Pro League preview: Can Kortrijk edge out victory against AS Eupen?

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 22.January
Match begins: 15:15 (UTC)
Venue: Guldensporenstadion (9399 seats)

Stats, patterns, recent fixtures, form details, H2H stats, selected XIs and a lot else: Tipsway offers all you need to know on Kortrijk - AS Eupen!

Insights:
  • Kortrijk have the most matches under the total-line (11) in Pro League
  • AS Eupen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

This looks to be an entertaining fixture with lots of spark and energy as both sides are well renewed since they last ran out on the pitch. Get ready!

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Kortrijk form and stats

The total Pro League results at home this season for Kortrijk, who have the fewest conceded goals (10) at home in Pro League, are 4-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Kortrijk shared the glory with Gent in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. The talented striker Mbayo bettered all the other footballers in that game and managed a match rating of 8.45 out of 10. Mbayo scored two goals and hit one key pass.

A Belgian Cup defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Anderlecht.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Kortrijk handle that role? We have found ten games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, one draw and four defeats.

Kortrijk are traveling soon after this match as the Pro League match at Sporting Charleroi awaits in three days.

The Kortrijk fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 9 matches. On the other hand, Kortrijk have conceded 10 goals.

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AS Eupen form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Pro League travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 6 defeats. It's looking increasingly bleak for AS Eupen who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Beerschot-Wilrijk was the last time a defeat was avoided.

Prevljak was the last player to score for the away team. AS Eupen haven't scored a league goal in the last 283 minutes.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Pro League home defeat versus Cercle Brugge with 0-2 on the scoreboard. Midfield player Magnee was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.41/10. Magnee hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Sint-Truiden wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.

We have checked recent matches where Eupen have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 16 games were six victories, four draws and six defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as AS Eupen are hosting Standard Liege in the Pro League only four days away.

AS Eupen has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 17 goals from 11 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as AS Eupen have conceded 19 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The former H2H game ended AS Eupen - Kortrijk 2-2, played this season. Kortrijk-AS Eupen H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Kortrijk four wins, AS Eupen three wins, three draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

KortrijkF. Selemani
F. Selemani
9 goals
AS EupenS. Prevljak
S. Prevljak
6 goals
KortrijkP. Guèye
P. Guèye
5 goals

Kortrijk missing players

AS Eupen missing players

Kortrijk AS Eupen
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 9 4 Played P 3 11 22
8 4 1 Won W 3 4 7
8 3 1 Drew D 0 1 4
5 2 2 Lost L 0 6 11
28 12 5 Scored S 9 17 30
24 10 7 Conceded C 3 19 38
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
86% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 91% 86%
38% 44% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 73% 64%
24% 22% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 36% 36%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 18% 18%
52% 56% 75% BTTS BTTS 100% 55% 59%
33% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 9% 9%
14% 11% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 36% 32%
 
4.7 5.3 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 4.3 4.8
6 5.6 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 5.7 5.1
3.2 2.3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.9 2.6
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11.2 11.9 8.2 Shots (avg) S ( 16 11.5 12.1
4 4.1 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.3 4.1 4.7
33% 32% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 47% 38% 29%
 
15.4 13.2 12.5 Shots against (avg) S A 12.3 14.1 13
3.6 3 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 5.6 4.7
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • AS Eupen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • AS Eupen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Kortrijk have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Kortrijk have the fewest conceded goals (10) at home in Pro League
  • Kortrijk have the most matches under the total-line (11) 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 21 15 2 4 50 20 11 7 1 3 23 11 10 8 1 1 27 9 30 47
2 Club Brugge 22 12 7 3 43 28 11 6 5 0 24 12 11 6 2 3 19 16 15 43
3 Antwerp 21 12 4 5 40 24 11 7 2 2 24 12 10 5 2 3 16 12 16 40
4 Anderlecht 22 10 9 3 51 27 11 5 5 1 26 15 11 5 4 2 25 12 24 39
5 Gent 22 10 5 7 35 24 11 7 2 2 24 13 11 3 3 5 11 11 11 35
6 Sporting Charleroi 22 10 5 7 38 32 10 4 2 4 13 12 12 6 3 3 25 20 6 35
7 Mechelen 21 10 3 8 37 37 11 7 2 2 23 15 10 3 1 6 14 22 0 33
8 Genk 22 9 5 8 44 34 11 5 3 3 24 16 11 4 2 5 20 18 10 32
9 Kortrijk 21 8 8 5 28 24 9 4 3 2 12 10 12 4 5 3 16 14 4 32
10 Cercle Brugge 22 8 4 10 30 28 11 3 2 6 12 14 11 5 2 4 18 14 2 28
11 OH Leuven 21 6 8 7 29 34 11 4 3 4 14 17 10 2 5 3 15 17 -5 26
12 AS Eupen 22 7 4 11 30 38 11 3 3 5 13 19 11 4 1 6 17 19 -8 25
13 Sint-Truiden 22 7 3 12 22 33 11 3 2 6 14 18 11 4 1 6 8 15 -11 24
14 Standard Liege 21 6 6 9 23 35 10 2 3 5 9 16 11 4 3 4 14 19 -12 24
15 KV Oostende 21 7 2 12 23 43 11 4 1 6 13 27 10 3 1 6 10 16 -20 23
16 Zulte-Waregem 21 6 5 10 31 45 11 3 2 6 17 27 10 3 3 4 14 18 -14 23
17 RFC Seraing 21 6 1 14 23 42 10 4 1 5 13 16 11 2 0 9 10 26 -19 19
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 21 2 3 16 16 45 11 2 0 9 5 20 10 0 3 7 11 25 -29 9

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.