Belgian Pro League Knockout phase Fri, Aug 8 · 19:45 Daio Wasabi Stayen Stadium, St.-Trond
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Our take

St. Truiden were slight favourites.

The two sides are close in strength. St. Truiden had 5.1 days of rest, Dender 6.1 and had to travel.

Rest days5.1 · 6.1Matches / 14d2 · 2
St. Truiden42%
Draw27%
Dender31%
Expected goals 1.49 – 1.26
St. Truiden42%
Draw27%
Dender31%
Expected goals 1.47 – 1.22
St. Truiden43%
Draw27%
Dender31%
Expected goals 1.51 – 1.24
St. Truiden35%
Draw27%
Dender38%
Expected goals 1.33 – 1.41
St. Truiden42%
Draw27%
Dender31%
Expected goals 1.45 – 1.23
Over 2.5 52% Both score 56% Likeliest score 1–1
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 (St.-Trond)

No weather data yet

RefereeMassimiliano Ledda

Team strength

St. TruidenDender
26 L90 StrengthIn forecast 28
35 Current StrengthIn forecast 15
37 AttackIn forecast 15
32 DefenceIn forecast 15
— 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

St. Truiden

Attack—
Defense risk—

Dender

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

St. TruidenDender
2.00 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 0.50
1.00 Goals concededVia Att/Def 0.50
1.37 xGVia Att/Def 0.91
1.15 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.21
+0.63 Goals minus xGContext -0.41
100% Scored inContext 50%
0% Clean sheetsContext 50%
14.00 ShotsContext 10.00
4.50 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 2.50
32% On target shareContext 25%
10.50 Shots in the boxContext 8.00
75% Box shareContext 79%
14% ConversionContext 5%
— OffsidesContext —
8.00 Shots allowedContext 10.00
2.00 On target allowedVia Att/Def 4.00
5.00 BlocksContext 1.50
1.00 Goalkeeper savesContext 3.50
50% Save rateContext 88%
56% PossessionIn forecast 54%
413 PassesContext 449
335 Accurate passesContext 345
81% Pass accuracyContext 77%
6.90 Team ratingContext 6.88
13.50 FoulsContext 13.00
13.50 Fouls sufferedContext 11.50
1.00 Yellow cardsContext 1.50
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.00
This league season, per match · 2 and 2 games
1.40 Goals scoredVia Att/Def —
1.60 Goals concededVia Att/Def —
— xGVia Att/Def —
— xG allowedVia Att/Def —
— Goals minus xGContext —
80% Scored inContext —
20% Clean sheetsContext —
13.30 ShotsContext —
4.78 Shots on targetVia Att/Def —
32% On target shareContext —
8.30 Shots in the boxContext —
61% Box shareContext —
11% ConversionContext —
1.71 OffsidesContext —
12.00 Shots allowedContext —
4.30 On target allowedVia Att/Def —
3.90 BlocksContext —
3.00 Goalkeeper savesContext —
64% Save rateContext —
58% PossessionIn forecast —
545 PassesContext —
465 Accurate passesContext —
85% Pass accuracyContext —
6.97 Team ratingContext —
10.40 FoulsContext —
11.70 Fouls sufferedContext —
0.90 Yellow cardsContext —
0.00 Red cardsContext —
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 10 and 0 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

St. Truiden
Rest5.1 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d2all competitions
Travel0 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
No finished matches with a forecast yet.
Dender
Rest6.1 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d2all competitions
Travel—217 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
St. Truiden Dender
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 0Low · 0
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match5.1Belgian Pro League 2025-2026, 3 Aug6.1Belgian Pro League 2025-2026, 2 Aug
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km—
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways0 km217 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days1 / 2 / 21 / 2 / 2
Next matchdays after this one8.88.7

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. Some venues have no coordinates yet.

Squad & lineups

St. Truiden Confirmed XI
4-2-3-1
16L. Kokubo(G)
3T. Hata 26V. Musliu 20R. Van Helden 19L. Patris
8A. Sissako 6R. Yamamoto
10I. Sebaoui 13R. Ito 60R. Vanwesemael
9A. Ferrari
+1 more reported missing outside this XI
Dender Confirmed XI
3-5-2
34M. Verrips(G)
3J. Pupe 44L. De Fougerolles 5L. Marijnissen
88F. Ferraro 17N. Mbamba 24M. Viltard 18N. Rôdes 22B. Fredrick
11A. Scheidler 16R. Květ
+2 more reported missing outside this XI

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
St. Truiden Scores -0.02 · concedes +0.02 goals Absences are shown before kick-off
Dender Scores -0.01 · concedes 0.00 goals Absences are shown before kick-off
Total impact vs full squads
  • St. Truiden-0.8 pp
  • Draw+0.1 pp
  • Dender+0.7 pp

Home / Away this season

St. Truiden · Home 3.00points per game · 1 home games
W-D-L
1-0-0
Scored
3.00
Conceded
1.00
Dender · Away 1.00points per game · 1 away games
W-D-L
0-1-0
Scored
1.00
Conceded
1.00

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

No earlier meetings in our data.

Goal timing

St. Truiden2 games · scored 4 · conceded 2
0-15
1 16-30
1 31-45
46-60
61-75
3 1 76-90
Dender2 games · scored 1 · conceded 1
0-15
16-30
31-45
46-60
1 61-75
1 76-90
St. Truiden10 games · scored 14 · conceded 16
1 3 0-15
1 16-30
2 3 31-45
2 4 46-60
1 4 61-75
7 2 76-90
Dender2 games · scored 1 · conceded 1
0-15
16-30
31-45
46-60
1 61-75
1 76-90

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

Scenario lab Beta

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