Pro League match preview and statistics: KV Oostende fight Beerschot-Wilrijk

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Mon 10.August
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)

This match has been long awaited by fans of both sides, as it's the first Pro League game of the season. Both KV Oostende and Beerschot-Wilrijk are looking for a positive start to their campaigns.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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KV Oostende form and stats

This is expected to be a close game, with KV Oostende perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with KV Oostende as a small favourite), we find eight games. KV Oostende has won two of these, drawn three and lost three.

KV Oostende have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and two practice matches played. These training games have ended with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Oostende scored 4 goals and let in 3 goals during these two games.

Last season, KV Oostende's league statistics were 6 wins, 4 draws and 19 losses, resulting in a 15th position in the Pro League. Over these 29 matches they scored 29 goals and conceded 58. Playing at home last season KV Oostende managed 5-3-7 (win-draw-lost) with 20 goals and 27 conceded.

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Beerschot-Wilrijk form and stats

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Beerschot-Wilrijk playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were three Beerschot-Wilrijk wins, one draw and three defeats.

Just as the home team, Beerschot-Wilrijk have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 0 Beerschot-Wilrijk wins, 4 draws and 0 losses.

A job perfectly done for Beerschot-Wilrijk last season as they secured promotion from First Division B. With a grand total of 7 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 4 were in away matches.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Oostende three wins, two draws and Beerschot-Wilrijk zero victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

KV Oostende missing players

Beerschot-Wilrijk missing players

Total First Half Second Half
KV Oostende Beerschot-Wilrijk
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
KV Oostende Last season Beerschot-Wilrijk
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
29 15   Played P   15 30
6 5   Won W   5 14
4 3   Drew D   3 7
19 7   Lost L   7 9
29 20   Scored S   16 36
58 27   Conceded C   17 29
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
79% 80%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   73% 73%
59% 60%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   33% 37%
41% 40%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   7% 3%
17% 27%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   7% 3%
59% 67%   BTTS BTTS   33% 50%
3% 7%   Clean Sheets C S   27% 30%
38% 27%   Failed to Score F T   40% 20%
 
4.2 4.5   Corners for (avg) C F   7.4 7.4
5.7 5.5   Corners against (avg) C A   4.9 4.9
1.4 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2.3
2 1   Red cards R C   1 3
 
136 64   Total Shots T S   165 329
68 30   Shots on Target S O   68 134
43% 67%   Goal Efficiency G E   24% 27%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Anderlecht 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Antwerp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 AS Eupen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Beerschot-Wilrijk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Cercle Brugge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Club Brugge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Genk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Gent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Kortrijk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 KV Oostende 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Mechelen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 OH Leuven 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Royal Excel Mouscron 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Sint-Truiden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Sporting Charleroi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Standard Liège 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Waasland-Beveren 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Zulte-Waregem 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season 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 29 21 7 1 58 14 15 12 3 0 33 5 14 9 4 1 25 9 44 70
2 Gent 29 16 7 6 59 34 15 11 3 1 38 14 14 5 4 5 21 20 25 55
3 Sporting Charleroi 29 15 9 5 49 23 14 10 2 2 26 9 15 5 7 3 23 14 26 54
4 Antwerp 29 15 8 6 49 32 14 10 4 0 28 12 15 5 4 6 21 20 17 53
5 Standard Liège 29 14 7 8 47 32 15 9 4 2 24 9 14 5 3 6 23 23 15 49
6 Mechelen 29 13 5 11 46 43 15 6 4 5 25 24 14 7 1 6 21 19 3 44
7 Genk 29 13 5 11 45 42 14 8 1 5 21 18 15 5 4 6 24 24 3 44
8 Anderlecht 29 11 10 8 45 29 15 7 5 3 29 12 14 4 5 5 16 17 16 43
9 Zulte-Waregem 29 10 6 13 41 49 14 7 2 5 30 17 15 3 4 8 11 32 -8 36
10 Royal Excel Mouscron 29 9 9 11 38 40 15 6 5 4 22 17 14 3 4 7 16 23 -2 36
11 Kortrijk 29 9 6 14 40 44 15 5 3 7 24 22 14 4 3 7 16 22 -4 33
12 Sint-Truiden 29 9 6 14 33 50 14 4 5 5 17 18 15 5 1 9 16 32 -17 33
13 AS Eupen 29 8 6 15 28 51 14 4 4 6 14 19 15 4 2 9 14 32 -23 30
14 Cercle Brugge 29 7 2 20 27 54 14 5 1 8 16 23 15 2 1 12 11 31 -27 23
15 KV Oostende 29 6 4 19 29 58 15 5 3 7 20 27 14 1 1 12 9 31 -29 22
16 Waasland-Beveren 29 5 5 19 21 60 14 3 2 9 12 30 15 2 3 10 9 30 -39 20
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Beerschot-Wilrijk 14 7 5 2 18 9 7 3 4 0 9 6 7 4 1 2 9 3 9 26
2 Excelsior Virton 14 6 5 3 19 11 7 3 3 1 11 6 7 3 2 2 8 5 8 23
3 Westerlo 14 7 2 5 24 20 7 3 1 3 9 11 7 4 1 2 15 9 4 23
4 Union Saint-Gilloise 14 5 7 2 25 17 7 2 3 2 13 12 7 3 4 0 12 5 8 22
5 OH Leuven 14 5 2 7 23 30 7 3 0 4 11 15 7 2 2 3 12 15 -7 17
6 Lommel United 14 4 4 6 12 18 7 3 3 1 5 3 7 1 1 5 7 15 -6 16
7 SV Roeselare 14 2 9 3 22 23 7 1 4 2 12 14 7 1 5 1 10 9 -1 15
8 Lokeren 14 1 4 9 11 26 7 0 1 6 2 15 7 1 3 3 9 11 -15 7

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

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