ANTWERP VS EUPEN PREVIEW & PREDICTION
On the penultimate matchday there is also a lot at stake in Antwerp. The home team finally wants to win again to keep its chances on Play-ogg 1 cool. The visitors from Eupen are shared last and best set a result.
Antwerp :
Antwerp remains in the tricky street. Laszlo Bölöni does not get his team back on track after New Year and play-off 1 seems to be a round without The Great Old. However, the red shirts will continue to fight until the lock. There are still two difficult matches for Antwerp, against Eupen and Anderlecht. ‘The supporters are the strength of Antwerp, with their support everything can still happen’, Stallone Limbombe, stronghold of Stallone.
Antwerp went to visit Racing Genk for a direct duel for a PO1 ticket. Playing football, Genk was clearly the better team. The 1-0 was already on the board after five minutes. The Limburgers then had more than enough opportunities to double the score. Antwerp took a right red card in the half hour and had to go with ten men. Antwerp could keep up the appearance for a long time, but was completely eliminated at the end of the game with heavy 4-0 figures.
Everyone realizes that points gains in Limburg were desperately needed and PO 1 now becomes an extremely difficult task. ‘We knew how important the match in Genk was’, Wim De Decker reacted to the question of whether play-off 1 is still possible. He does not want to throw the towel yet, but the answer is telling. “Mathematically it is still possible, but it is clear that we are not doing a good thing.” “Eupen plays for their lives to stay in first class.” We have to try to take the profit and then see what the competitors do, “looked head Obi Oulare already ahead.
Eupen :
The victory against Sporting Lokeren was useful, necessary and particularly important. The pandas of Eupen jump next to (and based on goals scored) KV Mechelen. With a six out of six against Antwerp and Mouscron, Eupen is almost always saved, unless Mechelen also takes six out of six and manages to get a better goal difference. In that case Lokeren must also take at least two out of six packs to be definitively certain of an extended stay at the highest level. It therefore promises to be an exciting ten days in the East Cantons.
It has cost blood, sweat and tears, but Eupen has booked a vital home win on the previous day. They defeated Lokeren 3-2 in a very attractive pot. The visitors started the best of the game but Eupen turned the other roles. After the break saw a strongholder drop out and Lokeren came alongside again. After a red card for Eupen everyone thought that it would stay at a draw but old man Luis Garcia’s free kick was not touched by anyone and landed in the goal.
“There are two finals to play now,” said trainer Claude Makelélé. ‘We ended with ten and lost a major player. It is now important to physically and mentally patch them up for the last two matches. We can once again only focus on ourselves. “Mickaël Tirpan was also satisfied after the victory:” A victory over the mental. We have already shown throughout the season that we have the qualities in our group. But in order to save us we also need to show a good mentality and we have shown that now. ‘
PREDICTION: Under 2.5 goals @ 1.94
