Balanced ball game between RFC Seraing and Zulte-Waregem expected

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Competition: Belgium Challenger Pro League
Competition: Fri 25.Aug
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du Pairay (8207 seats)

Let's look at this absorbing fixture in the Challenger Pro League. RFC Seraing is in the 3rd place after playing two fixtures. They host Zulte-Waregem who are placed 11th after two matches.

This has all the signs of an engaging game with lots of action and energy as both participants are well renewed since they last ran out on the pitch. Game on!

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RFC Seraing form and stats

RFC Seraing have only played one Challenger Pro League game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 1 win, 4 draws and 12 defeats from 17 matches.

The RFC Seraing coach Proment and his side return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Waasland-Beveren (placed 14th).

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Standard Liege II in a game that was won 3-0.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Seraing have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 4 matches with the results: Won 1, drawn 2 and lost 1.

At Stade du Pairay, RFC Seraing has the goal stats of 3-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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Zulte-Waregem form and stats

Only one away game in the Challenger Pro League so far for Zulte-Waregem and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 3 victories, 5 draws and 9 losses from 17 travels.

Two away matches in a row for Zulte-Waregem, whose coach D'Hollander could celebrate last time after the win against Beerschot-Wilrijk.

Preceding that, the 1-3 home loss versus Francs Borains.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 4 similar matches played by Zulte-Waregem in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Zulte-Waregem, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

Zulte-Waregem have the goal stats of 2-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Seraing one win, one draw and Zulte-Waregem two victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less. The matches between these teams sometimes lean towards being aggressive, having seen 3 sending-offs from the last four encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Zulte-WaregemJ. Vossen
J. Vossen
2 goals
RFC SeraingV. Guillaume
V. Guillaume
1 goals
RFC SeraingM. Cachbach
M. Cachbach
1 goals

RFC Seraing missing players

Zulte-Waregem missing players

RFC Seraing Zulte-Waregem
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
2 1 1 Played P 1 1 2
1 1 1 Won W 1 1 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
4 3 3 Scored S 2 2 3
1 0 0 Conceded C 1 1 4
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 100%
50% 100% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
2 1 1 Corners for (avg) C F 6 6 14.5
5 7 7 Corners against (avg) C A 9 9 6.5
2 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3 2.5
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11 13 13 Shots (avg) S ( 20 20 25.5
3 5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 8 8 9
67% 60% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 25% 17%
 
12.5 15 15 Shots against (avg) S A 28 28 21.5
3.5 2 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 13 13 9
RFC Seraing Last season Zulte-Waregem
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
5 1   Won W   3 6
5 4   Drew D   5 9
24 12   Lost L   9 19
28 8   Scored S   23 50
68 29   Conceded C   32 78
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
85% 71%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   88% 94%
56% 29%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 62%
29% 12%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   47% 50%
12% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   24% 32%
53% 41%   BTTS BTTS   65% 68%
3% 0%   Clean Sheets C S   0% 6%
44% 59%   Failed to Score F T   35% 26%
 
3.4 3.9   Corners for (avg) C F   4.9 4.8
7.2 6.2   Corners against (avg) C A   4.6 4.6
2.5 2.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2.4
8 6   Red cards R C   4 7
 
7.9 9.2   Shots (avg) S (   10.3 10.9
2.1 2.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.1 3.9
39% 23%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 38%
 
15.1 14   Shots against (avg) S A   15 13.9
5.2 3.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.3 5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 KRC Genk II 2 2 0 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 5 2 4 6
2 Lommel United 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
3 RFC Seraing 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 4
4 Beerschot-Wilrijk 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 3
5 Patro Eisden 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 3
6 Lierse Kempenzonen 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 3
7 Club Brugge II 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
8 Dender 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
9 Francs Borains 2 1 0 1 5 6 1 0 0 1 2 5 1 1 0 0 3 1 -1 3
10 RSC Anderlecht II 2 1 0 1 4 5 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 -1 3
11 Zulte-Waregem 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 -1 3
12 Deinze 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -1 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 Waasland-Beveren 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
15 Liege 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 0
16 KV Oostende 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 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.