Read our prediction for Anderlecht vs St. Truiden below. This preview was written by a sport journalist who is specialised in betting tips and predictions.
Anderlecht vs St. Truiden Prediction & Betting tips
On Saturday at 19:45, the Lotto Park stadium will host the match between Anderlecht and St. Truiden. The match is part of round 1 of the first football league in Belgium, the Jupiler Pro League, a championship that started on Friday with the match between Club Brugge and KV Mechelen. With the exception of the friendly match played on 25.06.2022 in which St. Truiden won 1-0, Anderlecht has a streak of five consecutive victories against today’s opponent. Last season, the round match ended with the victory of the Anderlecht team, score 1-0 away, and in the return leg on home ground, Anderlecht won 4-1.
Anderlecht:
Anderlecht had a modest season in the previous edition after finishing only in 3rd place in the ranking. In the regular season, Anderlecht finished 2nd in the standings, seven points behind those from Royale Union SG, but after entering the play-off to win the championship, the difference in points decreased to only three. The fight for the title was intense last season in Belgium and we could say that Anderlecht lost handily after being defeated in the last two matches by Club Brugge 1-0 and Antwerp 3-1. The 3rd place occupied in the end qualified Anderlecht for the Europa League play-off, where they will face their opponent at the draw that will take place on August 5. In the six friendly matches played this summer, Anderlecht recorded five victories, including a 3-0 against PSV and a 2-1 against Wolfsburg, and the only defeat came in the match against Braga, score 2-1. Another important news is the fact that Anderlecht made one of the biggest transfers from Belgium this summer, after selling the 20-year-old defender Debast Zeno for 16 million euros to Sporting Lisbon, who has been a definite starter in the last two seasons.
St. Truiden:
On the other side, St. Truiden is a team in the middle of the ranking in Belgium, as proof that it finished in 9th place in the ranking at the end of the regular season but also overall, after finishing in 3rd place in the ranking after Gent and KV Mechelen in the group for the Conference League. St. Truiden had a very interesting ranking line at the end of the regular season, ending with ten wins, ten draws and ten defeats, also managing a 2-1 victory against the champion Club Brugge, a team that managed to come back after having to recovered a difference of 9 points in the play-off against Royale Union. St. also played six friendly matches. Truiden this summer, recording three wins, one draw and two defeats. Although it is not a very strong team in Belgium, St. Truiden managed to sell well this summer after transferring Smets Matte to Genk for 2.3 million euros, Delorge-Knieper Mathias to Gent for 3.5 million euros, Koita Aboubakary to AEK Athens FC for 3.6 million euros and Suzuki Zion to Parma for 7.5 euros, a player that St. Truiden had bought him last season from Urawa Reds for 4 million euros.
Anderlecht vs St. Truiden head to head matches
18.02.24 JL Anderlecht vs St. Truiden 4:1
13.08.23 JL St. Truiden vs Anderlecht 0:1
12.02.23 JL Anderlecht vs St. Truiden 3:1
14.08.22 JL St. Truiden vs Anderlecht 0:3
25.06.22 CF Anderlecht vs St. Truiden 0:1
* Our advice is: Anderlecht WIN
* Selection odd for this bet is: 1.50
* This analyis is from our perspective and we highly recommend to inform also yourself about all details that can be decisive in your choise to bet!
