Lierse Kempenzonen look to Herman Vanderpoortenstadion supporters for inspiration before Dender match

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Competition: Belgium First Division B
Competition: Sat 10.December
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Herman Vanderpoortenstadion (14538 seats)

Get ready for First Division B and Lierse Kempenzonen - Dender. In this preview and news article you'll get numbers, previous results, analysis, trends and news!

Insights:
  • Lierse Kempenzonen have the most conceded goals (35) in First Division B
  • Dender have the fewest matches over the total-line (7) 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.

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Lierse Kempenzonen form and stats

16 points is a decent return from 8 First Division B games here at Herman Vanderpoortenstadion for Lierse Kempenzonen. The data says 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses.

Lierse Kempenzonen enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Standard Liege II's place. The match ended 4-2. At last, a league win after three fixtures without. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?

In the match before that, Kempenzonen hosted Excelsior Virton and drew the game 2-2.

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 Lierse Kempenzonen have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 6 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 2 and lost 1.

Some goal stats: A review of the 16 most recent league games highlights that 12 of them had at least one goal from each side.

Goals are plentiful at Herman Vanderpoortenstadion in the league this season as Lierse Kempenzonen has scored 21 goals here in 8 home games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Kempenzonen defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Dender form and stats

The visitors, who have the fewest conceded goals (8) away in First Division B, are W3-D3-L2 on the road this term. That's in the First Division B.

Dender failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Beerschot-Wilrijk (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 2-3.

Preceding that game, the 1-4 loss visiting Club Brugge II's place.

We have checked recent matches where Dender have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 9 games were 3 victories, 1 draw and 5 defeats.

Dender find the net regularly in their away games. 10 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league.

Head 2 Head

The most up to date recorded meeting between these participants is the Dender - Lierse Kempenzonen 2-3 played not long ago this season. As for the last six games between these two teams, there's two Lierse Kempenzonen victories, three draws and one Dender win. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

KempenzonenL. Miramar Rocha
L. Miramar Rocha
12 goals
Lierse KempenzonenT. Van Acker
T. Van Acker
9 goals
DenderS. Marzo
S. Marzo
5 goals

Lierse Kempenzonen missing players

Dender missing players

Lierse Kempenzonen Dender
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
16 8 3 Played P 2 8 16
8 5 2 Won W 1 3 5
2 1 1 Drew D 0 3 3
6 2 0 Lost L 1 2 8
33 21 8 Scored S 3 10 20
35 15 4 Conceded C 4 8 26
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
94% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 81%
88% 88% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 12% 44%
75% 88% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 12% 31%
56% 50% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 12% 31%
75% 88% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 56%
12% 12% 33% Clean Sheets C S 50% 38% 19%
19% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 25%
 
5.4 5 6 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.4 4.2
4.7 5.2 6.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 3.9 3.8
2.1 2.2 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.6 1.9
2 2 1 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
13.9 15.1 15 Shots (avg) S ( 13.5 10.2 11.3
6.1 6.2 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 4.2 4.4
34% 42% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 29% 29%
 
12.7 13 12.3 Shots against (avg) S A 12.5 9.5 10.8
5.6 5.5 4.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8 4.8 5.1
Key stats in First Division B this season:
  • All of Lierse Kempenzonen's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Dender have the fewest conceded goals (8) away in First Division B
  • Dender have the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in First Division B
  • Dender have the most matches under the total-line (9) in First Division B
  • Dender have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Dender haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Lierse Kempenzonen have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Dender have scored away.
  • Lierse Kempenzonen have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Lierse Kempenzonen have the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in First Division B
  • Lierse Kempenzonen have the most conceded goals (35) in First Division B
  • Lierse Kempenzonen have the most conceded goals in the second half (20) in First Division B
  • Lierse Kempenzonen have the most matches over the total-line (14) in First Division B
  • Lierse Kempenzonen have the most points from losing position (13) in First Division B
  • Lierse Kempenzonen have the most scored goals (21) at home in First Division B
  • Lierse Kempenzonen have the most scored goals in the first half (21) in First Division B
  • Lierse Kempenzonen haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 16 10 2 4 27 19 8 4 1 3 11 8 8 6 1 1 16 11 8 32
2 Waasland-Beveren 16 9 4 3 37 18 8 5 2 1 18 8 8 4 2 2 19 10 19 31
3 RWDM 16 8 4 4 28 16 8 5 2 1 17 6 8 3 2 3 11 10 12 28
4 RSC Anderlecht II 16 7 5 4 29 21 8 3 3 2 12 8 8 4 2 2 17 13 8 26
5 Lierse Kempenzonen 16 8 2 6 33 35 8 5 1 2 21 15 8 3 1 4 12 20 -2 26
6 Lommel United 16 8 0 8 25 29 8 3 0 5 11 15 8 5 0 3 14 14 -4 24
7 Club Brugge II 16 6 5 5 31 26 8 4 3 1 18 11 8 2 2 4 13 15 5 23
8 Deinze 16 6 3 7 20 24 8 4 1 3 15 13 8 2 2 4 5 11 -4 21
9 Dender 16 5 3 8 20 26 8 2 0 6 10 18 8 3 3 2 10 8 -6 18
10 Standard Liege II 16 4 4 8 20 32 8 1 3 4 12 19 8 3 1 4 8 13 -12 16
11 KRC Genk II 16 3 3 10 19 31 8 3 1 4 10 11 8 0 2 6 9 20 -12 12
12 Excelsior Virton 16 1 7 8 15 27 8 0 4 4 6 11 8 1 3 4 9 16 -12 10

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.