This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Antwerp at Bosuilstadion when the Europa League tournament arrives in town and LASK Linz with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
LASK Linz have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Antwerp form and stats
Last season, Antwerp's Europa League journey ended in the play-offs.3 victories, 2 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Antwerp have to build on here at Bosuilstadion in the Pro League. The Antwerp fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Bosuilstadion and will expect new points from this game. Antwerp has played 19 games in a row here without a defeat.
Antwerp lost their last game at Anderlecht after a 0-1 scoreline. Previous to that game, a Europa League home match hosting Tottenham Hotspur in a game that was won 1-0.
This is expected to be a close game, with Antwerp perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Antwerp as a small favourite), we find six games. Antwerp has won two of these, drawn two and lost two.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Standard Liege are coming to town in three days.
Goals decide football matches and Antwerp are scoring many of them at home; 11 on target from 5 league matches. Antwerp have conceded 6 in these home matches.
LASK Linz form and stats
They also participated in Europa League last season. This ended in the 8th finals, when Manchester United drew the shortest straw.Things could have gone better for LASK Linz in their Tipico Bundesliga away matches, but 4 points from 3 games is all right. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Europa League stats, they have 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss both home and away.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. LASK Linz goalkeeper Alexander Schlager is eager to challenge this, with his 180 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
LASK Linz play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Sturm Graz. Before that, LASK secured a home win against Ludogorets with the score 4-3.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found two similar matches played by LASK in our archives, and the results are: one win for LASK Linz, one draw and zero defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as LASK are hosting Admira in the Tipico Bundesliga only three days away.
LASK find the net regularly in their away games. 3 goals from 3 away fixtures in the league. 4 goals have been conceded by LASK in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  D. Mbokani Bezua 4 goals |  S. Kristiansen Juklerød 3 goals |  L. Refaelov 3 goals |
Antwerp missing players
LASK Linz missing players
| Antwerp | LASK Linz | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 11 | ||
| 37 | 22 | Scored | S | 20 | 48 | ||
| 29 | 17 | Conceded | C | 17 | 35 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 64% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 48% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 20% | ||
| 60% | 77% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 28% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 213 | 91 | Total Shots | T S | 162 | 366 | ||
| 96 | 47 | Shots on Target | S O | 56 | 138 | ||
| 35% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 34% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Antwerp | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Tottenham Hotspur | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | LASK Linz | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 4 | Ludogorets | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sporting Charleroi | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 2 | Standard Liege | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 21 |
| 3 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 21 |
| 4 | Club Brugge | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 15 | 20 |
| 5 | Anderlecht | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 20 |
| 6 | Antwerp | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 20 |
| 7 | Genk | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 19 |
| 8 | OH Leuven | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 18 |
| 9 | KV Oostende | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 |
| 10 | Cercle Brugge | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 15 |
| 11 | Kortrijk | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -1 | 14 |
| 12 | Gent | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 12 |
| 13 | AS Eupen | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | -6 | 11 |
| 14 | Sint-Truiden | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | -8 | 9 |
| 15 | Mechelen | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -6 | 8 |
| 16 | Zulte-Waregem | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -13 | 7 |
| 17 | Waasland-Beveren | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -13 | 4 |
| 18 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -11 | 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 | Salzburg | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 18 |
| 2 | Rapid Vienna | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 16 |
| 3 | LASK Linz | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | St. Polten | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 10 |
| 5 | Sturm Graz | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | Austria Wien | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 7 |
| 7 | Wolfsberger AC | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -3 | 6 |
| 8 | Hartberg | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | -7 | 6 |
| 9 | Wattens | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 5 |
| 10 | Rheindorf Altach | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -9 | 4 |
| 11 | Admira | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -10 | 4 |
| 12 | Ried | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -10 | 3 |