It's still early in the Reserve Pro League season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Gent U21 - Anderlecht U21 preview!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Gent U21 form and stats
The hosts won their first Reserve Pro League game here, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Gent U21 last season were 5 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses from 8 games.
In their previous game, led his Gent to a defeat in the Reserve Pro League match away at AS Eupen U21. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here. Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Waasland-Beveren U21.
As you see from the result above, Gent U21 suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Gent U21 at home in the league. 2 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Anderlecht U21 form and stats
The visitors settled for one point in their first Reserve Pro League away game of the season. During their previous season 8 away games resulted in 3 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
Impressive finishing secured the home win 4-0 against AS Eupen U21 in their previous game. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Mechelen U21.
As mentioned above, Anderlecht U21 was the only team on the pitch versus AS Eupen U21 in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
Anderlecht U21 have the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last two meetings): Gent won one game, zero matches ended with a draw and Anderlecht U21 has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / zeroGent U21 missing players
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| Gent U21 | Anderlecht U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 8.5 | 10 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 2.7 |
| 1.5 | 2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | 13 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| 11 | 7 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 18% | 29% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| Gent U21 | Last season | Anderlecht U21 | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 16 | 8 | Played | P | 8 | 15 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 36 | 21 | Scored | S | 14 | 33 | ||
| 22 | 11 | Conceded | C | 14 | 21 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 87% | ||
| 62% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 67% | ||
| 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 53% | ||
| 25% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 33% | ||
| 62% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 67% | ||
| 31% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | ||
| 6% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 13% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.1 | 5.7 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 2.9 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 137 | 78 | Total Shots | T S | 100 | 160 | ||
| 68 | 39 | Shots on Target | S O | 44 | 73 | ||
| 53% | 54% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 45% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Anderlecht U21 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2 | Standard Liege U21 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Genk U21 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Mechelen U21 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | AS Eupen U21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -1 | 3 |
| 6 | Gent U21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 7 | OH Leuven U21 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Waasland-Beveren U21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 1 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Anderlecht U21 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 29 |
| 2 | Club Brugge U21 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 27 |
| 3 | Gent U21 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 36 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 26 |
| 4 | Mechelen U21 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 36 | 32 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 4 | 25 |
| 5 | Genk U21 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 20 |
| 6 | Standard Liege U21 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 20 |
| 7 | OH Leuven U21 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 18 | -2 | 20 |
| 8 | Sint-Truiden U21 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 17 | 61 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 33 | -44 | 4 |