Lommel United supporters put their faith in manager Bould to deliver victory against Excelsior Virton

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Competition: Belgium First Division B
Competition: Fri 28.October
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Soevereinstadion (12500 seats)

The odds favour Lommel United in this game versus Excelsior Virton, but the visitors will battle to the bitter end. Here's the Tipsway match guide!

Insights:
  • Lommel United have the most conceded goals in the first half (11) in First Division B
  • Excelsior Virton is in the worst form (0-2-4)

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Lommel and Excelsior Virton.

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Lommel United form and stats

Lommel United's struggle is real here at Soevereinstadion with only 6 points collected from 6 First Division B games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-0-4.

Lommel United's previous game was also played at home, ending 3-1 versus Excelsior Virton (placed 11th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Finally, a league victory after three matches without one.

Prior to that, an away loss at Lierse Kempenzonen.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Lommel United matches with similar probabilities have ended with 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat (from 4 games).

Goals are plentiful in this club's league rounds, with 5 in a row featuring three goals or more (over 2.5).

Lommel has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Lommel United defense is not exactly impregnable. 11 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Excelsior Virton form and stats

There's been little loot from Excelsior Virton's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 6 away games in the First Division B. Excelsior Virton only have 1 win to counter their 3 defeats and 2 draws. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Excelsior's last three away games as they have all been lost.

There might be some fixture complaints from Excelsior Virton as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 1-3 against Lommel United.

A 1-2 defeat away at Standard Liège II before that.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Excelsior when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 4 matches with the visitors losing 3 times, drawing 1 and winning 0 games.

Take note! Both teams have scored in 9 of this club's latest 11 league games.

The visiting Excelsior Virton have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 7 goals from 6 games. As for defending, Excelsior Virton rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 11 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Lommel - Excelsior Virton 3-1 was the scoreline in these teams' latest head to head fixture, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Lommel United four wins, one draw and Excelsior Virton five victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Excelsior VirtonS. Anne
S. Anne
6 goals
Lommel UnitedC. Vinicius dos Santos
C. Vinicius dos Santos
4 goals
Lommel UnitedA. Martínez Batista
A. Martínez Batista
4 goals

Lommel United missing players

Excelsior Virton missing players

Lommel United Excelsior Virton
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
11 6 0 Played P 2 6 11
5 2 0 Won W 0 1 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 2 6
6 4 0 Lost L 2 3 4
18 8 0 Scored S 2 7 13
18 11 0 Conceded C 5 11 18
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
91% 83% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 82%
64% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 55%
36% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 36%
18% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
45% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 83% 82%
18% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 18%
36% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 9%
 
5.4 6.8 0 Corners for (avg) C F 6.5 4 3.6
5.5 5.3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 5.7 4.9
2.6 2.3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 3 2.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
13.8 15.8 0 Shots (avg) S ( 6.5 6 6.3
6.6 7.7 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.3 2.9
25% 17% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 35% 34%
 
10.2 9.8 0 Shots against (avg) S A 12 11.8 11.3
4.5 5.5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.5 6 5.4
Key stats in First Division B this season:
  • Excelsior Virton have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Excelsior Virton have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Excelsior Virton have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in First Division B
  • Excelsior Virton haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Excelsior Virton is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Lommel United have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Lommel United have the most conceded goals in the first half (11) in First Division B
  • Lommel United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Lommel United 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 Lierse Kempenzonen 10 6 1 3 21 19 5 4 0 1 14 6 5 2 1 2 7 13 2 19
2 Waasland-Beveren 10 5 3 2 21 12 4 3 1 0 11 4 6 2 2 2 10 8 9 18
3 RWDM 10 5 3 2 18 11 5 3 2 0 9 4 5 2 1 2 9 7 7 18
4 Beerschot-Wilrijk 10 5 2 3 14 13 5 2 1 2 6 6 5 3 1 1 8 7 1 17
5 RSC Anderlecht II 10 4 4 2 18 14 5 1 3 1 6 6 5 3 1 1 12 8 4 16
6 Club Brugge II 10 4 4 2 21 18 6 3 2 1 12 8 4 1 2 1 9 10 3 16
7 Lommel United 11 5 0 6 18 18 6 2 0 4 8 11 5 3 0 2 10 7 0 15
8 Standard Liège II 11 3 3 5 14 22 5 1 2 2 8 12 6 2 1 3 6 10 -8 12
9 Dender 10 3 2 5 11 14 4 0 0 4 3 11 6 3 2 1 8 3 -3 11
10 Deinze 11 3 2 6 14 18 6 3 1 2 12 8 5 0 1 4 2 10 -4 11
11 Excelsior Virton 11 1 6 4 13 18 5 0 4 1 6 7 6 1 2 3 7 11 -5 9
12 KRC Genk II 10 2 2 6 14 20 6 2 0 4 8 11 4 0 2 2 6 9 -6 8

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.