Both the home- and away side have had some difficulties so far, but a win and three points in this important game would definitely be a big help. Get set for KV Oostende - Kortrijk!
- KV Oostende is in the worst form (1-1-4)
- Kortrijk have the fewest scored goals (13) in Pro League
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.
KV Oostende form and stats
The story so far in the Pro League for KV Oostende at their home stadium (DIaz Arena) is 3 wins, 0 draws and 4 defeats. When KV Oostende hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like RFC Seraing, AS Eupen, Mechelen, KV Oostende and Zulte-Waregem), they have won 3 of 3 matches!
No payout for KV Oostende in their previous match, an away game at Club Brugge that ended in defeat 2-4. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? Hornby, who plays in attack, was the highest rated performer for the side in that match, collecting a rating of 7.82 (out of 10). Hornby scored two goals and hit one key pass.
Before that, KV Oostende had a home game versus Zulte-Waregem which ended with a victory 2-1.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Oostende have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 6 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 1 and lost 0.
The manager Thalhammer will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Thes Sport in only three days.
KV Oostende has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches.
Kortrijk form and stats
Kortrijk have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Pro League, after 2-1-4 (7 played). When Kortrijk is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 2 of 2 matches. Kortrijk, RFC Seraing, AS Eupen, Mechelen and Zulte-Waregem is teams we like to compare KV Oostende with.
Kortrijk delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Cercle Brugge (placed 11th) in their previous match. The draw against Cercle Brugge came from a losing position. The Kortrijk manager Čustović brought on Messaoudi as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Dessoleil, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.83. Dessoleil won 5 of 8 duels.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Westerlo.We have checked recent matches where Kortrijk have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 9 games were 4 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
Betting fact: Both teams have scored goal(s) in 9 of this club's last 12 league games.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Kortrijk manager Čustović as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against RWDM.
Kortrijk are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 7 games (in the league). Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Kortrijk have conceded 12 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three KV Oostende victories, one draw and six Kortrijk wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Atanga 4 goals |  F. Hornby 4 goals |   F. Selemani 4 goals |
KV Oostende missing players
Kortrijk missing players
| KV Oostende | Kortrijk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 17 | 8 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 30 | 14 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 12 | 26 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 80% | 71% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 71% | 73% |
| 67% | 71% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 71% | 53% |
| 33% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 27% |
| 13% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 13% |
| 67% | 71% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 71% | 60% |
| 7% | 14% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 29% | 20% |
| 27% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 27% |
| 4.7 | 4.1 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.3 | 4.4 |
| 5.9 | 5.9 | 6.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 7.7 | 6.7 |
| 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2 | 2.4 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 10.7 | 10.3 | 9.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 9 | 10.1 |
| 4.7 | 5.6 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.6 | 3.3 |
| 24% | 21% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 44% | 27% |
| 14 | 12.7 | 13.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 21 | 19.7 | 17.9 |
| 4.8 | 5.1 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 4.9 | 4.6 |
- KV Oostende have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- KV Oostende haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- KV Oostende is in the worst form (1-1-4)
- Kortrijk have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Kortrijk have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Kortrijk have the fewest scored goals (13) in Pro League
- Kortrijk have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Pro League
- Kortrijk haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Genk | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 25 | 40 |
| 2 | Antwerp | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 33 |
| 3 | Club Brugge | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 32 |
| 4 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 32 |
| 5 | Standard Liege | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 25 |
| 6 | Gent | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 24 |
| 7 | OH Leuven | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 22 |
| 8 | Westerlo | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 27 | 29 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 20 | -2 | 22 |
| 9 | Sint-Truiden | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -2 | 20 |
| 10 | Anderlecht | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 19 |
| 11 | Cercle Brugge | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -2 | 19 |
| 12 | Sporting Charleroi | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -4 | 19 |
| 13 | Mechelen | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -6 | 17 |
| 14 | KV Oostende | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -13 | 14 |
| 15 | Kortrijk | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -13 | 12 |
| 16 | AS Eupen | 15 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 17 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -16 | 12 |
| 17 | RFC Seraing | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | -11 | 11 |
| 18 | Zulte-Waregem | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -17 | 11 |
