Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Kortrijk & KV Oostende face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Belgian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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.
Kortrijk form and stats
Kortrijk was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the Belgian Cup.All-inclusive Pro League statistics playing at home this season for Kortrijk are 3-3-1 (wins-draws-losses). The trend of drawing games is also valid regardless of arena as Kortrijk has four draws from their last four matches.
Kortrijk shared the glory with AS Eupen in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. Midfielder Kevin Vandendriessche was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.82 (out of ten) in that game. Vandendriessche scored one goal and hit two key passes.
1-1 away at Anderlecht before that.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Kortrijk handle that role? We have found eleven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, two draws and four defeats.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Pro League game versus Cercle Brugge in only three days. This game is also played here at Guldensporenstadion.
Kortrijk are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 7 games. 7 goals have been conceded.
KV Oostende form and stats
Last season their Belgian Cup adventure ended in the 8th finals.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for KV Oostende so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-5 (win-draw-lose). It's looking increasingly bleak for KV Oostende who now has to deal with a five game losing streak. Cercle Brugge was the last time a defeat was avoided.
Oostende play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-3 to Antwerp. Steven Fortes, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.02. Fortes won 4 of 9 duels.
The game before that, in the Pro League, was lost at home, a 1-7 defeat against Union Saint-Gilloise.We have checked recent matches where Oostende have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eight games were zero victories, three draws and five defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting AS Eupen in just three days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far KV Oostende have scored 8 goals in 8 league games away. Oostende struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 15 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Data for the previous ten meetings featuring these two teams are: four wins for Kortrijk, one draw and five wins for KV Oostende. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  M. Gueye 9 goals |   F. Selemani 7 goals |  P. Guèye 5 goals |
Kortrijk missing players
KV Oostende missing players
| Kortrijk | KV Oostende | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 12 | ||
| 37 | 12 | Scored | S | 13 | 43 | ||
| 32 | 13 | Conceded | C | 20 | 53 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 70% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 80% | ||
| 44% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 72% | ||
| 36% | 30% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 48% | ||
| 8% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 28% | ||
| 60% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 30% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | ||
| 12% | 10% | Failed to Score | F T | 45% | 36% | ||
| 4.6 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.7 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 4.3 | ||
| 2.7 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.3 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 11.2 | 11.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 12.1 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 5.2 | ||
| 34% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 35% | ||
| 14.1 | 12.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.3 | 12.7 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 4.9 | ||
| 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 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 41 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 24 | 34 |
| 2 | Antwerp | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 30 |
| 3 | Club Brugge | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 29 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 30 |
| 4 | Mechelen | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 28 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 26 |
| 5 | Sporting Charleroi | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 26 |
| 6 | Anderlecht | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 25 |
| 7 | Gent | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 24 |
| 8 | AS Eupen | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 22 |
| 9 | Kortrijk | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 22 |
| 10 | Genk | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 21 |
| 11 | Sint-Truiden | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -6 | 21 |
| 12 | Standard Liege | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | -8 | 20 |
| 13 | OH Leuven | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 15 | -4 | 20 |
| 14 | RFC Seraing | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -7 | 19 |
| 15 | KV Oostende | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -16 | 17 |
| 16 | Zulte-Waregem | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | -10 | 17 |
| 17 | Cercle Brugge | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | -6 | 13 |
| 18 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 20 | -15 | 9 |