Match preview: Home supporters have big expectations when AS Eupen meet RFC Seraing

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 28.August
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion am Kehrweg (8363 seats)

RFC Seraing have journeyed here for an entertaining battle against the hosting AS Eupen. Read up on the match with this in-depth Pro League preview!

Insights:
  • AS Eupen have the most scored goals (12) in Pro League
  • RFC Seraing have the the worst goal difference (-5) away in Pro League

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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AS Eupen form and stats

Only two Pro League home games for AS Eupen so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.

It's back home for Eupen, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating OH Leuven away with the result 4-1. Smail Prevljak, Julien Ngoy, Emmanuel Agbadou and Konan N'Dri found the net in that victory. Konan N'Dri (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.2/10. N'Dri scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled passed the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 18 successful passes (of 22 total).

Before that, Eupen had a home game versus Sint-Truiden which ended with a victory 2-1.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Eupen's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played two games, won one match, drawn one and lost zero.

Early season league goal statistics from AS Eupen's 2 home games: 3 goals, 2 conceded.

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RFC Seraing form and stats

It's not happening yet for RFC Seraing on their Pro League travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different? RFC Seraing seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Marius Mouandilmadji and Youssef Maziz scored in Seraing's previous match, the home game against Cercle Brugge that ended 2-1. Attacker Marius Mouandilmadji got a player rating of 8.25 in the game. "Man of the match" Mouandilmadji scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, served one assist and hit one key pass.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 2-3 defeat against KV Oostende.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of RFC Seraing when being an outsider away as they are today, we find one match with the visitors losing one time, drawing zero and winning zero games.

It's early days yet, but RFC Seraing has scored 0 and conceded 5 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last five meetings: four - one - zero (Eupen wins - draws - RFC Seraing wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

RFC SeraingY. Maziz
Y. Maziz
3 goals
AS EupenE. Agbadou
E. Agbadou
2 goals
EupenJ. Ngoy
J. Ngoy
2 goals

AS Eupen missing players

RFC Seraing missing players

AS Eupen RFC Seraing
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
5 2 1 Played P 1 2 5
3 1 0 Won W 0 0 2
2 1 1 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 1 2 3
12 3 1 Scored S 0 0 5
6 2 1 Conceded C 2 5 9
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 80%
80% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 60%
60% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 20%
20% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 20%
100% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 40%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 20%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 100% 40%
 
4 4 3 Corners for (avg) C F 2 2 3.6
5.8 5 2 Corners against (avg) C A 2 5 5
3.4 2.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.5 2.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
13.2 10.5 12 Shots (avg) S ( 7 5.5 8.4
5 5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2 3.2
48% 30% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 31%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • AS Eupen have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • AS Eupen have not yet lost a game.
  • AS Eupen have scored in all their matches so far.
  • AS Eupen have scored more than double the goals of RFC Seraing.
  • AS Eupen have the most matches over the total-line (4) in Pro League
  • AS Eupen have the most scored goals (12) in Pro League
  • AS Eupen have the most scored goals in the second half (8) in Pro League
  • AS Eupen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • AS Eupen is in the best form (3-2-0)
  • All of AS Eupen's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of RFC Seraing's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • RFC Seraing have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • RFC Seraing have failed to score a single goal away.
  • RFC Seraing have lost all their away matches so far.
  • RFC Seraing have the the worst goal difference (-5) away in Pro League
  • RFC Seraing have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • RFC Seraing haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
AS Eupen Last season RFC Seraing
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   14 28
10 5   Won W   8 16
13 6   Drew D   2 4
11 6   Lost L   4 8
44 24   Scored S   33 55
55 30   Conceded C   24 37
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 93%
91% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   79% 68%
53% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   64% 50%
35% 41%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   57% 43%
12% 18%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   43% 32%
62% 71%   BTTS BTTS   57% 46%
18% 12%   Clean Sheets C S   29% 36%
24% 18%   Failed to Score F T   21% 25%
 
5.4 5.5   Corners for (avg) C F   6 6.1
5.3 4.4   Corners against (avg) C A   4.6 4
2.1 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.7
3 1   Red cards R C   2 5
 
9 9.2   Shots (avg) S (   12.1 11.6
3.8 3.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.4 4.9
34% 38%   Goal Efficiency G E   44% 38%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 AS Eupen 5 3 2 0 12 6 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 2 1 0 9 4 6 11
2 Standard Liege 5 3 1 1 7 7 3 1 1 1 4 6 2 2 0 0 3 1 0 10
3 Union Saint-Gilloise 4 3 0 1 8 2 2 1 0 1 2 1 2 2 0 0 6 1 6 9
4 Kortrijk 5 3 0 2 6 4 2 1 0 1 3 2 3 2 0 1 3 2 2 9
5 KV Oostende 5 3 0 2 8 9 2 1 0 1 1 3 3 2 0 1 7 6 -1 9
6 Club Brugge 4 2 2 0 8 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 2 0 0 5 0 5 8
7 Genk 4 2 1 1 10 6 2 1 0 1 7 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 4 7
8 Anderlecht 4 2 1 1 7 5 2 1 0 1 4 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 7
9 Sporting Charleroi 4 1 3 0 5 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 4 1 3 6
10 RFC Seraing 5 2 0 3 5 9 3 2 0 1 5 4 2 0 0 2 0 5 -4 6
11 Cercle Brugge 5 1 2 2 5 6 2 0 1 1 2 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 -1 5
12 Antwerp 4 1 1 2 8 7 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 1 1 8 6 1 4
13 Gent 4 1 1 2 5 5 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 0 0 2 1 3 0 4
14 Zulte-Waregem 4 1 1 2 5 8 2 0 0 2 1 6 2 1 1 0 4 2 -3 4
15 Sint-Truiden 5 1 1 3 4 8 3 1 0 2 3 6 2 0 1 1 1 2 -4 4
16 Mechelen 4 1 0 3 4 8 2 1 0 1 4 5 2 0 0 2 0 3 -4 3
17 OH Leuven 5 0 3 2 4 11 3 0 2 1 3 6 2 0 1 1 1 5 -7 3
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 4 0 1 3 2 7 3 0 0 3 0 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 -5 1

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The First Division A is the top league of the football pyramid in Belgium, founded in 1895. It was earlier known as the Belgian Pro League. The season runs from July to May with 16 teams each playing 30 fixtures. The top six in the league table then play a championship playoff, the bottom team is relegated and places #7 to #15 have a Europa League playoff.