Dender vs Heist betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: Belgium First Amateur Division
Competition: Sat 05.February
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Van Roystadion (6429 seats)

Glory for the home side, the away team steals the points or a point each? It's all up in the air when the mid-table teams Dender and Heist duel at Van Roystadion.

Insights:
  • Dender have the most matches under the total-line (7) in First Amateur Division
  • Heist have scored at least twice as many goals away as Dender have scored home.

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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Dender form and stats

The story so far in the First Amateur Division for Dender at their home stadium (Van Roystadion) is 2 wins, 4 draws and 0 defeats.

Dender are returning here after visiting Sint-Eloois-Winkel and winning with a 3-1 scoreline. M'Barki (3) scored the goal(s).

A 1-1 draw away before that, with Francs Borains the opponent.

This is expected to be a close game, with Dender perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Dender as a small favourite), we find five games. Dender has won one of these, drawn two and lost two.

Dender have scored 4 league goals here from 6 matches, not a lot. Defensively Dender have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 6 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Heist form and stats

There's been little loot from Heist's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 7 away games in the First Amateur Division. Heist only have 1 win to counter their 2 defeats and 4 draws.

Heist's previous game was their home loss versus Rupel Boom (1-2).

Before that one, a nice away victory 3-1 at Knokke.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Heist in our archives, and the results are: one win for Heist, four draws and three defeats.

Heist find the net regularly in their away games. 9 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Heist have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Here's the final score when the contenders met previously this season; Heist - Dender 5-0. Data for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: five wins for Dender, one draw and four wins for Heist. Over 2,5 goals: nine times; under 2,5 goals: one game.

Top Goalscorers

HeistN. Orye
N. Orye
7 goals
DenderE. Casagolda Collazo
E. Casagolda Collazo
5 goals
HeistL. Bamona Lubelu
L. Bamona Lubelu
5 goals

Dender missing players

Heist missing players

Dender Heist
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 6 0 Played P 2 7 15
5 2 0 Won W 0 1 5
7 4 0 Drew D 2 4 6
3 0 0 Lost L 0 2 4
18 4 0 Scored S 0 9 25
17 1 0 Conceded C 0 10 17
80% 50% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 71% 87%
73% 33% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 71% 80%
40% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 43% 47%
33% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 43% 40%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 13%
53% 17% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 57% 47%
40% 83% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 29% 40%
27% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 43% 27%
 
5.1 5.7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 6.5 4.7 4.8
4.6 4.7 0 Corners against (avg) C A 3 3 3.1
1.7 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 3 2.8
4 2 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
9.7 11.8 0 Shots (avg) S ( 9 9.4 10.1
3.9 4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 4.1 4
28% 17% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 31% 37%
 
7.4 5.5 0 Shots against (avg) S A 7.5 8.3 7.9
3.3 1.8 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 3.9 3.6
Key stats in First Amateur Division this season:
  • Dender have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Dender have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Dender have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in First Amateur Division
  • Dender have the most matches under the total-line (7) in First Amateur Division
  • Heist have scored at least twice as many goals away as Dender have scored home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dessel Sport 15 10 3 2 33 16 8 6 2 0 20 10 7 4 1 2 13 6 17 33
2 Patro Eisden 14 8 4 2 15 8 8 5 3 0 9 2 6 3 1 2 6 6 7 28
3 Liege 14 7 6 1 22 9 7 4 2 1 12 4 7 3 4 0 10 5 13 27
4 Olympic Charleroi 15 6 7 2 27 17 8 2 4 2 10 11 7 4 3 0 17 6 10 25
5 Thes Sport 15 6 5 4 23 22 7 3 1 3 11 14 8 3 4 1 12 8 1 23
6 Heist 15 5 6 4 25 17 8 4 2 2 16 7 7 1 4 2 9 10 8 21
7 URSL Vise 15 6 3 6 23 17 8 3 2 3 13 9 7 3 1 3 10 8 6 21
8 Francs Borains 15 5 5 5 16 13 8 4 3 1 8 4 7 1 2 4 8 9 3 20
9 Dender 14 4 7 3 15 16 6 2 4 0 4 1 8 2 3 3 11 15 -1 19
10 Rupel Boom 15 6 1 8 15 21 7 3 1 3 5 7 8 3 0 5 10 14 -6 19
11 Sint-Eloois-Winkel 14 4 4 6 15 20 8 3 2 3 9 11 6 1 2 3 6 9 -5 16
12 Tienen 15 4 4 7 13 20 6 3 2 1 9 7 9 1 2 6 4 13 -7 16
13 Knokke 14 4 2 8 14 22 7 3 0 4 11 13 7 1 2 4 3 9 -8 14
14 La Louvière Centre 15 2 3 10 6 27 6 0 2 4 3 12 9 2 1 6 3 15 -21 9
15 Mandel United 15 2 2 11 13 30 8 0 1 7 6 17 7 2 1 4 7 13 -17 8

Read more about First Amateur Division

The Belgian First Amateur Division is the third highest football league in Belgium. It was created in 2016 following a revolution in the Belgian football league system. It has 16 teams playing a regular season of 30 game weeks. The top four then enter a promotion play-off while three or four teams are relegated.