Anderlecht vs Waasland-Beveren Predictions

Anderlecht are having a poor season by their standards, currently floundering in 6th place in the Belgium Pro League, after finishing last season in 3rd. Their home form hasn’t been good enough at all, winning just 5 of their 10 home games, but they can take positives in the fact they have only lost once at home. Their last 4 home games have seen them draw 1-1 with last placed Lokeren, beat 7th place Gent 2-0, lose 1-0 to 1st place Genk and draw with 8th place Sporting Charleroi 1-1.

Waasland have not had a great season either with the side sitting just 3 places off the bottom in 14th. Their away form has been a bit of a saving grace for them, picking up 2 wins and 3 draws from their 10 away games, putting them 10th in the away form table. This is quite the contrast from their home form, where they sit 15th in the table with just 2 wins and 5 draws. They have played all of the top 3 away from home already this season, scoring in each of the games, losing 3-2 to Genk, drawing 1-1 to Club Brugge and beating Antwerp 2-0 in their last away game.

Anderlecht have scored in 8 of their 10 home games this season, and have conceded in 7 of those games, with both teams to score landing in 6. Both teams have scored in 9 of their last 11 games home and away, including the reverse fixture earlier in the season.

Beveren have scored in 7 of their 10 away league games this season, strangely only failing to score against sides in the bottom half of the league, namely Lokeren (16th), Eupen (11th) and Cercle Brugge (9th). They have conceded in 8 of the 10 games away from home, keeping clean sheets against 15th place Mouscron and 3rd place Antwerp. They have scored in 8 of the 10 games they have played this season against teams in the top half.

In recent times there have been plenty of goals in this fixture, with both teams scoring in 5 of the 7, and a 2-1 scoreline occurring 3 times. There have been over 2.5 goals in 6 of the last 7 head to heads. Anderlecht have scored 2 or more goals in 10 of the 13 head to heads on record.

Both of these sides like to score goals and concede a decent amount too, so we think Both Teams to Score is the best bet for this game. Anderlecht are the stronger of the two sides and tend to have the advantage in this fixture, so we’re going for 2-1 to Anderlecht.