With their 5 point advantage in the league table, KV Oostende fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against AS Eupen.
- KV Oostende have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
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.
KV Oostende form and stats
Overall Pro League stats at home this season for KV Oostende are 5-2-2 (wins-draw-losses). Hopes of three in a row are alive for Oostende after consecutive victories at their own ground.
KV Oostende's previous game was a Pro League match also played at home, ending 3-2 versus Sporting Charleroi (placed 3rd). The home side are looking to build on that result. In the game before, an away victory match versus OH Leuven with a 2-1 scoreline.
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 Oostende have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found four games) they have won two times, drawn zero and lost two.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Kortrijk are coming to town in four days.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (19 in 9 games), Oostende's attacking play is working. Oostende's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
AS Eupen form and stats
3-5-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for AS Eupen in their Pro League matches away.
Eupen play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Cercle Brugge (placed 17th). A loss against Genk was the result prior to that, in a home game.
Smail Prevljak came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Cercle Brugge last time out, making the manager B. San José Gil feel like a tactical genius.
Eupen are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, three draws and five defeats. From a total of eleven matches.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Anderlecht in just three days.
Eupen are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 10 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Eupen have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (Oostende wins - draws - AS Eupen wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Sakala 6 goals |   S. Prevljak 6 goals |  M. Gueye 5 goals |
KV Oostende missing players
AS Eupen missing players
| KV Oostende | AS Eupen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 19 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 27 | 19 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 24 | 12 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 14 | 32 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 90% | 95% |
| 74% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 80% | 89% |
| 63% | 89% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 58% |
| 32% | 44% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 30% | 37% |
| 5% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 58% | 78% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 68% |
| 26% | 22% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 30% | 16% |
| 21% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 30% | 21% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4 | 2.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8.6 | 7.9 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 9 | 8.9 |
| 3.8 | 3.7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
| 38% | 58% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 30% | 33% |
- All of KV Oostende's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- KV Oostende have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- KV Oostende have scored in all their home matches so far.
- KV Oostende haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 26 | 39 |
| 2 | Genk | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 43 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 18 | 38 |
| 3 | Sporting Charleroi | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 33 |
| 4 | Anderlecht | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 30 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 32 |
| 5 | Antwerp | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 31 |
| 6 | OH Leuven | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 3 | 29 |
| 7 | Kortrijk | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 29 |
| 8 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 39 | 40 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 25 | -1 | 28 |
| 9 | KV Oostende | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 28 |
| 10 | Zulte-Waregem | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 13 | -7 | 27 |
| 11 | Gent | 19 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 28 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 25 |
| 12 | Standard Liege | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 25 |
| 13 | AS Eupen | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 14 | -9 | 23 |
| 14 | Mechelen | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | -8 | 20 |
| 15 | Sint-Truiden | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 22 | -8 | 20 |
| 16 | Waasland-Beveren | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 20 | -14 | 19 |
| 17 | Cercle Brugge | 19 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 26 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -9 | 18 |
| 18 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 20 | -15 | 17 |