National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's RWDM or Zulte-Waregem 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 RWDM and Zulte-Waregem.
RWDM form and stats
Last season their Belgian Cup adventure ended in the 16th finals.The story so far in the First Division B for RWDM at their home stadium (Edmond Machtens-Stadion) is 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats. With RWDM having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager V. Euvrard.
An away draw last time out for RWDM, facing Royal Excel Mouscron in a game that ended 1-1.
Before that game, the home loss against Westerlo with the scoreline 1-2.RWDM are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 6 goals in 5 games. RWDM have conceded 8 from these games.
Zulte-Waregem form and stats
They also participated in Belgian Cup last season. This ended in the 16th finals.The story so far for the visiting team on their Pro League travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Zulte-Waregem has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Mechelen for a Pro League game that ended a draw (2-2). An inspired comeback made the scores level in Zulte-Waregem's duel with Mechelen. It looked bad at 0-2 but the team were not done and fought back to 2-2 after Abdoulaye Sissako found the equalizer. Midfield player Jean-Luc Dompe was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.31/10. Dompe signed up for two assists, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Antwerp.The travelling fans enjoy Zulte-Waregem's attacking play in away games, having scored 10 goals in 6 league matches away. As for defending, Zulte-Waregem rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 11 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
RWDM missing players
Zulte-Waregem missing players
| RWDM | Zulte-Waregem | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 8 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 7 | 12 | ||
| 44 | 9 | Scored | S | 21 | 41 | ||
| 41 | 15 | Conceded | C | 31 | 60 | ||
| 92% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 64% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 54% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 32% | ||
| 60% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 85% | 84% | ||
| 24% | 12% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 8% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 12% | ||
| 5.2 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 4.1 | ||
| 3.7 | 2.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 6.2 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.7 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 5 | ||
| 12.1 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 9.8 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.1 | ||
| 28% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 40% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Westerlo | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 20 |
| 2 | Waasland-Beveren | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 3 | Lommel United | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 4 | Deinze | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 12 |
| 5 | Lierse Kempenzonen | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 12 |
| 6 | Excelsior Virton | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 9 |
| 7 | RWDM | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 9 |
| 8 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -13 | 3 |
| 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 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 25 |
| 2 | Club Brugge | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 22 |
| 3 | Sporting Charleroi | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 20 |
| 4 | AS Eupen | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 20 |
| 5 | Antwerp | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 20 |
| 6 | Mechelen | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 20 |
| 7 | Kortrijk | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 18 |
| 8 | Anderlecht | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| 9 | Genk | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 17 |
| 10 | KV Oostende | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -4 | 17 |
| 11 | Sint-Truiden | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | -2 | 15 |
| 12 | Standard Liège | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 15 |
| 13 | Gent | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 |
| 14 | Zulte-Waregem | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | -7 | 13 |
| 15 | RFC Seraing | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -8 | 12 |
| 16 | OH Leuven | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | -8 | 10 |
| 17 | Cercle Brugge | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -6 | 9 |
| 18 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -16 | 2 |