These teams have both had their share of problems so far, but a win in this very important fixture would certainly help. Let's hear it for KV Oostende - RFC Seraing!
- KV Oostende have the most conceded goals (35) at home in Pro League
- RFC Seraing have the fewest scored goals (28) in Pro League
KV Oostende are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. RFC Seraing are struggling to avoid relegation.
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!
KV Oostende form and stats
The story so far in the Pro League for KV Oostende at their home stadium (DIaz Arena) is 5 wins, 2 draws and 9 defeats. When KV Oostende hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Beerschot-Wilrijk, AS Eupen, Standard Liege, KV Oostende and Zulte-Waregem), they have won 3 of 4 matches!
Oostende drew their last game, 1-1 away at Union Saint-Gilloise (placed 1st). Midfielder D'Arpino was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.54 (out of ten) in that game. D'Arpino scored one goal and hit two key passes.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Club Brugge (1-3).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 16 games. KV Oostende has won eight of these, drawn four and lost four.
The KV Oostende fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 17 in 16 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Oostende with 35 goals conceded in these matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
RFC Seraing form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for RFC Seraing so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 3-0-13 (win-draw-lose).
There were no winners in RFC Seraing's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs OH Leuven (placed 11th). The attacker Maziz got a match rating of 7.84 in that game. Maziz scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Prior to that result Seraing won their away game at Standard Liege. The scoreline was 1-0.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by RFC Seraing in our archives, and the results are: three wins for RFC Seraing, zero draws and five defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Seraing as they have only managed to score 12 times from 16 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. RFC Seraing have conceded 36 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Here's the final score when the sides met earlier this season; RFC Seraing - Oostende 2-3. One of the profiles has been Maziz with 2 goals scored against KV Oostende in these 1 games.Top Goalscorers
  M. Gueye 11 goals |   Y. Maziz 8 goals |  G. Mikautadze 8 goals |
KV Oostende missing players
RFC Seraing missing players
| KV Oostende | RFC Seraing | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 16 | 32 |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | 9 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 13 | 21 |
| 30 | 17 | 6 | Scored | S | 3 | 12 | 28 |
| 59 | 35 | 4 | Conceded | C | 5 | 36 | 64 |
| 94% | 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 72% | 81% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 88% | 78% |
| 53% | 69% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 62% | 56% |
| 28% | 44% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 31% | 34% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 19% |
| 44% | 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 38% | 38% |
| 19% | 19% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 6% | 16% |
| 44% | 31% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 56% | 53% |
| 5.4 | 5.9 | 8.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.4 | 4.7 |
| 5.1 | 4 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.7 | 4.9 |
| 2.4 | 2.2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.1 | 2 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 11.7 | 12.5 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 9.8 | 10.7 |
| 3.4 | 3.9 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.4 |
| 28% | 27% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 27% | 26% |
| 13.3 | 11.4 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 14.4 | 12.8 |
| 4.9 | 4.2 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 5.7 | 5.4 |
- KV Oostende have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- KV Oostende have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- KV Oostende have the most conceded goals (35) at home in Pro League
- KV Oostende have the the worst goal difference (-18) at home in Pro League
- RFC Seraing have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- RFC Seraing have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- RFC Seraing have the fewest points from losing position (4) in Pro League
- RFC Seraing have the fewest scored goals (12) away in Pro League
- RFC Seraing have the fewest scored goals (28) in Pro League
- RFC Seraing have the fewest scored goals in the second half (16) in Pro League
- RFC Seraing have the the worst goal difference (-24) away in Pro League
- RFC Seraing 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 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 32 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 70 | 26 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 43 | 12 | 44 | 71 |
| 2 | Club Brugge | 32 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 67 | 36 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 34 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 20 | 31 | 66 |
| 3 | Antwerp | 32 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 53 | 37 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 16 | 59 |
| 4 | Gent | 32 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 49 | 28 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 12 | 21 | 58 |
| 5 | Anderlecht | 32 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 65 | 34 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 37 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 15 | 31 | 58 |
| 6 | Sporting Charleroi | 32 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 52 | 42 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 26 | 10 | 51 |
| 7 | Mechelen | 32 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 54 | 57 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 22 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 35 | -3 | 49 |
| 8 | Genk | 32 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 59 | 47 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 29 | 12 | 45 |
| 9 | Sint-Truiden | 32 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 37 | 40 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | -3 | 45 |
| 10 | Cercle Brugge | 32 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 46 | 43 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 3 | 43 |
| 11 | OH Leuven | 32 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 47 | 52 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 24 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 28 | -5 | 41 |
| 12 | Kortrijk | 32 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 39 | 42 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 21 | -3 | 37 |
| 13 | Standard Liege | 32 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 31 | 45 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 22 | -14 | 36 |
| 14 | KV Oostende | 32 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 30 | 59 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 35 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 24 | -29 | 33 |
| 15 | AS Eupen | 32 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 37 | 54 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 27 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 27 | -17 | 32 |
| 16 | Zulte-Waregem | 32 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 42 | 64 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 34 | -22 | 32 |
| 17 | RFC Seraing | 32 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 28 | 64 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 36 | -36 | 27 |
| 18 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 32 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 32 | 68 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 30 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 38 | -36 | 16 |
