Belgian Pro League · Matchday 8 Match report

Westerlo 5-1 Royal Antwerp: Result, Match Stats and Our Prediction

Westerlo

5-1Full time

Royal Antwerp

Sunday 11 October 2026, 16:30 UTC Het Kuipje, Westerlo

Our picks against the result

6 of 12 right

Result Westerlo win46% 5-1
Double chance Westerlo or Royal Antwerp (12)74% 5-1
Goals over/under 2.5 Over 2.559% 6 goals
More corners Westerlo60% Level (3-3)
Yellow cards Above average 5 yellow cards · league 3.2
Yellow cards 5 yellow cards 3.5 Under50% 4.5 Under69% 5.5 Under84%
Corners Around average 6 corners · league 10.0
Corners 6 corners 8.5 Over66% 9.5 Over55% 10.5 Under56%

Match stats

Westerlo Royal Antwerp

5 Goals 1
2 Yellow cards 3
0 Red cards 1
3 Corners 3

Goals, yellow and red cards and corners of each club.

Before kick-off

What this page showed before the match: our reasons, form, ratings and records as they were then.

Match summary

Westerlo vs Royal Antwerp takes us to Het Kuipje on Sunday 11 October 2026 for Matchday 8 of the Belgian Pro League, and our model goes with a home win. The double chance pick is either side to win, with no draw.

Why this pick?

Our model leans towards Westerlo, mainly because the game is at Het Kuipje, and also rates them slightly ahead of Royal Antwerp, who sit below the league average on that long-run, xG-based measure. The strongest counter is the schedule: rest and fixture congestion, European games included, can blunt a home side, and the goal model sees a closer matchup than the ratings do. Westerlo's recent attacking play covers that, with shots above the typical side and big chances created clearly ahead of it. Royal Antwerp's numbers run the other way: more shots conceded than most, and fewer chances created. It is a moderate call.

Form guide

Westerlo

W 2-0 at St.Truiden (A) Belgian Pro League · 20 Sep
W 4-2 vs Standard Liège (H) Belgian Pro League · 12 Sep
W 4-0 at KV Mechelen (A) Belgian Pro League · 5 Sep
D 2-2 vs Zulte Waregem (H) Belgian Pro League · 30 Aug
L 0-4 at Lommel (A) Belgian Pro League · 23 Aug

Royal Antwerp

L 0-2 vs Union St.Gilloise (H) Belgian Pro League · 20 Sep
L 1-3 at Club Brugge (A) Belgian Pro League · 13 Sep
L 0-1 at Standard Liège (A) Belgian Pro League · 5 Sep
L 1-4 vs St.Truiden (H) Belgian Pro League · 30 Aug
D 4-4 vs Genk (H) Belgian Pro League · 22 Aug

Last five competitive matches before kick-off, all competitions, results after 90 minutes.

Attack and defence ratings

WesterloRoyal Antwerp

Attack 71 47 2.1 goals per match this season1.6 goals per match this season

Defence 12 59 2.3 conceded per match this season2.1 conceded per match this season

0 to 100 against this season's Belgian Pro League clubs (100 = best). The rating is our model's long-run strength before this match: it uses the last three years and counts recent matches most, so a few results do not move it at once. Under each rating: this season's actual goals per match.