Can Excelsior Virton knock Lierse Kempenzonen in Stade Yvan Georges clash?

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Competition: Belgium First Division B
Competition: Sun 12.December
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Yvan Georges (3765 seats)

Excelsior Virton - Lierse Kempenzonen: First Division B dungeon teams hungry for points and praise. Here are all the available data and tables before the game!

Insights:
  • Excelsior Virton have the fewest scored goals (12) in First Division B
  • Lierse Kempenzonen have the most conceded goals (28) in First Division B

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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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, 1 draw and 4 losses from their games here at Stade Yvan Georges. Game days at Stade Yvan Georges have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for Excelsior as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 313 minutes without scoring a league goal. Anne was the last player to find the net.

In their previous game, the manager Grégoire led his Excelsior to a defeat in the First Division B match away at Deinze. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stade Yvan Georges.

Before that game, the home loss against Waasland-Beveren with the scoreline 0-3.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Excelsior here at Stade Yvan Georges in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (5 from 7 games). Excelsior have conceded 12 from these games.

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Lierse Kempenzonen form and stats

There's been little loot from Lierse Kempenzonen's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 7 away games in the First Division B. Lierse Kempenzonen only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 2 draws.

Lierse Kempenzonen delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Lommel United (placed 7th) in their previous match; a First Division B game.

A 1-2 defeat away at Royal Excel Mouscron before that.

Kempenzonen are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 12 times in 7 away games so far. The Kempenzonen manager Van Imschoot has some worries about the defense as 15 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before in this season, with the result Excelsior - Lierse Kempenzonen 2-1 entered in the official records. Excelsior Virton-Lierse Kempenzonen H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: Excelsior Virton four wins, Lierse Kempenzonen two wins, zero draws. four of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Lierse KempenzonenK. Schuermans
K. Schuermans
5 goals
Lierse KempenzonenH. Abdallah
H. Abdallah
5 goals
Excelsior VirtonS. Anne
S. Anne
4 goals

Excelsior Virton missing players

Lierse Kempenzonen missing players

Excelsior Virton Lierse Kempenzonen
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
14 7 1 Played P 1 7 14
3 2 1 Won W 0 1 4
3 1 0 Drew D 0 2 5
8 4 0 Lost L 1 4 5
12 5 2 Scored S 1 12 27
25 12 1 Conceded C 3 15 28
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
93% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
43% 43% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 86% 86%
14% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 57% 64%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 29% 29%
43% 43% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 93%
7% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 7%
57% 57% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3.4 3.1 3 Corners for (avg) C F 4 5.6 5.8
5.9 4.9 3 Corners against (avg) C A 4 7 6
3.1 3.1 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 2.1
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.1 7.9 5 Shots (avg) S ( 11 12.1 12
3.1 2.9 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 5.3 5.5
27% 25% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 32% 35%
 
12.4 10.7 9 Shots against (avg) S A 10 11.9 10.8
5.1 4.7 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 5.1 5.3
Key stats in First Division B this season:
  • All of Excelsior Virton's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Lierse Kempenzonen's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • 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 matches over the total-line (4) in First Division B
  • Excelsior Virton have the fewest points from losing position (1) in First Division B
  • Excelsior Virton have the fewest scored goals (12) in First Division B
  • Excelsior Virton have the fewest scored goals (5) at home in First Division B
  • Excelsior Virton have the fewest scored goals in the first half (8) in First Division B
  • Excelsior Virton have the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) 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 (-13) in First Division B
  • Excelsior Virton haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Lierse Kempenzonen have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Lierse Kempenzonen have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Lierse Kempenzonen have scored more than double the goals of Excelsior Virton.
  • Lierse Kempenzonen have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in First Division B
  • Lierse Kempenzonen have the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in First Division B
  • Lierse Kempenzonen have the most conceded goals (28) in First Division B
  • Lierse Kempenzonen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 14 10 3 1 29 13 7 4 3 0 14 8 7 6 0 1 15 5 16 33
2 Deinze 14 4 8 2 24 19 7 3 3 1 13 8 7 1 5 1 11 11 5 20
3 Waasland-Beveren 14 6 2 6 24 22 7 2 0 5 9 16 7 4 2 1 15 6 2 20
4 RWDM 14 5 5 4 23 23 7 1 3 3 11 13 7 4 2 1 12 10 0 20
5 Royal Excel Mouscron 15 5 3 7 20 26 8 3 2 3 9 11 7 2 1 4 11 15 -6 18
6 Lierse Kempenzonen 14 4 5 5 27 28 7 3 3 1 15 13 7 1 2 4 12 15 -1 17
7 Lommel United 15 4 3 8 24 27 7 2 1 4 13 13 8 2 2 4 11 14 -3 15
8 Excelsior Virton 14 3 3 8 12 25 7 2 1 4 5 12 7 1 2 4 7 13 -13 12

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.