Full preview: Zulte-Waregem likely to triumph over Francs Borains at Elindus Arena

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Competition: Belgium Challenger Pro League
Competition: Sun 13.Aug
Match begins: 17:15 (UTC)
Venue: Elindus Arena (12500 seats)

Zulte-Waregem and Francs Borains match-goers have their most treasured supporter kits on for this first game week of a new Challenger Pro League season. Let's go!

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 Zulte-Waregem and Francs Borains.

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Zulte-Waregem form and stats

The previous season, Zulte-Waregem's league statistics were 6 wins, 9 draws and 19 losses, ending with 16th spot in the Challenger Pro League. In these 34 matches they scored {50 goals} and let in 78. Playing at home in the last season Zulte-Waregem generated 3-4-10 (win-draw-lost) with {27 goals} and 46 conceded.

Zulte-Waregem have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and four practice matches played. These training games have ended with 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Zulte-Waregem scored {9 goals} and let in {5 goals} during these four games.

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Francs Borains form and stats

Let's have a look at how Francs Borains performed last season in the Challenger Pro League: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 23 victories, 8 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 79 and conceded {46 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 9 - drew 5 and lost 5 with 36/26 goals scored/conceded.

Francs Borains played two friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 1 victory, 1 draw and 0 defeats. In these two matches Francs Borains scored 4 and conceded {3 goals}.

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Zulte-Waregem missing players

Francs Borains missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Zulte-Waregem Francs Borains
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 1 0 Played P 0 1 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 1 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 1 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 1 1
1 1 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
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% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5 5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 1 1
1 1 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5 5
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
3 3 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
2 2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 3 3
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 2 2
Zulte-Waregem Last season Francs Borains
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   19 38
6 3   Won W   9 23
9 4   Drew D   5 8
19 10   Lost L   5 7
50 27   Scored S   36 79
78 46   Conceded C   26 46
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 97%
94% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   79% 84%
62% 71%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   68% 71%
50% 53%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   42% 42%
32% 41%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   16% 21%
68% 71%   BTTS BTTS   58% 58%
6% 12%   Clean Sheets C S   32% 34%
26% 18%   Failed to Score F T   11% 11%
 
4.8 4.7   Corners for (avg) C F   2.5 2.2
4.6 4.5   Corners against (avg) C A   3.1 2.5
2.4 2.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.7 1.4
7 3   Red cards R C   1 2
 
10.9 11.4   Shots (avg) S (   8.7 6.9
3.9 3.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.5 3.5
38% 42%   Goal Efficiency G E   40% 58%
 
13.9 12.8   Shots against (avg) S A   9.7 7.5
5 4.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.4 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 RFC Seraing 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Beerschot-Wilrijk 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
3 Patro Eisden 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Club Brugge II 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Dender 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 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 Lommel United 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
8 Zulte-Waregem 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Francs Borains 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Lierse Kempenzonen 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
11 Waasland-Beveren 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
12 KV Oostende 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
13 Liege 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 Deinze 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
15 RSC Anderlecht II 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -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 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
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 Liege 38 25 11 2 99 29 19 17 2 0 66 15 19 8 9 2 33 14 70 86
2 Patro Eisden 38 26 8 4 84 23 19 13 6 0 40 7 19 13 2 4 44 16 61 86
3 Francs Borains 38 23 8 7 79 46 19 14 3 2 43 20 19 9 5 5 36 26 33 77
4 La Louviere 38 22 7 9 72 39 19 13 4 2 40 15 19 9 3 7 32 24 33 73
5 KAA Gent II 38 19 10 9 59 43 19 11 3 5 32 21 19 8 7 4 27 22 16 67
6 Heist 38 16 13 9 69 59 19 9 6 4 40 28 19 7 7 5 29 31 10 61
7 Olympic Charleroi 38 18 6 14 71 52 19 11 2 6 33 20 19 7 4 8 38 32 19 60
8 Knokke 38 18 6 14 65 58 19 11 3 5 40 28 19 7 3 9 25 30 7 60
9 URSL Vise 38 15 11 12 66 52 19 8 6 5 30 24 19 7 5 7 36 28 14 56
10 Thes Sport 38 13 14 11 58 52 19 8 9 2 38 23 19 5 5 9 20 29 6 53
11 Oud-Heverlee Leuven II 38 15 6 17 61 68 19 8 5 6 35 29 19 7 1 11 26 39 -7 50
12 Tienen 38 12 10 16 50 60 19 7 5 7 24 32 19 5 5 9 26 28 -10 46
13 Sporting Charleroi II 38 12 8 18 41 58 19 7 3 9 21 28 19 5 5 9 20 30 -17 44
14 Dessel Sport 38 11 10 17 45 65 19 5 4 10 19 32 19 6 6 7 26 33 -20 43
15 Sint-Eloois-Winkel 38 11 9 18 44 58 19 7 5 7 26 28 19 4 4 11 18 30 -14 42
16 Hoogstraten 38 11 8 19 46 60 19 5 4 10 21 31 19 6 4 9 25 29 -14 41
17 Royal Antwerp II 38 11 6 21 33 58 19 5 4 10 14 22 19 6 2 11 19 36 -25 39
18 Ninove 38 10 5 23 39 75 19 6 1 12 21 32 19 4 4 11 18 43 -36 35
19 Rupel Boom 38 6 6 26 29 83 19 3 5 11 17 40 19 3 1 15 12 43 -54 24
20 Mandel United 38 4 2 32 16 88 19 1 2 16 8 43 19 3 0 16 8 45 -72 14

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 RFC Seraing 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Beerschot-Wilrijk 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
3 Patro Eisden 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Club Brugge II 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Dender 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 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 Lommel United 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
8 Zulte-Waregem 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Francs Borains 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Lierse Kempenzonen 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
11 Waasland-Beveren 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
12 KV Oostende 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
13 Liege 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 Deinze 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
15 RSC Anderlecht II 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -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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