Football betting preview: Antwerp U21 with moderate expectations before welcoming Club Brugge U21

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Competition: Belgium Reserve Pro League
Competition: Mon 04.April
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)

A brief peek at the Reserve Pro League standings imply an advantage to Club Brugge U21 when they come to Antwerp U21. Yet; let's wait for the game before we elect a winner!

Insights:
  • Antwerp U21 have the most conceded goals (20) at home in Reserve Pro League
  • Club Brugge U21 have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Reserve Pro League

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Antwerp U21 and Club Brugge U21.

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Antwerp U21 form and stats

Antwerp U21's results here in the Reserve Pro League have been very modest with 1 victory, 2 draws and 6 defeats. Antwerp are slowly digging their own grave here with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in nine attempts. The last victory here came in the OH Leuven U21 match.

Antwerp U21 drew their last game, also a home match. Club Brugge U21 (placed 3rd) was the opponent, 1-1 the score.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Anderlecht U21 and winning 1-0.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Antwerp U21 here in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 9 games). Antwerp U21 are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (20 from 9 played).

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Club Brugge U21 form and stats

4 wins, 0 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Club Brugge U21, who have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Reserve Pro League, playing as the away team in the Reserve Pro League this season.

The Brugge goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 224 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Antwerp U21 (placed 9th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1.

That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Cercle Brugge U21.

The Club Brugge U21 manager has got the team scoring on the road, with 19 away goals in 8 league matches. Club Brugge U21 are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Here's the end result when the contenders met earlier this campaign; Club Brugge U21 - Antwerp U21 2-0.

Antwerp U21 missing players

Club Brugge U21 missing players

Antwerp U21 Club Brugge U21
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 10 3 Played P 3 9 19
4 1 0 Won W 2 4 11
4 3 0 Drew D 0 1 3
10 6 3 Lost L 1 4 5
20 8 1 Scored S 7 20 43
36 21 7 Conceded C 1 7 12
94% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
83% 80% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 78% 84%
56% 50% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 44% 42%
39% 30% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 22% 21%
33% 30% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 22% 16%
61% 60% 33% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 32%
11% 10% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 44% 53%
33% 40% 67% Failed to Score F T 33% 22% 16%
 
3.6 2.7 1 Corners for (avg) C F 9 5.5 5.3
4.1 4.6 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 2.5 2.9 3.2
2.2 2 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.4 1.1
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
7.2 5.6 4 Shots (avg) S ( 14 11.8 11.7
2.8 2.6 1.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.6 5.1
39% 31% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 88% 54% 50%
 
11.1 13.2 14.7 Shots against (avg) S A 8.5 6.8 6.5
5.7 6.9 8.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.5 2.5 2.5
Key stats in Reserve Pro League this season:
  • Antwerp U21 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Antwerp U21 have the most conceded goals (20) at home in Reserve Pro League
  • Antwerp U21 have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Club Brugge U21 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Club Brugge U21 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Club Brugge U21 have scored more than double the goals of Antwerp U21.
  • Club Brugge U21 have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Reserve Pro League
  • Club Brugge U21 have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Reserve Pro League
  • Club Brugge U21 have the most clean sheets (10) in Reserve Pro League
  • Club Brugge U21 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 Genk U21 16 14 2 0 52 12 9 8 1 0 33 7 7 6 1 0 19 5 40 44
2 Anderlecht U21 18 13 2 3 41 12 9 7 1 1 26 6 9 6 1 2 14 6 29 41
3 Club Brugge U21 18 11 2 5 42 11 10 7 2 1 23 5 8 4 0 4 19 6 31 35
4 Standard Liège U21 15 9 2 4 26 20 7 4 1 2 13 10 8 5 1 2 13 10 6 29
5 Gent U21 15 8 4 3 29 20 8 4 2 2 15 10 7 4 2 1 14 9 9 28
6 Sporting Charleroi U21 18 6 3 9 18 36 8 4 1 3 11 17 10 2 2 6 7 19 -18 21
7 Sint-Truiden U21 17 5 4 8 19 28 8 1 3 4 7 11 9 4 1 4 12 17 -9 19
8 OH Leuven U21 18 5 2 11 21 33 9 3 1 5 10 14 9 2 1 6 11 19 -12 17
9 Antwerp U21 17 4 3 10 19 35 9 1 2 6 7 20 8 3 1 4 12 15 -16 15
10 Zulte-Waregem U21 17 4 3 10 24 41 8 3 2 3 12 17 9 1 1 7 12 24 -17 15
11 Cercle Brugge U21 19 3 5 11 21 34 9 3 0 6 12 14 10 0 5 5 9 20 -13 14
12 Mechelen U21 18 3 4 11 13 43 9 1 2 6 5 19 9 2 2 5 8 24 -30 13

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.