Pro League prediction and preview: Sint-Truiden modest favorites to beat Waasland-Beveren

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 28.November
Match begins: 15:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stayen (14600 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the Pro League, with both Sint-Truiden and Waasland-Beveren experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 16th and the visitors in 17th place.

Insights:
  • Sint-Truiden has the most conceded goals in the first half (15) in Pro League
  • Waasland-Beveren have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

The visiting Waasland-Beveren played their last game only four days ago, a Pro League match.

Waasland-Beveren play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artifical turf. Recent stats for Waasland-Beveren when playing on artifical turf are 0 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat from two matches. They have scored 2 goals and conceded 3 times in these games.

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Sint-Truiden form and stats

The story so far in the Pro League for Sint-Truiden at their home stadium (Stayen) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

Sint-Truiden drew their last game, 2-2 away at OH Leuven (placed 8th). Preceding that match was the home game against Genk that was lost 1-2.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sint-Truiden handle that role? We have found four games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, zero draws and one defeat.

Sint-Truiden are traveling soon after this match as the Pro League match at Royal Excel Mouscron awaits in three days.

Sint-Truiden are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 6 games. Sint-Truiden have conceded 6 in these home matches.

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Waasland-Beveren form and stats

Playing away, Waasland-Beveren have won 1 game, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the Pro League this season.

Waasland-Beveren had fun at their own home (Stayen) last time out, beating KV Oostende 2-0. Alessandro Albanese and Danel Sinani scored. The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Cercle Brugge.

Waasland-Beveren are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, one draw and two defeats. From a total of four matches.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Pro League trip to Sporting Charleroi.

Waasland-Beveren are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 8 times in 5 away games so far. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Waasland-Beveren concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sint-Truiden six wins, two draws and Waasland-Beveren two victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Waasland-BeverenD. Heymans
D. Heymans
6 goals
Sint-TruidenD. Nazon
D. Nazon
4 goals
Sint-TruidenY. Suzuki
Y. Suzuki
4 goals

Sint-Truiden missing players

Waasland-Beveren missing players

Sint-Truiden Waasland-Beveren
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
12 6 0 Played P 2 5 12
2 2 0 Won W 0 1 2
4 2 0 Drew D 1 1 2
6 2 0 Lost L 1 3 8
14 7 0 Scored S 2 8 16
23 6 0 Conceded C 5 13 29
83% 67% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
83% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
58% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 80% 67%
33% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 80% 58%
17% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 60% 42%
58% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 83%
25% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 8%
33% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 8%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.8 2.2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2 2.5
4 3 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
7.4 9 0 Shots (avg) S ( 4 3.2 8.2
3.2 4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 1.8 3.8
36% 29% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 89% 35%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • All of Waasland-Beveren's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Sint-Truiden has the most conceded goals in the first half (15) in Pro League
  • Waasland-Beveren have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Waasland-Beveren have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Waasland-Beveren have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Waasland-Beveren haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 13 8 2 3 29 11 7 4 1 2 12 6 6 4 1 1 17 5 18 26
2 Genk 13 7 4 2 26 17 7 4 2 1 17 8 6 3 2 1 9 9 9 25
3 Beerschot-Wilrijk 13 8 1 4 35 31 7 6 0 1 23 14 6 2 1 3 12 17 4 25
4 Sporting Charleroi 12 7 2 3 21 11 6 4 0 2 10 4 6 3 2 1 11 7 10 23
5 Standard Liege 13 6 5 2 17 12 7 3 4 0 9 6 6 3 1 2 8 6 5 23
6 Antwerp 13 6 4 3 23 17 6 3 3 0 12 7 7 3 1 3 11 10 6 22
7 Anderlecht 13 5 6 2 23 18 6 3 3 0 10 5 7 2 3 2 13 13 5 21
8 OH Leuven 12 5 4 3 21 21 6 3 2 1 9 8 6 2 2 2 12 13 0 19
9 Cercle Brugge 13 6 0 7 20 20 6 3 0 3 12 9 7 3 0 4 8 11 0 18
10 KV Oostende 13 4 4 5 17 15 7 3 2 2 14 9 6 1 2 3 3 6 2 16
11 Gent 13 5 1 7 21 20 6 2 1 3 11 9 7 3 0 4 10 11 1 16
12 Kortrijk 13 4 4 5 18 20 6 1 2 3 11 14 7 3 2 2 7 6 -2 16
13 AS Eupen 12 2 7 3 13 19 5 1 2 2 5 9 7 1 5 1 8 10 -6 13
14 Mechelen 12 3 3 6 17 22 6 1 2 3 10 11 6 2 1 3 7 11 -5 12
15 Zulte-Waregem 13 3 2 8 16 28 7 1 1 5 8 17 6 2 1 3 8 11 -12 11
16 Sint-Truiden 12 2 4 6 14 23 6 2 2 2 7 6 6 0 2 4 7 17 -9 10
17 Waasland-Beveren 12 2 2 8 16 29 7 1 1 5 8 16 5 1 1 3 8 13 -13 8
18 Royal Excel Mouscron 11 1 3 7 6 19 5 0 1 4 1 6 6 1 2 3 5 13 -13 6

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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.