Pro League preview: Can Kortrijk edge out victory against Zulte-Waregem?

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 15.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Guldensporenstadion (9399 seats)

Keep working on their own game plan or look more at the opponent? Both Kortrijk and Zulte-Waregem have to try something separate than earlier. Read more!

Insights:
  • Kortrijk have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Zulte-Waregem have the most conceded goals (25) in Pro League

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Kortrijk form and stats

1-1-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Pro League numbers at home for Kortrijk so far this season.

In their previous game, the manager Čustović led his Kortrijk to a defeat away at Genk. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Guldensporenstadion. Selemani has scored in three matches in a row. Badass! Radovanović was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.23 out of 10. The defender Radovanović won 5 of 10 duels.

Before that, Kortrijk had a home game versus Antwerp which ended with a victory 2-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Kortrijk handle that role? We have found 8 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

The manager Čustović will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Sporting Charleroi in only three days.

Kortrijk have scored {3 league goals} here from 5 matches, not a lot. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Kortrijk defense is not exactly impregnable. 8 goals conceded from 5 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Zulte-Waregem form and stats

0-2-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Zulte-Waregem in their Pro League matches away. Zulte-Waregem are desperate to end a ten-game winless run.

Zulte-Waregem might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. OH Leuven proved too strong as Zulte-Waregem slumped to a 2-5 defeat in front of their own fans at Regenboogstadion. A loony match with masses of goals last time out for Zulte-Waregem, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that one, will this fixture be as refreshing? The attacker Vossen got a match rating of 7.41 in that game. Vossen scored one goal and had 33 successful passes (of 41 total).

Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Westerlo's place.

We have checked recent matches where Zulte-Waregem have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 12 games were 6 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

Goals are few and far between in Zulte-Waregem's away league games. Only {2 goals} from 5 travels. 7 goals have been conceded by Zulte-Waregem in these games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Kortrijk six wins, three draws and Zulte-Waregem one victory. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less. The games between these sides have sometimes been rough and physical, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

KortrijkF. Selemani
F. Selemani
4 goals
Zulte-WaregemA. Fadera
A. Fadera
2 goals
Zulte-WaregemJ. Vossen
J. Vossen
2 goals

Kortrijk missing players

Zulte-Waregem missing players

Kortrijk Zulte-Waregem
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
11 5 0 Played P 1 5 11
3 1 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 1 0 Drew D 1 2 2
7 3 0 Lost L 0 3 8
9 3 0 Scored S 1 2 9
18 8 0 Conceded C 1 7 25
91% 80% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
64% 60% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 91%
55% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 45%
18% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 36%
18% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 18%
55% 40% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 40% 55%
27% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 9%
27% 60% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 60% 36%
 
4.1 4.8 0 Corners for (avg) C F 4 6 4.9
7.2 5.8 0 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5 4.6
2.5 2.8 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.6 2.7
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
10 12 0 Shots (avg) S ( 9 9.4 10.4
2.6 3.4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3 3.3
31% 18% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 13% 25%
 
19.1 16.4 0 Shots against (avg) S A 23 17.8 15
4.6 4.4 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.4 4.5
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Kortrijk have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Zulte-Waregem have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Zulte-Waregem have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Zulte-Waregem have the fewest points (2) away in Pro League
  • Zulte-Waregem have the fewest scored goals (2) away in Pro League
  • Zulte-Waregem have the most conceded goals (25) in Pro League
  • Zulte-Waregem have the most conceded goals in the second half (17) in Pro League
  • Zulte-Waregem have the the worst goal difference (-16) in Pro League
  • Zulte-Waregem have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Zulte-Waregem have yet to win a game away.
  • Zulte-Waregem haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Zulte-Waregem is in the worst form (0-1-5)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Antwerp 11 10 0 1 24 8 6 6 0 0 16 5 5 4 0 1 8 3 16 30
2 Genk 11 9 1 1 26 11 6 5 1 0 12 5 5 4 0 1 14 6 15 28
3 Club Brugge 11 7 1 3 22 12 6 4 1 1 13 6 5 3 0 2 9 6 10 22
4 OH Leuven 11 6 2 3 21 18 5 3 0 2 7 9 6 3 2 1 14 9 3 20
5 Union Saint-Gilloise 10 6 1 3 17 14 4 3 0 1 6 4 6 3 1 2 11 10 3 19
6 Westerlo 11 6 0 5 20 18 5 4 0 1 10 4 6 2 0 4 10 14 2 18
7 Standard Liege 10 5 1 4 15 15 6 3 1 2 9 7 4 2 0 2 6 8 0 16
8 Sporting Charleroi 10 5 0 5 16 16 5 2 0 3 9 11 5 3 0 2 7 5 0 15
9 Gent 10 4 2 4 16 14 5 2 1 2 9 8 5 2 1 2 7 6 2 14
10 Anderlecht 10 4 1 5 16 11 6 3 1 2 11 6 4 1 0 3 5 5 5 13
11 Sint-Truiden 11 3 4 4 10 11 5 1 1 3 5 8 6 2 3 1 5 3 -1 13
12 Mechelen 10 3 2 5 16 18 5 2 1 2 10 9 5 1 1 3 6 9 -2 11
13 KV Oostende 11 3 2 6 12 16 5 2 0 3 5 7 6 1 2 3 7 9 -4 11
14 RFC Seraing 11 3 1 7 11 19 5 0 1 4 1 9 6 3 0 3 10 10 -8 10
15 Kortrijk 11 3 1 7 9 18 5 1 1 3 3 8 6 2 0 4 6 10 -9 10
16 AS Eupen 10 3 0 7 9 16 5 1 0 4 4 8 5 2 0 3 5 8 -7 9
17 Cercle Brugge 10 2 3 5 9 18 5 1 3 1 4 5 5 1 0 4 5 13 -9 9
18 Zulte-Waregem 11 1 2 8 9 25 6 1 0 5 7 18 5 0 2 3 2 7 -16 5

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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.