Waregem vs Antwerp Prediction: Antwerp on league win mission continues

Waregem and Antwerp will square off at Elindus Arena in this round of games for the Belgian Jupiler Pro League. Considering their past five games, the home club is still winless, while visiting Antwerp will try to win because they are still in the running for the league.

Waregem comes into this match off a draw against Standard Liege in their last First Division A match, which ended 2-2. Throughout that game, Waregem had 37% possession of the ball and 9 shots on goal, with 5 of them finding the target. Alieu Fadera in the 76th minute and Alioune Ndour in the 85th minute both found the back of the net for Waregem. Standard Liège had 21 shots on goal, but only eight of them were on target. Standard Liège got goals from Marlon Fossey in the 14th minute and Noe Dussenne in the 39th minute. In recent times, games featuring Waregem have proven to be exciting ones, and spectators can anticipate a lot of goalmouth action from those contests. During the course of their most recent six head-to-head contests, both sides have scored a combined total of 27 goals, which works out to an average of 4.5 goals per game. In those matches, Waregem were responsible for 10 goals. The prior statistics show that Waregem have not been successful against Antwerp in either of their previous two league encounters. In addition to this, in the previous five league matches played at home, they have not been victorious.

Antwerp will be coming into this match with the intention of reversing their fortunes after suffering a defeat in their previous First Division A match, which was played against Charleroi. Throughout that match, Antwerp had 66 percent of the ball under control and 28 shots on goal, with eight of those shots finding the target. Charleroi had five shots on goal, but only two of them were on target. Charleroi's goal was scored in the fifteenth minute by Youssouph Badji. In recent matches featuring Antwerp, there has been a very continuous pattern of at least one team keeping a scoreless shutout in those contests. By looking at their most recent six meetings, we can see that it has occurred five times. Antwerp have scored a total of 11 goals in these matches, while their rivals have only managed two goals between them. Antwerp enters this encounter having not tasted defeat in any of their previous five league matches played away from home.

Antwerp and Waregem have a relatively solid head-to-head history, as they have met 12 times in the previous seasons, with Waregem winning 4 games and Antwerp winning 8 games. In the head-to-head matchups between the two teams, Waregem scored 14 goals, while Antwerp was able to score 20 goals.

This will be a challenging game, with the host club hoping to halt their winless run and Antwerp hoping to cut the top-of-the-league table gap with a victory. Despite this, we are certain that Antwerp will overcome all obstacles and win both halves of this game.