First Division B: Dender - Lommel United pre-match thoughts and facts

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Competition: Belgium First Division B
Competition: Fri 12.August
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Van Roystadion (6429 seats)

It's a fresh beginning in First Division B - the first game of the season. Read our full preview and see how Dender and Lommel United did in their pre-season friendlies!

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Dender form and stats

It's the first season at a new level for Dender as they were promoted from First Amateur Division last season. Happy days that were secured through 12 wins, 10 draws and 6 losses from 28 games. The team scored 25 goals at home last season and conceded 7. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.

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 4 games. Dender has won 2 of these, drawn 0 and lost 2.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Dender, as the Belgian Cup home game vs RFC Wetteren is only four days away.

Dender have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and six practice matches played. These training games have ended with 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Dender scored 8 goals and let in 8 goals during these six games.

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Lommel United form and stats

Let's have a look at how Lommel United performed last season in the First Division B: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 8 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 39 and conceded 40 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 4 and lost 6 with 18/23 goals scored/conceded.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Lommel United playing away and similar expectations, we found 8 relevant matches. Results were 4 Lommel United wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Lommel have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 2 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats from seven fixtures.

Head 2 Head

Lommel United have avoided defeat in the last 4 matches (3-1-0) versus Dender.

Dender missing players

Lommel United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Dender Lommel United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
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% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Dender Last season Lommel United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   14 28
17 12   Won W   4 9
10 5   Drew D   4 8
7 0   Lost L   6 11
53 32   Scored S   18 39
33 8   Conceded C   23 40
88% 82%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 93%
74% 71%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   93% 82%
50% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   57% 61%
35% 29%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 29%
6% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   14% 14%
50% 47%   BTTS BTTS   64% 61%
35% 53%   Clean Sheets C S   14% 21%
26% 18%   Failed to Score F T   21% 25%
 
5.4 5.6   Corners for (avg) C F   4.4 5
4.7 4.2   Corners against (avg) C A   5.7 5.4
1.9 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 2.3
5 3   Red cards R C   0 2
 
10.9 13.6   Shots (avg) S (   9 9.6
4.6 5.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.9 4.9
28% 28%   Goal Efficiency G E   26% 29%
 
8.5 7.5   Shots against (avg) S A   10.4 10.3
3.9 3.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.1 5.1

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Beerschot-Wilrijk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Club Brugge II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Deinze 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Dender 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Excelsior Virton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 KRC Genk II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Lierse Kempenzonen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Lommel United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 RSC Anderlecht II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 RWDM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Standard Liege II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Waasland-Beveren 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Liege 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
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 Westerlo 28 17 5 6 52 29 14 8 5 1 25 15 14 9 0 5 27 14 23 56
2 RWDM 28 14 7 7 41 33 14 7 3 4 24 17 14 7 4 3 17 16 8 49
3 Waasland-Beveren 28 12 5 11 47 40 14 7 1 6 22 21 14 5 4 5 25 19 7 41
4 Deinze 28 9 12 7 47 39 14 5 6 3 26 19 14 4 6 4 21 20 8 39
5 Lierse Kempenzonen 28 9 9 10 39 42 14 5 5 4 20 19 14 4 4 6 19 23 -3 36
6 Lommel United 28 9 8 11 39 40 14 5 4 5 21 17 14 4 4 6 18 23 -1 35
7 Royal Excel Mouscron 28 8 6 14 31 45 14 5 3 6 17 21 14 3 3 8 14 24 -14 30
8 Excelsior Virton 28 5 6 17 24 52 14 4 2 8 12 24 14 1 4 9 12 28 -28 21

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 Beerschot-Wilrijk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Club Brugge II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Deinze 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Dender 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Excelsior Virton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 KRC Genk II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Lierse Kempenzonen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Lommel United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 RSC Anderlecht II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 RWDM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Standard Liege II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Waasland-Beveren 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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.