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

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Fri 17.December
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du Pairay (8207 seats)

RFC Seraing are willing to brush off the league table before this fixture vs Kortrijk. Here's everything you must know before the game!

Insights:
  • RFC Seraing have the most conceded goals in the first half (16) in Pro League
  • Kortrijk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

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.

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RFC Seraing form and stats

When playing at home in the Pro League, RFC Seraing have managed 4 wins, 1 draw and suffered 4 defeats from 9 games. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on RFC Seraing to get some points in this home game.

Del Fabro was the last player to score a league goal for Seraing and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as RFC Seraing haven't scored in 225 minutes.

Seraing faced defeat in their previous match, away at Cercle Brugge (0-2). Defender Nadrani got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.33/10. Nadrani won 7 of 11 duels.

Ahead of that match, Seraing lost 0-5 at home to Anderlecht.

The Seraing fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 9 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Seraing defense is not exactly impregnable. 14 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Kortrijk form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Pro League travels is 3 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.

Kortrijk play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting KV Oostende (placed 14th). D'Haene, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.82. D'Haene scored one goal and won 5 of 8 duels.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs OH Leuven.

Kortrijk have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 10 league away games 12 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Kortrijk have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

RFC Seraing and Kortrijk have met previously this season: Kortrijk - RFC Seraing 2-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Seraing zero wins, zero draws and Kortrijk two victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

KortrijkF. Selemani
F. Selemani
8 goals
SeraingG. Mikautadze
G. Mikautadze
7 goals
RFC SeraingY. Maziz
Y. Maziz
6 goals

RFC Seraing missing players

Kortrijk missing players

RFC Seraing Kortrijk
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 9 3 Played P 4 10 19
6 4 2 Won W 2 3 7
1 1 0 Drew D 1 4 7
12 4 1 Lost L 1 3 5
23 13 3 Scored S 7 12 24
38 14 2 Conceded C 4 12 22
95% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
84% 67% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 90% 84%
68% 56% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 30% 37%
37% 44% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 20% 21%
26% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
47% 44% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 53%
16% 33% 33% Clean Sheets C S 50% 30% 32%
42% 33% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 16%
 
4.1 4.9 6.3 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.3 4.8
5.4 4.3 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 6.3 5.9
2.1 2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.8 3.1
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
11.1 12.8 13.3 Shots (avg) S ( 13 10.9 11.4
3.5 4.3 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.5 3.8
34% 33% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 34% 33%
 
13.3 10.4 7.3 Shots against (avg) S A 17.2 17.1 15.3
5.6 5 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.4 3.7
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Kortrijk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • RFC Seraing have the most conceded goals in the first half (16) in Pro League
  • RFC Seraing have won significantly more corners at home than 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 18 13 1 4 45 18 9 6 0 3 20 9 9 7 1 1 25 9 27 40
2 Club Brugge 18 10 6 2 35 23 9 5 4 0 20 10 9 5 2 2 15 13 12 36
3 Anderlecht 19 9 7 3 41 24 10 5 4 1 25 14 9 4 3 2 16 10 17 34
4 Antwerp 18 10 3 5 32 21 9 5 2 2 17 10 9 5 1 3 15 11 11 33
5 Sporting Charleroi 18 9 5 4 32 22 9 4 2 3 13 9 9 5 3 1 19 13 10 32
6 Gent 18 9 3 6 28 17 9 6 1 2 20 10 9 3 2 4 8 7 11 30
7 Kortrijk 19 7 7 5 24 22 9 4 3 2 12 10 10 3 4 3 12 12 2 28
8 Mechelen 18 8 3 7 29 31 9 5 2 2 17 12 9 3 1 5 12 19 -2 27
9 AS Eupen 18 7 4 7 28 26 9 3 3 3 13 13 9 4 1 4 15 13 2 25
10 Standard Liege 18 6 5 7 21 31 9 2 3 4 9 15 9 4 2 3 12 16 -10 23
11 Genk 18 6 4 8 31 30 8 3 2 3 15 12 10 3 2 5 16 18 1 22
12 Cercle Brugge 19 6 4 9 24 25 10 2 2 6 10 14 9 4 2 3 14 11 -1 22
13 Sint-Truiden 19 6 3 10 19 29 10 2 2 6 12 18 9 4 1 4 7 11 -10 21
14 KV Oostende 19 6 2 11 21 39 10 4 1 5 13 23 9 2 1 6 8 16 -18 20
15 OH Leuven 18 4 8 6 23 29 9 3 3 3 11 12 9 1 5 3 12 17 -6 20
16 RFC Seraing 19 6 1 12 23 38 9 4 1 4 13 14 10 2 0 8 10 24 -15 19
17 Zulte-Waregem 18 4 5 9 27 41 9 2 2 5 14 23 9 2 3 4 13 18 -14 17
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 18 2 3 13 15 32 9 2 0 7 5 11 9 0 3 6 10 21 -17 9

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.