Soccer betting preview: Anderlecht U21 welcomes Standard Liège U21 in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Belgium Reserve Pro League
Competition: Mon 28.September
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)

It's early days in the Reserve Pro League and both Anderlecht U21 and Standard Liège U21 are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.

Anderlecht U21 and Standard Liège U21 should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Anderlecht U21 form and stats

Only two Reserve Pro League home games for Anderlecht U21 so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.

The Anderlecht supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host AS Eupen U21 in Reserve Pro League and win 4-0. Preceding that game was the away draw at Mechelen U21 that finished 1-1.

As indicated by the result mentioned above, Anderlecht played a great game against AS Eupen U21 and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Anderlecht have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found one match with the results: Won one, drawn zero and lost zero.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Anderlecht U21 at home in the league. 4 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.

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Standard Liège U21 form and stats

The Reserve Pro League season is young and Standard Liège U21 have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.

Impressive finishing secured the home win 2-1 against AS Eupen U21 in their previous game. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Genk U21 wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Standard Liège U21 playing away and similar expectations, we found three relevant matches. Results were zero Standard Liège U21 wins, two draws and one defeat.

1 goal so far away for Standard Liège U21, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 2 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Anderlecht-Standard Liège U21 H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Anderlecht U21 two wins, Standard Liège U21 zero wins, zero draws. two of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

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Anderlecht U21 Standard Liège U21
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
3 2 0 Played P 0 2 5
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 2
2 1 0 Drew D 0 1 2
0 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
5 4 0 Scored S 0 1 6
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 2 4
67% 50% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 80%
67% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 60%
33% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 40%
33% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 20%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 60%
67% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 20%
33% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 40%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0.7 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.5 1.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
26 26 0 Total Shots T S 0 8 22
17 17 0 Shots on Target S O 0 4 12
29% 24% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 25% 50%
Key stats in Reserve Pro League this season:
  • Anderlecht U21 has the fewest conceded goals (1) in Reserve Pro League
  • Anderlecht U21 has the the best goal difference (+4) in Reserve Pro League
  • Standard Liège U21 is in the best form (2-1-1)
Anderlecht U21 Last season Standard Liège U21
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
15 7   Played P   6 14
9 6   Won W   3 6
2 0   Drew D   1 2
4 1   Lost L   2 6
33 19   Scored S   11 27
21 7   Conceded C   10 23
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
87% 86%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   83% 93%
67% 71%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   83% 79%
53% 57%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   67% 64%
33% 43%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   17% 14%
67% 57%   BTTS BTTS   67% 71%
20% 43%   Clean Sheets C S   17% 21%
13% 0%   Failed to Score F T   17% 7%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.7 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.7
0 0   Red cards R C   1 3
 
160 60   Total Shots T S   60 154
73 29   Shots on Target S O   24 68
45% 66%   Goal Efficiency G E   46% 40%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Standard Liège U21 5 2 2 1 6 4 3 2 1 0 5 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 8
2 Genk U21 3 2 1 0 5 3 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 2 7
3 OH Leuven U21 5 1 3 1 4 3 3 1 2 0 4 1 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 6
4 AS Eupen U21 5 2 0 3 7 7 2 2 0 0 6 0 3 0 0 3 1 7 0 6
5 Gent U21 3 2 0 1 5 6 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 3 5 -1 6
6 Anderlecht U21 3 1 2 0 5 1 2 1 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 4 5
7 Waasland-Beveren U21 5 1 1 3 7 12 2 1 1 0 5 4 3 0 0 3 2 8 -5 4
8 Mechelen U21 5 0 3 2 3 6 2 0 1 1 2 4 3 0 2 1 1 2 -3 3

Read more about Reserve Pro League

The Belgian Reserve Pro League is the top league for reserve teams in Belgium, featuring the reserve teams of most of Belgium’s biggest football clubs. 16 teams participate, playing a regular season of 15 fixtures before splitting the league table into a championship and a relegation group for 14 more fixtures.