First Division B match preview and statistics: RWDM fight Deinze

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Competition: Belgium First Division B
Competition: Sun 06.December
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Edmond Machtens-Stadion (15266 seats)

RWDM hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 15 points and a 6th position in the First Division B table. Visiting Deinze holds 5th place with 18 pts.

Insights:
  • RWDM has the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in First Division B
  • Deinze have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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RWDM form and stats

RWDM are steadily winning First Division B games and points here at Edmond Machtens-Stadion. 4 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 6 games. RWDM has recorded two wins in a row here at Edmond Machtens-Stadion, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

No payout for RWDM in their previous match, an away game at Lommel United that ended in defeat 0-4. Heartbreak before that as RWDM lost 1-2 at Union Saint-Gilloise's place.

RWDM were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how RWDM have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found two matches with the results: Won one, drawn zero and lost one.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (13 in 6 games), RWDM's attacking play is working. RWDM have conceded 7 in these home matches.

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Deinze form and stats

Playing away, Deinze have won 1 game, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the First Division B this season. Deinze seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Deinze go into this game after a win, the home game against Club Brugge II that ended 1-0. Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Lommel United.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found two similar matches played by Deinze in our archives, and the results are: one win for Deinze, zero draws and one defeat.

Deinze have scored 5 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. The Deinze manager D. Gevaert has some worries about the defense as 11 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Deinze - RWDM 1-0 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: zero - zero - five (RWDM wins - draws - Deinze wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

DeinzeL. Mertens
L. Mertens
6 goals
RWDMI. Yagan
I. Yagan
4 goals
RWDMN. Rommens
N. Rommens
3 goals

RWDM missing players

Deinze missing players

RWDM Deinze
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
12 6 2 Played P 1 5 12
5 4 1 Won W 0 1 5
0 0 0 Drew D 1 1 3
7 2 1 Lost L 0 3 4
18 13 3 Scored S 1 5 15
21 7 2 Conceded C 1 11 17
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
83% 83% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 83%
58% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 80% 58%
42% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 17%
17% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 8%
42% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 60% 50%
25% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 25%
33% 17% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 25%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.7 2.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 1.6 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8.1 8.8 6 Shots (avg) S ( 7 7 8.4
3.5 3.6 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3 3.9
42% 61% 75% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 33% 32%
Key stats in First Division B this season:
  • All of Deinze's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Deinze have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • 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.
  • RWDM has the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in First Division B
  • RWDM have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Deinze have scored 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 12 8 2 2 28 11 6 5 1 0 18 5 6 3 1 2 10 6 17 26
2 RFC Seraing 12 7 1 4 29 23 6 4 0 2 12 8 6 3 1 2 17 15 6 22
3 Lommel United 12 5 3 4 24 20 6 3 1 2 15 11 6 2 2 2 9 9 4 18
4 Westerlo 12 4 6 2 16 12 5 2 2 1 8 5 7 2 4 1 8 7 4 18
5 Deinze 12 5 3 4 15 17 7 4 2 1 10 6 5 1 1 3 5 11 -2 18
6 RWDM 12 5 0 7 18 21 6 4 0 2 13 7 6 1 0 5 5 14 -3 15
7 Lierse Kempenzonen 12 3 1 8 15 24 6 2 0 4 9 14 6 1 1 4 6 10 -9 10
8 Club Brugge II 12 1 4 7 10 27 6 1 4 1 7 7 6 0 0 6 3 20 -17 7

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.