Soccer betting preview: RWDM welcomes Deinze in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Belgium First Division B
Competition: Sat 06.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Edmond Machtens-Stadion (15266 seats)

With their 1 point advantage in the league table, RWDM fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Deinze.

Insights:
  • RWDM haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Deinze have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

The hosts RWDM saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the First Division B. Thankfully the previous game, versus RFC Seraing, was also a home game here at Edmond Machtens-Stadion. The away team is better rested.

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RWDM form and stats

6 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats. That’s what RWDM have to build on here at Edmond Machtens-Stadion in the First Division B.

The RWDM crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 2-4 to RFC Seraing here at Edmond Machtens-Stadion in a First Division B match. A strong away win before that one, visiting Club Brugge II and winning 3-1.

A goal frenzy last time out for RWDM, with a total of 6 goals in the match against RFC Seraing. Fun stuff to watch!

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

A decent goal production from RWDM in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 11 league matches. 15 goals have been conceded.

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Deinze form and stats

Deinze have only collected 9 points from their away games in the First Division B, after 2-3-5 (10 played).

Deinze play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-4 to Westerlo (placed 3rd). Before that, Deinze secured a home win against Club Brugge II with the score 4-0.

Deinze lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Deinze playing away and similar expectations, we found two relevant matches. Results were zero Deinze wins, one draw and one defeat.

Deinze have scored 13 goals on their travels this season, from 10 away games in the league. For Deinze, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the RWDM - Deinze 1-1 earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last six meetings: zero - one - five (RWDM wins - draws - Deinze wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

DeinzeL. Mertens
L. Mertens
10 goals
RWDML. Miramar Rocha
L. Miramar Rocha
7 goals
RWDMM. Nzuzi Mata
M. Nzuzi Mata
6 goals

RWDM missing players

Deinze missing players

RWDM Deinze
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
20 11 3 Played P 4 10 20
9 6 3 Won W 1 2 7
1 1 0 Drew D 0 3 6
10 4 0 Lost L 3 5 7
30 19 5 Scored S 4 13 29
33 15 0 Conceded C 12 24 34
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
80% 82% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 85%
55% 45% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 70% 60%
40% 36% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 40% 35%
20% 18% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 30% 20%
50% 55% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 70% 55%
25% 27% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 25%
25% 18% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 30% 25%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.6 2.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.7 1.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9.2 9.9 10 Shots (avg) S ( 7.2 8.3 8.7
3.6 3.5 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.5 3.9
41% 49% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 37% 37%
Key stats in First Division B this season:
  • All of Deinze's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Deinze have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Deinze have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Deinze haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • RWDM 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 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.