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Competition: Belgium First Division B
Competition: Fri 12.August
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Yvan Georges (3765 seats)

It's finally time for the First Division B opening game for these teams, whom look forward to playing for points again. Will Excelsior Virton or RWDM get that important first win?

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Excelsior Virton form and stats

Last season, Excelsior Virton's league results were 5 wins, 6 draws and 17 losses, resulting in 8th spot in the First Division B. During these 28 matches they scored 24 goals and let in 52. Performing as the host team in the former season Excelsior Virton generated 4-2-8 (win-draw-lost) with 12 goals and 24 conceded.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Excelsior Virton, as the Belgian Cup home game vs Arquet is only three days away.

Excelsior Virton have prepared for this season with six friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these six matches are 2 victories, 1 draws and 3 losses. In these games, Excelsior Virton have scored 11 goals and conceded 9 times.

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RWDM form and stats

Let's have a look at how RWDM performed last season in the First Division B: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 14 victories, 7 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 41 and conceded 33 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 4 and lost 3 with 17/16 goals scored/conceded.

Hooray; their first win in the league after eight rounds not winning.

It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. RWDM have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 3 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats from six fixtures.

Head 2 Head

RWDM have avoided a loss in the last 5 games (3-2-0) against Excelsior.

Excelsior Virton missing players

RWDM missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Excelsior Virton RWDM
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Excelsior Virton Last season RWDM
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
28 14   Played P   14 28
5 4   Won W   7 14
6 2   Drew D   4 7
17 8   Lost L   3 7
24 12   Scored S   17 41
52 24   Conceded C   16 33
96% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   86% 89%
89% 86%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   57% 71%
50% 43%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   43% 54%
21% 21%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   29% 32%
7% 7%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   21% 14%
46% 36%   BTTS BTTS   43% 50%
11% 14%   Clean Sheets C S   43% 39%
46% 50%   Failed to Score F T   29% 21%
 
3 2.9   Corners for (avg) C F   5.1 5.2
6.5 5.1   Corners against (avg) C A   4.8 4.4
2.8 2.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 2.2
3 3   Red cards R C   1 2
 
7.5 8.1   Shots (avg) S (   9.5 10.7
3.1 3.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.6 4.3
28% 27%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 34%
 
12.3 11.6   Shots against (avg) S A   10.6 9.8
5.6 5.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.6 4.1

  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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Club Brugge II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Deinze 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Dender 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Excelsior Virton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 KRC Genk II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Lierse Kempenzonen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Lommel United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 RSC Anderlecht II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 RWDM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Standard Liege II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Waasland-Beveren 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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

Table
  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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Club Brugge II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Deinze 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Dender 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Excelsior Virton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 KRC Genk II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Lierse Kempenzonen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Lommel United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 RSC Anderlecht II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 RWDM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Standard Liege II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Waasland-Beveren 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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.