Rupel Boom host Ninove as clear favourites: Read our match preview

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Competition: Belgium First Amateur Division
Competition: Wed 17.August
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Gemeentelijk Parkstadion (9470 seats)

The brand new season is about to kick off and the supporters are tingling with excitement. It’s all to play for as Rupel Boom welcome Ninove for the opening game at Gemeentelijk Parkstadion. Keep reading!

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Rupel Boom form and stats

The season before, Rupel Boom's league results were 10 wins, 3 draws and 15 losses, ending with 12th spot in the First Amateur Division. From these 28 matches they scored 26 goals and let in 39. Performing at home in the former season Rupel Boom delivered 6-2-6 (win-draw-lost) with 10 goals and 15 conceded.

The first loss after going undefeated through four league fixtures.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Rupel Boom as they are travelling to their away game against Weerstand Koersel in the Belgian Cup. That match is four days after this one.

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Rupel Boom, who have participated in two training matches. Rupel have won 1 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 1 game.

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Ninove form and stats

A job perfectly done for Ninove last season as they secured promotion from Division 3: Group A. With a grand total of 17 wins, 6 draws and 6 defeats the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 7 were in away matches.

After this away game Ninove return home for a Belgian Cup game against Bocholt. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Just as the home team, Ninove have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 0 Ninove wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.

Head 2 Head

Rupel Boom missing players

Ninove missing players

Rupel Boom Ninove
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
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% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 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 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Rupel Boom Last season Ninove
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
28 14   Played P   15 30
10 6   Won W   7 18
3 2   Drew D   2 6
15 6   Lost L   6 6
26 10   Scored S   26 69
39 15   Conceded C   20 30
93% 86%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
64% 43%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   80% 87%
39% 36%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   60% 60%
25% 14%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 33%
7% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   20% 23%
39% 29%   BTTS BTTS   47% 57%
25% 36%   Clean Sheets C S   27% 30%
43% 50%   Failed to Score F T   27% 13%
 
4.3 4.4   Corners for (avg) C F   11 11
5.1 5.4   Corners against (avg) C A   4 4
2 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1 1
3 3   Red cards R C   0 0
 
10.2 10.5   Shots (avg) S (   21 21
4.1 3.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   8 8
25% 19%   Goal Efficiency G E   0% 0%
 
11.7 11.1   Shots against (avg) S A   11 11
4.8 4.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   7 7

  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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Francs Borains 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Heist 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Hoogstraten 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 KAA Gent II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Knokke 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 La Louvière 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Liège 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Mandel United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Ninove 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Olympic Charleroi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Oud-Heverlee Leuven II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Patro Eisden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Royal Antwerp II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Rupel Boom 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Sint-Eloois-Winkel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Sporting Charleroi II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Thes Sport 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Tienen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 URSL Visé 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Liège 28 14 8 6 57 23 14 9 4 1 35 8 14 5 4 5 22 15 34 50
2 Knokke 28 14 6 8 48 33 14 9 2 3 30 18 14 5 4 5 18 15 15 48
3 Dessel Sport 28 13 9 6 47 35 14 9 4 1 29 18 14 4 5 5 18 17 12 48
4 Dender 28 12 10 6 41 30 14 9 5 0 25 7 14 3 5 6 16 23 11 46
5 Olympic Charleroi 28 12 10 6 41 31 14 6 6 2 16 13 14 6 4 4 25 18 10 46
6 Patro Eisden 28 12 10 6 28 21 14 9 5 0 18 5 14 3 5 6 10 16 7 46
7 Sint-Eloois-Winkel 28 12 8 8 40 36 14 8 3 3 23 16 14 4 5 5 17 20 4 44
8 URSL Visé 28 11 6 11 45 34 14 7 4 3 27 13 14 4 2 8 18 21 11 39
9 Heist 28 10 9 9 41 34 14 7 4 3 24 15 14 3 5 6 17 19 7 39
10 Thes Sport 28 10 9 9 35 35 14 5 5 4 17 21 14 5 4 5 18 14 0 39
11 Tienen 28 9 8 11 28 34 14 7 4 3 21 17 14 2 4 8 7 17 -6 35
12 Rupel Boom 28 10 3 15 26 39 14 6 2 6 10 15 14 4 1 9 16 24 -13 33
13 Francs Borains 28 8 8 12 26 29 14 7 4 3 16 8 14 1 4 9 10 21 -3 32
14 Mandel United 28 4 7 17 26 50 14 2 3 9 13 25 14 2 4 8 13 25 -24 19
15 La Louviere Centre 28 2 3 23 13 78 14 1 2 11 6 33 14 1 1 12 7 45 -65 9
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 Sparta Petegem 29 20 7 2 70 26 15 10 4 1 33 12 14 10 3 1 37 14 44 67
2 Ninove 29 17 6 6 67 29 14 10 4 0 41 9 15 7 2 6 26 20 38 57
3 Lokeren-Temse 29 17 6 6 44 26 15 8 3 4 22 14 14 9 3 2 22 12 18 57
4 Olsa Brakel 29 16 7 6 61 36 15 8 4 3 33 21 14 8 3 3 28 15 25 55
5 Voorwaarts Zwevezele 29 16 7 6 61 36 14 7 3 4 27 14 15 9 4 2 34 22 25 55
6 Zelzate 29 15 3 11 48 37 14 7 1 6 24 19 15 8 2 5 24 18 11 48
7 Merelbeke 29 12 6 11 40 41 14 7 3 4 21 15 15 5 3 7 19 26 -1 42
8 Harelbeke 29 11 7 11 49 39 15 7 4 4 32 18 14 4 3 7 17 21 10 40
9 Gullegem 29 11 7 11 41 44 15 8 3 4 25 18 14 3 4 7 16 26 -3 40
10 Dikkelvenne 29 10 8 11 41 46 14 6 3 5 25 23 15 4 5 6 16 23 -5 38
11 Oudenaarde 29 11 4 14 35 46 14 6 3 5 17 18 15 5 1 9 18 28 -11 37
12 Gent-Zeehaven 29 11 3 15 38 44 15 6 2 7 21 25 14 5 1 8 17 19 -6 36
13 Westhoek 29 9 4 16 45 59 14 6 0 8 22 25 15 3 4 8 23 34 -14 31
14 RFC Wetteren 29 5 5 19 30 61 15 4 2 9 17 33 14 1 3 10 13 28 -31 20
15 Toekomst Menen 29 5 3 21 31 76 15 5 1 9 23 41 14 0 2 12 8 35 -45 18
16 Ronse 29 3 3 23 20 75 14 2 3 9 10 23 15 1 0 14 10 52 -55 12

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.