Pro League duel: Close contest expected between Beerschot-Wilrijk and Kortrijk

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 13.February
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Olympisch Stadion (12771 seats)

Beerschot-Wilrijk hope to have lots of fans in for this fixture despite that the season has been demanding up to now with 13 points and a 18th spot in the Pro League table. Opponents Kortrijk hold 10th place with 34 pts.

Insights:
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have the fewest scored goals (25) in Pro League
  • Kortrijk have the most matches under the total-line (13) in Pro League

Both teams have had time to rest since their previous match. Let's aim for an energetic match!

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Beerschot-Wilrijk form and stats

With 3 Pro League wins, 1 draw and 9 defeats from their home games, Beerschot-Wilrijk are certainly not brimming with confidence.

No payout for Beerschot-Wilrijk in their previous match, an away game at Mechelen that ended in defeat 2-3. Rigo (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.41/10. Rigo hit the woodwork once.

Before that, Beerschot-Wilrijk drew at home versus Zulte-Waregem.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Beerschot-Wilrijk here at Olympisch Stadion in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (11 from 13 games). It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 24 goals have been conceded.

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Kortrijk form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Pro League travels is 4 wins, 6 draws and 3 defeats. Kortrijk are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.

Home advantage was not enough for Kortrijk in their previous game as they lost hosting Sint-Truiden, 1-3. The attacker Badammosi got a match rating of 7.42 in that game. Badammosi served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

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

Kortrijk have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 13 league away games 17 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Kortrijk have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Kortrijk - Beerschot-Wilrijk 1-1 was the score in these contenders' latest h2h match, earlier this season. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's zero Beerschot-Wilrijk victories, five draws and zero Kortrijk wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

KortrijkF. Selemani
F. Selemani
9 goals
KortrijkP. Guèye
P. Guèye
5 goals
Beerschot-WilrijkM. Noubissi
M. Noubissi
4 goals

Beerschot-Wilrijk missing players

Kortrijk missing players

Beerschot-Wilrijk Kortrijk
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
25 13 5 Played P 5 13 26
3 3 2 Won W 2 4 8
4 1 0 Drew D 3 6 10
18 9 3 Lost L 0 3 8
25 11 5 Scored S 9 17 31
54 24 4 Conceded C 5 15 32
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
72% 62% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 92% 85%
56% 46% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 31% 35%
40% 23% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 23% 23%
28% 15% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
44% 15% 20% BTTS BTTS 60% 54% 54%
12% 15% 20% Clean Sheets C S 40% 31% 27%
48% 69% 60% Failed to Score F T 0% 15% 19%
 
6.1 6.6 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.6 4 4.7
5.8 5.1 5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 6.3 5.4
2.3 1.8 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.4 3.8 3
7 4 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
12.3 12.6 13 Shots (avg) S ( 10.8 10.4 12.2
4.1 4.2 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.6 4 4
25% 20% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 39% 33% 30%
 
15.1 12.5 11.6 Shots against (avg) S A 11.8 16.6 15.2
5.8 4.5 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.2 4.5 4.4
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Pro League
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have the fewest points (10) at home in Pro League
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have the fewest scored goals (11) at home in Pro League
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have the fewest scored goals (25) in Pro League
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Pro League
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have the most conceded goals in the first half (30) in Pro League
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have the the worst goal difference (-29) in Pro League
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Kortrijk have the most matches under the total-line (13) in Pro League
  • Kortrijk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 26 19 3 4 59 21 13 9 1 3 26 12 13 10 2 1 33 9 38 60
2 Antwerp 26 15 5 6 46 28 13 7 3 3 25 15 13 8 2 3 21 13 18 50
3 Club Brugge 26 13 9 4 47 32 13 6 6 1 25 14 13 7 3 3 22 18 15 48
4 Anderlecht 26 12 9 5 56 31 13 6 5 2 30 18 13 6 4 3 26 13 25 45
5 Sporting Charleroi 26 12 7 7 42 33 13 5 4 4 16 13 13 7 3 3 26 20 9 43
6 Gent 26 11 7 8 38 27 13 7 3 3 25 15 13 4 4 5 13 12 11 40
7 Mechelen 24 12 3 9 42 41 13 8 2 3 26 18 11 4 1 6 16 23 1 39
8 Genk 24 10 5 9 47 36 12 6 3 3 26 16 12 4 2 6 21 20 11 35
9 Cercle Brugge 26 10 5 11 36 31 13 4 2 7 15 16 13 6 3 4 21 15 5 35
10 Kortrijk 26 8 10 8 31 32 13 4 4 5 14 17 13 4 6 3 17 15 -1 34
11 Sint-Truiden 26 9 4 13 29 37 13 4 2 7 17 20 13 5 2 6 12 17 -8 31
12 OH Leuven 24 7 9 8 34 39 11 4 3 4 14 17 13 3 6 4 20 22 -5 30
13 Standard Liege 25 7 8 10 29 40 13 2 5 6 13 21 12 5 3 4 16 19 -11 29
14 KV Oostende 25 8 3 14 27 49 13 4 1 8 15 32 12 4 2 6 12 17 -22 27
15 AS Eupen 26 7 6 13 32 45 12 3 3 6 13 21 14 4 3 7 19 24 -13 27
16 Zulte-Waregem 25 6 7 12 36 54 12 3 3 6 18 28 13 3 4 6 18 26 -18 25
17 RFC Seraing 26 7 2 17 26 52 13 5 2 6 15 21 13 2 0 11 11 31 -26 23
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 25 3 4 18 25 54 13 3 1 9 11 24 12 0 3 9 14 30 -29 13

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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.