Struggling Waasland-Beveren will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Antwerp in the upcoming league round. It’s 15th vs 5th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
Antwerp could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Belgian Cup game only three sleeps ago.
Waasland-Beveren form and stats
Waasland-Beveren's results here at Freethielstadion in the Pro League have been very modest with 1 victory, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
Waasland-Beveren lost their last game at Sporting Charleroi (placed 4th) after a 0-2 scoreline. The points were shared before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Cercle Brugge.
Waasland-Beveren has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. Waasland-Beveren have conceded 19 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Antwerp form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Antwerp so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-4 (win-draw-lose).
Antwerp's last game was the home draw against Genk (3-3). A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Mechelen.
Antwerp's last match (vs Genk) ended in drama as all points looked lost at the score 1-3. They did not give up, fought back and in the end a courageous finish rescued a draw and a point thanks to a 105th minute equalizer by D. Mbokani.
Antwerp find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 13 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Antwerp have conceded 16 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Antwerp - Waasland-Beveren 4-1 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 6 wins for Waasland-Beveren, 2 draws and 2 wins for Antwerp. Over 2,5 goals: 4 times; under 2,5 goals: 6 games.Top Goalscorers
  D. Mbokani 13 goals |  L. Refaelov 7 goals |  D. Lamkel Ze 4 goals |
Waasland-Beveren missing players
Antwerp missing players
| Waasland-Beveren | Antwerp | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 14 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 7 | 13 | 33 |
| 33 | 19 | 7 | Conceded | C | 3 | 16 | 24 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 47% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 67% | 71% |
| 41% | 62% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 44% | 53% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 11% | 18% |
| 59% | 75% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 89% | 82% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 41% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 6% |
| 4.5 | 5 | 4 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 4.7 | 4.9 |
| 5.5 | 4.6 | 9 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 5.4 | 4.9 |
| 1.9 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 104 | 49 | 11 | Total Shots | T S | 26 | 56 | 150 |
| 46 | 24 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 24 | 73 |
| 30% | 33% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 58% | 54% | 45% |
- All of Antwerp's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Waasland-Beveren's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Antwerp has the most matches over the total-line (12)
- Antwerp have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Antwerp have scored more than double the goals of Waasland-Beveren.
- Antwerp haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Waasland-Beveren has the fewest points (5) at home
- Waasland-Beveren has the most conceded goals (19) at home
- Waasland-Beveren has the the worst goal difference (-11) at home
- Waasland-Beveren have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Waasland-Beveren have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Waasland-Beveren have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Waasland-Beveren 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 | Club Brugge | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 30 | 39 |
| 2 | Standard Liege | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 16 | 33 |
| 3 | Gent | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 35 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 32 |
| 4 | Sporting Charleroi | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 31 |
| 5 | Antwerp | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 31 |
| 6 | Zulte-Waregem | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 28 |
| 7 | Mechelen | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 27 |
| 8 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 22 |
| 9 | Genk | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -1 | 21 |
| 10 | Sint-Truiden | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 20 | -10 | 21 |
| 11 | Anderlecht | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 21 |
| 12 | AS Eupen | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -15 | 16 |
| 13 | Kortrijk | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -7 | 15 |
| 14 | KV Oostende | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -13 | 15 |
| 15 | Waasland-Beveren | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -19 | 11 |
| 16 | Cercle Brugge | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 39 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 24 | -24 | 8 |