Delightful dogfight as daring Kortrijk duels with determined KV Oostende

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Date: Sat 31.August
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Guldensporenstadion (9399 seats)

Kortrijk will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 2 points behind KV Oostende.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Kortrijk form and stats

Kortrijk must be fairly happy with 5 points from their first three Pro League games here at venue.

The points were shared in Kortrijk's previous game, also at home. Visiting KV Oostende travelled back with a point after a 2-2 scoreline. A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Standard Liège.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Kortrijk handle that role? We have found five games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W2-D2-L1.

The Kortrijk manager Y. Vanderhaeghe has got the team scoring with 7 from 3 home games in the league. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 5 goals have been conceded.

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KV Oostende form and stats

Things could have gone better for KV Oostende in their Pro League away matches, but 4 points from 3 games is all right.

KV Oostende has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Kortrijk for a Pro League game that ended a draw (2-2). Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Mechelen.

KV Oostende are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 4 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of seven matches.

KV Oostende are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 4 away goals from 3 games (in the league). In the opposite end, KV Oostende have conceded 5 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Kortrijk - KV Oostende 2-2 earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 3 Kortrijk victories, 2 draws and 5 KV Oostende wins. 8 of these games ended with three goals or more, 2 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

I. Mboyo
3 goals
J. De Sart
2 goals / 1 assists

Kortrijk missing players

KV Oostende missing players

Kortrijk KV Oostende
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
6 3 0 Played 1 3 6
2 1 0 Won 0 1 3
2 2 0 Drew 0 1 1
2 0 0 Lost 1 1 2
12 7 0 Scored 0 4 9
10 5 0 Conceded 2 5 9
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 100% 100% 100%
83% 67% 0% Over 2.5 0% 67% 67%
50% 67% 0% Over 3.5 0% 33% 33%
17% 33% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% BTTS 0% 67% 67%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 100% 33% 33%
 
4.3 6 0 Corners For (avg) 4 2.3 3.2
3.7 2.3 0 Corners Against (avg) 5 5.7 5.7
1.3 1.3 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 1 1.7 1.2
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • All of KV Oostende's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Kortrijk's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • KV Oostende have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • KV Oostende have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • KV Oostende have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • KV Oostende haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Kortrijk have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Kortrijk have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Kortrijk have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Kortrijk have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Kortrijk have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Kortrijk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Kortrijk
All Pro League Club Friendlies UEFA Europa League Play-offs Belgian Cup
All Home Away
03-08-19 PRO Kortrijk 1 - 1 Sporting Charleroi
10-08-19 PRO Cercle Brugge 1 - 3 Kortrijk
17-08-19 PRO Kortrijk 4 - 2 Anderlecht
25-08-19 PRO Standard Liège 2 - 1 Kortrijk
31-08-19 PRO Kortrijk 2 - 2 KV Oostende
15-09-19 PRO Royal Excel Mouscron 18:30 Kortrijk
21-09-19 PRO Kortrijk 18:00 Mechelen
25-09-19 BC RFC Seraing - Kortrijk
27-09-19 PRO Gent - Kortrijk
04-10-19 PRO Kortrijk - Sint-Truiden
KV Oostende
All Pro League Club Friendlies UEFA Europa League Play-offs Belgian Cup
All Home Away
03-08-19 PRO KV Oostende 3 - 1 Cercle Brugge
10-08-19 PRO KV Oostende 0 - 2 Club Brugge
18-08-19 PRO Gent 2 - 0 KV Oostende
24-08-19 PRO KV Oostende 2 - 1 Mechelen
31-08-19 PRO Kortrijk 2 - 2 KV Oostende
14-09-19 PRO KV Oostende 16:00 Standard Liège
21-09-19 PRO Genk 18:00 KV Oostende
25-09-19 BC Mandel United - KV Oostende
27-09-19 PRO KV Oostende - Antwerp
04-10-19 PRO Waasland-Beveren - KV Oostende

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Standard Liège 5 4 0 1 13 4 3 3 0 0 10 2 2 1 0 1 3 2 9 12
2 Mechelen 6 3 2 1 11 6 3 2 1 0 8 4 3 1 1 1 3 2 5 11
3 Royal Excel Mouscron 6 3 2 1 8 7 3 2 1 0 4 1 3 1 1 1 4 6 1 11
4 Club Brugge 4 3 1 0 11 1 2 1 1 0 6 0 2 2 0 0 5 1 10 10
5 KV Oostende 6 3 1 2 9 9 3 2 0 1 5 4 3 1 1 1 4 5 0 10
6 Antwerp 4 3 0 1 11 4 2 2 0 0 6 1 2 1 0 1 5 3 7 9
7 Genk 5 3 0 2 8 6 3 2 0 1 3 3 2 1 0 1 5 3 2 9
8 Kortrijk 6 2 2 2 12 10 3 1 2 0 7 5 3 1 0 2 5 5 2 8
9 Gent 4 2 1 1 10 4 2 2 0 0 8 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 6 7
10 Zulte-Waregem 5 2 1 2 5 7 2 1 0 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 4 -2 7
11 Sint-Truiden 6 2 1 3 4 10 3 1 1 1 2 2 3 1 0 2 2 8 -6 7
12 Sporting Charleroi 4 1 2 1 8 6 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 1 1 2 4 2 5
13 Cercle Brugge 5 1 0 4 4 11 3 1 0 2 2 5 2 0 0 2 2 6 -7 3
14 Anderlecht 5 0 2 3 3 7 2 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 1 2 2 5 -4 2
15 AS Eupen 6 0 2 4 3 15 3 0 1 2 2 7 3 0 1 2 1 8 -12 2
16 Waasland-Beveren 5 0 1 4 3 16 2 0 0 2 1 7 3 0 1 2 2 6 -13 1

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