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Anderlecht vs Waasland-Beveren Prediction & Betting tips
Who would have thought at the start of the season that Anderlecht, the proud record champion, would play a relegation topper against Waasland-Beveren on match day nine? Losing is excluded for both teams. Who can breathe briefly?
Anderlecht:
Never before has a team reached Play-off 1 after a start with five out of twenty-four. But that’s not even the worst. Against Club it was only 2-1 on the previous match day, but a wandering Anderlecht was just blown off the field by Club Brugge. Without goalkeeper Hendrik Van Crombrugge it could have been 7-1. The entire season is in danger, but some don’t realize it yet. Club Brugge now has twelve more points and in order to participate in the title fight, Anderlecht still have to pass teams like Charleroi, Zulte Waregem, KV Mechelen. Start with a doubtful team.
Yes, Anderlecht took the lead, but that was mainly due to a huge misunderstanding between Simon Mignolet and Simon Deli. And exactly 63 seconds later it was already 1-1. As always, Anderlecht barely decorated opportunities. One from Luckassen, two long shots and nothing else. The visitors effortlessly exceeded the level of a tail team. They were a toy. In the RSCA defense, everyone let his man walk and nobody could keep up with the leather for five seconds.
The catastrophe was avoided this week in the Belgian Cup. Anderlecht needed extensions against Beerschot, but the 1B club was narrowly put aside: 2-3. Alexis Saelemaekers was the savior with three assists, but the positive news stopped there. Vincent Kompany dropped out again and the game was still very sad. How many opportunities did RSCA create again? They could be counted on one hand.
Waasland-Beveren:
Accepting, turning and sending a handsome cross-pass: rookie Yuki Kobayashi only needed one ball key last weekend to capture the Beverse hearts. It was immediately the reason for the equalizer of Jur Schryvers. You’d think a dream debut. “No, because I wanted to score or give an assist,” says the ambitious Japanese. “I want to play football through combinations in the small space. As one of the oldest players, I want to pass on my confidence and experience. And I want to lure everyone from Beveren to the stadium. Just like Ryota Morioka. My ultimate dream is to play for a full stadium, because now it felt a bit empty. ”
Although the game went up and down well in the opening phase, it was a long wait for great opportunities in the Waasland-Beveren – Mouscron match. The visitors took the lead and the home team was upset and stopped playing football. There was no response before the break. Waasland-Beveren succeeded in equalizing twenty minutes before the end. Waasland-Beveren had smelled blood and steamed through, but was no longer able to score.
Yesterday Waasland-Beveren and Westerlo made a real cup match of this week. Seven goals, three penalties and the winning goal in the final seconds of the extra time. But also a painful retreat for the Waaslanders. The Waaslanders seemed to have their sheep on dry land after two penalties from Durmishaj and a cross from XIanEmmers. But that was not included in Paul Keita, who was surprisingly central in the back. The Senegalese formed the basis of three goals.
Anderlecht vs Waasland-Beveren head to head matches
27.12.18 JL Anderlecht Waasland-Beveren 3 : 0
04.11.18 JL Waasland-Beveren Anderlecht 1 : 2
24.01.18 JL Anderlecht Waasland-Beveren 2 : 2
23.09.17 JL Waasland-Beveren Anderlecht 1 : 2
12.03.17 JL Anderlecht Waasland-Beveren 3 : 0