Soccer betting preview: Sint-Truiden welcomes Beerschot-Wilrijk in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Tue 15.December
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stayen (14600 seats)

The visiting Beerschot-Wilrijk side should be favourites in this visit to Sint-Truiden, as the away team holds a 17 point advantage from their 16 league games this season.

Insights:
  • Sint-Truiden is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk has the most scored goals (39) in Pro League

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.

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Sint-Truiden form and stats

Sint-Truiden have played 8 Pro League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-3-3 (wins-draws-losses). Sint-Truiden has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager K. Muscat and the players.

Sint-Truiden's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Sporting Charleroi (placed 5th). Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Club Brugge (0-1).

Sint-Truiden are traveling soon after this match as the Pro League match at Zulte-Waregem awaits in four days.

The Sint-Truiden fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 8 matches. On the other hand, Sint-Truiden have conceded 9 goals. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Beerschot-Wilrijk form and stats

3 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses. That’s the product of Beerschot-Wilrijk, who have the most scored goals (39) in Pro League, playing as the away team in the Pro League this season.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Beerschot-Wilrijk, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-3 versus Royal Excel Mouscron (placed 17th). The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against AS Eupen.

A quick return to home after this game, as Beerschot-Wilrijk are hosting Cercle Brugge in the Pro League only four days away.

Beerschot-Wilrijk have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 16 goals from 8 away matches. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Beerschot-Wilrijk's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 22 goals in 8 travels.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Beerschot-Wilrijk - Sint-Truiden 6-3 played earlier this season. As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's four Sint-Truiden victories, two draws and one Beerschot-Wilrijk win. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Beerschot-WilrijkR. Holzhauser
R. Holzhauser
11 goals
Beerschot-WilrijkT. Tissoudali
T. Tissoudali
7 goals
Sint-TruidenD. Nazon
D. Nazon
5 goals

Sint-Truiden missing players

Beerschot-Wilrijk missing players

Sint-Truiden Beerschot-Wilrijk
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
16 8 2 Played P 3 8 16
2 2 0 Won W 1 3 9
5 3 0 Drew D 0 1 1
9 3 2 Lost L 2 4 6
18 9 2 Scored S 5 16 39
30 9 4 Conceded C 10 22 37
88% 75% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
81% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 88%
56% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 88% 88%
31% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 75% 69%
19% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 67% 50% 50%
62% 62% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 88% 81%
19% 38% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 6%
31% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 12%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.6 2.1 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.4 1.8
5 4 2 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.6 9.5 16 Shots (avg) S ( 4.3 7 8.9
3.6 3.9 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 3.9 5
31% 29% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 71% 52% 49%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk has the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Pro League
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk has the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in Pro League
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk has the most conceded goals (22) away in Pro League
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk has the most conceded goals (37) in Pro League
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk has the most conceded goals in the first half (18) in Pro League
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk has the most matches over the total-line (13) in Pro League
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk has the most scored goals (39) in Pro League
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk has the most scored goals in the first half (16) in Pro League
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk has the most scored goals in the second half (23) in Pro League
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have scored more than double the goals of Sint-Truiden.
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sint-Truiden is in the worst form (0-2-4)

  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 16 9 4 3 35 21 8 5 2 1 21 10 8 4 2 2 14 11 14 31
2 Club Brugge 15 9 3 3 30 11 8 5 1 2 13 6 7 4 2 1 17 5 19 30
3 Beerschot-Wilrijk 16 9 1 6 39 37 8 6 0 2 23 15 8 3 1 4 16 22 2 28
4 OH Leuven 16 8 4 4 30 25 8 5 2 1 13 9 8 3 2 3 17 16 5 28
5 Sporting Charleroi 16 8 3 5 24 17 8 4 1 3 10 6 8 4 2 2 14 11 7 27
6 Anderlecht 16 6 8 2 26 20 8 4 4 0 11 5 8 2 4 2 15 15 6 26
7 Antwerp 15 7 4 4 28 23 7 4 3 0 15 9 8 3 1 4 13 14 5 25
8 Standard Liege 15 6 7 2 19 14 8 3 5 0 11 8 7 3 2 2 8 6 5 25
9 KV Oostende 16 6 4 6 21 19 8 4 2 2 16 10 8 2 2 4 5 9 2 22
10 Kortrijk 16 5 5 6 21 24 8 2 2 4 14 18 8 3 3 2 7 6 -3 20
11 AS Eupen 15 4 8 3 18 21 7 2 3 2 9 11 8 2 5 1 9 10 -3 20
12 Cercle Brugge 16 6 0 10 22 28 8 3 0 5 13 15 8 3 0 5 9 13 -6 18
13 Gent 15 5 1 9 22 25 7 2 1 4 11 12 8 3 0 5 11 13 -3 16
14 Zulte-Waregem 15 4 3 8 21 30 8 1 2 5 10 19 7 3 1 3 11 11 -9 15
15 Waasland-Beveren 15 4 3 8 21 30 8 2 1 5 10 16 7 2 2 3 11 14 -9 15
16 Mechelen 15 3 5 7 22 28 7 1 2 4 12 14 8 2 3 3 10 14 -6 14
17 Royal Excel Mouscron 16 3 4 9 12 26 8 2 2 4 7 9 8 1 2 5 5 17 -14 13
18 Sint-Truiden 16 2 5 9 18 30 8 2 3 3 9 9 8 0 2 6 9 21 -12 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.