The Pro League league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Waasland-Beveren and Anderlecht are placed 17th and 5th respectively.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Waasland-Beveren form and stats
Waasland-Beveren are yet to win a home game, having collected 0 points from their first two Pro League games here at Freethielstadion. It's trouble wherever Waasland-Beveren are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Waasland-Beveren, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
Waasland-Beveren faced defeat in their previous match, away at Club Brugge (1-4). Heartbreak before that as Waasland-Beveren lost 1-4 at Zulte-Waregem's place.
At Freethielstadion, Waasland-Beveren has the goal stats of 2-5 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Anderlecht form and stats
Things could have gone better for Anderlecht in their Pro League away matches, but 2 points from 2 games is all right. Anderlecht has drawn their two previous away games.
Anderlecht are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the Pro League against Cercle Brugge (placed 10th). A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Royal Excel Mouscron.
It's early days yet, but Anderlecht has scored 4 and conceded 4 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Waasland-Beveren two wins, two draws and Anderlecht six victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Heymans 4 goals |   L. Dimata 2 goals |  P. Tau 2 goals |
Waasland-Beveren missing players
Anderlecht missing players
| Waasland-Beveren | Anderlecht | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 14 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 60% |
| 80% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | 60% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2.6 | 4 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.5 | 6.4 |
| 6 | 7 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.6 |
| 2 | 2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | 21 | 5 | Total Shots | T S | 9 | 9 | 43 |
| 14 | 8 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 4 | 19 |
| 50% | 25% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 100% | 53% |
- All of Anderlecht's away-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
- All of Waasland-Beveren's matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Anderlecht have created more than twice as many corners as Waasland-Beveren.
- Anderlecht have not yet lost a game.
- Anderlecht have scored in all their matches so far.
- Anderlecht have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Anderlecht have yet to win a game away.
- Anderlecht haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Waasland-Beveren has the fewest matches under the total-line (0) in Pro League
- Waasland-Beveren has the most conceded goals (14) in Pro League
- Waasland-Beveren has the most conceded goals in the second half (10) in Pro League
- Waasland-Beveren has the most matches over the total-line (5) in Pro League
- Waasland-Beveren has the the worst goal difference (-7) in Pro League
- Waasland-Beveren have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Waasland-Beveren have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Waasland-Beveren have lost all their home matches so far.
- Waasland-Beveren have scored in all their matches so far.
- Waasland-Beveren have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Waasland-Beveren haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Waasland-Beveren | Last season | Anderlecht | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 29 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 29 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 19 | 9 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 21 | 12 | Scored | S | 16 | 45 | ||
| 60 | 30 | Conceded | C | 17 | 29 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 79% | 76% | ||
| 79% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 66% | ||
| 55% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 38% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 21% | ||
| 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 21% | ||
| 48% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 52% | ||
| 10% | 7% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 41% | ||
| 45% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 31% | ||
| 3.9 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 5.4 | ||
| 5.8 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.3 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 172 | 77 | Total Shots | T S | 74 | 227 | ||
| 70 | 40 | Shots on Target | S O | 36 | 110 | ||
| 30% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 41% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sporting Charleroi | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 15 |
| 2 | Standard Liège | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | Kortrijk | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | Club Brugge | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 5 | Anderlecht | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 7 | OH Leuven | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | Antwerp | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 7 |
| 9 | Zulte-Waregem | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 10 | Cercle Brugge | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 11 | AS Eupen | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 6 |
| 12 | Genk | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 13 | KV Oostende | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 5 |
| 14 | Sint-Truiden | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 5 |
| 15 | Mechelen | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 4 |
| 16 | Gent | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 3 |
| 17 | Waasland-Beveren | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -7 | 3 |
| 18 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 2 |