Early odds line movement indicate Deinze edge when welcoming Excelsior Virton

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Competition: Belgium First Division B
Competition: Sat 27.August
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Burgermeester Van De Wiele Stadion (8000 seats)

Excelsior Virton have travelled here for an engaging duel versus the hosting Deinze. Read up on the match with this full First Division B preview!

Insights:
  • Deinze have the most points (4) at home in First Division B
  • Excelsior Virton have the most points from losing position (2) in First Division B

It's no vacation for neither Deinze nor Excelsior Virton as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Deinze form and stats

Only two First Division B home games for Deinze so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.

The home regulars saw a 1-1 draw versus Excelsior Virton last time out and are looking for a victory here.

Before that, Deinze had a home game versus KRC Genk II which ended with a victory 3-2.

Deinze are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 6 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 5, drew 1 and lost 0.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Deinze at home in the league. 4 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.

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Excelsior Virton form and stats

Things could have gone better for Excelsior Virton in their First Division B away matches, but 2 points from 2 games is all right.

Excelsior Virton has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Deinze for a 1-1 draw.

Ahead of that, the Belgian Cup victory away at Union Namur. We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Excelsior Virton played away with similar odds. This revealed 7 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 2 were draws and the home team won as expected 5 times.

3 goals so far away for Excelsior Virton, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 2 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Deinze have avoided defeat in the last 5 matches (3-2-0) versus Excelsior Virton.

This was the final score when the teams faced each other earlier this season; Deinze - Excelsior Virton 1-1.

Top Goalscorers

DeinzeT. Quintero
T. Quintero
2 goals
Excelsior VirtonS. Anne
S. Anne
2 goals
DeinzeB. Dansoko
B. Dansoko
1 goals

Deinze missing players

Excelsior Virton missing players

Deinze Excelsior Virton
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
3 2 1 Played P 0 2 3
1 1 1 Won W 0 0 0
2 1 0 Drew D 0 2 3
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
4 4 3 Scored S 0 3 4
3 3 2 Conceded C 0 3 4
67% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
67% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
33% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 33%
33% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 33%
33% 50% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
33% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5.3 4.5 4 Corners for (avg) C F 0 2.5 4.3
6 7 11 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4 3.3
3 3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 4 3.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.7 9 5 Shots (avg) S ( 0 6 6.7
3 4 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3 3
44% 50% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 50% 44%
 
9.3 9.5 12 Shots against (avg) S A 0 12.5 11.7
4 4.5 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5 4.3
Key stats in First Division B this season:
  • Deinze have the most points (4) at home in First Division B
  • Excelsior Virton have the most points from losing position (2) in First Division B
Deinze Last season Excelsior Virton
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
28 14   Played P   14 28
9 5   Won W   1 5
12 6   Drew D   4 6
7 3   Lost L   9 17
47 26   Scored S   12 24
39 19   Conceded C   28 52
96% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 96%
93% 93%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   93% 89%
68% 79%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   57% 50%
32% 29%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 21%
11% 14%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   7% 7%
71% 79%   BTTS BTTS   57% 46%
21% 21%   Clean Sheets C S   7% 11%
11% 7%   Failed to Score F T   43% 46%
 
5.1 5.5   Corners for (avg) C F   3.2 3
4.5 3.8   Corners against (avg) C A   7.9 6.5
2.5 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.1 2.8
3 2   Red cards R C   0 3
 
11.9 12.1   Shots (avg) S (   6.8 7.5
5.3 5.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.1 3.1
32% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   28% 28%
 
9.9 9.2   Shots against (avg) S A   12.9 12.3
4.2 4.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.7 5.6

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Lommel United 3 2 0 1 7 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 7 1 4 6
2 RSC Anderlecht II 3 1 2 0 4 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 5
3 Standard Liege II 3 1 2 0 5 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 5
4 Deinze 3 1 2 0 4 3 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 5
5 Beerschot-Wilrijk 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 4
6 RWDM 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
7 Excelsior Virton 3 0 3 0 4 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 3
8 KRC Genk II 3 1 0 2 6 7 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 3
9 Lierse Kempenzonen 2 1 0 1 4 5 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 4 -1 3
10 Waasland-Beveren 3 0 2 1 4 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1 2
11 Club Brugge II 2 0 1 1 3 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 1
12 Dender 3 0 0 3 1 6 2 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 -5 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 Westerlo 28 17 5 6 52 29 14 8 5 1 25 15 14 9 0 5 27 14 23 56
2 RWDM 28 14 7 7 41 33 14 7 3 4 24 17 14 7 4 3 17 16 8 49
3 Waasland-Beveren 28 12 5 11 47 40 14 7 1 6 22 21 14 5 4 5 25 19 7 41
4 Deinze 28 9 12 7 47 39 14 5 6 3 26 19 14 4 6 4 21 20 8 39
5 Lierse Kempenzonen 28 9 9 10 39 42 14 5 5 4 20 19 14 4 4 6 19 23 -3 36
6 Lommel United 28 9 8 11 39 40 14 5 4 5 21 17 14 4 4 6 18 23 -1 35
7 Royal Excel Mouscron 28 8 6 14 31 45 14 5 3 6 17 21 14 3 3 8 14 24 -14 30
8 Excelsior Virton 28 5 6 17 24 52 14 4 2 8 12 24 14 1 4 9 12 28 -28 21

Read more about First Division B

The First Division B is the second highest league in Belgian football. It replaced the Belgian Second Division in 2016. It has eight teams playing a league in two stages, “opening” and “closing”. Each stage has each team playing 14 fixtures and the winner of each qualify for promotion play-offs.