Betting preview: RFC Seraing vs Westerlo should be interesting

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Competition: Belgium First Division B
Competition: Sun 07.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du Pairay (8207 seats)

RFC Seraing perform at a high level so far being 2nd in the table. Westerlo can look both up and down from their 3rd position.

Insights:
  • RFC Seraing haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Westerlo have the most dropped points from leading position (20) in First Division B

It's no vacation for neither Seraing nor Westerlo as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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RFC Seraing form and stats

When playing at home in the First Division B, RFC Seraing have managed 6 wins, 0 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 10 games.

RFC Seraing enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at RWDM's place. The match ended 4-2 with G. Mikautadze, T. Pierrot and A. Jallow scoring. In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Lierse Kempenzonen.

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?

This is expected to be a close game, with RFC Seraing perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with RFC Seraing as a small favourite), we find one game. RFC Seraing has won one of these, drawn zero and lost zero.

The Seraing fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 19 goals in 10 league matches. On the other hand, Seraing have conceded 12 goals.

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Westerlo form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their First Division B travels is 2 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats.

Westerlo has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Club Brugge II for a First Division B game that ended a draw (1-1). That result followed a home victory 4-0 versus Deinze.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Westerlo in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Westerlo, three draws and five defeats.

Westerlo have scored 11 goals on their travels this season, from 10 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Westerlo have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Westerlo - Seraing 4-3. Last three meetings between the teams: Seraing won zero, Westerlo won two and one draw. one game with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

SeraingG. Mikautadze
G. Mikautadze
18 goals
WesterloA. Çiçek
A. Çiçek
10 goals
WesterloI. Vetokele
I. Vetokele
8 goals

RFC Seraing missing players

Westerlo missing players

RFC Seraing Westerlo
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
21 10 3 Played P 2 10 21
12 6 2 Won W 0 2 9
2 0 0 Drew D 1 5 8
7 4 1 Lost L 1 3 4
48 19 6 Scored S 1 11 34
33 12 1 Conceded C 2 12 23
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 90% 90%
76% 70% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 80% 86%
62% 50% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 40% 52%
52% 40% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 24%
43% 30% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
52% 40% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 70% 62%
29% 30% 67% Clean Sheets C S 50% 30% 38%
24% 30% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 10% 10%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.8 2.9 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.6 1.9
4 2 1 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
12.2 11.2 10 Shots (avg) S ( 3 7.8 9.8
5.3 4.7 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3.7 5.2
41% 33% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 30% 31%
Key stats in First Division B this season:
  • RFC Seraing haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Westerlo have the fewest matches over the total-line (9) in First Division B
  • Westerlo have the most dropped points from leading position (20) in First Division B

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Union Saint-Gilloise 21 17 2 2 52 18 11 10 1 0 33 10 10 7 1 2 19 8 34 53
2 RFC Seraing 21 12 2 7 48 33 10 6 0 4 19 12 11 6 2 3 29 21 15 38
3 Westerlo 21 9 8 4 34 23 11 7 3 1 23 11 10 2 5 3 11 12 11 35
4 Lommel United 21 9 4 8 39 37 10 6 1 3 24 17 11 3 3 5 15 20 2 31
5 RWDM 20 9 1 10 30 33 11 6 1 4 19 15 9 3 0 6 11 18 -3 28
6 Deinze 20 7 6 7 29 34 10 5 3 2 16 10 10 2 3 5 13 24 -5 27
7 Lierse Kempenzonen 21 4 2 15 24 43 10 3 1 6 16 21 11 1 1 9 8 22 -19 14
8 Club Brugge II 21 1 5 15 16 51 10 1 5 4 9 17 11 0 0 11 7 34 -35 8

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.