Battling Excelsior Virton pray to pull off a surprise win when they greet top team Westerlo in the next league match. It’s 8th vs 1st and the home regulars will have low expectations.
Insights:
- Excelsior Virton have the fewest scored goals (18) in First Division B
- Westerlo have the most scored goals (41) in First Division B
Excelsior Virton and Westerlo 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.
Excelsior Virton form and stats
Excelsior Virton's struggle is real here at Stade Yvan Georges with only 8 points collected from 11 First Division B games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-2-7. All in all it has been a very rough period for Excelsior Virton who hasn’t won a league-game in their last twelve attempts. Their previous win was against Lommel United, 126 days ago.
No payout for Excelsior in their previous match, an away game at Waasland-Beveren that ended in defeat 1-3.
Before that game, the home loss against Deinze with the scoreline 0-2.Excelsior Virton have scored 7 league goals here from 11 matches, not a lot. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Excelsior defense is not exactly impregnable. 21 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Westerlo form and stats
Westerlo have an excellent away record in the First Division B so far with 8-0-2 from 10 games.
It's the second away game in a row for Westerlo, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Deinze (placed 4th) last time out.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Waasland-Beveren.They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far).
Head 2 Head
These opponents have fought previously this season: Westerlo - Excelsior Virton 1-1. Excelsior-Westerlo H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: Excelsior Virton two wins, Westerlo five wins, two draws. two of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  E. Daci 9 goals |   S. Anne 7 goals |  J. Bernát 7 goals |
Excelsior Virton missing players
Westerlo missing players
| Excelsior Virton | Westerlo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 22 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 18 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 6 | 20 | 41 |
| 45 | 21 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 21 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 91% | 91% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 90% | 86% |
| 52% | 45% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | 55% |
| 22% | 18% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 10% | 18% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 10% | 14% |
| 48% | 36% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | 55% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | 41% |
| 52% | 64% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 3.1 | 3.1 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 5.2 | 7 |
| 6.9 | 5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 5.7 | 4.1 |
| 3 | 2.7 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6.9 | 7.3 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 10 | 11.7 |
| 2.7 | 2.4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 8 | 5.2 | 6.1 |
| 29% | 27% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 38% | 31% |
| 12.1 | 10.8 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 9.1 | 8 |
| 5.3 | 4.7 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.1 | 3.2 |
- 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 (18) 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 (11) 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 (45) in First Division B
- Excelsior Virton have the most conceded goals in the first half (20) in First Division B
- Excelsior Virton have the most conceded goals in the second half (25) in First Division B
- Excelsior Virton have the most dropped points from leading position (18) 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 (-27) 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)
- Westerlo have created more than twice as many corners as Excelsior Virton.
- Westerlo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Westerlo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Westerlo have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Westerlo have scored more than double the goals of Excelsior Virton.
- Westerlo have the fewest conceded goals (21) in First Division B
- Westerlo have the fewest conceded goals (8) away in First Division B
- Westerlo have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8) in First Division B
- Westerlo have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (13) in First Division B
- Westerlo have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in First Division B
- Westerlo have the most points (24) away in First Division B
- Westerlo have the most scored goals (41) in First Division B
- Westerlo have the most scored goals in the second half (29) in First Division B
- Westerlo have the the best goal difference (+12) away in First Division B
- Westerlo have the the best goal difference (+20) in First Division B
- Westerlo have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Westerlo haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 41 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 20 | 49 |
| 2 | RWDM | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 41 |
| 3 | Waasland-Beveren | 23 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 40 | 32 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 36 |
| 4 | Deinze | 23 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 37 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 32 |
| 5 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 27 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 20 | -6 | 27 |
| 6 | Lierse Kempenzonen | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 33 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 20 | -4 | 26 |
| 7 | Lommel United | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 31 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 20 | -4 | 24 |
| 8 | Excelsior Virton | 23 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 45 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 24 | -27 | 14 |
