Home advantage could prove decisive in AS Eupen - Zulte-Waregem battle

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Tue 29.December
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion am Kehrweg (8363 seats)

With their 2 point advantage in the league table, AS Eupen fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Zulte-Waregem.

Insights:
  • AS Eupen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Zulte-Waregem have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's no vacation for neither Eupen nor Zulte-Waregem as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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AS Eupen form and stats

2-3-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Pro League numbers at home for AS Eupen so far this season.

Eupen faced defeat in their previous match, away at Club Brugge (0-3). In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Beerschot-Wilrijk.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Eupen have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found seven games) they have won five times, drawn one and lost one.

Eupen are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 7 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Eupen defense is not exactly impregnable. 11 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Zulte-Waregem form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Pro League travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. Having won their last three away games Zulte-Waregem has no reason to fear anyone.

Zulte-Waregem delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Cercle Brugge (placed 14th) in their previous match; a Pro League game. Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Sint-Truiden.

We have checked recent matches where Zulte-Waregem have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eight games were one victory, one draw and six defeats.

Zulte-Waregem has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 12 goals from 8 games. As opposed to that, Zulte-Waregem have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: zero - one - nine (AS Eupen wins - draws - Zulte-Waregem wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Zulte-WaregemG. Bruno
G. Bruno
7 goals
AS EupenJ. Ngoy
J. Ngoy
4 goals
EupenS. Prevljak
S. Prevljak
4 goals

AS Eupen missing players

Zulte-Waregem missing players

AS Eupen Zulte-Waregem
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
16 7 4 Played P 4 8 18
4 2 0 Won W 1 4 5
8 3 3 Drew D 1 1 4
4 2 1 Lost L 2 3 9
18 9 4 Scored S 6 12 22
24 11 5 Conceded C 8 11 32
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
88% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 83%
50% 57% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 75% 67%
31% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 38% 39%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 11%
62% 86% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 56%
19% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 38% 22%
25% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 12% 28%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 2 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.8 1.6
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
9.6 9 8.2 Shots (avg) S ( 7.2 8.5 7.3
3.9 3.6 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.2 3
29% 36% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 46% 46% 41%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • AS Eupen have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • AS Eupen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • AS Eupen haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • All of AS Eupen's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Zulte-Waregem have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Zulte-Waregem haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Club Brugge 19 12 3 4 38 12 10 6 1 3 16 7 9 6 2 1 22 5 26 39
2 Genk 17 10 4 3 37 21 9 6 2 1 23 10 8 4 2 2 14 11 16 34
3 Sporting Charleroi 18 10 3 5 29 20 9 5 1 3 11 6 9 5 2 2 18 14 9 33
4 Anderlecht 18 7 8 3 28 22 9 5 4 0 13 6 9 2 4 3 15 16 6 29
5 OH Leuven 18 8 5 5 33 29 9 5 2 2 14 11 9 3 3 3 19 18 4 29
6 Antwerp 18 8 4 6 31 26 9 4 3 2 15 12 9 4 1 4 16 14 5 28
7 Beerschot-Wilrijk 16 9 1 6 39 37 8 6 0 2 23 15 8 3 1 4 16 22 2 28
8 Gent 18 8 1 9 28 26 9 4 1 4 16 13 9 4 0 5 12 13 2 25
9 Standard Liege 18 6 7 5 21 19 9 3 5 1 11 9 9 3 2 4 10 10 2 25
10 Kortrijk 18 6 5 7 23 27 9 3 2 4 16 19 9 3 3 3 7 8 -4 23
11 KV Oostende 17 6 4 7 22 21 8 4 2 2 16 10 9 2 2 5 6 11 1 22
12 AS Eupen 16 4 8 4 18 24 7 2 3 2 9 11 9 2 5 2 9 13 -6 20
13 Zulte-Waregem 17 5 3 9 22 32 9 1 2 6 10 21 8 4 1 3 12 11 -10 18
14 Cercle Brugge 17 6 0 11 25 32 9 3 0 6 16 19 8 3 0 5 9 13 -7 18
15 Waasland-Beveren 18 5 3 10 24 38 9 2 1 6 10 19 9 3 2 4 14 19 -14 18
16 Mechelen 18 4 5 9 26 35 9 1 2 6 14 20 9 3 3 3 12 15 -9 17
17 Royal Excel Mouscron 18 4 5 9 15 28 9 2 3 4 9 11 9 2 2 5 6 17 -13 17
18 Sint-Truiden 17 3 5 9 20 30 8 2 3 3 9 9 9 1 2 6 11 21 -10 14

Read more about Pro League

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.