📏 Form Guide

Antwerp

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Antwerp will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following the 0-1 First Division A - Play-Offs success vs KRC Genk.

In that match, Antwerp managed 41% possession and 10 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. The scorer for Antwerp was Tjaronn Chery (35'). On the other side, Genk had 16 shots on goal with 5 of them on target.

In their past 6 fixtures, Andries Ulderink's Antwerp have hit the target a total of 5 times resulting in an average number of goals per match equal to 0.83.

RSC Anderlecht

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RSC Anderlecht will come into the encounter after a 0-1 First Division A - Play-Offs win as they beat KAA Gent in their most recent fixture.

In that game, RSC Anderlecht managed 67% possession and 18 shots at goal with 4 on target. The only player to score for RSC Anderlecht was Leander Dendoncker (76'). For their opponents, Gent got 15 attempts at goal with 7 on target.

A tendency of at least one team not scoring a goal in games featuring RSC Anderlecht has become noticeable in recent matches. A glance at their last six meetings shows that it has happened 5 times. In these clashes, their opponents have hit a goal tally of 6 while RSC Anderlecht have scored 7. That pattern isn’t assured to be carried forward into this game, of course.

👥 Head to head

A review of their past head-to-head meetings dating back to 26/05/2024 shows us that Antwerp have won 1 of them and RSC Anderlecht 3, with the number of drawn games being 2.

14 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 6 for The Great Old and 8 netted by Paars-wit. That’s an average goals per game of 2.33.

The previous league game featuring these clubs was First Division A - Play-Offs match day 4 on 20/04/2025 when it finished RSC Anderlecht 0-0 Antwerp.

That day, RSC Anderlecht managed 56% possession and 15 shots on goal with 4 on target.

At the other end, Antwerp had 13 shots at goal with 5 of them on target.

The referee was Bram Van Driessche.

🗞️ Team News: Antwerp

Björn Engels (Achilles heel problems), Toby Alderweireld (Hamstring muscle injury), Vincent Janssen (Meniscus tear) and Anthony Valencia (Cruciate ligament tear) are not available for Antwerp manager Andries Ulderink.

It looks as if The Great Old should opt for a 4-2-3-1 formation with Senne Lammens, Semm Renders, Denis Odoi, Zeno Van Den Bosch, Olivier Deman, Dennis Praet, Mahamadou Doumbia, Gyrano Kerk, Tjaronn Chery, M. Ange Balikwisha and Mohamed Bayo.

ℹ️ Team News: RSC Anderlecht

RSC Anderlecht manager Besnik Hasi has multiple availability issues to deal with. Jan Vertonghen (Overstretching), Adryelson (Foot injury), Killian Sardella (Hamstring muscle injury), Mario Stroeykens (Muscle injury), Tristan Degreef (Back injury) and Elyess Dao (Ankle injury) are not able to play.

There’s a good chance that Paars-wit appear most likely to elect for a 4-3-3 formation, going with Colin Coosemans, Thomas Foket, Majeed Ashimeru, Marco Kana, Ludwig Augustinsson, Theo Leoni, Mats Rits, Leander Dendoncker, Nilson Angulo, Luis Vazquez and Keisuke Goto.

💡 Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that RSC Anderlecht and Antwerp could find scoring goals difficult here.

We’re therefore anticipating a hard-fought 0-0 scoreline after 90 minutes.

Victor Martins, 11:04 01/05/2025