Soccer match preview: Home fans have high expectations when Deinze greet Excelsior Virton

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Competition: Belgium First Division B
Competition: Sat 29.January
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)

First Division B: What this game might lack in style it should compensate in effort and attitude. Bring on Deinze - Excelsior Virton!

Insights:
  • Deinze have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Excelsior Virton have the fewest scored goals (15) in First Division B

Deinze and Excelsior Virton 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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Deinze form and stats

The story so far in the First Division B for Deinze at their home stadium is 3 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat.

A good away victory last time out for Deinze, who won 2-0 against Diosgyor.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a First Division B home game that ended 2-2 versus Royal Excel Mouscron.

A decent goal production from Deinze in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 8 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 10 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Excelsior Virton form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Excelsior Virton so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-4 (win-draw-lose).

Excelsior Virton failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Waasland-Beveren (placed 2nd) that ended with defeat 0-4.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Westerlo.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Excelsior Virton's away games in the league this season with only 8 goals from 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Excelsior Virton's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 14 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting ended Deinze - Excelsior Virton 3-0, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Deinze victories, five draws and two Excelsior Virton wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

DeinzeL. Mertens
L. Mertens
9 goals
Excelsior VirtonS. Anne
S. Anne
7 goals
DeinzeD. De Belder
D. De Belder
6 goals

Deinze missing players

Excelsior Virton missing players

Deinze Excelsior Virton
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
16 8 2 Played P 2 8 17
4 3 0 Won W 0 1 3
9 4 2 Drew D 2 3 5
3 1 0 Lost L 0 4 9
27 15 4 Scored S 1 8 15
25 10 4 Conceded C 1 14 32
94% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 88% 94%
94% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 88% 94%
69% 75% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 38% 47%
50% 38% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 24%
12% 12% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 6%
75% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 47%
19% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 12% 6%
12% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 53%
 
5.7 6.6 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 3.2 3
4.3 3.1 3 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 8.1 6.8
2.8 2.1 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 3.1 3.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
12.2 12.9 14.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 7.8 7.2
5.5 6 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3.4 2.9
31% 31% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 30% 30%
 
9.2 8.5 12.5 Shots against (avg) S A 17 14.9 12.9
4.4 4.5 7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 6.4 5.6
Key stats in First Division B this season:
  • Deinze have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Deinze have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Excelsior Virton have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Excelsior Virton have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Excelsior Virton have the fewest clean sheets (1) in First Division B
  • Excelsior Virton have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in First Division B
  • Excelsior Virton have the fewest points (6) away in First Division B
  • Excelsior Virton have the fewest scored goals (15) in First Division B
  • Excelsior Virton have the fewest scored goals (8) away in First Division B
  • Excelsior Virton have the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in First Division B
  • Excelsior Virton have the most conceded goals (32) in First Division B
  • Excelsior Virton have the most conceded goals in the first half (15) in First Division B
  • Excelsior Virton have the most matches under the total-line (8) in First Division B
  • Excelsior Virton have the the worst goal difference (-17) in First Division B
  • Excelsior Virton have the the worst goal difference (-6) away in First Division B
  • Excelsior Virton is in the worst form (0-2-4)

  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 16 11 4 1 32 14 8 4 4 0 15 9 8 7 0 1 17 5 18 37
2 Waasland-Beveren 17 8 3 6 33 24 8 3 0 5 13 17 9 5 3 1 20 7 9 27
3 RWDM 17 7 5 5 26 25 9 2 3 4 13 15 8 5 2 1 13 10 1 26
4 Deinze 16 4 9 3 27 25 8 3 4 1 15 10 8 1 5 2 12 15 2 21
5 Royal Excel Mouscron 17 5 5 7 22 28 9 3 3 3 9 11 8 2 2 4 13 17 -6 20
6 Lierse Kempenzonen 17 4 7 6 29 31 8 3 3 2 15 14 9 1 4 4 14 17 -2 19
7 Lommel United 17 4 4 9 25 30 8 2 2 4 14 14 9 2 2 5 11 16 -5 16
8 Excelsior Virton 17 3 5 9 15 32 9 2 2 5 7 18 8 1 3 4 8 14 -17 14

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.