Dender are depending on their home advantage to help them during this match with Lommel United. Who is the winner at Van Roystadion?
- Dender have the fewest matches over the total-line (13) in Challenger Pro League
- Lommel United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
For Dender relegation is already certain this season. Only divine intervention and/or time travel can save them and neither look likely. For Lommel United it's their last days at this level as relegation is a fact.
It's no vacation for neither Dender nor Lommel United as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Dender form and stats
With 2 Challenger Pro League wins, 0 draws and 9 defeats from their home games, Dender are certainly not brimming with confidence.
A nice win for Dender last time playing, versus Lommel United. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with M'Barki and Atteri scoring for the victors. Manager Simons felt very clever after Atteri scored the winning goal against Lommel United, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 61st minute.
In the match before that, Dender hosted Standard Liege II and drew the game 0-0.This is expected to be a close game, with Dender perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Dender as a small favourite), we find 9 games. Dender has won 4 of these, drawn 1 and lost 4.
Dender has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Dender with 24 goals conceded in these matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Lommel United form and stats
As the visiting team in Challenger Pro League matches, Lommel United have produced an overall stat of 6-1-4 so far.
Lommel are travelling again after losing away to Dender in their previous match (1-2). That defeat was their first after three consecutive league games winning points.
Preceding that game was the away victory against KRC Genk II with the score of 3-2.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by Lommel United in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Lommel United, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
Lommel United are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 20 times in 11 away games so far. Lommel United have conceded 18 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H match ended Dender - Lommel United 2-1, earlier this season. The match official got to use his red card when these teams last played each other, and the criminal was Lemoine (Lommel United). Numbers for the prior ten meetings involving these two contenders are: two wins for Dender, two draws and six wins for Lommel United. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Martínez Batista 8 goals |  C. Vinicius dos Santos 7 goals | R. Belghali 6 goals |
Dender missing players
Lommel United missing players
| Dender | Lommel United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 16 | 4 | Played | P | 6 | 16 | 31 |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 5 | 8 | 15 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 39 | 19 | 5 | Scored | S | 11 | 26 | 47 |
| 44 | 26 | 5 | Conceded | C | 3 | 24 | 45 |
| 97% | 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 68% | 56% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 81% | 81% |
| 42% | 56% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 69% | 58% |
| 26% | 31% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 38% | 32% |
| 23% | 31% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 25% | 19% |
| 52% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 17% | 50% | 52% |
| 26% | 19% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 31% | 26% |
| 26% | 38% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 19% | 23% |
| 4.3 | 5.1 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.2 | 4.9 |
| 4.3 | 4.7 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.5 | 5.7 |
| 2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10.9 | 11.6 | 14.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.3 | 7.7 | 10 |
| 4.3 | 4.2 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.6 |
| 29% | 28% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 48% | 43% | 33% |
| 10.1 | 10.4 | 12.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.8 | 10.1 | 10.4 |
| 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.8 | 4.5 |
- Dender have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Dender have the fewest matches over the total-line (13) in Challenger Pro League
- Dender have the most matches under the total-line (18) in Challenger Pro League
- Dender have the the worst goal difference (-11) at home in Challenger Pro League
- Lommel United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Lommel United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | RWDM | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 41 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 20 | 46 |
| 2 | Waasland-Beveren | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 52 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 27 | 43 |
| 3 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 33 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 38 |
| 4 | Club Brugge II | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 38 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 36 |
| 5 | Lierse Kempenzonen | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 42 | 42 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 24 | 0 | 36 |
| 6 | RSC Anderlecht II | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 42 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 20 | 7 | 34 |
| 7 | Lommel United | 22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 33 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 18 | -3 | 32 |
| 8 | Deinze | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 29 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -4 | 30 |
| 9 | KRC Genk II | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 28 | 40 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 23 | -12 | 20 |
| 10 | Dender | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 27 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 16 | -13 | 19 |
| 11 | Standard Liege II | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 43 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -18 | 19 |
| 12 | Excelsior Virton | 22 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 38 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 23 | -17 | 14 |
