Pro League statistics and preview: KV Oostende moderate betting favourite to overwhelm Beerschot-Wilrijk

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 18.September
Match begins: 14:15 (UTC)
Venue: DIaz Arena (8400 seats)

KV Oostende have harvested 3 of their 9 in total here at their own stadium. Will they claim the win versus Beerschot-Wilrijk?

Insights:
  • KV Oostende have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk is in the worst form (0-1-5)

Both teams have had adequate rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's look for an active game!

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KV Oostende form and stats

Three Pro League home games done for KV Oostende, who are not happy collecting 3 points from these matches. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Oostende to get some points in this home game.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 287 minutes without scoring a league goal. N. Batzner was the last player to find the net.

Oostende faced defeat in their previous match, away at Club Brugge (0-3). Midfield player Maxime D'Arpino got a match rating of 7.45 in that game, the max score being 10. D'Arpino .

Preceding that match was a defeat to Zulte-Waregem (0-2).

KV Oostende has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 1 goal from 3 games. Oostende have conceded 5 from these games.

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Beerschot-Wilrijk form and stats

Still no away game victory in the Pro League for Beerschot-Wilrijk with 1 draw and 2 losses from their first 3 attempts. It's looking increasingly bleak for Beerschot-Wilrijk who now has to deal with a five game losing streak. Gent was the last time a defeat was avoided.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Pro League home defeat versus Sint-Truiden with 0-1 on the scoreboard. The attacker Raphael Holzhauser got a match rating of 7.82 in that game. Holzhauser hit three key passes.

Preceding that game, the 2-5 loss visiting Sporting Charleroi's place.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Beerschot-Wilrijk when being an outsider away as they are today, we find four matches with the visitors losing four times, drawing zero and winning zero games.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Beerschot-Wilrijk are regular goalscorers on their travels. Beerschot-Wilrijk can't defend away. 10 goals have been scored by the opposition in 3 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Data for the former seven meetings featuring these two squads are: four wins for Oostende, two draws and one win for Beerschot-Wilrijk. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

KV OostendeM. Gueye
M. Gueye
3 goals
KV OostendeT. Ambrose
T. Ambrose
2 goals
OostendeF. Jäkel
F. Jäkel
1 goals

KV Oostende missing players

Beerschot-Wilrijk missing players

KV Oostende Beerschot-Wilrijk
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
7 3 2 Played P 0 3 7
3 1 1 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
4 2 1 Lost L 0 2 6
8 1 1 Scored S 0 6 6
14 5 2 Conceded C 0 10 16
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
71% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 57%
57% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 57%
29% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 43%
29% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 67% 29%
29% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 43%
14% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
57% 67% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 57%
 
6.3 8.7 8.5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4.7 5.6
5.3 3 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6 4
3.3 3.7 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 2.6
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 3 3
 
11.6 13.3 16 Shots (avg) S ( 0 8 7.9
5 5.3 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4.3 2.4
23% 6% 8% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 46% 35%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • All of Beerschot-Wilrijk's away-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have the the worst goal difference (-10) in Pro League
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have yet to win a game.
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • KV Oostende have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • KV Oostende have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • KV Oostende 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 Club Brugge 7 4 2 1 15 11 4 2 2 0 9 5 3 2 0 1 6 6 4 14
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 7 4 1 2 14 6 3 2 0 1 6 1 4 2 1 1 8 5 8 13
3 Sporting Charleroi 7 3 4 0 15 8 3 1 2 0 6 3 4 2 2 0 9 5 7 13
4 Standard Liege 7 4 1 2 8 11 3 1 1 1 4 6 4 3 0 1 4 5 -3 13
5 Genk 6 3 2 1 12 7 4 2 1 1 9 5 2 1 1 0 3 2 5 11
6 AS Eupen 7 3 2 2 13 9 4 1 1 2 4 5 3 2 1 0 9 4 4 11
7 Anderlecht 6 3 1 2 14 8 3 2 0 1 11 5 3 1 1 1 3 3 6 10
8 Kortrijk 7 3 1 3 9 8 3 1 1 1 5 4 4 2 0 2 4 4 1 10
9 Sint-Truiden 7 3 1 3 6 8 3 1 0 2 3 6 4 2 1 1 3 2 -2 10
10 RFC Seraing 7 3 0 4 7 11 4 2 0 2 5 5 3 1 0 2 2 6 -4 9
11 KV Oostende 7 3 0 4 8 14 3 1 0 2 1 5 4 2 0 2 7 9 -6 9
12 Antwerp 6 2 2 2 11 9 2 0 1 1 2 3 4 2 1 1 9 6 2 8
13 Cercle Brugge 7 2 2 3 9 9 3 0 1 2 2 4 4 2 1 1 7 5 0 8
14 Zulte-Waregem 7 2 2 3 11 14 4 0 1 3 5 12 3 2 1 0 6 2 -3 8
15 Gent 6 2 1 3 13 9 4 2 1 1 12 6 2 0 0 2 1 3 4 7
16 OH Leuven 7 1 4 2 8 14 4 1 2 1 5 7 3 0 2 1 3 7 -6 7
17 Mechelen 7 2 1 4 11 18 3 2 0 1 7 6 4 0 1 3 4 12 -7 7
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 7 0 1 6 6 16 4 0 0 4 0 6 3 0 1 2 6 10 -10 1

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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.