The Beerschot-Wilrijk & KV Oostende managers W. Still and A. Blessin are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Pro League league table.
- Beerschot-Wilrijk have the fewest matches under the total-line (10) in Pro League
- Beerschot-Wilrijk have scored at least twice as many goals at home as KV Oostende have scored away.
Beerschot-Wilrijk have less rest than KV Oostende in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Pro League game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Sporting Charleroi, was also a home game here at Olympisch Stadion. The away team is better rested.
Beerschot-Wilrijk are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. KV Oostende are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.
Beerschot-Wilrijk form and stats
7-4-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Pro League numbers at home for Beerschot-Wilrijk, who have the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in Pro League, so far this season.
Prior to that, an away loss at Cercle Brugge.
Some amazing scenes last match, when Raphael Holzhauser scored the winning goal four minutes into stoppage time.
Beerschot-Wilrijk have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Olympisch Stadion with 31 goals in 16 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 27 goals have been conceded.
KV Oostende form and stats
The visitors are W5-D3-L8 on the road this term. That's in the Pro League.
Home advantage was not enough for Oostende in their previous game, as they lost their Pro League-match, hosting Waasland-Beveren, 0-2. Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Royal Excel Mouscron.
The attacking power of Oostende when travelling is not overwhelming with 14 goals scored from 16 league matches away. 19 goals have been conceded by Oostende in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: KV Oostende - Beerschot-Wilrijk 1-2. Head-2-head stats last six meetings: one - two - three (Beerschot-Wilrijk wins - draws - KV Oostende wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Holzhauser 16 goals |   J. Sakala 13 goals |  M. Gueye 11 goals |
Beerschot-Wilrijk missing players
KV Oostende missing players
| Beerschot-Wilrijk | KV Oostende | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 16 | 32 |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 14 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 13 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 11 |
| 57 | 31 | 8 | Scored | S | 6 | 14 | 46 |
| 59 | 27 | 8 | Conceded | C | 7 | 19 | 39 |
| 97% | 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 97% |
| 84% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 56% | 78% |
| 75% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 44% | 59% |
| 41% | 38% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 12% | 28% |
| 25% | 25% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| 72% | 75% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 62% |
| 12% | 6% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 22% |
| 19% | 25% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 31% | 19% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7.5 | 8.5 | 8.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 9.2 | 8.9 |
| 3.8 | 4.2 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
| 47% | 46% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 23% | 37% |
- Beerschot-Wilrijk have scored at least twice as many goals at home as KV Oostende have scored away.
- Beerschot-Wilrijk have the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in Pro League
- Beerschot-Wilrijk have the fewest matches under the total-line (10) in Pro League
| 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 | 32 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 68 | 22 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 9 | 46 | 73 |
| 2 | Antwerp | 32 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 51 | 44 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 7 | 54 |
| 3 | Genk | 32 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 61 | 45 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 25 | 16 | 53 |
| 4 | Anderlecht | 32 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 48 | 33 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 15 | 52 |
| 5 | KV Oostende | 32 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 46 | 39 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 19 | 7 | 49 |
| 6 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 32 | 14 | 5 | 13 | 57 | 59 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 27 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 26 | 32 | -2 | 47 |
| 7 | Zulte-Waregem | 32 | 14 | 4 | 14 | 49 | 58 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 31 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 27 | -9 | 46 |
| 8 | OH Leuven | 32 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 53 | 54 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 33 | -1 | 45 |
| 9 | Standard Liege | 32 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 45 | 41 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 4 | 44 |
| 10 | Gent | 32 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 44 | 40 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 4 | 43 |
| 11 | Sporting Charleroi | 32 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 44 | 42 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 28 | 29 | 2 | 42 |
| 12 | Mechelen | 32 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 46 | 51 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 28 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 23 | -5 | 42 |
| 13 | AS Eupen | 32 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 41 | 49 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 26 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 23 | -8 | 40 |
| 14 | Sint-Truiden | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 41 | 47 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 28 | -6 | 38 |
| 15 | Kortrijk | 32 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 39 | 50 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 31 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 19 | -11 | 36 |
| 16 | Cercle Brugge | 32 | 10 | 2 | 20 | 36 | 50 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 22 | 26 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 24 | -14 | 32 |
| 17 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 32 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 28 | 47 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 28 | -19 | 31 |
| 18 | Waasland-Beveren | 32 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 39 | 65 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 36 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 29 | -26 | 28 |