With their 7 point advantage in the league table, Excelsior Virton fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Lokeren.
Excelsior Virton form and stats
Excelsior Virton must be fairly happy with 5 points from their first three First Division B games here at Stade Yvan Georges.
A good away victory last time out for Excelsior Virton, who won 2-0 against OH Leuven (placed 7th). Before that, Excelsior Virton had a home game versus Lommel United which ended with a victory 3-1.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Excelsior Virton's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played one game, won 1 match, drawn 0 and lost 0.
The Excelsior Virton fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 5 goals in 3 league matches. 3 goals have been conceded.
Lokeren form and stats
Still no away game victory in the First Division B for Lokeren with 2 draws and 1 loss from their first 3 attempts.
Lokeren failed to get anything from their last game, a First Division B home match vs Westerlo (placed 6th) that ended with defeat 0-4. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Union Saint-Gilloise.
Lokeren lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Lokeren when being an outsider away as they are today, we find seven matches with the visitors losing 3 times, drawing 3 and winning 1 game.
Lokeren are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 3 away goals from 3 games (in the league). 4 goals have been conceded by Lokeren in these games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Lokeren - Excelsior Virton 1-3 entered in the official records. Last two meetings between the teams: Excelsior Virton won 2, Lokeren won 0 and 0 draws. 2 games with over 2,5 goals, 0 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  Stélvio 8 goals |  C. Couturier 6 goals |   G. Beridze 5 goals |
Excelsior Virton missing players
Lokeren missing players
| Excelsior Virton | Lokeren | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 34 | 17 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 16 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 19 | 35 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 70% | 60% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 90% | 85% |
| 45% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 50% | 45% |
| 25% | 30% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 30% | 30% |
| 10% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 5% |
| 40% | 40% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 70% | 60% |
| 40% | 40% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 20% | 20% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 30% | 35% |
| 5.1 | 6.7 | 7.7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 6.7 | 4.2 | 5.1 |
| 3.8 | 3.1 | 2.7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 8.2 | 7.1 |
| 2.3 | 2.4 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 3.1 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 202 | 130 | 39 | Total Shots | T S | 30 | 71 | 162 |
| 97 | 59 | 15 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 27 | 58 |
| 35% | 29% | 13% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 33% | 29% |
- Excelsior Virton has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7)
- Excelsior Virton has the most scored goals in the second half (20)
- Excelsior Virton have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Excelsior Virton have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Excelsior Virton have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Excelsior Virton haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Lokeren has the fewest points (2) away
- Lokeren has the fewest scored goals (4)
- Lokeren has the the worst goal difference (-8)
- Lokeren have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Lokeren have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Lokeren have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Lokeren have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Lokeren haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Lokeren 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 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 2 | Lommel United | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 10 |
| 3 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | SV Roeselare | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 5 | Excelsior Virton | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 6 | Westerlo | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | OH Leuven | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -4 | 7 |
| 8 | Lokeren | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -8 | 2 |