Preview: Westerlo expected to overcome Waasland-Beveren at Het Kuipje

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Competition: Belgium First Division B
Competition: Fri 25.February
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Het Kuipje (8182 seats)

Westerlo are located at 1st, while Waasland-Beveren are lagging 10 points behind in the standings. Can they cut the gap?

Insights:
  • Westerlo have the most scored goals (37) in First Division B
  • Waasland-Beveren have the most scored goals in the first half (17) in First Division B

Both contenders have had plentiful rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's wish for an animated match!

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Westerlo form and stats

Westerlo are steadily winning First Division B games and points here at Het Kuipje. 6 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 11 games.

Westerlo's previous game was also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Royal Excel Mouscron (placed 6th). The home side are looking to build on that result.

Ahead of that match, Westerlo lost 0-3 at home to Deinze.

Westerlo have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Het Kuipje with 19 goals in 11 league matches. Westerlo have conceded 12 in these home matches.

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Waasland-Beveren form and stats

5 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Waasland-Beveren playing as the away team in the First Division B this season.

The followers enjoyed Waasland-Beveren's previous match versus RWDM (placed 2nd), a 1-0 win played at home.

A loss against Lierse Kempenzonen was the result prior to that, in a home game.

It's early days yet, but Waasland-Beveren has scored 20 and conceded 10 goals from their travels in the league so far (10 games).

Head 2 Head

The most up to date reported scoreline featuring both these participants is the Waasland-Beveren - Westerlo 2-1 played not long ago this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Westerlo victories, four draws and two Waasland-Beveren wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

WesterloE. Daci
E. Daci
9 goals
Waasland-BeverenD. Maderner
D. Maderner
9 goals
WesterloJ. Bernát
J. Bernát
7 goals

Westerlo missing players

Waasland-Beveren missing players

Westerlo Waasland-Beveren
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 11 3 Played P 1 10 21
13 6 1 Won W 1 5 10
4 4 1 Drew D 0 3 3
3 1 1 Lost L 0 2 8
37 19 5 Scored S 3 20 36
19 12 7 Conceded C 1 10 29
95% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 95%
85% 82% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 90% 86%
50% 45% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 70% 62%
20% 27% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 40% 38%
15% 18% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 19%
50% 45% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 52%
45% 45% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 24%
10% 18% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 29%
 
6.9 8.2 10 Corners for (avg) C F 2 5.4 6
4.2 3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 7 4 4.6
2.4 2.2 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3 2.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
11.8 13.5 11.7 Shots (avg) S ( 10 10.1 10.9
6.1 6.8 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 5.2 5.2
30% 25% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 60% 38% 33%
 
7.8 7.3 11.3 Shots against (avg) S A 15 9.6 9.8
3.1 3.4 5.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 3.9 3.9
Key stats in First Division B this season:
  • Waasland-Beveren have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Waasland-Beveren have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in First Division B
  • Waasland-Beveren have the most scored goals (20) away in First Division B
  • Waasland-Beveren have the most scored goals in the first half (17) in First Division B
  • Westerlo have the fewest conceded goals (19) in First Division B
  • Westerlo have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in First Division B
  • Westerlo have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (12) in First Division B
  • Westerlo have the most clean sheets (5) at home in First Division B
  • Westerlo have the most clean sheets (9) in First Division B
  • Westerlo have the most points (22) at home in First Division B
  • Westerlo have the most scored goals (19) at home in First Division B
  • Westerlo have the most scored goals (37) in First Division B
  • Westerlo have the most scored goals in the second half (27) in First Division B
  • Westerlo have the the best goal difference (+18) in First Division B
  • Westerlo have the the best goal difference (+7) at home in First Division B
  • Westerlo have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.

  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 20 13 4 3 37 19 11 6 4 1 19 12 9 7 0 2 18 7 18 43
2 RWDM 21 10 5 6 30 26 11 4 3 4 16 15 10 6 2 2 14 11 4 35
3 Waasland-Beveren 21 10 3 8 36 29 11 5 0 6 16 19 10 5 3 2 20 10 7 33
4 Deinze 21 6 11 4 34 29 10 4 5 1 18 12 11 2 6 3 16 17 5 29
5 Lierse Kempenzonen 20 6 8 6 32 32 9 3 4 2 16 15 11 3 4 4 16 17 0 26
6 Royal Excel Mouscron 21 7 5 9 27 32 11 5 3 3 14 12 10 2 2 6 13 20 -5 26
7 Lommel United 21 5 5 11 29 35 10 3 2 5 17 15 11 2 3 6 12 20 -6 20
8 Excelsior Virton 21 3 5 13 17 40 10 2 2 6 7 19 11 1 3 7 10 21 -23 14

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.