Westerlo vs Antwerp betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Pro League match on September 21st, 2024

Westerlo and Antwerp will meet each other in a football match counting for Pro League on September 21st, 2024, Saturday at 16:15h (UTC), in Belgium, check the Westerlo vs Antwerp betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Westerlo vs Antwerp will occur

The game takes place in the small Het Kuipje stadium, in the city of Westerlo, with a capacity for 8182 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

Including statistics, events and odds, you can follow the match live at Betarena, with access to all the information to help with your sports betting.

Introduction to the Westerlo vs Antwerp betting tip 2024/2025

Despite the season change, the Pro League has not changed much regarding goals. Today's average goals in the competition are still similar to what was seen in the tournament's last edition. The current mark is 2.73 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.82 goals per game of the last championship.

Westerlo last match

The last match ended in a draw for the Westerlo team. On that occasion they met Anderlecht for the Pro League, and the match ended 2-2. Coach T. Simons' lined up a 3-4-1-2 formation.

The favorite to win the match was the rival team, that's why the draw (odd 3.80) in the end can be considered a positive result.

Despite the team's less-than-exciting average performance, Matija Frigan is certainly one of the players on the roster to watch for the future. On the field he showed a good physical presence and good footwork, proving to be crucial to Westerlo game.

Antwerp last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a victory in the last round. In a dispute valid for Pro League, Antwerp, who used a 4-2-3-1 formation, faced the Union Saint-Gilloise team with a final score of 2-0.

The forecast was that the match between the two teams would be quite close, hence the home win had odds of 2.60.

Westerlo vs Antwerp h2h

Antwerp was in 5th place in the Pro League while Westerlo was in 13th place, the last time these teams faced each other. Antwerp team entered the field with the 4-2-3-1 formation, the same tactic Westerlo used in the match.

These teams the last time they met which was on 23-12-2023 played out a 2-2 draw in a highly contested Pro League match during the 2023/2024 football season.

Last time a draw between these teams, what to expect now?

The performance of the Antwerp team in their five recent games to date has been relatively good, unlike the Westerlo team.

The referee E. Lambrechts has been chosen to officiate the match while J. De Weirdt and K. Monteny will support him from the sideline.

Westerlo

Pro League leaderboard now

The Westerlo team with 11 points currently occupies the 5th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Championship Round, with a campaign of 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses.

Which means that in the 8th round, the team is ahead with no advantage over Dender team who is in the 6th place.

Westerlo analysis

After 7 matches, Westerlo shows a positive goal difference: in fact, the team has scored 15 goals and conceded 13.

With an average ball possession of 44.57% per game in the current league, Westerlo cannot call itself a team that holds the game in its hands, rather it prefers the counterattacking strategy. But if they want to try to win the game against Antwerp they must try to impose their game to create difficulties for their opponents.

Having a record of 2 wins versus 0 losses, and 1 draw in comparison to the 1 game they won as the visiting team, there’s no place like home for this team.

Best goalscorer from Westerlo

There are always individualities that stand out in a squad and in the team's attack, Allahyar Sayyadmanesh has held that position so far in the competition. Serving Westerlo with 3 goals this season, the Attacker has been a key player in winning triumphs.

Antwerp

Pro League leaderboard now

The Antwerp team with 10 points currently occupies the 8th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the UEFA Conference League Play-offs, with a campaign of 3 wins, 1 draw, and 3 losses.

Which means that the team, has the same number of points in the 8th round that the Gent team in 9th place.

Antwerp analysis

We have reached matchday 7 in Pro League and at the moment Antwerp has made 11 goals and conceded 6.

Best goalscorer from Antwerp

When we analyze the team's attack so far, the competition's performance at the individual level Tjaronn Chery is the player to highlight. Helping Antwerp with 3 goals scored this season, the Midfielder has been instrumental in achieving positive outcomes.

Now a few markets where you can get some return from your bets:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Westerlo is Allahyar Sayyadmanesh, who has already scored 3 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Antwerp is Tjaronn Chery, he has scored in 3 opportunities.

For those following the live game, it has been known that between 75-90 minutes is a period where most goals are scored making this a good time to bet.

Taking into consideration that Antwerp scores an average of 0.67 goals per match when playing away, we should consider the under 2.5 betting market, especially because this team usually does not concede goals when playing out of their stadium.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 2.25.

Corners Top Betting Tips

Good betting results could be obtained if one notes that there is an average of 5.64 corners per game.

Antwerp is usually quite offensive in their matches, and this has resulted in a high average of corner kicks in the competition. Currently, the team averages 6.71 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of Antwerp in this match.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Westerlo has an average of 2.8 yellow cards per game over the 7 rounds, while Antwerp has an average of 2. In other words, these teams together are averaging 5.43 yellow cards per match. Therefore, it might be a good option to bet on the 'Over 4.5 cards' option in this duel.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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