This is a vital duel in the cellar of the Pro League, with both Kortrijk and RFC Seraing enduring more stress than bliss. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the host team at 15th and the away side in 18th place.
- Kortrijk have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Pro League
- RFC Seraing have the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in Pro League
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Kortrijk and RFC Seraing.
Kortrijk form and stats
Kortrijk's struggle is real here at Guldensporenstadion with only 8 points collected from 10 Pro League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-2-6.
Kortrijk are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Gent. Bruno, who usually plays near the opponent's goal, was the top player for the team in that game, receiving a rating of 7.61 (out of 10). Bruno scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Preceding that result, a home loss in the Belgian Cup against Mechelen. 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 Kortrijk have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 8 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 1 and lost 4.
Sports bettors should know that 10 of the latest 13 league matches from these players have seen goals scored by both sides.
Kortrijk are traveling soon after this match as the Pro League match at Mechelen awaits in three days.
Kortrijk have scored {6 league goals} here from 10 matches, not a lot. Kortrijk have conceded 18 from these games.
RFC Seraing form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Pro League travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats. When RFC Seraing is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 3 of 4 matches. RFC Seraing, AS Eupen, Mechelen, KV Oostende and Zulte-Waregem is teams we like to compare Kortrijk with.
Seraing's last game was the home draw against Standard Liège (1-1). Midfielder Lepoint was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.41. Lepoint scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 18 successful passes (of 22 total).
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at KV Oostende.RFC Seraing are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. From a total of 7 matches.
After this away game RFC Seraing return home for a Pro League game against Anderlecht. That game is only four sleeps after this.
RFC Seraing are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 15 times in 10 away games so far. When RFC Seraing is visiting a side on the bottom half, 3 of 4 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Seraing, AS Eupen, Mechelen, KV Oostende and Zulte-Waregem.
Head 2 Head
Kortrijk have won every one of the 4 latest fixtures against this opponent. Can they do it again?The last head-to-head encounter ended RFC Seraing - Kortrijk 0-1, earlier this season. The matches between these sides sometimes lean towards being brutal, having seen 2 red cards from the last four encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Mouandilmadji 7 goals |   F. Avenatti Dovillabichus 5 goals |  F. Selemani 4 goals |
Kortrijk missing players
RFC Seraing missing players
| Kortrijk | RFC Seraing | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 20 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 19 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 8 | 15 | 19 |
| 37 | 18 | 7 | Conceded | C | 6 | 20 | 36 |
| 95% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 70% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 60% | 40% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 80% | 55% |
| 35% | 30% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 30% |
| 15% | 10% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 20% | 10% |
| 60% | 40% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 70% | 55% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 5% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 20% | 40% |
| 4.8 | 4.9 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 2.7 | 3.1 |
| 6.6 | 5.8 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 7.2 | 6.5 |
| 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.7 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 10.7 | 11.7 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.2 | 6.9 | 8.2 |
| 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| 25% | 14% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 60% | 42% |
| 17.6 | 16.4 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.5 | 15.3 | 14.2 |
| 5.2 | 5 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 6.3 | 4.7 |
- All of RFC Seraing's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Kortrijk have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Kortrijk have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Pro League
- RFC Seraing have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- RFC Seraing have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- RFC Seraing have scored at least twice as many goals away as Kortrijk have scored home.
- RFC Seraing have the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in Pro League
- RFC Seraing 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 | Genk | 20 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 49 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 32 | 52 |
| 2 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 43 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 20 | 45 |
| 3 | Antwerp | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 35 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 39 |
| 4 | Club Brugge | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 37 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 35 |
| 5 | Gent | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 34 |
| 6 | Standard Liège | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 31 |
| 7 | Westerlo | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 39 | 35 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 4 | 30 |
| 8 | Sint-Truiden | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 30 |
| 9 | OH Leuven | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 29 |
| 10 | Cercle Brugge | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -2 | 26 |
| 11 | Sporting Charleroi | 19 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 26 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -6 | 25 |
| 12 | Anderlecht | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 28 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -1 | 24 |
| 13 | Mechelen | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -7 | 22 |
| 14 | AS Eupen | 20 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 26 | 42 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 24 | -16 | 19 |
| 15 | Kortrijk | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 19 | -18 | 18 |
| 16 | KV Oostende | 20 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 22 | 44 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 27 | -22 | 17 |
| 17 | Zulte-Waregem | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 25 | 43 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -18 | 16 |
| 18 | RFC Seraing | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 36 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 20 | -17 | 15 |
