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Competition: Belgium First Division B
Competition: Sun 23.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Het Kuipje (8182 seats)

It's ground zero in First Division B - the first game of the season. Read the full preview and see how Westerlo and Lierse Kempenzonen did in their pre-season friendlies!

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Westerlo form and stats

With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Westerlo friendly games in pre-season: Westerlo played seven friendlies, won 4, drew 0 and lost 3. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Westerlo scored 19 goals and conceded 12 in these seven games.

Last season, Westerlo's league statistics were 7 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses, resulting in a 3rd position in the First Division B. Over these 14 matches they scored 24 goals and conceded 20. Playing at home last season Westerlo managed 3-1-3 (win-draw-lost) with 9 goals and 11 conceded.

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Lierse Kempenzonen form and stats

Just as the home team, Kempenzonen have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 0 Lierse Kempenzonen wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.

The last season was not a pleasant experience for Lierse Kempenzonen as they could not accumulate enough points to survive. After only 7 victories from 24 games, relegation was a fact. Kempenzonen's manager D. Gyselinckx are hoping to lead the team right back to First Amateur Division at the first attempt.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last two meetings: two - zero - zero (Westerlo wins - draws - Lierse Kempenzonen wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.

Westerlo missing players

Lierse Kempenzonen missing players

Westerlo Lierse Kempenzonen
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low 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 Total Shots T S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Westerlo Last season Lierse Kempenzonen
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
28 14   Played P   12 24
15 7   Won W   2 7
4 2   Drew D   4 5
9 5   Lost L   6 12
45 20   Scored S   14 27
30 16   Conceded C   18 30
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 96%
79% 79%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   75% 71%
46% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   42% 38%
21% 14%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   25% 17%
11% 14%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   8% 4%
54% 57%   BTTS BTTS   50% 46%
29% 21%   Clean Sheets C S   25% 29%
18% 21%   Failed to Score F T   33% 29%
 
6.5 7.5   Corners for (avg) C F   4 5.7
5.1 4.5   Corners against (avg) C A   5.6 4.5
1.2 1.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.6 2.2
1 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
300 172   Total Shots T S   52 130
133 72   Shots on Target S O   24 59
34% 28%   Goal Efficiency G E   25% 24%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Club Brugge II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Deinze 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 RFC Seraing 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 Union Saint-Gilloise 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 Beerschot-Wilrijk 14 7 5 2 18 9 7 3 4 0 9 6 7 4 1 2 9 3 9 26
2 Excelsior Virton 14 6 5 3 19 11 7 3 3 1 11 6 7 3 2 2 8 5 8 23
3 Westerlo 14 7 2 5 24 20 7 3 1 3 9 11 7 4 1 2 15 9 4 23
4 Union Saint-Gilloise 14 5 7 2 25 17 7 2 3 2 13 12 7 3 4 0 12 5 8 22
5 OH Leuven 14 5 2 7 23 30 7 3 0 4 11 15 7 2 2 3 12 15 -7 17
6 Lommel United 14 4 4 6 12 18 7 3 3 1 5 3 7 1 1 5 7 15 -6 16
7 SV Roeselare 14 2 9 3 22 23 7 1 4 2 12 14 7 1 5 1 10 9 -1 15
8 Lokeren 14 1 4 9 11 26 7 0 1 6 2 15 7 1 3 3 9 11 -15 7
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 Deinze 24 20 2 2 52 16 12 11 1 0 29 7 12 9 1 2 23 9 36 62
2 Thes Sport 24 12 6 6 32 23 12 7 3 2 18 12 12 5 3 4 14 11 9 42
3 RFC Seraing 24 11 7 6 43 29 12 6 2 4 25 17 12 5 5 2 18 12 14 40
4 Heist 24 11 5 8 28 23 12 4 4 4 9 10 12 7 1 4 19 13 5 38
5 Patro Eisden 24 10 6 8 25 23 12 8 2 2 18 7 12 2 4 6 7 16 2 36
6 RWDM 24 9 7 8 26 25 12 5 3 4 18 16 12 4 4 4 8 9 1 34
7 Rupel Boom 24 7 10 7 35 32 12 4 6 2 14 7 12 3 4 5 21 25 3 31
8 Dender 24 8 7 9 36 34 12 3 5 4 15 15 12 5 2 5 21 19 2 31
9 Dessel Sport 24 8 7 9 29 29 12 6 3 3 19 14 12 2 4 6 10 15 0 31
10 URSL Vise 24 7 9 8 32 36 12 6 4 2 21 13 12 1 5 6 11 23 -4 30
11 Olympic Charleroi 24 8 6 10 29 33 12 5 4 3 19 13 12 3 2 7 10 20 -4 30
12 Liege 24 7 9 8 32 38 12 5 4 3 17 16 12 2 5 5 15 22 -6 30
13 Lierse Kempenzonen 24 7 5 12 27 30 12 5 1 6 13 12 12 2 4 6 14 18 -3 26
14 La Louviere Centre 24 6 8 10 36 49 12 4 4 4 21 23 12 2 4 6 15 26 -13 26
15 Tubize 24 6 5 13 19 40 12 4 4 4 14 15 12 2 1 9 5 25 -21 23
16 Sint-Eloois-Winkel 24 2 7 15 21 42 12 2 3 7 12 23 12 0 4 8 9 19 -21 13

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.