Home advantage could prove decisive in Sint-Truiden - AS Eupen battle

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 02.October
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Stayen (14600 seats)

The stage is set for Pro League and Sint-Truiden - AS Eupen. In this preview and news article you'll find statistics, results, numbercrunching, tendencies and news!

Insights:
  • Sint-Truiden have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • AS Eupen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

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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Sint-Truiden form and stats

When playing at home in the Pro League, Sint-Truiden have managed 1 win, 1 draw and suffered 2 defeats from 4 games.

Happy days for Sint-Truiden in their previous game, a fixture away at Zulte-Waregem (placed 18th) that ended with a 3-0 victory. The talented striker Bruno outperformed all the other footballers in that fixture and managed a match rating of 8.74 out of 10. Bruno scored two goals, hit two key passes and had 24 successful passes (of 30 total).

Before that game, the home loss against Standard Liege with the scoreline 1-2.

The Sint-Truiden fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 5 in 4 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 7 goals have been conceded.

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AS Eupen form and stats

Playing away, AS Eupen have won 1 game, drawn 0 and suffered 3 defeats in the Pro League this season. Three has not been a lucky number for Eupen as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Westerlo match.

AS Eupen's previous game was their home loss versus Union Saint-Gilloise (1-2). Late heartbreak for AS Eupen in the Union Saint-Gilloise match, as the deciding 1-2 goal came deep into overtime. Midfield player Peeters was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.02/10. Peeters hit three key passes.

A 0-1 defeat away at KV Oostende before that.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Eupen when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 4 matches with the visitors losing 2 times, drawing 1 and winning 1 game.

AS Eupen have the goal stats of 4-8 (for/against) from 4 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Sint-Truiden-AS Eupen H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Sint-Truiden three wins, AS Eupen two wins, five draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The games between these teams have sometimes been hostile, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

Sint-TruidenG. Bruno
G. Bruno
4 goals
Sint-TruidenD. Hayashi
D. Hayashi
2 goals
AS EupenG. Magnée
G. Magnée
2 goals

Sint-Truiden missing players

AS Eupen missing players

Sint-Truiden AS Eupen
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
9 4 0 Played P 2 4 9
3 1 0 Won W 1 1 2
4 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
2 2 0 Lost L 1 3 7
10 5 0 Scored S 2 4 8
8 7 0 Conceded C 3 8 16
78% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 50% 56%
44% 75% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 56%
11% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 11%
44% 75% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 56%
44% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 25% 11%
33% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 33%
 
4.9 4.2 0 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 4.8 5.6
3.7 3.2 0 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 4.5 4.8
2.1 1.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2 3.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
13.4 13.8 0 Shots (avg) S ( 11.5 11.5 13.7
3.2 3.8 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 3.5 4.6
34% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 29% 20%
 
10.8 10.2 0 Shots against (avg) S A 10 14.2 13.8
4 3.8 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 7.5 5.3
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • AS Eupen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • All of Sint-Truiden's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • 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 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 Antwerp 9 9 0 0 21 6 5 5 0 0 14 5 4 4 0 0 7 1 15 27
2 Genk 9 7 1 1 22 9 5 4 1 0 10 4 4 3 0 1 12 5 13 22
3 Club Brugge 9 6 1 2 19 10 4 3 1 0 10 4 5 3 0 2 9 6 9 19
4 OH Leuven 9 5 2 2 16 13 4 3 0 1 7 6 5 2 2 1 9 7 3 17
5 Standard Liege 9 5 1 3 15 13 5 3 1 1 9 5 4 2 0 2 6 8 2 16
6 Union Saint-Gilloise 9 5 1 3 14 14 4 3 0 1 6 4 5 2 1 2 8 10 0 16
7 Gent 9 4 2 3 13 10 4 2 1 1 6 4 5 2 1 2 7 6 3 14
8 Anderlecht 9 4 1 4 16 10 5 3 1 1 11 5 4 1 0 3 5 5 6 13
9 Sint-Truiden 9 3 4 2 10 8 4 1 1 2 5 7 5 2 3 0 5 1 2 13
10 Sporting Charleroi 9 4 0 5 15 16 5 2 0 3 9 11 4 2 0 2 6 5 -1 12
11 Westerlo 9 4 0 5 16 18 4 3 0 1 8 4 5 1 0 4 8 14 -2 12
12 Mechelen 9 3 2 4 16 15 5 2 1 2 10 9 4 1 1 2 6 6 1 11
13 KV Oostende 9 3 1 5 10 13 4 2 0 2 4 5 5 1 1 3 6 8 -3 10
14 Kortrijk 9 2 1 6 6 15 4 0 1 3 1 7 5 2 0 3 5 8 -9 7
15 AS Eupen 9 2 0 7 8 16 5 1 0 4 4 8 4 1 0 3 4 8 -8 6
16 RFC Seraing 9 2 0 7 8 18 4 0 0 4 0 8 5 2 0 3 8 10 -10 6
17 Cercle Brugge 9 1 3 5 5 15 5 1 3 1 4 5 4 0 0 4 1 10 -10 6
18 Zulte-Waregem 9 1 2 6 7 18 5 1 0 4 5 13 4 0 2 2 2 5 -11 5

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.