National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Lommel United or Kortrijk that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Lommel United and Kortrijk.
Lommel United form and stats
Last season, Lommel's Belgian Cup journey ended in the 16th finals.5 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats. That’s what Lommel United have to build on here at Soevereinstadion in the First Division B. Two home wins in a row for Lommel bring valid hopes of a third.
The Lommel supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Deinze in First Division B and win 4-2. Previous to that game, a First Division B home match hosting RWDM in a game that was won 3-2.
A goal frenzy last time out for Lommel United, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Deinze. Fun stuff to watch! M. Ugalde was absolutely essential when Lommel United beat Deinze 4-2, scoring three goals.
Lommel are traveling soon after this match as the First Division B match at RFC Seraing awaits in four days.
Goals decide football matches and Lommel United are scoring many of them at home; 22 on target from 9 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Lommel defense is not exactly impregnable. 16 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Kortrijk form and stats
They also participated in Belgian Cup last season. This ended in the semi-finals, when Antwerp drew the shortest straw.The story so far for the visiting team on their Pro League travels is 3 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.
A 0-0 draw at Beerschot-Wilrijk's stadium before that.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Kortrijk manager Y. Vanderhaeghe as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Royal Excel Mouscron.
The visitors have scored 8 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Kortrijk are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 10 times in 11 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last six meetings between these two teams are: one win for Lommel United, two draws and three wins for Kortrijk. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  M. Ugalde 11 goals |   I. Mboyo 8 goals | A. Zaroury 6 goals |
Lommel United missing players
Kortrijk missing players
| Lommel United | Kortrijk | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 11 | ||
| 40 | 26 | Scored | S | 8 | 29 | ||
| 39 | 22 | Conceded | C | 10 | 37 | ||
| 92% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 73% | 84% | ||
| 76% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 55% | 72% | ||
| 60% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 57% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 64% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 45% | 32% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.7 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 10.1 | 10.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 8.9 | ||
| 4.7 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.7 | ||
| 36% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 31% | ||
| 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 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 42 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 28 | 41 |
| 2 | Westerlo | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 30 |
| 3 | RFC Seraing | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 38 | 29 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 19 | 9 | 29 |
| 4 | Lommel United | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 34 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 27 |
| 5 | Deinze | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 19 | -5 | 23 |
| 6 | RWDM | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 23 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -4 | 22 |
| 7 | Lierse Kempenzonen | 17 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 21 | 37 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 18 | -16 | 13 |
| 8 | Club Brugge II | 17 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 40 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 27 | -27 | 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 | Club Brugge | 25 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 53 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 7 | 35 | 57 |
| 2 | Genk | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 49 | 33 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 43 |
| 3 | Antwerp | 25 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 41 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 43 |
| 4 | Anderlecht | 25 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 34 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 38 |
| 5 | Standard Liege | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 36 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 38 |
| 6 | Sporting Charleroi | 25 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 38 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 26 | 4 | 37 |
| 7 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 25 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 46 | 48 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 28 | -2 | 37 |
| 8 | KV Oostende | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 36 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 36 |
| 9 | OH Leuven | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 40 | 41 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 24 | -1 | 36 |
| 10 | Mechelen | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 38 | 42 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 17 | -4 | 33 |
| 11 | Zulte-Waregem | 25 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 38 | 45 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 17 | -7 | 33 |
| 12 | Gent | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 34 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 32 |
| 13 | AS Eupen | 25 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 30 | 40 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 18 | -10 | 31 |
| 14 | Sint-Truiden | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 33 | 37 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 23 | -4 | 30 |
| 15 | Kortrijk | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 29 | 37 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -8 | 30 |
| 16 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 21 | -11 | 26 |
| 17 | Cercle Brugge | 25 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 30 | 44 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 20 | -14 | 22 |
| 18 | Waasland-Beveren | 25 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 32 | 54 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 27 | -22 | 21 |