It’s time to take stock.
The record number of cards in a match, during Antwerp – Standard: 10 yellow cards and 3 red cards.
36
Mechelen scored 57 goals, including 36 by Belgian players, the highest total in D1A ahead of FC Bruges (32). Seraing and Ostend only scored 2 goals via Belgian players.
57
The Union have scored 57 of their 73 goals thanks to foreign scorers, Denis Undav leading with his 25 goals.
5
By scoring 5 goals at Standard (2-5 success), Michael Frey became the first player to score a quintuple since Wesley Sonck in 2002 (6 goals during Genk – Mechelen, 9-0).
8
For the eighth season in a row, a foreign player (Danis Undav) completed the classic phase at the top of the scoring charts. The last Belgian to have occupied this place before the start of the playoffs remains Michy Batshuayi, in 2014 (19 goals). It was also the last time that five Belgian players were among the Top 10 top scorers, like this season.
7
Seven teams have taken more points away than at home: Union, Antwerp, SC Charleroi, Saint-Trond, CS Bruges, Standard and Ostend.
9
The record for goals in one match, during Anderlecht – Mechelen (7-2).
0-7
Anderlecht clinched the biggest victory of the season: 0-7 at Beerschot. It was also the biggest away success since that of FC Bruges in Mons in 2004 (0-9).
5
Only 5 teams have occupied first place in the standings in 34 days: SC Charleroi, Kortrijk, Eupen, FC Bruges and Union, in the lead since the 11th day.
32
The Beerschot occupied the last place from the 3rd to the 34th day, that is to say 32 weeks in a row. Ostend (1st day) and Antwerp (2nd) had been the two red lanterns before the Antwerp women.
6
The Union finished the classic phase with the best attack (73 goals scored) and the best defense (27 goals conceded). It is the 6th time that a team has achieved this in 13 playoff editions after FC Bruges in 2020-2021, 2017-2018 and 2014-2015 and Anderlecht in 2012-2013 and 2009-2010.
26
FC Brugge have opened the scoring 26 times in 34 matches, no team has done better. Conversely, Beerschot only found the opening first five times.
19
The Union have won 19 of the 21 matches in which they opened the scoring, ie 90.1%.
80
Undav has scored 20 of his 25 away goals, or 80%.
56,7
The 18 D1A teams scored more goals in the second half (505, or 56.7%) than in the first (385, or 43.3%).
13
The number of 0-0 in 612 matches, including… 4 for the Union (taking into account the last game, stopped, against Beerschot).
11
11% of classic phase matches ended 1-1, the most common.
3,47
Mechelen matches were the most spectacular with 3.47 goals per game on average.
38
With 38 goals between them, Undav (25) and Vanzeir (13) form the most effective duo ahead of Vossen and Gano (17 + 13) and Tissoudali – Depoitre (19 + 10).
11
Anderlechtois Benito Raman was decisive 11 times from the bench (7 goals and 4 assists). He is ahead of his teammate Amuzu (5 goals, 2 assists) and Standardman Dragus (4 goals, 2 assists).
40,5
Jelle Vossen scored 17 of Zulte Waregem’s 42 goals, or 40.5%. No player has been more decisive for his team.
38
Igor De Camargo is the oldest player to have played this season in D1A: 38 years, 7 months and 6 days in December during Zulte – Mechelen. Conversely, Trudonnaire Noah Mawete Kinsiona was only 16 years, 5 months and 24 days old on Sunday when he played against Standard.
3
Only three players (three goalkeepers…) played all of the 34 matches of the classic phase: Hendrik Van Crombrugge, Maarten Vandevoordt and Jean Butez.
3.038
Anderlecht’s Josh Cullen is the most used outfield player of the 18 clubs with 3,038 minutes, or 99.3% of playing time.
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