Excelsior Virton vs Oudenaarde: Match guide and preview

Competition: Belgium First Amateur Division
Date: Sat 23.March
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Yvan Georges

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The home fans are optimistic that the difference between 4th and 11th place in the table will show on the pitch.

Excelsior Virton and Oudenaarde 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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Excelsior Virton form and stats

Excelsior Virton have played 12 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-5-3 (wins-draws-losses). The trend of drawing games is also valid regardless of arena as Excelsior Virton has three draws from their last three matches. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

Excelsior Virton drew their last game, 1-1 away at RFC Seraing (placed 9th). The points were shared before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Dessel Sport.

Excelsior Virton has scored 14 goals at home this season, in 12 matches. From these home matches, Excelsior Virton have conceded only 9 goals.

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Oudenaarde form and stats

The hunting on away grounds hasn’t been very fruitful for Oudenaarde so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 4-0-8 (win-draw-lose).

Oudenaarde failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Rupel Boom (placed 10th) that ended with defeat 1-2. Prior to that result Oudenaarde won their away game at Dender. The scoreline was 1-0.

Oudenaarde are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 14 away goals from 12 games. The Oudenaarde manager S. Leleu has some worries about the defense as 28 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Oudenaarde - Excelsior Virton 3-2. Head-to-head totals (for the last six meetings): Excelsior Virton won 3 games, 1 match ended with a draw and Oudenaarde has 2 wins.

Top Goalscorers

D. Vervaecke
10 goals
F. Koré
6 goals
L. Prudhomme
4 goals

Excelsior Virton missing players

Oudenaarde missing players

Excelsior Virton Oudenaarde
Total Home Statistic Away Total
25 12 Played 13 24
80% 75% Over 0.5 85% 92%
60% 58% Over 1.5 85% 88%
40% 42% Over 2.5 85% 71%
20% 17% Over 3.5 46% 42%
4% 0% Over 4.5 15% 17%
40% 33% Both teams to score 77% 58%
48% 50% Clean Sheet 15% 12%
32% 42% Failed To Score 23% 38%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Thes Sport 25 17 4 4 56 24 12 9 2 1 24 7 13 8 2 3 32 17 32 55
2 Deinze 25 14 7 4 45 27 13 7 5 1 23 9 12 7 2 3 22 18 18 49
3 Lierse Kempenzonen 24 12 7 5 37 28 13 6 5 2 18 15 11 6 2 3 19 13 9 43
4 Excelsior Virton 25 11 9 5 33 18 12 4 5 3 14 9 13 7 4 2 19 9 15 42
5 RWDM 25 11 6 8 38 36 13 8 1 4 27 20 12 3 5 4 11 16 2 39
6 Dender 25 9 9 7 35 30 13 6 3 4 21 16 12 3 6 3 14 14 5 36
7 Rupel Boom 24 9 6 9 35 33 11 3 4 4 12 11 13 6 2 5 23 22 2 33
8 Liège 25 8 8 9 34 30 12 7 3 2 23 13 13 1 5 7 11 17 4 32
9 RFC Seraing 25 7 11 7 38 35 13 4 6 3 24 20 12 3 5 4 14 15 3 32
10 Sporting Châtelet 25 8 8 9 28 31 12 6 3 3 16 10 13 2 5 6 12 21 -3 32
11 Oudenaarde 25 9 3 13 32 51 13 5 3 5 18 23 12 4 0 8 14 28 -19 30
12 Heist 25 7 7 11 25 41 12 5 1 6 15 19 13 2 6 5 10 22 -16 28
13 Dessel Sport 25 6 8 11 23 34 13 5 4 4 17 19 12 1 4 7 6 15 -11 26
14 Eendracht Aalst 25 6 8 11 32 43 12 3 6 3 15 14 13 3 2 8 17 29 -11 26
15 Geel 25 6 3 16 29 53 12 5 2 5 20 17 13 1 1 11 9 36 -24 21
16 Knokke 25 5 4 16 30 36 13 4 1 8 20 21 12 1 3 8 10 15 -6 19

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