This is a vital fight in the bottom section of the First Division B, with both Excelsior Virton and Standard Liège II enduring more tension than happiness. This game is a real "six-pointer" with the team playing at home placed 11th and the guests in 10th place.
- Excelsior Virton have the fewest scored goals (13) in First Division B
- Standard Liège II have the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in First Division B
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Excelsior Virton form and stats
With 0 First Division B wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats from their home games, Excelsior Virton are certainly not brimming with confidence. It's trouble wherever Excelsior Virton are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.
Excelsior are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 251 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Mabella).
Excelsior Virton faced defeat in their previous match, away at Beerschot-Wilrijk (0-3).
Before that game, the home loss against Deinze with the scoreline 0-1.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Excelsior Virton handle that role? We have found 4 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats.
Excelsior's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Standard Liège II form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Standard Liège II so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-4 (win-draw-lose). Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Standard Liège II's last three away games as they have all been lost.
Standard played 1-1 against Dender in their previous match.
Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting RSC Anderlecht II's place.The visitors have scored 6 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. In the opposite end, Standard Liège II have conceded 13 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The squads have played each other previously this season, with the match result Standard Liège II - Excelsior 2-1 written in the official records. Ziani loves to play against Excelsior Virton and have scored 2 goals in these encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Anne 6 goals |  I. Ziani 4 goals | L. Kuavita 3 goals |
Excelsior Virton missing players
Standard Liège II missing players
| Excelsior Virton | Standard Liège II | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 13 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 15 |
| 22 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 13 | 26 |
| 92% | 83% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 77% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 71% | 85% |
| 54% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 57% | 69% |
| 31% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 46% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 15% |
| 69% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 69% |
| 15% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 29% | 15% |
| 23% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 15% |
| 3.2 | 2.8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9 | 5.8 | 4.7 |
| 4.8 | 3.6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 4.7 | 5.8 |
| 2.5 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 3 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6.5 | 7.4 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 9.5 | 10 |
| 2.9 | 2.2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 3.7 | 4.4 |
| 29% | 27% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 18% | 25% |
| 11.4 | 10.4 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19 | 12.3 | 12.4 |
| 5.7 | 4.8 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 5.3 | 6.1 |
- Excelsior Virton have the fewest scored goals (13) in First Division B
- Excelsior Virton have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in First Division B
- Excelsior Virton have yet to win a game at home.
- Excelsior Virton is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Standard Liège II have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Standard Liège II have the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in First Division B
- Standard Liège II have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Standard Liège II 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 | Waasland-Beveren | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 17 | 27 |
| 2 | RWDM | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 27 |
| 3 | RSC Anderlecht II | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 23 |
| 4 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 23 |
| 5 | Lierse Kempenzonen | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 29 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 16 | -3 | 22 |
| 6 | Club Brugge II | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 17 |
| 7 | Deinze | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -3 | 15 |
| 8 | Dender | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | -3 | 15 |
| 9 | Lommel United | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -7 | 15 |
| 10 | Standard Liège II | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -11 | 13 |
| 11 | Excelsior Virton | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -9 | 9 |
| 12 | KRC Genk II | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -11 | 9 |
