Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Waasland-Beveren & 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 has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Pro League game only three days ago. That game, against Zulte-Waregem, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for KV Oostende.
Waasland-Beveren form and stats
Last season, Waasland-Beveren's Belgian Cup journey ended in the 16th finals.With 2 Pro League wins, 1 draw and 8 defeats from their home games, Waasland-Beveren are certainly not brimming with confidence. Game days at Freethielstadion have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for Waasland-Beveren as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.
Waasland-Beveren faced defeat in their previous match, away at Antwerp (2-3). Preceding that match was the home Pro League game against Mechelen that was lost 2-3.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Waasland-Beveren as they have a new game in only three days, a Pro League match thankfully also at home. Club Brugge are visiting.
Waasland-Beveren has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Waasland-Beveren with 27 goals conceded in these matches.
KV Oostende form and stats
KV Oostende was sent out of Belgian Cup in the 8th finals last season.The visitors are W4-D2-L7 on the road this term. That's in the Pro League.
Oostende are travelling again after losing away to Zulte-Waregem in their previous match (1-2). A draw for KV Oostende before that, at their own venue hosting Standard Liège (2-2).
After this away game Oostende return home for a Pro League game against Sint-Truiden. That game is only three sleeps after this.
The visitors have scored 12 goals from 13 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Oostende have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Waasland-Beveren won four, KV Oostende won three and three draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Sakala 12 goals |  D. Heymans 7 goals | A. Koita 7 goals |
Waasland-Beveren missing players
KV Oostende missing players
| Waasland-Beveren | KV Oostende | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Lost | L | 6 | 7 | ||
| 35 | 19 | Scored | S | 12 | 40 | ||
| 51 | 25 | Conceded | C | 16 | 32 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 84% | ||
| 60% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 72% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 32% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 64% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 72% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 12% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.8 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.1 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 7.8 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 8 | ||
| 3.4 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.8 | ||
| 38% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 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 | 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 Liège | 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 |