KV Oostende look to Versluys Arena supporters for inspiration before Sint-Truiden match

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Date: Sat 01.February
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Versluys Arena (8400 seats)

KV Oostende hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 18 points and a 15th position in the Pro League table. Visiting Sint-Truiden holds 10th place with 29 pts.

KV Oostende and Sint-Truiden should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

This stadium uses grass, unlike Sint-Truiden's home stadium. The visitors last 41 games on grass have ended in 12 wins, 11 draws and 18 losses.

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KV Oostende form and stats

KV Oostende have played 11 Pro League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-2-5 (wins-draws-losses). It's trouble wherever KV Oostende are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.

The fans are hoping that KV Oostende will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Pro League game against Standard Liège (placed 4th). Preceding that match was a defeat to Waasland-Beveren (0-1).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does KV Oostende handle that role? We have found four games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W2-D0-L2.

KV Oostende has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the KV Oostende defense is not exactly impregnable. 19 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Sint-Truiden form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Pro League travels is 5 wins, 0 draws and 7 defeats.

Two travels in a row for Sint-Truiden, whose manager M. Kostič could celebrate last time after the Pro League win against Royal Excel Mouscron. That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Kortrijk.

Sint-Truiden are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of ten matches.

Sint-Truiden have scored 15 goals on their travels this season, from 12 away games in the league. For Sint-Truiden, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Sint-Truiden - KV Oostende 1-0, played this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): KV Oostende won 2 games, 3 matches ended with a draw and Sint-Truiden has 5 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 2 / 8

Top Goalscorers

KV OostendeJ. Sakala
J. Sakala
6 goals
Sint-TruidenY. Suzuki
Y. Suzuki
6 goals
Sint-TruidenA. De Bruyn
A. De Bruyn
3 goals

KV Oostende missing players

Sint-Truiden missing players

KV Oostende Sint-Truiden
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 11 2 Played P 5 12 23
5 4 2 Won W 2 5 8
3 2 0 Drew D 0 0 5
15 5 0 Lost L 3 7 10
23 16 5 Scored S 6 15 27
44 19 3 Conceded C 8 27 39
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
78% 82% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 92% 78%
57% 64% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 75% 57%
39% 45% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 42% 30%
17% 27% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 17%
57% 73% 100% BTTS BTTS 40% 50% 52%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 20% 17% 26%
43% 27% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 33% 30%
 
4.3 5.1 5 Corners For (avg) C F 2.8 3 3.9
5.9 5.5 8.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 5 6.2 6.7
1.4 1.3 2.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.9 2
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 1 2 2
 
110 43 0 Total Shots T S 30 67 151
55 19 0 Shots on Target S O 12 31 65
42% 84% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 48% 42%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • KV Oostende has the fewest clean sheets (0)
  • KV Oostende has the fewest clean sheets (0) at home
  • KV Oostende has the most conceded goals in the second half (32)
  • KV Oostende have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • KV Oostende have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • KV Oostende haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sint-Truiden have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Sint-Truiden have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sint-Truiden have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Sint-Truiden 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 Club Brugge 23 16 6 1 50 11 11 8 3 0 27 3 12 8 3 1 23 8 39 54
2 Gent 23 13 6 4 47 25 12 10 2 0 32 8 11 3 4 4 15 17 22 45
3 Antwerp 23 13 6 4 43 27 11 9 2 0 23 9 12 4 4 4 20 18 16 45
4 Standard Liège 23 12 5 6 42 26 12 8 2 2 23 9 11 4 3 4 19 17 16 41
5 Sporting Charleroi 22 11 8 3 36 18 11 7 2 2 18 8 11 4 6 1 18 10 18 41
6 Genk 23 10 4 9 36 34 11 7 1 3 18 13 12 3 3 6 18 21 2 34
7 Mechelen 22 10 4 8 33 34 11 4 3 4 18 20 11 6 1 4 15 14 -1 34
8 Zulte-Waregem 23 9 4 10 32 33 11 6 1 4 22 13 12 3 3 6 10 20 -1 31
9 Anderlecht 23 7 9 7 27 25 12 4 5 3 15 11 11 3 4 4 12 14 2 30
10 Sint-Truiden 23 8 5 10 27 39 11 3 5 3 12 12 12 5 0 7 15 27 -12 29
11 Royal Excel Mouscron 23 6 9 8 31 34 12 4 5 3 18 15 11 2 4 5 13 19 -3 27
12 Kortrijk 23 6 5 12 30 38 12 4 3 5 21 19 11 2 2 7 9 19 -8 23
13 AS Eupen 23 6 5 12 19 35 11 2 4 5 9 15 12 4 1 7 10 20 -16 23
14 Waasland-Beveren 23 5 5 13 19 43 12 3 2 7 11 25 11 2 3 6 8 18 -24 20
15 KV Oostende 23 5 3 15 23 44 11 4 2 5 16 19 12 1 1 10 7 25 -21 18
16 Cercle Brugge 23 3 2 18 20 49 12 3 1 8 12 21 11 0 1 10 8 28 -29 11

Read more about Pro League

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.