On Sunday Sep 4th, in week 7, Westerlo and Antwerp will play a match in Deurne in a Pro League match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 25 degrees, a perfect day for football. Antwerp sits at 1st place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 4-2 win against Union Saint-Gilloise. Bart Nieuwkoop scored the first goal for Antwerp on an own goal in the 8th minute, then Vincent Janssen added another in the 15th minute on a feed from Jurgen Ekkelenkamp. Antwerp looks to continue their winning ways, having 6 wins in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Westerlo recorded a 0-1 loss against AS Eupen. Isaac Nuhu scored the first goal for AS Eupen in the 84th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Westerlo couldn’t manage to score, and AS Eupen took the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season.
Both Vetokele and Lyle Foster have been the hottest scorers for Westerlo in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each. Both Michel Ange Balikwisha and Vincent Janssen have been the hottest scorers for Antwerp in the last five each having scored 3 goals each.