First Division B preview: Can Deinze edge out victory against KRC Genk II?

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Competition: Belgium First Division B
Competition: Sat 25.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Burgermeester Van De Wiele Stadion (8000 seats)

Deinze have achieved 6 home victories so far, KRC Genk II have won 2 away. Which team upgrades their results in this one?

Insights:
  • Deinze have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • KRC Genk II have the fewest points from losing position (2) in First Division B

Deinze have had a bad season and will be relegated from First Division B. For Genk it's their last days at this level as relegation is a fact.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Deinze form and stats

When playing at home in the First Division B, Deinze have managed 6 wins, 1 draw and suffered 4 defeats from 11 games.

The Deinze fans got no joy from their last match, also played here at Burgermeester Van De Wiele Stadion: A 2-3 defeat against RSC Anderlecht II.

In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Dender.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Deinze have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 11 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 5 and lost 3.

Deinze have conceded 19 from these games.

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KRC Genk II form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for KRC Genk II so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-7 (win-draw-lose).

Genk played 2-2 against Standard Liege II in their previous match. It looked so good for KRC Genk II vs Standard Liege II, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Excelsior Virton at their stadium, the result 1-0.

KRC Genk II are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. From a total of 4 matches.

Genk find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. KRC Genk II have conceded 23 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these parties meet this campaign, as the records show this recent fixture: KRC Genk II - Deinze 0-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Deinze one win, one draw and KRC Genk II zero victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less. One of the profiles has been Quintero with 2 goals scored against KRC Genk II in these 2 games.

Top Goalscorers

DeinzeB. Dansoko
B. Dansoko
6 goals
KRC Genk IIV. Beniangba
V. Beniangba
6 goals

Deinze missing players

KRC Genk II missing players

Deinze KRC Genk II
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
22 11 3 Played P 3 11 22
9 6 1 Won W 0 2 5
3 1 1 Drew D 0 2 5
10 4 1 Lost L 3 7 12
29 22 5 Scored S 3 13 28
33 19 4 Conceded C 8 23 40
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
77% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 82% 82%
59% 82% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 64% 64%
27% 45% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 45% 41%
27% 45% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 27% 23%
59% 82% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 64% 59%
23% 9% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 18%
27% 9% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 18% 27%
 
5 4.6 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 7 6.3 6.1
4.4 4.2 3 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.3 4.9
2.7 2.9 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.4 1.6
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
10.7 10.5 10 Shots (avg) S ( 13 11.7 10.7
4.7 5.2 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.3 5.2 4.7
28% 39% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 19% 23% 27%
 
12 11.9 10.7 Shots against (avg) S A 15.3 14.3 12
5.2 5.2 4.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.3 6.6 5.3
Key stats in First Division B this season:
  • All of Deinze's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Deinze have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Deinze haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • KRC Genk II have the fewest points (8) away in First Division B
  • KRC Genk II have the fewest points from losing position (2) in First Division B
  • KRC Genk II have the the worst goal difference (-10) away in First Division B
  • KRC Genk II haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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

Read more about First Division B

The First Division B is the second highest league in Belgian football. It replaced the Belgian Second Division in 2016. It has eight teams playing a league in two stages, “opening” and “closing”. Each stage has each team playing 14 fixtures and the winner of each qualify for promotion play-offs.