First Division B match prediction: Little separates Dender and Deinze in quality

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Competition: Belgium First Division B
Competition: Sun 05.February
Match begins: 18:15 (UTC)
Venue: Van Roystadion (6429 seats)

Dender are ready to forget the league table before this fixture against Deinze. Here's everything you need to know pre-match!

Insights:
  • Dender have the fewest matches over the total-line (9) in First Division B
  • Deinze have the fewest scored goals (6) away in First Division B

For Dender relegation is already certain this season. Only divine intervention and/or time travel can save them and neither look likely. Deinze are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

Dender and Deinze should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Dender form and stats

Dender's results here at Van Roystadion in the First Division B have been very modest with 2 victories, 0 draws and 8 defeats. Game days at Van Roystadion have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for Dender as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.

Dender travelled for their previous game, a trip to Lommel United that ended 1-1.

Ahead of that match, Dender lost 0-1 at home to KRC Genk II.

A fact related to the "Both teams to score yes/no" betting option: A review of the 10 most recent league games shows that 8 of them had at least one goal scored by each team.

The Dender fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 10 matches. Dender have conceded 23 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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Deinze form and stats

There's been little loot from Deinze's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 10 away games in the First Division B. Deinze only have 2 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 2 draws. Deinze seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

The regulars enjoyed Deinze's previous game versus Club Brugge II (placed 4th), a 2-1 win played at home.

Prior to that match, the Deinze manager Grosjean faced defeat when travelling to RWDM and losing 1-2.

The attacking power of Deinze when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 10 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 14 goals have been conceded by Deinze in these games.

Head 2 Head

The most up to date reported match involving both these sides is the Deinze - Dender 0-2 played not long ago this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Dender victories, two draws and four Deinze wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

DeinzeB. Dansoko
B. Dansoko
6 goals
DenderS. Marzo
S. Marzo
5 goals
DeinzeD. De Belder
D. De Belder
4 goals

Dender missing players

Deinze missing players

Dender Deinze
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
20 10 3 Played P 3 10 20
5 2 1 Won W 2 2 8
4 0 0 Drew D 1 2 3
11 8 2 Lost L 0 6 9
25 13 5 Scored S 3 6 26
34 23 8 Conceded C 1 14 30
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 80% 90%
80% 70% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 60% 80%
45% 70% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 40% 60%
30% 50% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 10% 25%
30% 50% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 25%
60% 60% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 40% 60%
15% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 30% 20%
25% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 50% 30%
 
4.2 4.8 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 5.7 5.3 5
4.2 4.3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.6 4.4
1.9 2.2 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.5 2.6
4 3 1 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
11.1 11.8 11 Shots (avg) S ( 9.3 10.7 10.3
4.5 4.5 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.4 4.7
28% 29% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 14% 28%
 
10.5 12.1 15 Shots against (avg) S A 7.7 11.4 11.6
5.2 5.9 7.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 5.1 5
Key stats in First Division B this season:
  • Deinze have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Deinze have the fewest scored goals (6) away in First Division B
  • Dender have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Dender have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Dender have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Deinze have scored away.
  • Dender have the fewest matches over the total-line (9) in First Division B
  • Dender have the most matches under the total-line (11) in First Division B
  • Dender 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 21 13 4 4 40 21 11 8 2 1 25 9 10 5 2 3 15 12 19 43
2 Waasland-Beveren 21 11 7 3 47 23 10 7 2 1 24 9 11 4 5 2 23 14 24 40
3 Beerschot-Wilrijk 20 12 2 6 33 26 10 6 1 3 15 10 10 6 1 3 18 16 7 38
4 Club Brugge II 20 9 5 6 37 30 10 6 3 1 21 12 10 3 2 5 16 18 7 32
5 Lommel United 21 10 2 9 33 34 10 4 1 5 13 16 11 6 1 4 20 18 -1 32
6 RSC Anderlecht II 21 8 7 6 39 33 11 3 5 3 18 15 10 5 2 3 21 18 6 31
7 Lierse Kempenzonen 20 9 3 8 39 42 10 6 1 3 24 18 10 3 2 5 15 24 -3 30
8 Deinze 20 8 3 9 26 30 10 6 1 3 20 16 10 2 2 6 6 14 -4 27
9 Dender 20 5 4 11 25 34 10 2 0 8 13 23 10 3 4 3 12 11 -9 19
10 Standard Liege II 20 4 5 11 23 41 10 1 4 5 14 24 10 3 1 6 9 17 -18 17
11 KRC Genk II 20 4 4 12 25 38 10 3 2 5 13 15 10 1 2 7 12 23 -13 16
12 Excelsior Virton 20 2 8 10 21 36 10 0 5 5 7 14 10 2 3 5 14 22 -15 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.