Westerlo will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 2 points behind RFC Seraing.
- Westerlo has the most dropped points from leading position (15) in First Division B
- RFC Seraing has the most points (14) away in First Division B
Westerlo form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Het Kuipje as Westerlo have scored 12 goals to get 14 points from 7 games. The overall stats in the First Division B are 4-2-1 (wins-draws-losses). The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Het Kuipje.
In their previous game, the manager B. Peeters led his Westerlo to a defeat in the First Division B match away at Union Saint-Gilloise. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Het Kuipje. Before that, Westerlo had a home game versus Club Brugge II which ended with a victory 2-1.
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 Westerlo have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won two, drawn one and lost three.
The Westerlo fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 7 league matches. 7 goals have been conceded.
RFC Seraing form and stats
4-2-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for RFC Seraing, who have the most points (14) away in First Division B, in their First Division B matches away.
Seraing aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 181 league minutes without a goal. A. Al Badaoui was the last player to find the net.
Seraing are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Deinze (placed 4th). The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against RWDM.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with RFC Seraing playing away and similar expectations, we found eight relevant matches. Results were four Seraing wins, one draw and three defeats.
Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 21 goals in 8 league games away this season. Seraing struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 15 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Westerlo - RFC Seraing 1-1 earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last two meetings: one - one - zero (Westerlo wins - draws - RFC Seraing wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Mikautadze 16 goals |   L. Van Eenoo 6 goals |  A. Çiçek 5 goals |
Westerlo missing players
RFC Seraing missing players
| Westerlo | RFC Seraing | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 21 | 12 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 21 | 33 |
| 16 | 7 | 4 | Conceded | C | 6 | 15 | 24 |
| 87% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 88% | 93% |
| 80% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 88% | 73% |
| 53% | 71% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 75% | 60% |
| 20% | 14% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 62% | 53% |
| 7% | 14% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 50% | 40% |
| 60% | 57% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 62% | 53% |
| 40% | 43% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 25% | 27% |
| 13% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 25% | 27% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 1.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.8 | 2.9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8.9 | 10.6 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16 | 14.4 | 12.7 |
| 4.6 | 5.4 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 6.4 | 5.4 |
| 31% | 32% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 41% | 41% |
- RFC Seraing has the most points (14) away in First Division B
- RFC Seraing has the most scored goals (21) away in First Division B
- RFC Seraing has the the best goal difference (+6) away in First Division B
- RFC Seraing have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Westerlo has the most dropped points from leading position (15) in First Division B
- Westerlo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| 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 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 24 | 35 |
| 2 | RFC Seraing | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 9 | 26 |
| 3 | Westerlo | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 24 |
| 4 | Deinze | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 15 | -1 | 23 |
| 5 | RWDM | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -1 | 22 |
| 6 | Lommel United | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 21 |
| 7 | Lierse Kempenzonen | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 18 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -16 | 10 |
| 8 | Club Brugge II | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 22 | -24 | 7 |