On Saturday Dec 11th, in week 18, AS Eupen plays host to Beerschot-Wilrijk in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Pro League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 2 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, AS Eupen recorded a 1-2 loss against KV Oostende. Smail Prevljak struck first for AS Eupen in the 14th minute, then in the 74th minute, Matam sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Makhtar Gueye Finally they completed the comback in the 81st minute on a goal by Batzner to cap off a wild match. AS Eupen is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Beerschot-Wilrijk recorded a 0-1 loss against Antwerp. Radja Nainggolan struck first for Antwerp in the 59th minute on a feed from Michael Frey, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Beerschot-Wilrijk couldn’t manage to score, and Antwerp took the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches.
On Sep 25th, Beerschot-Wilrijk hosted AS Eupen in their last match together. AS Eupen won by a score of 3 to 0. Andreas Beck struck first for AS Eupen in the 9th minute on a feed from Stef Peeters, then Edo Kayembe added another in the 62nd minute on a feed from Smail Prevljak In the end, Beerschot-Wilrijk was frustrated by AS Eupen’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. AS Eupen ended the match with the shutout victory.
Beerschot-Wilrijk is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Marius Noubissi and Raphael Holzhauser each having 2 goals in their last five. Nuhu and Stef Peeters are the top scorers for AS Eupen in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.