Anderlecht welcome Sint-Truiden to Lotto Park for their opening game of the 2024-25 Belgian Jupiler League campaign on Saturday (July 27th). The hosts are coming into the game on the back of a comfortable 6-2 victory over Amiens in their final pre-season friendly last week.
Alexis Flips opened the scoring in the 11th minute while Robbie Ure scored a hat-trick and Kristian Arnstad scored a brace. Kylian Kaiboue and Mounir Chouiar found the back of the net for Amiens.
Les Mauve et Blanc will be hoping to build on their third-placed finish in the league last season. Their final game came in a 3-1 defeat away to Antwerp.
Sint-Truiden, meanwhile, fell to a 3-0 loss to Koln in a friendly. Tim Lemperle, Damion Downs and Florian Dietz scored to help the Germans claim the win.
STVV will begin their campaign this weekend. They ended last season with a 2-0 defeat away to Gent that left them in ninth spot.
Anderlecht vs Sint-Truiden Head-to-Head and Key Numbers
- Anderlecht have 54 wins from the last 98 head-to-head games. Sint-Truiden have been victorious on 22 occasions while 22 games ended in a draw.
- Their most recent clash came in February 2024 when Anderlecht claimed a 4-1 home win.
- Anderlecht have won five of the last six head-to-head games.
- Four of Sint-Truiden's last five games have witnessed goals at both ends.
- Ten of the last 11 head-to-head games have witnessed more goals scored in the second half than the first.
- Ten of Sint-Truiden's last 11 league games have produced over 1.5 goals.
Anderlecht vs Sint-Truiden Prediction
Anderlecht had a disastrous campaign in 2023 but rebounded for a respectable third-place finish last term. Brian Riemer's side are the favorites here and would be keen to start the campaign on a winning note. They have won the last five head-to-head games and are unbeaten in the last nine (seven wins).
Sint-Truiden ended last season on a poor note, winning just one of their last eight league games (four draws). They have struggled in this fixture and are without a head-to-head victory since November 2018.
We are backing the home side to claim a comfortable win with goals at both ends.
Prediction: Anderlecht 3-1 Sint-Truiden
Anderlecht vs Sint-Truiden Betting Tips
Tip 1 - Anderlecht to win
Tip 2 - Both teams to score
Tip 3 - Over 2.5 goals
Tip 4 - Highest scoring half: Second half