Sint-Truiden welcome Beerschot-Wilrijk as odds-on favourites: Big football preview

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 20.March
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Stayen (14600 seats)

Sint-Truiden have succeeded in 5 home triumphs so far this season, Beerschot-Wilrijk have won 0 away. Which team upgrades their standings after this meeting?

Insights:
  • Sint-Truiden have the fewest dropped points from leading position (5) in Pro League
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have the most conceded goals (65) in Pro League

For Beerschot-Wilrijk it's their last days at this level as relegation is a fact. Sint-Truiden's stadium, Stadion Stayen, has a artifical turf surface. Beerschot-Wilrijk have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Beerschot-Wilrijk when playing on artifical turf; 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss from one match. They have scored 0 goals in these games and conceded 1.

Both teams have had ample time to rest since their previous match. Let's agree to expect an energetic game!

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Sint-Truiden form and stats

Sint-Truiden have played 15 Pro League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-3-7 (wins-draws-losses).

Sint-Truiden enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Genk's place. The match ended 1-0 with Hayashi scoring. Goalkeeper Schmidt got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.01 out of ten. Schmidt topped it up with a clean sheet.

In the match before that, Sint-Truiden hosted Mechelen and drew the game 1-1.

The Sint-Truiden fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 20 in 15 matches. On the other hand, Sint-Truiden have conceded 21 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Beerschot-Wilrijk form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Beerschot-Wilrijk so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 0-3-12 (win-draw-lose). The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Beerschot-Wilrijk have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone 15 consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Gent game.

The manager Vanderidt was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium Olympisch Stadion. Beerschot-Wilrijk suffered a 0-2 loss to Gent (placed 5th).

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Antwerp wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

Beerschot-Wilrijk have conceded 35 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Sint-Truiden and Beerschot-Wilrijk have played each other already this season: Beerschot-Wilrijk - Sint-Truiden 0-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Sint-Truiden six wins, two draws and Beerschot-Wilrijk one victory. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Sint-TruidenC. Brüls
C. Brüls
6 goals
Sint-TruidenD. Hayashi
D. Hayashi
6 goals
Sint-TruidenT. Hara
T. Hara
6 goals

Sint-Truiden missing players

Beerschot-Wilrijk missing players

Sint-Truiden Beerschot-Wilrijk
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
31 15 4 Played P 5 15 31
12 5 2 Won W 0 0 4
6 3 1 Drew D 2 3 4
13 7 1 Lost L 3 12 23
34 20 7 Scored S 4 15 30
38 21 5 Conceded C 12 35 65
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 93% 97%
74% 93% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 80% 74%
45% 60% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 60% 55%
16% 20% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 47% 35%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 33% 26%
55% 73% 75% BTTS BTTS 60% 67% 45%
29% 13% 25% Clean Sheets C S 20% 7% 10%
23% 13% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 33% 48%
 
4.7 5.6 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4.9 5.6
4.7 4.5 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 8.4 6.5 5.6
2.4 2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.6 3.1 2.5
3 0 0 Red cards R C 3 5 9
 
11.7 13.5 13 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 11.2 11.7
3.8 4.3 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.4 3.7 3.9
29% 31% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 27% 25%
 
11.6 10.8 10 Shots against (avg) S A 21.2 17.5 15.1
3.5 3.8 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 9 7 5.8
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Pro League
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have the fewest points (3) away in Pro League
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have the most conceded goals (65) in Pro League
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have the most conceded goals in the first half (36) in Pro League
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have yet to win a game away.
  • Sint-Truiden have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sint-Truiden have the fewest dropped points from leading position (5) in Pro League
  • 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 31 22 4 5 69 25 15 9 2 4 26 13 16 13 2 1 43 12 44 70
2 Club Brugge 31 18 9 4 64 35 15 8 6 1 31 15 16 10 3 3 33 20 29 63
3 Anderlecht 31 16 10 5 65 33 16 9 5 2 37 19 15 7 5 3 28 14 32 58
4 Antwerp 31 17 5 9 52 37 15 8 3 4 28 18 16 9 2 5 24 19 15 56
5 Gent 31 16 7 8 48 28 15 9 3 3 31 16 16 7 4 5 17 12 20 55
6 Mechelen 31 14 6 11 53 56 16 9 4 3 33 22 15 5 2 8 20 34 -3 48
7 Sporting Charleroi 31 13 9 9 47 42 15 5 5 5 16 16 16 8 4 4 31 26 5 48
8 Genk 31 13 6 12 58 44 16 9 3 4 34 18 15 4 3 8 24 26 14 45
9 Cercle Brugge 31 12 7 12 46 38 16 6 3 7 21 18 15 6 4 5 25 20 8 43
10 Sint-Truiden 31 12 6 13 34 38 15 5 3 7 20 21 16 7 3 6 14 17 -4 42
11 OH Leuven 31 10 10 11 46 51 16 7 4 5 25 24 15 3 6 6 21 27 -5 40
12 Kortrijk 31 9 10 12 39 41 15 5 4 6 21 20 16 4 6 6 18 21 -2 37
13 Standard Liège 31 8 9 14 30 45 16 3 5 8 14 23 15 5 4 6 16 22 -15 33
14 KV Oostende 31 9 5 17 29 58 16 5 2 9 17 35 15 4 3 8 12 23 -29 32
15 Zulte-Waregem 31 8 8 15 42 63 16 5 4 7 23 30 15 3 4 8 19 33 -21 32
16 AS Eupen 31 8 7 16 36 53 15 4 3 8 17 26 16 4 4 8 19 27 -17 31
17 RFC Seraing 31 8 2 21 27 63 15 5 2 8 15 27 16 3 0 13 12 36 -36 26
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 31 4 4 23 30 65 16 4 1 11 15 30 15 0 3 12 15 35 -35 16

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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.