Challenger Pro League preview: Can KV Oostende edge out victory against Lommel United?

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Competition: Belgium Challenger Pro League
Competition: Sun 13.Aug
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: DIaz Arena (8400 seats)

It's the second try for points this season as KV Oostende and Lommel United battle it out at DIaz Arena.

It's no vacation for neither Oostende 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.

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KV Oostende form and stats

The season before, KV Oostende's league statistics were 7 wins, 6 draws and 21 losses, producing 17th position in the Pro League. Over these 34 matches they scored {37 goals} and let in 76. Performing at home in the former season KV Oostende delivered 5-1-11 (win-draw-lost) with {18 goals} and 33 conceded. The home fans saw their team lose the first Challenger Pro League game of the season here at DIaz Arena. Last season these fans witnessed 5 wins, 1 draw and 11 losses from KV Oostende's 17 home games.

The KV Oostende crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Lommel United here at DIaz Arena.

In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Gent.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the KV Oostende at home in the league. 0 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Lommel United form and stats

Let's have a look at how Lommel United performed last season in the Challenger Pro League: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 2 draws and 10 defeats. In total they scored 33 and conceded {36 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 1 and lost 4 with 20/18 goals scored/conceded. A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Challenger Pro League, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 8 wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats from 16 matches.

It's the second away game in a row for Lommel, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus KV Oostende (placed 12th) last time out. Which player has beaten the opponent goalie three matches in a row for the away side? The correct answer is Vancsa and that is impressive stuff!

Before that, Lommel United secured a home win against Standard Liege II with the score 6-1.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Lommel playing away, we found 4 games. Results were 1 away win, 3 draws and 0 home wins.

Lommel United have the goal stats of 1-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

The contenders have played each other previously this season, with the match result KV Oostende - Lommel United 0-1 registered in the official records. Oostende-Lommel United H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: KV Oostende four wins, Lommel United three wins, three draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Lommel UnitedZ. Vancsa
Z. Vancsa
1 goals

KV Oostende missing players

Lommel United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
KV Oostende Lommel United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 1 0 Played P 0 1 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 1 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 1 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 1 1
1 1 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
7 7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 7 7
7 7 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 7 7
3 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7 7 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 11 11
1 1 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 6 6
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 17% 17%
 
11 11 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 7 7
6 6 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 1 1
KV Oostende Last season Lommel United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   16 32
7 5   Won W   8 16
6 1   Drew D   2 3
21 11   Lost L   6 13
37 18   Scored S   26 53
76 33   Conceded C   24 46
97% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
88% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   81% 81%
76% 76%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   69% 59%
35% 29%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   38% 34%
15% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   25% 22%
59% 59%   BTTS BTTS   50% 53%
9% 18%   Clean Sheets C S   31% 25%
35% 29%   Failed to Score F T   19% 22%
 
4.6 5.1   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 4.8
5.5 5.2   Corners against (avg) C A   5.5 5.7
2.2 2.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 2.4
9 6   Red cards R C   1 2
 
12.4 13.4   Shots (avg) S (   7.7 9.9
4.7 5.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.8 4.6
23% 19%   Goal Efficiency G E   43% 36%
 
13.5 11.5   Shots against (avg) S A   10.1 10.3
5.1 4.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.8 4.4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 RFC Seraing 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Beerschot-Wilrijk 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
3 Patro Eisden 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Club Brugge II 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Dender 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
6 KRC Genk II 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Lommel United 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
8 Zulte-Waregem 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Francs Borains 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Lierse Kempenzonen 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
11 Waasland-Beveren 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
12 KV Oostende 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
13 Liege 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 Deinze 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
15 RSC Anderlecht II 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
16 Standard Liege II 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Genk 34 23 6 5 78 37 17 14 1 2 44 15 17 9 5 3 34 22 41 75
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 34 23 6 5 70 41 17 13 2 2 33 16 17 10 4 3 37 25 29 75
3 Antwerp 34 22 6 6 59 26 17 13 2 2 36 11 17 9 4 4 23 15 33 72
4 Club Brugge 34 16 11 7 61 36 17 10 6 1 40 15 17 6 5 6 21 21 25 59
5 Gent 34 16 8 10 64 38 17 9 4 4 28 16 17 7 4 6 36 22 26 56
6 Standard Liege 34 16 7 11 58 45 17 10 3 4 34 17 17 6 4 7 24 28 13 55
7 Westerlo 34 14 9 11 61 53 17 8 4 5 40 26 17 6 5 6 21 27 8 51
8 Cercle Brugge 34 13 11 10 50 46 17 8 7 2 31 18 17 5 4 8 19 28 4 50
9 OH Leuven 34 13 9 12 56 48 17 7 5 5 29 24 17 6 4 7 27 24 8 48
10 Sporting Charleroi 34 14 6 14 45 52 17 7 2 8 23 27 17 7 4 6 22 25 -7 48
11 Anderlecht 34 13 7 14 49 46 17 6 4 7 27 23 17 7 3 7 22 23 3 46
12 Sint-Truiden 34 11 9 14 37 40 17 6 4 7 20 19 17 5 5 7 17 21 -3 42
13 Mechelen 34 11 7 16 49 63 17 7 6 4 29 27 17 4 1 12 20 36 -14 40
14 Kortrijk 34 8 7 19 37 61 17 4 5 8 16 29 17 4 2 11 21 32 -24 31
15 AS Eupen 34 7 7 20 40 75 17 4 4 9 22 33 17 3 3 11 18 42 -35 28
16 Zulte-Waregem 34 6 9 19 50 78 17 3 4 10 27 46 17 3 5 9 23 32 -28 27
17 KV Oostende 34 7 6 21 37 76 17 5 1 11 18 33 17 2 5 10 19 43 -39 27
18 RFC Seraing 34 5 5 24 28 68 17 1 4 12 8 29 17 4 1 12 20 39 -40 20
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Lommel United 32 16 3 13 53 46 16 8 1 7 27 22 16 8 2 6 26 24 7 51
2 Deinze 32 15 4 13 49 47 16 9 2 5 35 26 16 6 2 8 14 21 2 49
3 Dender 32 11 6 15 41 47 16 6 1 9 19 26 16 5 5 6 22 21 -6 39
4 Standard Liege II 32 5 12 15 31 60 16 2 8 6 18 28 16 3 4 9 13 32 -29 27
5 KRC Genk II 32 6 8 18 36 58 16 3 5 8 19 28 16 3 3 10 17 30 -22 26
6 Excelsior Virton 32 5 10 17 32 51 16 2 5 9 12 20 16 3 5 8 20 31 -19 25

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 RFC Seraing 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Beerschot-Wilrijk 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
3 Patro Eisden 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Club Brugge II 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Dender 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
6 KRC Genk II 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Lommel United 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
8 Zulte-Waregem 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Francs Borains 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Lierse Kempenzonen 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
11 Waasland-Beveren 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
12 KV Oostende 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
13 Liege 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 Deinze 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
15 RSC Anderlecht II 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
16 Standard Liege II 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0

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