It's match week two of the Reserve Pro League campaign and everything to play for. Read our detailed preview of Excelsior Virton U21-AS Eupen U21!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Excelsior Virton U21 form and stats
In the previous season, Excelsior Virton U21's league results were 13 wins, 2 draws and 11 losses, leading to 5th place in the Reserve Pro League 2. From these 26 matches they scored 57 goals and conceded 67. Playing as the host team in the last season Excelsior Virton U21 produced 6-1-6 (win-draw-lost) with 27 goals and 30 conceded.
The Excelsior crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 2-3 to AS Eupen U21 here.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Dender U21 (3-5).AS Eupen U21 form and stats
Let's have a look at how AS Eupen U21 performed last season in the Reserve Pro League 2: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 19 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats. In total they scored 63 and conceded 32 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 10 - drew 1 and lost 2 with 29/15 goals scored/conceded.
AS Eupen U21 play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-2 victory visiting Excelsior Virton U21 (placed 9th). Which player has scored seven games in a row for the away side? The answer is Skogvold and that is solid stuff!
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Waasland-Beveren U21.Head 2 Head
Excelsior-AS Eupen U21 H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Excelsior Virton U21 one win, AS Eupen U21 two wins, zero draws. two of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Excelsior Virton U21 missing players
AS Eupen U21 missing players
| Excelsior Virton U21 | AS Eupen U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 4.5 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 9 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10 | 15 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 60% | 29% |
| 10 | 10 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 9 | 9.5 |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Excelsior Virton U21 | Last season | AS Eupen U21 | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 26 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 26 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Won | W | 10 | 19 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 57 | 27 | Scored | S | 29 | 63 | ||
| 67 | 30 | Conceded | C | 15 | 32 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 85% | ||
| 73% | 62% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 54% | ||
| 50% | 38% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 38% | 31% | ||
| 81% | 85% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 69% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 23% | ||
| 19% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 12% | ||
| 4.7 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 7 | ||
| 5.3 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.5 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12.7 | 14.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.8 | 13.2 | ||
| 6.5 | 7.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 6.2 | ||
| 34% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 38% | ||
| 14.7 | 12.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.8 | 8.9 | ||
| 7.9 | 7.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | KV Oostende U21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| 2 | Dender U21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Westerlo U21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Sint-Truiden U21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | RWDM U21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | AS Eupen U21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Waasland-Beveren U21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Deinze U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | Excelsior Virton U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 0 |
| 10 | Kortrijk U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 11 | Lierse Kempenzonen U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | Lommel U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | AS Eupen U21 | 26 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 63 | 32 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 31 | 60 |
| 2 | Beerschot-Wilrijk U21 | 26 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 65 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 9 | 41 | 58 |
| 3 | KV Oostende U21 | 26 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 66 | 32 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 34 | 52 |
| 4 | Union St-Gilloise U21 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 40 | 27 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 13 | 41 |
| 5 | Excelsior Virton U21 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 57 | 67 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 27 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 37 | -10 | 41 |
| 6 | Excel Mouscron U21 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 51 | 34 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 22 | 17 | 40 |
| 7 | Waasland-Beveren U21 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 46 | 37 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 27 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 9 | 38 |
| 8 | RFC Seraing U21 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 43 | 41 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 36 |
| 9 | RWDM U21 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 50 | 53 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 27 | -3 | 35 |
| 10 | Westerlo U21 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 41 | 48 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 25 | -7 | 32 |
| 11 | Lierse Kempenzonen U21 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 31 | 59 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 36 | -28 | 29 |
| 12 | Deinze U21 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 25 | 59 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 37 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 22 | -34 | 21 |
| 13 | Lommel U21 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 28 | 61 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 36 | -33 | 20 |
| 14 | Kortrijk U21 | 26 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 33 | 65 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 39 | -32 | 16 |