Challenger Pro League: Waasland-Beveren expected to top RFC Seraing

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Competition: Belgium Challenger Pro League
Competition: Sat 19.Aug
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Freethiel-Stadion (5000 seats)

It's the second opportunity for points this season as Waasland-Beveren and RFC Seraing bump heads at Freethiel-Stadion.

Waasland-Beveren and RFC Seraing should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Waasland-Beveren form and stats

The previous season, Waasland-Beveren's league statistics were 12 wins, 7 draws and 3 losses, resulting in 2nd place in the Challenger Pro League. During these 22 matches they scored {52 goals} and conceded 25. Performing at their own stadium in the previous season Waasland-Beveren delivered 8-2-1 (win-draw-lost) with {29 goals} and 11 conceded.

In their previous game, the manager Decker led his Waasland-Beveren to a defeat away at KRC Genk II. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Freethiel-Stadion.

Before that game, the 4-1 home victory against Club Brugge II.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Waasland-Beveren's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 4 games, won 2 matches, drawn 1 and lost 1.

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RFC Seraing form and stats

Let's have a look at how RFC Seraing performed last season in the Pro League: They landed a 18th position in the league table after playing out 5 victories, 5 draws and 24 defeats. In total they scored 28 and conceded {68 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 1 and lost 12 with 20/39 goals scored/conceded.

The supporters enjoyed Seraing's previous fixture versus Standard Liege II (placed 16th), a 3-0 win played at home.

A draw for RFC Seraing before that, at their own venue hosting Westerlo (1-1).

Looking at the earlier recent performances of RFC Seraing when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 5 matches with the visitors losing 3 times, drawing 0 and winning 2 games.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

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

Waasland-Beveren missing players

RFC Seraing missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Waasland-Beveren RFC Seraing
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 3
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
9 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 1
7 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 7
2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
15 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 13
5 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 5
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 60%
 
10 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 15
5 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 2
Waasland-Beveren Last season RFC Seraing
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
32 16   Played P   17 34
20 13   Won W   4 5
8 2   Drew D   1 5
4 1   Lost L   12 24
76 44   Scored S   20 28
34 14   Conceded C   39 68
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
88% 94%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   100% 85%
72% 75%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   82% 56%
50% 44%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   47% 29%
28% 38%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   18% 12%
59% 62%   BTTS BTTS   65% 53%
34% 38%   Clean Sheets C S   6% 3%
9% 0%   Failed to Score F T   29% 44%
 
4.4 3.7   Corners for (avg) C F   2.9 3.4
5 4.9   Corners against (avg) C A   8.1 7.2
2.2 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 2.5
2 1   Red cards R C   2 8
 
11.4 11.8   Shots (avg) S (   6.6 7.9
5.3 5.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.1 2.1
44% 52%   Goal Efficiency G E   56% 39%
 
9.1 8.5   Shots against (avg) S A   16.2 15.1
3.9 3.3   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 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
2 RFC Seraing 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Francs Borains 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
4 Patro Eisden 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
5 Beerschot-Wilrijk 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
6 KRC Genk II 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 RSC Anderlecht II 2 1 0 1 4 5 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 -1 3
10 Lierse Kempenzonen 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
11 Liege 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
12 Waasland-Beveren 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
13 KV Oostende 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 Zulte-Waregem 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
15 Deinze 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
16 Standard Liege II 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 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 RWDM 32 21 6 5 65 29 16 12 3 1 37 13 16 9 3 4 28 16 36 69
2 Waasland-Beveren 32 20 8 4 76 34 16 13 2 1 44 14 16 7 6 3 32 20 42 68
3 Club Brugge II 32 14 7 11 51 48 16 9 4 3 28 17 16 5 3 8 23 31 3 49
4 Beerschot-Wilrijk 32 15 4 13 43 41 16 7 3 6 21 15 16 8 1 7 22 26 2 49
5 Lierse Kempenzonen 32 14 4 14 53 59 16 8 1 7 30 27 16 6 3 7 23 32 -6 46
6 RSC Anderlecht II 32 9 10 13 46 56 16 3 6 7 21 29 16 6 4 6 25 27 -10 37
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

Table
  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 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
2 RFC Seraing 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Francs Borains 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
4 Patro Eisden 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
5 Beerschot-Wilrijk 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
6 KRC Genk II 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 RSC Anderlecht II 2 1 0 1 4 5 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 -1 3
10 Lierse Kempenzonen 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
11 Liege 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
12 Waasland-Beveren 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
13 KV Oostende 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 Zulte-Waregem 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
15 Deinze 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
16 Standard Liege II 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0

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