Challenger Pro League duel: Close contest expected between KV Oostende and RFC Seraing

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Competition: Belgium Challenger Pro League
Competition: Sat 02.Sep
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: DIaz Arena (8400 seats)

Let's look at this engaging match in the Challenger Pro League. KV Oostende is in the 16th position from participating in three games. They welcome RFC Seraing who are placed 10th from three games.

Insights:
  • KV Oostende have the fewest scored goals (0) in Challenger Pro League

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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KV Oostende form and stats

KV Oostende's first Challenger Pro League home game here at DIaz Arena ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 5 wins, 1 draw and 11 defeats from 17 matches.

Verstraete (own goal) was the last player to score a league goal for KV Oostende and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as KV Oostende haven't scored in 270 minutes.

The supporters are hoping that Oostende will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the game against Liège (placed 12th).

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Deinze (0-1).

At DIaz Arena, KV Oostende has the goal stats of 0-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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RFC Seraing form and stats

The visitors settled for one point in their first Challenger Pro League away game of the season. During their previous season 17 away games resulted in 4 wins, 1 draw and 12 defeats.

RFC Seraing's previous game was their home loss versus Zulte-Waregem (0-5). RFC Seraing lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-5 beating and focus on this one.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Waasland-Beveren.

{1 goals} so far away for RFC Seraing, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Statistics for the last four meetings featuring these two squads are: one win for Oostende, two draws and one win for RFC Seraing. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: one game. The matches between these teams sometimes lean towards being hostile, having seen 4 sending-offs from the last four encounters.

Top Goalscorers

RFC SeraingV. Guillaume
V. Guillaume
1 goals
RFC SeraingM. Cachbach
M. Cachbach
1 goals
RFC SeraingA. Bayo
A. Bayo
1 goals

KV Oostende missing players

RFC Seraing missing players

KV Oostende RFC Seraing
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 1 1 3
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 1 1 1
3 1 0 Lost L 0 0 1
0 0 0 Scored S 1 1 4
4 1 0 Conceded C 1 1 6
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
33% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 33%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 33%
100% 100% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 33%
 
8 7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3 2.3
5 7 0 Corners against (avg) C A 3 3 5.7
3 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
7.3 7 0 Shots (avg) S ( 9 9 11.7
1.7 1 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 1 3.3
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 100% 40%
 
11 8 0 Shots against (avg) S A 10 10 15.7
6 6 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5 5.7
Key stats in Challenger Pro League this season:
  • KV Oostende have the fewest scored goals (0) at home in Challenger Pro League
  • KV Oostende have the fewest scored goals (0) in Challenger Pro League
  • KV Oostende have the fewest scored goals in the second half (0) in Challenger Pro League
  • KV Oostende have the the worst goal difference (-4) in Challenger Pro League
  • KV Oostende is in the worst form (0-0-3)
KV Oostende Last season RFC Seraing
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
7 5   Won W   4 5
6 1   Drew D   1 5
21 11   Lost L   12 24
37 18   Scored S   20 28
76 33   Conceded C   39 68
97% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
88% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   100% 85%
76% 76%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   82% 56%
35% 29%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   47% 29%
15% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   18% 12%
59% 59%   BTTS BTTS   65% 53%
9% 18%   Clean Sheets C S   6% 3%
35% 29%   Failed to Score F T   29% 44%
 
4.6 5.1   Corners for (avg) C F   2.9 3.4
5.5 5.2   Corners against (avg) C A   8.1 7.2
2.2 2.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 2.5
9 6   Red cards R C   2 8
 
12.4 13.4   Shots (avg) S (   6.6 7.9
4.7 5.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.1 2.1
23% 19%   Goal Efficiency G E   56% 39%
 
13.5 11.5   Shots against (avg) S A   16.2 15.1
5.1 4.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   6.7 5.2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Lommel United 3 3 0 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 9
2 Zulte-Waregem 4 2 1 1 9 5 2 0 1 1 2 4 2 2 0 0 7 1 4 7
3 KRC Genk II 4 2 1 1 7 6 2 1 0 1 1 3 2 1 1 0 6 3 1 7
4 Club Brugge II 3 2 0 1 6 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 1 0 1 3 1 3 6
5 Patro Eisden 3 2 0 1 6 4 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 6
6 Francs Borains 3 2 0 1 6 6 2 1 0 1 3 5 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 6
7 Dender 4 1 2 1 6 6 2 0 1 1 4 5 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 5
8 Lierse Kempenzonen 3 1 1 1 6 6 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 4 5 0 4
9 RSC Anderlecht II 4 1 1 2 5 7 2 0 1 1 2 4 2 1 0 1 3 3 -2 4
10 RFC Seraing 3 1 1 1 4 6 2 1 0 1 3 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 4
11 Beerschot-Wilrijk 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 3
12 Liège 3 1 0 2 3 3 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3
13 Standard Liege II 2 1 0 1 2 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -2 3
14 Deinze 3 1 0 2 2 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 4 -2 3
15 Waasland-Beveren 3 0 1 2 2 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 3 -2 1
16 KV Oostende 3 0 0 3 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 3 -4 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Genk 34 23 6 5 78 37 17 14 1 2 44 15 17 9 5 3 34 22 41 75
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 34 23 6 5 70 41 17 13 2 2 33 16 17 10 4 3 37 25 29 75
3 Antwerp 34 22 6 6 59 26 17 13 2 2 36 11 17 9 4 4 23 15 33 72
4 Club Brugge 34 16 11 7 61 36 17 10 6 1 40 15 17 6 5 6 21 21 25 59
5 Gent 34 16 8 10 64 38 17 9 4 4 28 16 17 7 4 6 36 22 26 56
6 Standard Liege 34 16 7 11 58 45 17 10 3 4 34 17 17 6 4 7 24 28 13 55
7 Westerlo 34 14 9 11 61 53 17 8 4 5 40 26 17 6 5 6 21 27 8 51
8 Cercle Brugge 34 13 11 10 50 46 17 8 7 2 31 18 17 5 4 8 19 28 4 50
9 OH Leuven 34 13 9 12 56 48 17 7 5 5 29 24 17 6 4 7 27 24 8 48
10 Sporting Charleroi 34 14 6 14 45 52 17 7 2 8 23 27 17 7 4 6 22 25 -7 48
11 Anderlecht 34 13 7 14 49 46 17 6 4 7 27 23 17 7 3 7 22 23 3 46
12 Sint-Truiden 34 11 9 14 37 40 17 6 4 7 20 19 17 5 5 7 17 21 -3 42
13 Mechelen 34 11 7 16 49 63 17 7 6 4 29 27 17 4 1 12 20 36 -14 40
14 Kortrijk 34 8 7 19 37 61 17 4 5 8 16 29 17 4 2 11 21 32 -24 31
15 AS Eupen 34 7 7 20 40 75 17 4 4 9 22 33 17 3 3 11 18 42 -35 28
16 Zulte-Waregem 34 6 9 19 50 78 17 3 4 10 27 46 17 3 5 9 23 32 -28 27
17 KV Oostende 34 7 6 21 37 76 17 5 1 11 18 33 17 2 5 10 19 43 -39 27
18 RFC Seraing 34 5 5 24 28 68 17 1 4 12 8 29 17 4 1 12 20 39 -40 20

Read more about Challenger Pro League

The First Division B is the second highest league in Belgian football. It replaced the Belgian Second Division in 2016. It has eight teams playing a league in two stages, “opening” and “closing”. Each stage has each team playing 14 fixtures and the winner of each qualify for promotion play-offs.