8th- against 4th place might not sound all that sexy. Fear not: We have the intelligence that makes Excelsior Virton - Deinze (even) more entertaining!
- Excelsior Virton have the fewest scored goals (17) in First Division B
- Deinze have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in First Division B
It's no vacation for neither Excelsior nor Deinze 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.
Excelsior Virton form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the First Division B this season. Excelsior Virton have only managed 2 wins, 2 draws and 7 losses from their games here at Stade Yvan Georges. All in all it has been a very rough period for Excelsior Virton who hasn’t won a league-game in their last eleven attempts. Their previous win was against Lommel United, 113 days ago.
The Excelsior crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Deinze here at Stade Yvan Georges.
Prior to that, an away loss at Royal Excel Mouscron.Excelsior Virton aren't scoring a lot here at Stade Yvan Georges in the league, with only 7 goals from 11 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Excelsior Virton have conceded 21 from these games.
Deinze form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their First Division B travels is 3 wins, 6 draws and 3 defeats.
It's the second away game in a row for Deinze, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Excelsior Virton (placed 8th) last time out.
A draw for Deinze before that, at their own venue hosting Lommel United (1-1).Deinze are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 18 times in 12 away games so far. Deinze have conceded 17 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
This was the final score when the contenders met earlier this campaign; Excelsior - Deinze 0-2. Head to head data (for the preceeding ten meetings): Excelsior Virton won two games, four matches ended with a draw and Deinze have four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  L. Mertens 10 goals |  D. De Belder 8 goals |  S. Anne 7 goals |
Excelsior Virton missing players
Deinze missing players
| Excelsior Virton | Deinze | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 12 | 22 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 17 | 7 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 18 | 36 |
| 42 | 21 | 10 | Conceded | C | 4 | 17 | 29 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 91% | 91% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 91% |
| 50% | 45% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 59% |
| 18% | 18% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 42% | 36% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 9% |
| 45% | 36% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 58% | 68% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 23% |
| 55% | 64% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 17% | 14% |
| 3 | 3.1 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.7 | 5.3 |
| 6.7 | 5 | 6.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.8 | 4.1 |
| 3 | 2.7 | 3.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.1 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 7.3 | 4.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.5 | 11.5 | 11.6 |
| 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7.5 | 5.2 | 5.3 |
| 29% | 27% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 13% | 29% | 31% |
| 11.8 | 10.8 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 9.6 | 8.8 |
| 5.2 | 4.7 | 6.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.5 | 4 |
- Deinze have scored more than double the goals of Excelsior Virton.
- Deinze have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in First Division B
- Deinze haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- 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 failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Excelsior Virton have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in First Division B
- Excelsior Virton have the fewest clean sheets (1) in First Division B
- Excelsior Virton have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in First Division B
- Excelsior Virton have the fewest points (8) at home in First Division B
- Excelsior Virton have the fewest points from losing position (2) in First Division B
- Excelsior Virton have the fewest scored goals (17) in First Division B
- Excelsior Virton have the fewest scored goals (7) at home in First Division B
- Excelsior Virton have the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) in First Division B
- Excelsior Virton have the fewest scored goals in the second half (7) in First Division B
- Excelsior Virton have the most conceded goals (21) at home in First Division B
- Excelsior Virton have the most conceded goals (42) in First Division B
- Excelsior Virton have the most conceded goals in the first half (20) in First Division B
- Excelsior Virton have the the worst goal difference (-14) at home in First Division B
- Excelsior Virton have the the worst goal difference (-25) in First Division B
- Excelsior Virton haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Excelsior Virton is in the worst form (0-0-6)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Westerlo | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 39 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 19 | 46 |
| 2 | RWDM | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 35 |
| 3 | Waasland-Beveren | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 37 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 33 |
| 4 | Deinze | 22 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 36 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 32 |
| 5 | Lierse Kempenzonen | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 32 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 0 | 26 |
| 6 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 20 | -5 | 26 |
| 7 | Lommel United | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 29 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 20 | -6 | 20 |
| 8 | Excelsior Virton | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 42 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 21 | -25 | 14 |
