Match preview: Dender odds-on to defeat Dessel Sport at Van Roystadion

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Competition: Belgium First Amateur Division
Competition: Wed 25.May
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Van Roystadion (6429 seats)

Fasten your seatbelt before the show! The leading antagonists are Dender and Dessel Sport, 3 points is the target and 1 1/2 hours the playing time.

Insights:
  • Dender have the most matches under the total-line (9) in First Amateur Division
  • Dessel Sport have the most conceded goals in the first half (24) in First Amateur Division

For Dessel Sport most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Dender form and stats

32 points is a decent return from 14 First Amateur Division games here at Van Roystadion for Dender. The data says 9 wins, 5 draws and 0 losses. In general it's been a long time since Dender tasted defeat here at Van Roystadion, as they have taken at least one point from their last 17 home games in the league.

Dender faced defeat in their previous match, away at Liège (0-1).

Before that match, a win away at Knokke.

Dender have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Van Roystadion with 25 goals in 14 league matches. Dender have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Dessel Sport form and stats

Playing away, Dessel Sport have won 4 games, drawn 5 and suffered 5 defeats in the First Amateur Division this season.

Dessel's last game was the home draw against Knokke (3-3). As you can tell from the result, the match against Knokke was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?

Preceding that game, the 0-4 loss visiting Liège's place.

Dessel Sport find the net regularly in their away games. 18 goals from 14 away fixtures in the league. 17 goals have been conceded by Dessel Sport in these games. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most up to date logged scoreline involving both these contenders is the Dessel Sport - Dender 1-3 played not long ago this season. Dender-Dessel Sport H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Dender five wins, Dessel Sport three wins, two draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Dessel SportJ. Breugelmans
J. Breugelmans
12 goals
DenderE. Casagolda Collazo
E. Casagolda Collazo
10 goals
DenderR. M'Barki
R. M'Barki
8 goals

Dender missing players

Dessel Sport missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Dender Dessel Sport
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 5 16 33
16 11 3 Won W 1 4 13
10 5 2 Drew D 3 6 11
7 0 0 Lost L 1 6 9
52 31 9 Scored S 6 21 56
33 8 2 Conceded C 8 24 52
88% 81% 60% Over 0.5 O 0.5 60% 81% 88%
76% 75% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 75% 76%
52% 50% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 56% 64%
36% 31% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 38% 52%
6% 6% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 19% 24%
52% 50% 40% BTTS BTTS 40% 56% 64%
33% 50% 60% Clean Sheets C S 40% 25% 27%
27% 19% 40% Failed to Score F T 60% 38% 21%
 
5.3 5.5 3.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 3.2 3.7
4.7 4.3 8.3 Corners against (avg) C A 7.5 6.9 6.6
2 2.3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.8 1.7
5 3 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.7 13.4 9.3 Shots (avg) S ( 7.8 9.8 10.4
4.5 5.2 1.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.9 4.8
28% 29% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 39% 41%
 
8.6 7.8 10 Shots against (avg) S A 17.5 13.7 12.3
4 3.4 4.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8.8 6.1 5.6
Key stats in First Amateur Division this season:
  • Dender have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Dender have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Dender have the most matches under the total-line (9) in First Amateur Division
  • Dessel Sport have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Dessel Sport have the most conceded goals in the first half (24) in First Amateur Division
  • Dessel Sport have the most conceded goals in the second half (28) in First Amateur Division
  • Dessel Sport have the most points from losing position (10) in First Amateur Division
  • Dessel Sport have the most scored goals in the second half (29) in First Amateur Division

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Liège 28 14 8 6 57 23 14 9 4 1 35 8 14 5 4 5 22 15 34 50
2 Knokke 28 14 6 8 48 33 14 9 2 3 30 18 14 5 4 5 18 15 15 48
3 Dessel Sport 28 13 9 6 47 35 14 9 4 1 29 18 14 4 5 5 18 17 12 48
4 Dender 28 12 10 6 41 30 14 9 5 0 25 7 14 3 5 6 16 23 11 46
5 Olympic Charleroi 28 12 10 6 41 31 14 6 6 2 16 13 14 6 4 4 25 18 10 46
6 Patro Eisden 28 12 10 6 28 21 14 9 5 0 18 5 14 3 5 6 10 16 7 46
7 Sint-Eloois-Winkel 28 12 8 8 40 36 14 8 3 3 23 16 14 4 5 5 17 20 4 44
8 URSL Vise 28 11 6 11 45 34 14 7 4 3 27 13 14 4 2 8 18 21 11 39
9 Heist 28 10 9 9 41 34 14 7 4 3 24 15 14 3 5 6 17 19 7 39
10 Thes Sport 28 10 9 9 35 35 14 5 5 4 17 21 14 5 4 5 18 14 0 39
11 Tienen 28 9 8 11 28 34 14 7 4 3 21 17 14 2 4 8 7 17 -6 35
12 Rupel Boom 28 10 3 15 26 39 14 6 2 6 10 15 14 4 1 9 16 24 -13 33
13 Francs Borains 28 8 8 12 26 29 14 7 4 3 16 8 14 1 4 9 10 21 -3 32
14 Mandel United 28 4 7 17 26 50 14 2 3 9 13 25 14 2 4 8 13 25 -24 19
15 La Louviere Centre 28 2 3 23 13 78 14 1 2 11 6 33 14 1 1 12 7 45 -65 9

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 Liège 28 14 8 6 57 23 14 9 4 1 35 8 14 5 4 5 22 15 34 50
2 Knokke 28 14 6 8 48 33 14 9 2 3 30 18 14 5 4 5 18 15 15 48
3 Dessel Sport 28 13 9 6 47 35 14 9 4 1 29 18 14 4 5 5 18 17 12 48
4 Dender 28 12 10 6 41 30 14 9 5 0 25 7 14 3 5 6 16 23 11 46
5 Olympic Charleroi 28 12 10 6 41 31 14 6 6 2 16 13 14 6 4 4 25 18 10 46
6 Patro Eisden 28 12 10 6 28 21 14 9 5 0 18 5 14 3 5 6 10 16 7 46
7 Sint-Eloois-Winkel 28 12 8 8 40 36 14 8 3 3 23 16 14 4 5 5 17 20 4 44
8 URSL Vise 28 11 6 11 45 34 14 7 4 3 27 13 14 4 2 8 18 21 11 39
9 Heist 28 10 9 9 41 34 14 7 4 3 24 15 14 3 5 6 17 19 7 39
10 Thes Sport 28 10 9 9 35 35 14 5 5 4 17 21 14 5 4 5 18 14 0 39
11 Tienen 28 9 8 11 28 34 14 7 4 3 21 17 14 2 4 8 7 17 -6 35
12 Rupel Boom 28 10 3 15 26 39 14 6 2 6 10 15 14 4 1 9 16 24 -13 33
13 Francs Borains 28 8 8 12 26 29 14 7 4 3 16 8 14 1 4 9 10 21 -3 32
14 Mandel United 28 4 7 17 26 50 14 2 3 9 13 25 14 2 4 8 13 25 -24 19
15 La Louviere Centre 28 2 3 23 13 78 14 1 2 11 6 33 14 1 1 12 7 45 -65 9

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The Belgian First Amateur Division is the third highest football league in Belgium. It was created in 2016 following a revolution in the Belgian football league system. It has 16 teams playing a regular season of 30 game weeks. The top four then enter a promotion play-off while three or four teams are relegated.