Season ticket holders at Versluys Arena haven’t seen too many victories this season, with KV Oostende languishing in the 14th position so far. The guesting Zulte-Waregem will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Zulte-Waregem are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.
KV Oostende form and stats
KV Oostende have played 13 Pro League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-2-6 (wins-draws-losses).
KV Oostende's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-3 versus Kortrijk (placed 11th). Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Royal Excel Mouscron (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 seven games. KV Oostende has won two of these, drawn two and lost three.
KV Oostende are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 13 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 22 goals have been conceded.
Zulte-Waregem form and stats
There's been little loot from Zulte-Waregem's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 13 away games in the Pro League. Zulte-Waregem only have 3 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 3 draws. It's all red in the travel logs of Zulte-Waregem, having lost five matches in a row as the visiting team.
Zulte-Waregem failed to get anything from their last game, a Pro League home match vs Royal Excel Mouscron (placed 10th) that ended with defeat 1-2. A 0-4 defeat away at Sporting Charleroi before that.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Zulte-Waregem in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Zulte-Waregem, one draw and one defeat.
The visitors have scored 10 goals from 13 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Zulte-Waregem have conceded 24 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
KV Oostende and Zulte-Waregem have met before this season: Zulte-Waregem - KV Oostende 2-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): KV Oostende won three games, five matches ended with a draw and Zulte-Waregem has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  G. Bruno 8 goals |   J. Sakala 7 goals |  C. Larin 7 goals |
KV Oostende missing players
Zulte-Waregem missing players
| KV Oostende | Zulte-Waregem | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 13 | 26 |
| 6 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 17 | 6 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 25 | 17 | 7 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | 38 |
| 50 | 22 | 5 | Conceded | C | 6 | 24 | 39 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 92% | 96% |
| 77% | 77% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 92% | 92% |
| 58% | 62% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 46% | 54% |
| 38% | 38% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 31% | 35% |
| 15% | 23% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 54% | 62% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 31% | 35% |
| 4% | 8% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 23% | 31% |
| 42% | 31% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 54% | 38% |
| 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.5 |
| 5.8 | 5.5 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 4.8 | 4.3 |
| 1.5 | 1.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 122 | 55 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 21 | 66 | 142 |
| 63 | 27 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 29 | 69 |
| 40% | 63% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 34% | 55% |
- KV Oostende has the fewest clean sheets (1)
- KV Oostende has the most conceded goals in the second half (38)
- KV Oostende have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- KV Oostende haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Zulte-Waregem have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored 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 | 26 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 53 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 41 | 61 |
| 2 | Gent | 26 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 54 | 28 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 26 | 52 |
| 3 | Sporting Charleroi | 26 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 43 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 22 | 48 |
| 4 | Antwerp | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 45 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 47 |
| 5 | Standard Liège | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 46 | 30 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 16 | 45 |
| 6 | Genk | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 39 | 38 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 1 | 38 |
| 7 | Mechelen | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 38 | 42 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 19 | -4 | 37 |
| 8 | Zulte-Waregem | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 38 | 39 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 24 | -1 | 34 |
| 9 | Anderlecht | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 29 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 1 | 34 |
| 10 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 36 | 37 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 21 | -1 | 33 |
| 11 | Kortrijk | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 38 | 40 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 20 | -2 | 32 |
| 12 | Sint-Truiden | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 32 | 43 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 28 | -11 | 32 |
| 13 | AS Eupen | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 24 | 43 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 25 | -19 | 26 |
| 14 | KV Oostende | 26 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 25 | 50 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 28 | -25 | 21 |
| 15 | Waasland-Beveren | 26 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 52 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 27 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 25 | -31 | 20 |
| 16 | Cercle Brugge | 26 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 24 | 52 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 29 | -28 | 17 |