 60% 49%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • All of Antwerp's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Antwerp has the most matches over the total-line (13)
  • Antwerp has the most scored goals in the second half (25)
  • Antwerp haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sint-Truiden have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  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 18 14 3 1 41 7 10 7 3 0 23 3 8 7 0 1 18 4 34 45
2 Antwerp 19 11 4 4 38 24 9 8 1 0 21 8 10 3 3 4 17 16 14 37
3 Sporting Charleroi 19 10 6 3 30 17 9 6 1 2 13 8 10 4 5 1 17 9 13 36
4 Gent 19 10 5 4 38 22 9 8 1 0 24 5 10 2 4 4 14 17 16 35
5 Standard Liege 20 10 5 5 37 22 10 7 2 1 21 7 10 3 3 4 16 15 15 35
6 Zulte-Waregem 20 9 4 7 31 24 10 6 1 3 22 10 10 3 3 4 9 14 7 31
7 Mechelen 20 9 4 7 29 30 10 4 3 3 16 17 10 5 1 4 13 13 -1 31
8 Genk 19 8 4 7 30 27 10 6 1 3 16 12 9 2 3 4 14 15 3 28
9 Royal Excel Mouscron 20 6 9 5 28 26 10 4 5 1 16 10 10 2 4 4 12 16 2 27
10 Anderlecht 19 5 8 6 22 22 10 3 5 2 12 9 9 2 3 4 10 13 0 23
11 Sint-Truiden 19 6 4 9 21 36 9 2 4 3 9 11 10 4 0 6 12 25 -15 22
12 Kortrijk 20 5 4 11 27 34 10 3 2 5 18 17 10 2 2 6 9 17 -7 19
13 AS Eupen 20 5 4 11 16 32 10 2 3 5 8 14 10 3 1 6 8 18 -16 19
14 KV Oostende 20 5 3 12 22 36 10 4 2 4 16 18 10 1 1 8 6 18 -14 18
15 Waasland-Beveren 20 3 5 12 17 42 10 2 2 6 10 24 10 1 3 6 7 18 -25 14
16 Cercle Brugge 20 3 2 15 18 44 10 3 1 6 10 17 10 0 1 9 8 27 -26 11

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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.