Can Kortrijk defeat Westerlo in Guldensporenstadion clash?

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 22.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Guldensporenstadion (9399 seats)

Here's the whole lot you must learn, and some more, before watching the Kortrijk - Westerlo match!

Insights:
  • Kortrijk have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Westerlo have the most conceded goals (20) away in Pro League

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Kortrijk and Westerlo.

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Kortrijk form and stats

With 1 Pro League win, 1 draw and 4 defeats from their home games, Kortrijk are certainly not brimming with confidence.

The home team returns to Guldensporenstadion after drawing with Sporting Charleroi (placed 11th) on their last time out; the game ended 2-2. Late drama in the game against Sporting Charleroi as Kortrijk were trailing by a goal near the finishing line until Avenatti popped out and made it level in the 88th minute. Avenatti was able to secure the draw 2-2 in the game against Sporting Charleroi after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today? D'Haene was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.01 out of 10. The defender D'Haene served one assist, hit four key passes and won 2 of 3 duels.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Zulte-Waregem (1-3).

Some stats: A review of the 10 most recent league games shows that 8 of them had at least one goal from each team.

Kortrijk aren't scoring a lot here at Guldensporenstadion in the league, with only {4 goals} from 6 games. Kortrijk have conceded 11 from these games.

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Westerlo form and stats

Westerlo have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Pro League, after 2-0-5 (7 played).

Westerlo are travelling again after losing away to Genk in their previous match (1-6). That defeat was their first after five consecutive league rounds winning points. Westerlo lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 1-6 beating and focus on this one. Madsen got a match rating of 6.94 in that game, top player of the team. Madsen hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 35 successful passes (of 38 total).

A draw for Westerlo before that, at their own venue hosting RFC Seraing (2-2).

The travelling fans enjoy Westerlo's attacking play in away games, having scored 11 goals in 7 league matches away. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Westerlo concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - four - three (Kortrijk wins - draws - Westerlo wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

WesterloL. Foster
L. Foster
5 goals
KortrijkF. Selemani
F. Selemani
4 goals
WesterloI. Vetokele
I. Vetokele
4 goals

Kortrijk missing players

Westerlo missing players

Kortrijk Westerlo
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
13 6 2 Played P 1 7 13
3 1 0 Won W 0 2 6
2 1 1 Drew D 0 0 1
8 4 1 Lost L 1 5 6
12 4 0 Scored S 4 11 23
23 11 2 Conceded C 5 20 26
92% 83% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
69% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 92%
62% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 71% 62%
31% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 43% 38%
15% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 43% 31%
62% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 57% 54%
23% 17% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 23%
23% 50% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 23%
 
4.4 4.5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4 3.9
6.8 5.7 5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.9 6.2
2.5 3 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1 1.3
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
10 11.2 14 Shots (avg) S ( 11 9.3 11
3 3.5 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.1 4.3
31% 19% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 50% 41%
 
18.1 16.2 18.5 Shots against (avg) S A 14 16.3 13.2
4.8 4.7 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 4.6 3.5
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • All of Westerlo's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Kortrijk have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Westerlo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Westerlo have scored at least twice as many goals away as Kortrijk have scored home.
  • Westerlo have the most conceded goals (20) away in Pro League
  • Westerlo have the the worst goal difference (-9) away in Pro League
  • Westerlo 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 Genk 13 11 1 1 33 12 7 6 1 0 18 6 6 5 0 1 15 6 21 34
2 Antwerp 12 10 0 2 24 11 6 6 0 0 16 5 6 4 0 2 8 6 13 30
3 Club Brugge 12 8 1 3 23 12 6 4 1 1 13 6 6 4 0 2 10 6 11 25
4 Union Saint-Gilloise 12 8 1 3 25 16 5 4 0 1 8 5 7 4 1 2 17 11 9 25
5 Standard Liege 12 7 1 4 19 15 7 4 1 2 12 7 5 3 0 2 7 8 4 22
6 Gent 12 6 2 4 23 14 6 3 1 2 12 8 6 3 1 2 11 6 9 20
7 OH Leuven 13 6 2 5 23 23 6 3 0 3 7 10 7 3 2 2 16 13 0 20
8 Westerlo 13 6 1 6 23 26 6 4 1 1 12 6 7 2 0 5 11 20 -3 19
9 Anderlecht 12 5 1 6 19 13 7 3 1 3 11 7 5 2 0 3 8 6 6 16
10 Sint-Truiden 12 4 4 4 12 12 6 2 1 3 7 9 6 2 3 1 5 3 0 16
11 Sporting Charleroi 13 5 1 7 19 21 7 2 1 4 11 14 6 3 0 3 8 7 -2 16
12 Cercle Brugge 13 4 3 6 16 21 6 2 3 1 9 6 7 2 0 5 7 15 -5 15
13 AS Eupen 13 4 0 9 14 27 7 2 0 5 8 14 6 2 0 4 6 13 -13 12
14 Mechelen 12 3 2 7 17 24 6 2 1 3 11 12 6 1 1 4 6 12 -7 11
15 KV Oostende 12 3 2 7 13 22 6 2 0 4 6 13 6 1 2 3 7 9 -9 11
16 RFC Seraing 13 3 2 8 13 22 6 0 1 5 1 10 7 3 1 3 12 12 -9 11
17 Kortrijk 13 3 2 8 12 23 6 1 1 4 4 11 7 2 1 4 8 12 -11 11
18 Zulte-Waregem 12 2 2 8 12 26 6 1 0 5 7 18 6 1 2 3 5 8 -14 8

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The First Division A is the top league of the football pyramid in Belgium, founded in 1895. It was earlier known as the Belgian Pro League. The season runs from July to May with 16 teams each playing 30 fixtures. The top six in the league table then play a championship playoff, the bottom team is relegated and places #7 to #15 have a Europa League playoff.