Delightful dogfight as daring Westerlo duel with determined Kortrijk

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 07.Oct
Match begins: 16:15 (UTC)
Venue: Het Kuipje (8182 seats)

Examine their own game or switch tactics dependant on the opposing team? Both Westerlo and Kortrijk must try something different than what they have done so far. Learn more!

Insights:
  • Westerlo is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Kortrijk have the most conceded goals (21) in Pro League

Westerlo and Kortrijk should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Westerlo form and stats

Westerlo, who have the fewest points (0) at home in Pro League, have collected 0 points from their Pro League home games so far after 0-0-4. It's been an uphill battle for Westerlo in their home games for quite some time now, as four matches in a row are lost here. Not since the Club Brugge game have they avoided the disappointment of defeat.

The Westerlo coach Roeck and his pawns return home after a 3-3 draw away versus Genk (placed 6th). Late drama in the game against Genk as Westerlo were trailing by a goal near the finishing line until Rommens popped out and made it level in the 88th minute. The hometeam coach Roeck made a successful contribution in the game against Genk, bringing on Rommens who scored the equalizer in the 3-3 draw. Stassin, an attacker, was the top performer for the side in that match, earning a rating of 9.13 (out of 10). Stassin scored two goals, served one assist, hit one key pass and had 17 successful passes (of 21 total).

0-0 away at Standard Liege before that.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Westerlo handle that role? We have found 8 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.

Westerlo aren't scoring a lot here at Het Kuipje in the league, with only {3 goals} from 4 games. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Westerlo have allowed the opposition to score 10 goals here at Het Kuipje.

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Kortrijk form and stats

0 wins, 0 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Kortrijk, who have the most conceded goals (21) in Pro League, playing as the away team in the Pro League this season. It's all red in the travel logs of Kortrijk, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.

Kortrijk are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the game against Cercle Brugge (placed 8th). Hooray; their first three points in the league after eight games not winning. Attacker Davies got a player rating of 7.62 in the game. "Man of the match" Davies scored one goal.

A 0-1 defeat away at Sporting Charleroi before that.

We have checked recent matches where Kortrijk have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 6 games were 3 victories, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Kortrijk's away games in the league this season with only {2 goals} from 4 matches. Kortrijk can't defend away. 13 goals have been scored by the opposition in 4 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Westerlo-Kortrijk H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Westerlo four wins, Kortrijk three wins, three draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

WesterloL. Stassin
L. Stassin
4 goals
WesterloN. Hautorp Madsen
N. Hautorp Madsen
2 goals
WesterloM. Frigan
M. Frigan
2 goals

Westerlo missing players

Kortrijk missing players

Westerlo Kortrijk
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
9 4 0 Played P 2 4 9
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
3 0 0 Drew D 0 0 2
6 4 0 Lost L 2 4 6
10 3 0 Scored S 0 2 8
19 10 0 Conceded C 4 13 21
89% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
78% 75% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 75% 78%
78% 75% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 75% 67%
44% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 44%
22% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 22%
67% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 56%
11% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
33% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 75% 44%
 
3.7 4.2 0 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.5 3.6
6 6 0 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.2 8
1.6 1.2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.5 2.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
11.7 11.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 12.5 9.8 10.9
3.6 3.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.5 3.7
31% 21% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 14% 24%
 
17.9 17.8 0 Shots against (avg) S A 16 18.5 17.1
6.3 6.5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 6.8 6
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Kortrijk have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Kortrijk have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Kortrijk have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Kortrijk have lost all their away matches so far.
  • Kortrijk have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Kortrijk have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Pro League
  • Kortrijk have the fewest points (0) away in Pro League
  • Kortrijk have the fewest scored goals (2) away in Pro League
  • Kortrijk have the most conceded goals (13) away in Pro League
  • Kortrijk have the most conceded goals (21) in Pro League
  • Kortrijk have the most dropped points from leading position (7) in Pro League
  • Kortrijk have the the worst goal difference (-11) away in Pro League
  • Kortrijk have the the worst goal difference (-13) in Pro League
  • Kortrijk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Westerlo have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Westerlo have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Westerlo have lost all their home matches so far.
  • Westerlo have the fewest points (0) at home in Pro League
  • Westerlo haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Westerlo is in the worst form (0-2-4)

  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 9 6 1 2 18 12 5 3 1 1 12 6 4 3 0 1 6 6 6 19
2 Gent 9 5 4 0 15 9 4 3 1 0 9 6 5 2 3 0 6 3 6 19
3 Anderlecht 9 5 3 1 13 9 4 3 1 0 6 3 5 2 2 1 7 6 4 18
4 Club Brugge 9 4 4 1 22 9 5 2 3 0 14 6 4 2 1 1 8 3 13 16
5 Antwerp 9 3 5 1 13 4 4 2 2 0 7 0 5 1 3 1 6 4 9 14
6 Genk 9 3 5 1 15 9 5 0 4 1 7 8 4 3 1 0 8 1 6 14
7 Sint-Truiden 9 3 4 2 11 10 4 2 0 2 3 3 5 1 4 0 8 7 1 13
8 Cercle Brugge 9 4 0 5 9 9 4 2 0 2 4 4 5 2 0 3 5 5 0 12
9 RWDM 9 3 3 3 10 18 5 2 1 2 6 9 4 1 2 1 4 9 -8 12
10 Mechelen 9 3 2 4 10 9 5 2 1 2 6 3 4 1 1 2 4 6 1 11
11 Standard Liege 9 2 4 3 8 8 4 0 2 2 1 3 5 2 2 1 7 5 0 10
12 AS Eupen 9 3 1 5 12 18 5 1 1 3 7 14 4 2 0 2 5 4 -6 10
13 OH Leuven 9 2 3 4 12 16 5 1 2 2 7 6 4 1 1 2 5 10 -4 9
14 Sporting Charleroi 9 1 4 4 8 14 4 1 3 0 4 3 5 0 1 4 4 11 -6 7
15 Kortrijk 9 1 2 6 8 21 5 1 2 2 6 8 4 0 0 4 2 13 -13 5
16 Westerlo 9 0 3 6 10 19 4 0 0 4 3 10 5 0 3 2 7 9 -9 3

Read more about Pro League

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.