With their 6 point advantage in the league table, KV Oostende fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Sint-Truiden.
- KV Oostende have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sint-Truiden has the fewest points from losing position (2) in Pro League
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.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Sint-Truiden have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 11-10-19 (win-draw-loss) from 40 matches.
KV Oostende form and stats
The story so far in the Pro League for KV Oostende at their home stadium (Versluys Arena) is 6 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats.
Oostende enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Waasland-Beveren's place. The match ended 3-2 with M. Gueye (2) and A. Hjulsager scoring. Prior to that, an away loss at Zulte-Waregem in the Pro League.
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 six games) they have won three times, drawn one and lost two.
There will be little rest for KV Oostende after this match as they are travelling to Cercle Brugge for a Belgian Cup game in only three days.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (24 in 12 games), Oostende's attacking play is working. KV Oostende's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 16 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Sint-Truiden form and stats
Sint-Truiden have only collected 12 points from their away games in the Pro League, after 3-3-6 (12 played).
A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Cercle Brugge.
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 three wins, two draws and four defeats. From a total of nine matches.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Belgian Cup trip to Genk.
Sint-Truiden are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 16 away goals from 12 games (in the league). Sint-Truiden have conceded 23 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Sint-Truiden - Oostende 0-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Oostende victories, four draws and four Sint-Truiden wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Sakala 12 goals |  Y. Suzuki 12 goals | D. Nazon 6 goals |
KV Oostende missing players
Sint-Truiden missing players
| KV Oostende | Sint-Truiden | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 12 | 25 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 36 | 24 | 6 | Scored | S | 8 | 16 | 33 |
| 33 | 16 | 2 | Conceded | C | 11 | 23 | 37 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 84% |
| 68% | 83% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 50% | 52% |
| 28% | 42% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 33% | 24% |
| 4% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 17% | 12% |
| 68% | 83% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 58% | 56% |
| 20% | 17% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 17% | 28% |
| 16% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 25% | 24% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.6 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 8.1 | 7.7 | 4.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.4 | 6.7 | 7.1 |
| 3.6 | 3.4 | 1.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
| 40% | 59% | 120% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 47% | 43% |
- 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.
- Sint-Truiden has the fewest points from losing position (2) in Pro League
- 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 | 25 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 53 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 7 | 35 | 57 |
| 2 | Antwerp | 25 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 41 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 43 |
| 3 | Genk | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 49 | 33 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 43 |
| 4 | Standard Liege | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 36 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 38 |
| 5 | Anderlecht | 25 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 34 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 38 |
| 6 | Sporting Charleroi | 25 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 38 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 26 | 4 | 37 |
| 7 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 25 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 46 | 48 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 28 | -2 | 37 |
| 8 | KV Oostende | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 36 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 36 |
| 9 | OH Leuven | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 40 | 41 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 24 | -1 | 36 |
| 10 | Zulte-Waregem | 25 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 38 | 45 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 17 | -7 | 33 |
| 11 | Mechelen | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 38 | 42 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 17 | -4 | 33 |
| 12 | Gent | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 34 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 32 |
| 13 | AS Eupen | 25 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 30 | 40 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 18 | -10 | 31 |
| 14 | Sint-Truiden | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 33 | 37 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 23 | -4 | 30 |
| 15 | Kortrijk | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 29 | 37 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -8 | 30 |
| 16 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 21 | -11 | 26 |
| 17 | Cercle Brugge | 25 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 30 | 44 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 20 | -14 | 22 |
| 18 | Waasland-Beveren | 25 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 32 | 54 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 27 | -22 | 21 |