Belgian Pro League Knockout phase Sun, Jul 27 · 12:30 Lotto Park, Brussel
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Our take

Anderlecht were clear favourites.

Anderlecht were the stronger side on L90 Strength (50 vs 21). Anderlecht had ? days of rest, KVC Westerlo ? and had to travel 48 km.

Away travel48 kmMatches / 14d0 · 0
Anderlecht63%
Draw22%
KVC Westerlo15%
Expected goals 2.01 – 0.88
Anderlecht63%
Draw22%
KVC Westerlo15%
Expected goals 2.02 – 0.88
Anderlecht63%
Draw22%
KVC Westerlo15%
Expected goals 2.01 – 0.88
Anderlecht56%
Draw24%
KVC Westerlo20%
Expected goals 1.79 – 0.99
Anderlecht63%
Draw22%
KVC Westerlo15%
Expected goals 2.02 – 0.88
Over 2.5 55% Both score 51% Likeliest score 2–0
Rebuilt after the match from pre-match Elo. Real context is the full LOAD90 forecast; Strength only is Elo and home edge alone. How it works.
Weather (Brussel)

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RefereeSimon Bourdeaud'hui
  • Cards per match 3.8
  • Penalties per match 0.38
  • Matches 8

Team strength

AnderlechtKVC Westerlo
50 L90 StrengthIn forecast 21
43 Current StrengthIn forecast 33
37 AttackIn forecast 42
52 DefenceIn forecast 32
— Form indexContext —
In forecastContext

L90 Strength, Attack and Defence come from the same Elo rating and attack and defence ratings the forecast uses. Form index is explained in Recent performance.

Match Opportunity

Full analysis

Anderlecht

Attack—
Defense risk—

KVC Westerlo

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

AnderlechtKVC Westerlo
— Goals scoredVia Att/Def —
— Goals concededVia Att/Def —
— xGVia Att/Def —
— xG allowedVia Att/Def —
— Goals minus xGContext —
— Scored inContext —
— Clean sheetsContext —
— ShotsContext —
— Shots on targetVia Att/Def —
— On target shareContext —
— Shots in the boxContext —
— Box shareContext —
— ConversionContext —
— OffsidesContext —
— Shots allowedContext —
— On target allowedVia Att/Def —
— BlocksContext —
— Goalkeeper savesContext —
— Save rateContext —
— PossessionIn forecast —
— PassesContext —
— Accurate passesContext —
— Pass accuracyContext —
— Team ratingContext —
— FoulsContext —
— Fouls sufferedContext —
— Yellow cardsContext —
— Red cardsContext —
This league season, per match
1.60 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.20
1.70 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.90
1.17 xGVia Att/Def —
1.26 xG allowedVia Att/Def —
+0.43 Goals minus xGContext —
80% Scored inContext 60%
10% Clean sheetsContext 0%
12.40 ShotsContext 11.40
4.30 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 4.44
35% On target shareContext 35%
7.10 Shots in the boxContext 8.33
57% Box shareContext 68%
13% ConversionContext 11%
2.00 OffsidesContext 1.56
11.80 Shots allowedContext 12.10
4.20 On target allowedVia Att/Def 3.90
3.00 BlocksContext 4.00
2.60 Goalkeeper savesContext 2.33
62% Save rateContext 55%
55% PossessionIn forecast 48%
498 PassesContext 415
419 Accurate passesContext 321
84% Pass accuracyContext 77%
6.99 Team ratingContext 6.83
10.60 FoulsContext 11.20
14.60 Fouls sufferedContext 12.30
1.60 Yellow cardsContext 2.00
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.10
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 10 and 10 games
In forecastVia Att/DefContext

In forecast: possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Via Att/Def: goals, xG and shots on target feed the attack and defence ratings. Context: describes the style, no correction of its own.

Recent performance last 5 · schedule

Anderlecht
Rest—since last match
Matches / 14d0all competitions
Travel0 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
No finished matches with a forecast yet.
KVC Westerlo
Rest—since last match
Matches / 14d0all competitions
Travel48 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
No finished matches with a forecast yet.

Expected points come from each pre-match EloLambda forecast (3 × win chance + draw chance). Explains recent results; in our tests recent form did not add predictive value on top of the model. Rest, travel and schedule load are context; only High Congestion (4+ matches in 14 days) changes the forecast. Full schedule below.

Full schedule & recovery
Anderlecht KVC Westerlo
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 0Low · 0
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match——
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km48 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways0 km0 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days0 / 0 / 00 / 0 / 0
Next matchdays after this one7.16.1

All competitions synced from eScored, including cups and Europe. Distances are straight-line between stadium cities. Only High Congestion changes the forecast; the other rows are context.

Squad & lineups

Anderlecht Confirmed XI
4-2-3-1
26C. Coosemans(G)
6H. Augustinsson 4J. Šimić 3L. Hey 79A. Maamar
24E. Llansana 74N. De Cat
19N. Angulo 11T. Hazard 83T. Degreef
20L. Vázquez
KVC Westerlo Confirmed XI
4-2-3-1
99A. Jungdal(G)
25T. Rommens 33R. Neustädter 40E. Bayram 22B. Reynolds
8S. Sydorchuk 34D. Haspolat
77J. Alcócer 13I. Sakamoto 39T. Van den Keybus
9M. Frigan

Last XI is the club's most recent recorded starting lineup, Confirmed XI is the official lineup for this match. We do not publish a predicted lineup. Players in red are reported missing for this match.

Key absences
Anderlecht Absences are shown before kick-off
KVC Westerlo Absences are shown before kick-off
Total impact vs full squads
  • Anderlecht+0.0 pp
  • Draw+0.0 pp
  • KVC Westerlo+0.0 pp

Home / Away this season

Anderlecht · Home No home games yet this season.
KVC Westerlo · Away No away games yet this season.

Actual results only, not forecast λ. Samples this early in the season are small, so these numbers are not used as a forecast correction.

Head to head last 2 of 2 meetings

2 Anderlecht wins0 draws0 KVC Westerlo wins
Goals per game2.50 – 1.00 Over 2.5100% Both scored100% Clean sheets0% · 0%
  • 1 Dec 2023KVC Westerlo1–3Anderlecht
  • 20 Aug 2023Anderlecht2–1KVC Westerlo

All competitions, finished games before this kick-off. Shown as history: in our tests head-to-head added almost nothing on top of the model.

Referee · Simon Bourdeaud'hui 8 matches before this one

Per match, all competitions

Yellow cards3.63league 4.25
Red cards0.13league 0.00
Cards 5+25%league 50%
Fouls24.7league 23.5
Penalties0.38league 0.50
Home wins38%league 0%
Anderlecht

No previous matches with this referee.

KVC Westerlo2 with this referee
Record1-1-0 Cards · opp.7.0 · 2.5 Pens for · against2 · 0
  • D27 Jan 24A · Gent2–27
  • W4 Nov 23A · OH Leuven2–07

From eScored match records before this kick-off. "league" is this league season's average; red is notably above it, green below. Cards · opp. is cards shown to the club and to its opponents per match with this referee. Context only: referees are not part of the forecast.

Goal timing

Anderlecht
No complete event data.
KVC Westerlo
No complete event data.
Anderlecht10 games · scored 16 · conceded 17
1 4 0-15
3 1 16-30
2 3 31-45
3 4 46-60
2 2 61-75
5 3 76-90
KVC Westerlo10 games · scored 12 · conceded 19
2 4 0-15
3 16-30
2 6 31-45
2 46-60
1 3 61-75
4 4 76-90

scored conceded, by 15-minute band (stoppage time counts to the band before it). Only games with a complete goal log.

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