Westerlo travel to Excelsior Virton with space in suitcase for three points

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Competition: Belgium First Division B
Competition: Sun 15.August
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Yvan Georges (3765 seats)

Excelsior Virton and Westerlo match-goers have their most valued supporter gear on for this first game week of a new First Division B campaign. Game on!

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Excelsior Virton form and stats

Disaster struck Excelsior Virton last season as they could not defend their status as a Division 3: ACFF team. With 4 defeats from four games, and only 0 wins, relegation could not be avoided. Excelsior are hopeful of bouncing straight back up, but need to improve upon their home record from last season of W0 D0 L2.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Excelsior Virton as they are travelling to their away game against Londerzeel in the Belgian Cup. That match is three days after this one.

Excelsior Virton have prepared for this season with one friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these one matches are 0 victories, 0 draws and 1 losses. In these games, Excelsior have scored 1 goal and conceded 2 times.

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Westerlo form and stats

Let's have a look at how Westerlo performed last season in the First Division B: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 13 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 41 and conceded 30 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 7 and lost 4 with 13/14 goals scored/conceded.

It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Westerlo have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats from five fixtures.

Head 2 Head

Stats for the former six meetings involving these two parties are: two wins for Excelsior, one draw and three wins for Westerlo. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Excelsior Virton missing players

Westerlo missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Excelsior Virton Westerlo
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top 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%
Excelsior Virton Last season Westerlo
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
2 1   Played P   14 28
0 0   Won W   3 10
0 0   Drew D   7 13
2 1   Lost L   4 5
0 0   Scored S   13 41
10 5   Conceded C   14 30
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   86% 89%
100% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   64% 79%
100% 100%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   29% 46%
100% 100%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   14% 25%
100% 100%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 7%
0% 0%   BTTS BTTS   57% 61%
0% 0%   Clean Sheets C S   36% 36%
100% 100%   Failed to Score F T   21% 14%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   3.9 4.2
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   5.5 5.5
0 0   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2
0 0   Red cards R C   2 4
 
0 0   Shots (avg) S (   8.7 10
0 0   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.8 5.1
0% 0%   Goal Efficiency G E   24% 29%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Deinze 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Excelsior Virton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Lierse Kempenzonen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Lommel United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Royal Excel Mouscron 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 RWDM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Waasland-Beveren 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Westerlo 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 Tubize 4 4 0 0 14 2 2 2 0 0 10 1 2 2 0 0 4 1 12 12
2 La Louviere 3 3 0 0 15 0 2 2 0 0 10 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 15 9
3 Ganshoren 3 2 1 0 6 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 7
4 Stockay-Warfusee 4 2 1 1 6 5 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 7
5 Hamoir 4 2 0 2 10 7 2 1 0 1 4 4 2 1 0 1 6 3 3 6
6 Couvin-Mariembourg 3 2 0 1 8 5 2 2 0 0 8 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 6
7 US Givry 4 1 2 1 6 6 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 4 3 0 5
8 Jette 2 1 0 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 4 2 2 3
9 Solières Sport 3 1 0 2 6 6 2 0 0 2 2 5 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 3
10 Meux 3 0 3 0 4 4 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 3
11 Verlaine 2 1 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 -2 3
12 Waremme 3 1 0 2 5 9 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 4 7 -4 3
13 RES Durbuy 4 1 0 3 7 14 2 0 0 2 1 9 2 1 0 1 6 5 -7 3
14 Rebecq 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
15 Acren 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
16 Warnant 2 0 0 2 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 6 -4 0
17 Excelsior Virton 4 0 0 4 0 20 2 0 0 2 0 10 2 0 0 2 0 10 -20 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 Union Saint-Gilloise 28 22 4 2 69 24 14 12 2 0 39 13 14 10 2 2 30 11 45 70
2 RFC Seraing 28 16 4 8 55 37 14 8 2 4 22 13 14 8 2 4 33 24 18 52
3 Westerlo 28 10 13 5 41 30 14 7 6 1 28 16 14 3 7 4 13 14 11 43
4 Lommel United 28 13 4 11 50 47 14 8 1 5 28 23 14 5 3 6 22 24 3 43
5 Deinze 28 10 9 9 45 46 14 7 4 3 25 16 14 3 5 6 20 30 -1 39
6 RWDM 28 10 5 13 44 49 14 6 3 5 23 22 14 4 2 8 21 27 -5 35
7 Lierse Kempenzonen 28 4 4 20 25 55 14 3 2 9 17 28 14 1 2 11 8 27 -30 16
8 Club Brugge II 28 2 7 19 23 64 14 2 5 7 13 26 14 0 2 12 10 38 -41 13

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 Deinze 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Excelsior Virton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Lierse Kempenzonen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Lommel United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Royal Excel Mouscron 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 RWDM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Waasland-Beveren 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Westerlo 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.