The league table in First Division B tells a story about these teams so far, with Westerlo leading Lierse Kempenzonen by 14 points. Match preview to follow:
- Westerlo has the most dropped points from leading position (15) in First Division B
- Lierse Kempenzonen has the fewest points from losing position (0) in First Division B
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Westerlo form and stats
17 points is a decent return from 8 First Division B games here at Het Kuipje for Westerlo. The data says 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. There’s a good atmosphere here at Het Kuipje after three straight home wins.
Westerlo's last game was hosting RFC Seraing (placed 3rd) and winning 4-3. Prior to that, an away loss at Union Saint-Gilloise.
A goal frenzy last time out for Westerlo, with a total of 7 goals in the match against RFC Seraing. Fun stuff to watch! Some amazing scenes last match, when A. Çiçek scored the winning goal two minutes into stoppage time.
Westerlo are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found two matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won one, drew one and lost zero.
There will be little rest for Westerlo after this match as they are travelling to Sporting Charleroi for a Belgian Cup game in only three days.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (16 in 8 games), Westerlo's attacking play is working. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Westerlo's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Lierse Kempenzonen form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Lierse Kempenzonen so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-6 (win-draw-lose). It's all red in the travel logs of Kempenzonen, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.
Kempenzonen go into this game after a win, the home game against Club Brugge II that ended 3-1. A 0-1 defeat away at RWDM before that.
E. Placca Fessou certainly enjoyed Kempenzonen's last game versus Club Brugge II, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 3-1 victory.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Kempenzonen played away with similar odds. This revealed one game. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected one time.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Lierse Kempenzonen as they have only managed to score 6 times from 8 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. For Lierse Kempenzonen, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Lierse Kempenzonen - Westerlo 0-1. Numbers for the last four meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Westerlo, one draw and zero wins for Lierse Kempenzonen. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  L. Van Eenoo 6 goals |  A. Çiçek 6 goals |  I. Vetokele 5 goals |
Westerlo missing players
Lierse Kempenzonen missing players
| Westerlo | Lierse Kempenzonen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 25 | 16 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 21 |
| 19 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 16 | 35 |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 81% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 81% |
| 56% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 62% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 38% | 50% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 25% | 31% |
| 62% | 62% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 38% | 56% |
| 38% | 38% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 62% | 44% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 1.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.1 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.4 | 11.2 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 5 | 6.9 |
| 5.1 | 6.1 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.4 | 3.1 |
| 32% | 33% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 35% | 46% |
- Lierse Kempenzonen has the fewest points from losing position (0) in First Division B
- Lierse Kempenzonen have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Westerlo has the most dropped points from leading position (15) in First Division B
- Westerlo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Westerlo have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Lierse Kempenzonen have scored 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 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 40 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 26 | 38 |
| 2 | Westerlo | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 27 |
| 3 | RFC Seraing | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 36 | 28 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 19 | 8 | 26 |
| 4 | Lommel United | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 24 |
| 5 | Deinze | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 15 | -3 | 23 |
| 6 | RWDM | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 23 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -2 | 22 |
| 7 | Lierse Kempenzonen | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 21 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -14 | 13 |
| 8 | Club Brugge II | 16 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 25 | -26 | 7 |