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.
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.
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 | Statistics | Stat | vs | 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 |