Soccer fixture news: Home ticketholders with big optimism before RWDM - Excelsior Virton

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Competition: Belgium First Division B
Competition: Sun 11.December
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Edmond Machtens-Stadion (15266 seats)

RWDM should be expected winners of this home match vs Excelsior Virton, if the league table is to be trusted. Or are we in for a surprise?

Insights:
  • RWDM have the fewest conceded goals (14) in First Division B
  • Excelsior Virton have the fewest scored goals (15) in First Division B

This has all the signs of an absorbing game with lots of spark and bustle as both participants are well recovered since they last ran out on the pitch. 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. 5 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 7 games.

Stress levels are on the rise for RWDM's attacking players as they have now played 214 minutes without scoring in a league game. Biron was their last goal scorer.

The RWDM crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Club Brugge II here at Edmond Machtens-Stadion.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting KRC Genk II (0-2).

RWDM are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 5 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 2, drew 2 and lost 1.

Goals decide football matches and RWDM are scoring many of them at home; 17 on target from 7 league matches. RWDM are not conceding a lot of goals here at Edmond Machtens-Stadion in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 7 matches.

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Excelsior Virton form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Excelsior Virton so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-4 (win-draw-lose).

The manager Bracconi was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium Stade Yvan Georges. Excelsior suffered a 0-1 loss to Lommel United (placed 7th).

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Lierse Kempenzonen that ended 2-2.

You'll want to know how Excelsior Virton managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found 8 similar matches resulting in 0 away wins, 2 draws and 6 home wins.

Excelsior Virton have scored 9 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. Excelsior Virton has visited these top teams three times, and 3 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

RWDM have managed a sequence of 6 consecutive matches without defeat (3-3-0) when playing Excelsior Virton.

The contenders have played each other previously this season, with the result Excelsior Virton - RWDM 1-1 entered in the official records.

Top Goalscorers

Excelsior VirtonS. Anne
S. Anne
7 goals
RWDMM. Biron
M. Biron
6 goals
RWDMY. Challouk
Y. Challouk
3 goals

RWDM missing players

Excelsior Virton missing players

RWDM Excelsior Virton
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
16 8 2 Played P 3 8 16
8 5 1 Won W 0 1 1
4 2 1 Drew D 2 3 7
4 1 0 Lost L 1 4 8
28 17 2 Scored S 4 9 15
16 6 1 Conceded C 7 16 27
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
88% 88% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 75%
50% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 75% 50%
25% 38% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 50% 31%
12% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
56% 38% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 75% 62%
31% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 12%
12% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 12% 31%
 
5.1 6.2 9.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 4 3.6
5.6 5.8 1 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.8 4.7
1.9 2.1 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.8 2.3
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
12.3 13.9 18 Shots (avg) S ( 9.3 7.4 7.3
5.4 6.4 9 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 3.9 3.1
33% 33% 11% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 29% 26%
 
10.7 12.4 7.5 Shots against (avg) S A 14 12.6 11.5
4.2 4.2 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.7 6 5.3
Key stats in First Division B this season:
  • Excelsior Virton have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Excelsior Virton have the fewest scored goals (15) in First Division B
  • Excelsior Virton have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in First Division B
  • Excelsior Virton have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in First Division B
  • Excelsior Virton haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Excelsior Virton is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • RWDM have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • RWDM have the fewest conceded goals (14) in First Division B
  • RWDM have the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in First Division B
  • RWDM have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in First Division B
  • RWDM have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in First Division B
  • RWDM have won significantly more corners at home than 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 Waasland-Beveren 16 9 4 3 37 18 9 6 2 1 22 9 7 3 2 2 15 9 19 31
2 Beerschot-Wilrijk 15 9 2 4 24 17 8 4 1 3 11 8 7 5 1 1 13 9 7 32
3 RWDM 15 8 4 3 28 14 7 5 2 0 17 4 8 3 2 3 11 10 14 28
4 Lierse Kempenzonen 15 7 2 6 29 33 8 5 1 2 21 15 7 2 1 4 8 18 -4 26
5 RSC Anderlecht II 16 6 5 5 28 25 7 2 3 2 10 8 9 4 2 3 18 17 3 26
6 Club Brugge II 16 6 5 5 31 27 8 4 3 1 18 11 8 2 2 4 13 16 4 23
7 Lommel United 15 7 0 8 24 29 8 3 0 5 11 15 7 4 0 3 13 14 -5 24
8 Deinze 15 6 3 6 19 20 7 4 1 2 14 9 8 2 2 4 5 11 -1 21
9 Dender 15 5 3 7 18 23 7 2 0 5 8 15 8 3 3 2 10 8 -5 18
10 Standard Liège II 15 4 4 7 18 28 7 1 3 3 10 15 8 3 1 4 8 13 -10 16
11 KRC Genk II 16 3 3 10 20 31 9 3 1 5 11 13 7 0 2 5 9 18 -11 12
12 Excelsior Virton 15 1 7 7 15 26 7 0 4 3 6 10 8 1 3 4 9 16 -11 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.