National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Dender or RFC Wetteren that keep their silverware dream alive.
These are hustling days for the hosts, as they had a game only four days ago in the First Division B. This match was also played here at Van Roystadion. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, RFC Wetteren have had more rest.
Dender form and stats
Last season, Dender's Belgian Cup journey ended in the round of 32.0 victories, 0 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Dender have to build on here at Van Roystadion in the First Division B.
Dender's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-4 versus Lommel United.
Ahead of that match, Dender won a home game hosting Dessel Sport (1-0).There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Dender as they are travelling to their away game against RWDM in the First Division B. That match is four days after this one.
At Van Roystadion, Dender has the goal stats of 1-4 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
RFC Wetteren form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Kleit Maldegem in order to reach 3rd round of Belgian Cup. They also participated in Belgian Cup last season. This ended in the 4th round.The club members enjoyed RFC Wetteren's previous game versus Kleit Maldegem, a Belgian Cup win (6-0) played at home.
Prior to that result RFC Wetteren won their away game at Dikkelvenne in the Division 3: Group A. The scoreline was 4-2.Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  N. Rajsel 1 goals |
Dender missing players
RFC Wetteren missing players
| Dender | RFC Wetteren | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 16 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 12 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 8 | 15 | ||
| 42 | 35 | Scored | S | 14 | 35 | ||
| 27 | 18 | Conceded | C | 26 | 54 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 88% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 56% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 76% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 32% | ||
| 48% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 16% | ||
| 28% | 6% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 36% | ||
| 5.7 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3.9 | 2.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12.4 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5.5 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 26% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | ||
| 9.6 | 9.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | KRC Genk II | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Lommel United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Club Brugge II | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Standard Liege II | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Excelsior Virton | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | RWDM | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Deinze | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | RSC Anderlecht II | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Waasland-Beveren | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Dender | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 12 | Lierse Kempenzonen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
