Waasland-Beveren vs Sint-Truiden match preview

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 20.March
Match begins: 15:15 (UTC)
Venue: Freethielstadion (13200 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the Pro League, with both Waasland-Beveren and Sint-Truiden experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 18th and the visitors in 15th place.

Insights:
  • Waasland-Beveren have the most conceded goals (61) in Pro League
  • Sint-Truiden have the fewest points from losing position (2) in Pro League

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

11 - 11 - 20 with 45-73. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Sint-Truiden when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Sint-Truiden play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.

Waasland-Beveren are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Sint-Truiden are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

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Waasland-Beveren form and stats

Waasland-Beveren's results here at Freethielstadion in the Pro League have been very modest with 3 victories, 2 draws and 10 defeats.

Waasland-Beveren's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Beerschot-Wilrijk (placed 6th). Heartbreak before that as Waasland-Beveren lost 0-2 at Cercle Brugge's place.

Waasland-Beveren has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Waasland-Beveren with 32 goals conceded in these matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Sint-Truiden form and stats

Sint-Truiden have only collected 14 points from their away games in the Pro League, after 3-5-7 (15 played). Sint-Truiden has drawn their two previous away games.

Sint-Truiden aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 288 league minutes without a goal. Y. Suzuki was the last player to find the net.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Sporting Charleroi (placed 11th) in their previous outing. The Pro League match ended in a draw 0-0. A loss against AS Eupen was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Sint-Truiden have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 15 league away games 17 goals have been scored. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Sint-Truiden struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 26 goals conceded from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Sint-Truiden - Waasland-Beveren 1-1, played this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Waasland-Beveren, three draws and five wins for Sint-Truiden. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

Sint-TruidenY. Suzuki
Y. Suzuki
14 goals
Waasland-BeverenD. Heymans
D. Heymans
8 goals
Waasland-BeverenA. Koita
A. Koita
7 goals

Waasland-Beveren missing players

Sint-Truiden missing players

Waasland-Beveren Sint-Truiden
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
30 15 3 Played P 4 15 30
6 3 2 Won W 1 3 8
7 2 0 Drew D 1 5 8
17 10 1 Lost L 2 7 14
35 16 3 Scored S 5 17 35
61 32 2 Conceded C 7 26 44
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 87% 87%
93% 93% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 80%
53% 53% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 47% 50%
40% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 33% 23%
30% 27% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 13% 10%
67% 60% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 53% 53%
17% 20% 67% Clean Sheets C S 25% 27% 30%
20% 20% 33% Failed to Score F T 25% 33% 30%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 2.3 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.4 2.3
2 2 1 Red cards R C 0 2 8
 
7.3 9.9 11.7 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 6.7 7.4
3.1 4.1 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.7 3.3
38% 26% 19% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 41% 36%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Sint-Truiden have the fewest points from losing position (2) in Pro League
  • Waasland-Beveren have the fewest points (11) at home in Pro League
  • Waasland-Beveren have the most conceded goals (32) at home in Pro League
  • Waasland-Beveren have the most conceded goals (61) in Pro League
  • Waasland-Beveren have the most conceded goals in the first half (28) in Pro League
  • Waasland-Beveren have the the worst goal difference (-16) at home in Pro League
  • Waasland-Beveren have the the worst goal difference (-26) in Pro League
  • 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 28 21 3 4 61 18 15 11 1 3 30 11 13 10 2 1 31 7 43 66
2 Antwerp 30 15 6 9 48 40 15 8 4 3 26 19 15 7 2 6 22 21 8 51
3 Genk 30 14 7 9 56 41 15 8 4 3 32 18 15 6 3 6 24 23 15 49
4 KV Oostende 30 13 7 10 45 37 15 9 4 2 32 18 15 4 3 8 13 19 8 46
5 Anderlecht 30 11 13 6 40 31 15 7 7 1 19 9 15 4 6 5 21 22 9 46
6 Beerschot-Wilrijk 30 13 5 12 54 56 15 6 4 5 29 26 15 7 1 7 25 30 -2 44
7 OH Leuven 30 12 8 10 49 49 15 8 2 5 21 18 15 4 6 5 28 31 0 44
8 Zulte-Waregem 30 13 4 13 46 53 15 5 2 8 19 30 15 8 2 5 27 23 -7 43
9 Mechelen 30 11 8 11 43 47 15 4 4 7 23 26 15 7 4 4 20 21 -4 41
10 Gent 29 11 7 11 42 34 14 6 3 5 24 17 15 5 4 6 18 17 8 40
11 Sporting Charleroi 29 11 7 11 41 38 14 5 4 5 14 11 15 6 3 6 27 27 3 40
12 Standard Liege 30 10 10 10 41 38 15 5 7 3 21 19 15 5 3 7 20 19 3 40
13 AS Eupen 30 8 13 9 38 47 15 4 6 5 22 26 15 4 7 4 16 21 -9 37
14 Kortrijk 30 10 6 14 38 46 15 5 2 8 22 29 15 5 4 6 16 17 -8 36
15 Sint-Truiden 30 8 8 14 35 44 15 5 3 7 18 18 15 3 5 7 17 26 -9 32
16 Royal Excel Mouscron 30 7 9 14 27 45 15 4 5 6 15 18 15 3 4 8 12 27 -18 30
17 Cercle Brugge 30 9 2 19 34 48 15 4 1 10 20 25 15 5 1 9 14 23 -14 29
18 Waasland-Beveren 30 6 7 17 35 61 15 3 2 10 16 32 15 3 5 7 19 29 -26 25

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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.