Pro League preview and news: Sint-Truiden - RFC Seraing at Stadion Stayen

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 18.March
Match begins: 17:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Stayen (14600 seats)

Get set for Pro League and Sint-Truiden - RFC Seraing. In this preview you'll get statistics, results, data, tendencies and stories!

Insights:
  • Sint-Truiden have the fewest scored goals in the first half (11) in Pro League
  • RFC Seraing have the fewest scored goals (25) in Pro League

This could be an engrossing game with lots of action and excitement as both participants are well renewed since they last ran out on the pitch. Game on!

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Sint-Truiden form and stats

The story so far in the Pro League for Sint-Truiden at their home stadium (Stadion Stayen) is 4 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats.

Sint-Truiden lost their last game at Mechelen (placed 13th) after a 0-1 scoreline. Smets, defender, was given a rating of 7.15/10 in that game, top of the team. Smets won 9 of 15 duels.

In the match before that, Sint-Truiden hosted Genk and drew the game 2-2.

Low-scoring affair? In this club's last 13 league matches, 10 have had zero, one or two goals.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Sint-Truiden here at Stadion Stayen in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (13 from 14 games). On the other hand, Sint-Truiden have conceded 17 goals.

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RFC Seraing form and stats

RFC Seraing have only collected 13 points from their away games in the Pro League, after 4-1-9 (14 played). A depressing four defeats in a row for Seraing in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus KV Oostende.

RFC Seraing failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Antwerp (placed 2nd) that ended with defeat 0-2. Defender Mansoni was the best team player with a rating of 7.45. Mansoni won 10 of 15 duels.

Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting Cercle Brugge's place.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far RFC Seraing have scored 18 goals in 14 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. The Seraing manager Legros has some worries about the defense as 33 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these two teams meet on the pitch this season, as the history books show this recent match: RFC Seraing - Sint-Truiden 1-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Sint-Truiden two wins, one draw and RFC Seraing four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Sint-TruidenG. Bruno
G. Bruno
12 goals
RFC SeraingM. Mouandilmadji
M. Mouandilmadji
8 goals
Sint-TruidenD. Hayashi
D. Hayashi
7 goals

Sint-Truiden missing players

RFC Seraing missing players

Sint-Truiden RFC Seraing
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
29 14 4 Played P 5 14 29
9 4 3 Won W 0 4 5
9 4 0 Drew D 1 1 4
11 6 1 Lost L 4 9 20
28 13 6 Scored S 4 18 25
33 17 2 Conceded C 16 33 56
90% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
66% 64% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 83%
38% 43% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 86% 55%
14% 14% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 80% 57% 31%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 21% 10%
41% 43% 25% BTTS BTTS 60% 64% 52%
28% 21% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 7% 3%
41% 43% 25% Failed to Score F T 40% 29% 45%
 
3.9 4.1 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.2 3.1 3.5
4.4 3.6 2.2 Corners against (avg) C A 8.4 7.3 6.6
1.8 1.3 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.3 2.6
6 4 0 Red cards R C 1 2 8
 
11.2 12.2 14 Shots (avg) S ( 3.8 6.7 8.1
2.2 2.3 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.4 2.4 2.2
43% 41% 75% Goal Efficiency G E 57% 55% 39%
 
11.1 10.1 6.5 Shots against (avg) S A 16.6 15.6 14.7
3.3 2.8 1.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.2 6.3 4.8
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • All of RFC Seraing's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • RFC Seraing have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • RFC Seraing have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • RFC Seraing have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • RFC Seraing have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Pro League
  • RFC Seraing have the fewest scored goals (25) in Pro League
  • RFC Seraing have the fewest scored goals in the second half (11) in Pro League
  • RFC Seraing have the the worst goal difference (-31) in Pro League
  • RFC Seraing haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sint-Truiden have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sint-Truiden have the fewest matches over the total-line (11) in Pro League
  • Sint-Truiden have the fewest scored goals in the first half (11) in Pro League
  • Sint-Truiden have the most matches under the total-line (18) in Pro League

  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 28 21 4 3 67 27 14 12 1 1 36 10 14 9 3 2 31 17 40 67
2 Antwerp 29 18 6 5 53 24 14 11 2 1 33 9 15 7 4 4 20 15 29 60
3 Union Saint-Gilloise 28 18 5 5 57 34 14 10 2 2 27 13 14 8 3 3 30 21 23 59
4 Club Brugge 28 12 10 6 47 35 14 7 6 1 29 15 14 5 4 5 18 20 12 46
5 Gent 28 13 6 9 47 32 14 8 3 3 23 13 14 5 3 6 24 19 15 45
6 Standard Liege 28 13 6 9 46 36 14 8 2 4 27 14 14 5 4 5 19 22 10 45
7 Westerlo 29 13 6 10 56 48 15 8 3 4 38 23 14 5 3 6 18 25 8 45
8 Cercle Brugge 28 10 10 8 40 38 14 6 6 2 25 16 14 4 4 6 15 22 2 40
9 OH Leuven 29 10 9 10 44 41 14 5 5 4 22 19 15 5 4 6 22 22 3 39
10 Sporting Charleroi 28 11 5 12 35 38 14 6 1 7 18 18 14 5 4 5 17 20 -3 38
11 Anderlecht 28 10 6 12 40 38 14 5 3 6 23 20 14 5 3 6 17 18 2 36
12 Sint-Truiden 29 9 9 11 28 33 14 4 4 6 13 17 15 5 5 5 15 16 -5 36
13 Mechelen 28 9 6 13 38 51 15 7 5 3 28 23 13 2 1 10 10 28 -13 33
14 AS Eupen 29 7 6 16 39 59 15 4 4 7 21 27 14 3 2 9 18 32 -20 27
15 Kortrijk 29 7 6 16 34 54 14 3 4 7 13 25 15 4 2 9 21 29 -20 27
16 KV Oostende 29 6 6 17 33 61 14 5 1 8 16 24 15 1 5 9 17 37 -28 24
17 Zulte-Waregem 28 5 8 15 37 61 14 3 4 7 23 35 14 2 4 8 14 26 -24 23
18 RFC Seraing 29 5 4 20 25 56 15 1 3 11 7 23 14 4 1 9 18 33 -31 19

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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.