Open game expected at Stade du Pairay: RFC Seraing vs AS Eupen preview

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 29.January
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du Pairay (8207 seats)

AS Eupen have recuperated following their 0-2-game vs Standard Liege and are eager to go again when travelling to RFC Seraing. Get all the info!

Insights:
  • RFC Seraing have the most conceded goals (50) in Pro League
  • AS Eupen have the most conceded goals in the second half (1) in Pro League

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for RFC Seraing and AS Eupen.

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RFC Seraing form and stats

When playing at home in the Pro League, RFC Seraing, who have the most conceded goals (50) in Pro League, have managed 5 wins, 1 draw and suffered 6 defeats from 12 games. When RFC Seraing hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Beerschot-Wilrijk, RFC Seraing, OH Leuven, KV Oostende and Zulte-Waregem), they have won 2 of 3 matches!

RFC Seraing's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Beerschot-Wilrijk (placed 18th). The home side are looking to build on that result. The versatile forward Mikautadze bested all others in that fixture and managed a match rating of 7.44 out of 10. Mikautadze scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 18 successful passes (of 22 total).

Heartbreak before that as RFC Seraing lost 1-3 at Sint-Truiden's place.

This is expected to be a close game, with RFC Seraing perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with RFC Seraing as a small favourite), we find four games. RFC Seraing has won three of these, drawn zero and lost one.

Seraing are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 12 games. RFC Seraing have conceded 21 from these games.

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AS Eupen form and stats

The visitors are W4-D2-L6 on the road this term. That's in the Pro League. When AS Eupen is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 2 of 3 matches. Beerschot-Wilrijk, AS Eupen, OH Leuven, KV Oostende and Zulte-Waregem is teams we like to compare RFC Seraing with.

AS Eupen's previous game was their home loss versus Standard Liege (0-2). The attacker Peeters got a match rating of 7.21 in that game. Peeters hit four key passes and had 58 successful passes (of 69 total).

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Kortrijk that ended 1-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with AS Eupen playing away and similar expectations, we found five relevant matches. Results were two AS Eupen wins, two draws and one defeat.

AS Eupen has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 18 goals from 12 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as AS Eupen have conceded 20 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. When Eupen is visiting a side on the bottom half, 3 of 3 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Beerschot-Wilrijk, AS Eupen, OH Leuven, KV Oostende and Zulte-Waregem.

Head 2 Head

These opponents have met before this season: AS Eupen - RFC Seraing null. Head-to-head statistics (for the preceeding five meetings): RFC Seraing won one game, one match ended with a tie and AS Eupen got three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / two

Top Goalscorers

RFC SeraingG. Mikautadze
G. Mikautadze
8 goals
RFC SeraingY. Maziz
Y. Maziz
7 goals
AS EupenS. Prevljak
S. Prevljak
6 goals

RFC Seraing missing players

AS Eupen missing players

RFC Seraing AS Eupen
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
24 12 3 Played P 3 12 24
7 5 2 Won W 2 4 7
1 1 0 Drew D 0 2 5
16 6 1 Lost L 1 6 12
26 15 9 Scored S 8 18 31
50 21 5 Conceded C 3 20 41
96% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
88% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 92% 88%
67% 58% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 58%
38% 42% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 33% 33%
21% 25% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 17% 17%
46% 42% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 58% 58%
12% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 8% 8%
46% 42% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 33%
 
4.5 5.2 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 4 4.9
5.2 4.1 6 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 5.8 5
2.1 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.9 2.5
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11 12.1 17.3 Shots (avg) S ( 13.7 12.2 13.1
3.5 4.2 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.2 4.4
31% 29% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 53% 35% 30%
 
13 10.3 11.7 Shots against (avg) S A 12.7 15.8 14.5
5.7 5.2 4.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 6 5.2
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • AS Eupen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • AS Eupen have the most conceded goals in the second half (1) in Pro League
  • AS Eupen have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • AS Eupen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • RFC Seraing have the most conceded goals (50) in Pro League

  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 23 17 2 4 56 21 12 8 1 3 25 12 11 9 1 1 31 9 35 53
2 Antwerp 23 13 5 5 43 26 12 7 3 2 25 13 11 6 2 3 18 13 17 44
3 Club Brugge 23 12 8 3 45 30 11 6 5 0 24 12 12 6 3 3 21 18 15 44
4 Anderlecht 24 11 9 4 52 29 12 5 5 2 26 17 12 6 4 2 26 12 23 42
5 Gent 24 10 7 7 36 25 12 7 3 2 25 14 12 3 4 5 11 11 11 37
6 Sporting Charleroi 24 10 7 7 39 33 12 4 4 4 14 13 12 6 3 3 25 20 6 37
7 Cercle Brugge 24 10 4 10 35 29 12 4 2 6 15 15 12 6 2 4 20 14 6 34
8 Kortrijk 23 8 10 5 30 26 10 4 4 2 13 11 13 4 6 3 17 15 4 34
9 Mechelen 22 10 3 9 37 38 12 7 2 3 23 16 10 3 1 6 14 22 -1 33
10 Genk 23 9 5 9 45 36 11 5 3 3 24 16 12 4 2 6 21 20 9 32
11 Sint-Truiden 24 8 4 12 26 35 12 4 2 6 17 19 12 4 2 6 9 16 -9 28
12 Standard Liege 23 7 7 9 27 37 11 2 4 5 11 18 12 5 3 4 16 19 -10 28
13 OH Leuven 23 6 9 8 31 38 11 4 3 4 14 17 12 2 6 4 17 21 -7 27
14 AS Eupen 24 7 5 12 31 41 12 3 3 6 13 21 12 4 2 6 18 20 -10 26
15 KV Oostende 23 7 3 13 25 46 12 4 1 7 14 29 11 3 2 6 11 17 -21 24
16 Zulte-Waregem 23 6 6 11 33 49 12 3 3 6 18 28 11 3 3 5 15 21 -16 24
17 RFC Seraing 24 7 1 16 26 50 12 5 1 6 15 21 12 2 0 10 11 29 -24 22
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 23 3 3 17 20 48 12 3 0 9 8 21 11 0 3 8 12 27 -28 12

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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.