Match preview First Division B: Westerlo - Union Saint-Gilloise at Het Kuipje

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Competition: Belgium First Division B
Competition: Fri 19.March
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Het Kuipje (8182 seats)

Westerlo will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 23 points behind Union Saint-Gilloise.

Insights:
  • Westerlo have the most dropped points from leading position (22) in First Division B
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most scored goals (57) in First Division B

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Westerlo form and stats

24 points is a decent return from 11 First Division B games here at Het Kuipje for Westerlo. The data says 7 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss.

The fans are hoping that Westerlo will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the First Division B game against Lommel United (placed 3rd). A 1-1 draw away before that, with RFC Seraing the opponent.

Westerlo can score goals in their home matches. After 11 league matches they have found the net 23 times. 11 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Union Saint-Gilloise form and stats

The away team, who have the most scored goals (57) in First Division B, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 8 wins, 1 draw and only 2 losses in the First Division B. In general it has been a productive period now for Union Saint-Gilloise as they haven't lost any of their last eleven games. A great winning streak in away games for Saint-Gilloise as they have managed to win five matches in a row as the visitors. Not since the RFC Seraing have they travelled home without three points.

Impressive finishing from G. François and D. Undav secured the home win 2-1 against RWDM in their previous game. Preceding that game was the away victory against Lierse Kempenzonen with the score of 3-1.

Saint-Gilloise have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 22 goals from 11 away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (9 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Union Saint-Gilloise - Westerlo 2-1, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Westerlo victories, three draws and five Union Saint-Gilloise wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Union Saint-GilloiseD. Vanzeir
D. Vanzeir
19 goals
Union Saint-GilloiseD. Undav
D. Undav
15 goals
WesterloA. Çiçek
A. Çiçek
11 goals

Westerlo missing players

Union Saint-Gilloise missing players

Westerlo Union Saint-Gilloise
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
23 11 2 Played P 3 11 23
9 7 1 Won W 3 8 19
9 3 1 Drew D 0 1 2
5 1 0 Lost L 0 2 2
35 23 5 Scored S 7 22 57
25 11 4 Conceded C 2 9 20
91% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
83% 91% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 82% 87%
48% 64% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 36% 65%
22% 27% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 36% 43%
9% 18% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 18% 30%
61% 55% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 45% 57%
35% 45% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 45% 39%
13% 9% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 9% 9%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 1.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.9 2.9
4 2 0 Red cards R C 2 2 2
 
9.7 11.4 10 Shots (avg) S ( 10.7 13.2 13.7
5.2 6.5 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.7 6.8 6.7
30% 32% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 29% 37%
Key stats in First Division B this season:
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the fewest conceded goals (20) in First Division B
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the fewest conceded goals (9) away in First Division B
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (12) in First Division B
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in First Division B
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in First Division B
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most clean sheets (5) away in First Division B
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most clean sheets (9) in First Division B
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most points (25) away in First Division B
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most points from losing position (19) in First Division B
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most scored goals (57) in First Division B
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most scored goals in the first half (28) in First Division B
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most scored goals in the second half (29) in First Division B
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the the best goal difference (+13) away in First Division B
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the the best goal difference (+37) in First Division B
  • Union Saint-Gilloise haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Union Saint-Gilloise is in the best form (6-0-0)
  • Westerlo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Westerlo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded 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 (22) 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 23 19 2 2 57 20 12 11 1 0 35 11 11 8 1 2 22 9 37 59
2 RFC Seraing 23 13 3 7 50 34 11 6 1 4 20 13 12 7 2 3 30 21 16 42
3 Lommel United 23 11 4 8 42 38 12 8 1 3 27 18 11 3 3 5 15 20 4 37
4 Westerlo 23 9 9 5 35 25 11 7 3 1 23 11 12 2 6 4 12 14 10 36
5 Deinze 22 8 7 7 33 35 11 6 3 2 19 10 11 2 4 5 14 25 -2 31
6 RWDM 22 9 2 11 32 36 12 6 2 4 20 16 10 3 0 7 12 20 -4 29
7 Lierse Kempenzonen 23 4 2 17 25 49 11 3 1 7 17 24 12 1 1 10 8 25 -24 14
8 Club Brugge II 23 1 5 17 17 54 11 1 5 5 9 18 12 0 0 12 8 36 -37 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.