Europa Conference League match preview: Silkeborg versus Anderlecht

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Competition: Europe Europa Conference League
Competition: Thu 03.November
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: JYSK park (10000 seats)

Europa Conference League betting and spectator preview: Silkeborg and Anderlecht meet at JYSK park to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.

These teams have little in common geographically as Anderlecht have to travel 900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

It's no vacation for neither Silkeborg nor Anderlecht as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Silkeborg form and stats

The story so far in the Superliga for Silkeborg at their home stadium (JYSK park) is 4 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. 2W-0D-3L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Europa Conference League for Silkeborg.

The Silkeborg crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Viborg here at JYSK park. Engel was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.6 out of 10. The defender Engel hit one key pass and won 6 of 6 duels.

Before that game, a defeat in the away fixture against West Ham United in the Europa Conference League. 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 Silkeborg have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 7 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 1 and lost 3.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Silkeborg as they are travelling to their away game against AaB in the Superliga. That match is three days after this one.

A decent goal production from Silkeborg in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 7 league matches. Silkeborg's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Anderlecht form and stats

Last season their Europa Conference League adventure ended in the play-offs against Vitesse.

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Anderlecht so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 2-0-4 (win-draw-lose). Total Europa Conference League statistics for Anderlecht: 4 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses.

Anderlecht go into this game after a win, the home game against AS Eupen that ended 4-2. As you can tell from the result, the match against AS Eupen was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today? Refaelov got a match rating of 8.3 in that game, top player of the team. Refaelov scored two goals and hit one key pass.

A 2-2 in a home game in the Europa Conference League before that, facing FCSB. The team were not happy with the result, being big pre-match favourites. So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Anderlecht playing away and similar expectations, we found 4 relevant matches. Results were 0 Anderlecht wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

Anderlecht have another game that requires travelling in just three sleeps, a Pro League game vs Antwerp. A rough programme for the visiting team!

The travelling fans enjoy Anderlecht's attacking play in away games, having scored 10 goals in 6 league matches away. Anderlecht have conceded 9 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The previous head to head game ended Anderlecht - Silkeborg 1-0, played this season.

Top Goalscorers

SilkeborgS. Jørgensen
S. Jørgensen
6 goals
AnderlechtF. Soares Silva
F. Soares Silva
6 goals
SilkeborgN. Helenius
N. Helenius
5 goals

Silkeborg missing players

Anderlecht missing players

Silkeborg Anderlecht
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 11   Played P   11 25
11 6   Won W   5 12
4 2   Drew D   1 3
10 3   Lost L   5 10
45 23   Scored S   16 40
29 13   Conceded C   12 25
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   91% 96%
80% 91%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   73% 64%
52% 64%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   64% 56%
36% 36%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   18% 28%
24% 27%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   9% 12%
48% 64%   BTTS BTTS   55% 44%
32% 36%   Clean Sheets C S   36% 32%
20% 0%   Failed to Score F T   18% 28%
 
4.2 4.5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 6
4.5 3.5   Corners against (avg) C A   5.4 4.7
1.4 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 1.8
2 0   Red cards R C   2 3
 
11.8 12.6   Shots (avg) S (   10.3 12.7
4.6 5.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4 4.8
39% 38%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 32%
 
10.6 10.7   Shots against (avg) S A   13.8 11.8
4.1 3.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4 3.3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 West Ham United 5 5 0 0 10 4 3 3 0 0 6 2 2 2 0 0 4 2 6 15
2 Silkeborg 5 2 0 3 12 5 2 1 0 1 7 3 3 1 0 2 5 2 7 6
3 Anderlecht 5 1 2 2 4 5 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 5
4 FCSB 5 0 2 3 3 15 2 0 1 1 0 5 3 0 1 2 3 10 -12 2
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Nordsjælland 15 9 4 2 24 12 8 5 2 1 13 7 7 4 2 1 11 5 12 31
2 Viborg 15 8 4 3 22 15 7 5 2 0 12 5 8 3 2 3 10 10 7 28
3 Randers 15 6 5 4 22 21 8 4 1 3 10 11 7 2 4 1 12 10 1 23
4 OB 15 6 4 5 19 21 8 3 1 4 10 14 7 3 3 1 9 7 -2 22
5 Silkeborg 15 6 3 6 25 22 7 4 1 2 13 9 8 2 2 4 12 13 3 21
6 København 15 6 3 6 23 20 7 3 2 2 9 7 8 3 1 4 14 13 3 21
7 AGF 15 6 3 6 18 15 7 3 2 2 11 8 8 3 1 4 7 7 3 21
8 Midtjylland 15 5 6 4 24 22 8 2 2 4 8 13 7 3 4 0 16 9 2 21
9 Brøndby 15 5 5 5 22 25 8 3 3 2 13 13 7 2 2 3 9 12 -3 20
10 Horsens 15 5 3 7 14 18 7 4 2 1 10 8 8 1 1 6 4 10 -4 18
11 AaB 15 3 5 7 15 21 7 1 4 2 6 9 8 2 1 5 9 12 -6 14
12 Lyngby 15 0 5 10 13 29 8 0 3 5 6 16 7 0 2 5 7 13 -16 5
  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 15 13 1 1 39 14 8 7 1 0 21 7 7 6 0 1 18 7 25 40
2 Antwerp 15 11 0 4 28 15 8 7 0 1 20 8 7 4 0 3 8 7 13 33
3 Club Brugge 15 10 2 3 32 16 8 6 1 1 20 8 7 4 1 2 12 8 16 32
4 Union Saint-Gilloise 15 10 2 3 31 19 7 5 1 1 12 7 8 5 1 2 19 12 12 32
5 Standard Liege 14 8 1 5 22 17 7 4 1 2 12 7 7 4 0 3 10 10 5 25
6 Gent 15 7 3 5 26 18 7 4 1 2 14 9 8 3 2 3 12 9 8 24
7 OH Leuven 15 6 4 5 24 24 7 3 1 3 8 11 8 3 3 2 16 13 0 22
8 Westerlo 15 7 1 7 27 29 7 4 1 2 14 9 8 3 0 5 13 20 -2 22
9 Sint-Truiden 15 5 5 5 15 17 7 2 2 3 7 9 8 3 3 2 8 8 -2 20
10 Anderlecht 14 6 1 7 25 18 8 4 1 3 15 9 6 2 0 4 10 9 7 19
11 Cercle Brugge 15 5 4 6 21 23 7 3 3 1 13 7 8 2 1 5 8 16 -2 19
12 Sporting Charleroi 15 6 1 8 21 25 8 3 1 4 12 14 7 3 0 4 9 11 -4 19
13 Mechelen 15 5 2 8 22 28 8 4 1 3 15 13 7 1 1 5 7 15 -6 17
14 KV Oostende 15 4 2 9 17 30 7 3 0 4 8 14 8 1 2 5 9 16 -13 14
15 Kortrijk 15 3 3 9 13 26 8 1 2 5 5 14 7 2 1 4 8 12 -13 12
16 AS Eupen 15 4 0 11 17 33 7 2 0 5 8 14 8 2 0 6 9 19 -16 12
17 RFC Seraing 15 3 2 10 15 26 7 0 1 6 2 12 8 3 1 4 13 14 -11 11
18 Zulte-Waregem 15 3 2 10 16 33 8 2 0 6 10 23 7 1 2 4 6 10 -17 11