Kortrijk fights Sint-Truiden in Pro League battle

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Wed 20.January
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Guldensporenstadion (9399 seats)

With their 6 point advantage in the league table, Kortrijk fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Sint-Truiden.

Insights:
  • Kortrijk have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sint-Truiden have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's no vacation for neither Kortrijk nor Sint-Truiden as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

11-9-19 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Sint-Truiden when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 39 matches are 47-73 (scored/conceded).

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Kortrijk form and stats

Kortrijk have played 11 Pro League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-2-4 (wins-draws-losses). There’s a good atmosphere here at Guldensporenstadion after three straight home wins.

Kortrijk are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus KV Oostende. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Genk in a game that was won 2-1.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Kortrijk as they have a new game in only three days, a Pro League match thankfully also at home. Cercle Brugge are visiting.

A decent goal production from Kortrijk in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 11 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Kortrijk defense is not exactly impregnable. 20 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Sint-Truiden form and stats

There's been little loot from Sint-Truiden's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 10 away games in the Pro League. Sint-Truiden only have 2 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 2 draws. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Sint-Truiden, as they have won on their previous two travels.

A 1-2 loss hosting Club Brugge before that.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Royal Excel Mouscron in just three days.

Sint-Truiden have scored 13 goals on their travels this season, from 10 away games in the league. The Sint-Truiden manager K. Muscat has some worries about the defense as 22 goals have been conceded in these travels. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Sint-Truiden - Kortrijk 0-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Kortrijk six wins, two draws and Sint-Truiden two victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Sint-TruidenY. Suzuki
Y. Suzuki
10 goals
Sint-TruidenI. Mboyo
I. Mboyo
8 goals
Sint-TruidenD. Nazon
D. Nazon
6 goals

Kortrijk missing players

Sint-Truiden missing players

Kortrijk Sint-Truiden
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 11 3 Played P 5 10 21
8 5 2 Won W 2 2 6
5 2 0 Drew D 2 2 5
8 4 1 Lost L 1 6 10
27 19 5 Scored S 10 13 27
30 20 3 Conceded C 10 22 34
86% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
71% 82% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 90% 81%
62% 82% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 60% 57%
24% 45% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 40% 29%
5% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 20% 14%
57% 64% 33% BTTS BTTS 80% 60% 62%
29% 27% 67% Clean Sheets C S 20% 10% 24%
29% 18% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 30% 24%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.7 1.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.9 2.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 7
 
7.7 9.4 11 Shots (avg) S ( 6 7.2 7
3.3 4 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.3 3
39% 43% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 39% 42%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Kortrijk have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sint-Truiden have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sint-Truiden haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 21 14 3 4 43 13 10 6 1 3 16 7 11 8 2 1 27 6 30 45
2 Genk 21 11 5 5 43 27 10 6 3 1 24 11 11 5 2 4 19 16 16 38
3 Antwerp 21 10 4 7 34 30 10 5 3 2 17 13 11 5 1 5 17 17 4 34
4 Sporting Charleroi 21 10 3 8 32 26 10 5 1 4 11 7 11 5 2 4 21 19 6 33
5 KV Oostende 21 9 5 7 30 26 11 6 3 2 22 14 10 3 2 5 8 12 4 32
6 Anderlecht 21 8 8 5 30 25 10 6 4 0 15 6 11 2 4 5 15 19 5 32
7 OH Leuven 21 9 5 7 36 34 11 6 2 3 16 13 10 3 3 4 20 21 2 32
8 Standard Liège 21 8 7 6 26 22 11 4 5 2 15 12 10 4 2 4 11 10 4 31
9 Beerschot-Wilrijk 21 9 3 9 41 45 11 6 2 3 25 20 10 3 1 6 16 25 -4 30
10 Zulte-Waregem 21 9 3 9 32 35 11 3 2 6 12 21 10 6 1 3 20 14 -3 30
11 Kortrijk 21 8 5 8 27 30 11 5 2 4 19 20 10 3 3 4 8 10 -3 29
12 AS Eupen 21 6 9 6 26 33 10 3 3 4 14 18 11 3 6 2 12 15 -7 27
13 Gent 21 8 2 11 29 29 10 4 1 5 16 14 11 4 1 6 13 15 0 26
14 Mechelen 21 7 5 9 32 36 11 3 2 6 19 21 10 4 3 3 13 15 -4 26
15 Sint-Truiden 21 6 5 10 27 34 11 4 3 4 14 12 10 2 2 6 13 22 -7 23
16 Royal Excel Mouscron 21 5 5 11 18 31 10 3 3 4 11 11 11 2 2 7 7 20 -13 20
17 Cercle Brugge 21 6 1 14 27 37 11 3 0 8 17 22 10 3 1 6 10 15 -10 19
18 Waasland-Beveren 21 5 4 12 27 47 10 2 1 7 11 24 11 3 3 5 16 23 -20 19

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.