Pro League duel: Close contest expected between Sint-Truiden and Kortrijk

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 03.October
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stayen (14600 seats)

Season ticket holders at Stayen haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Sint-Truiden languishing in the 16th position so far. The guesting Kortrijk will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Sint-Truiden and Kortrijk 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 pitch has artifical turf, which is not Kortrijk's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artifical turf Kortrijk have performed like this: Played two matches resulting in 0 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat with the goal stats 0-2 (scored/conceded).

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Sint-Truiden form and stats

1-1-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Pro League numbers at home for Sint-Truiden so far this season. Sint-Truiden has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager K. Muscat and the players.

Lee Seung-Woo was the last player to score a league goal for Sint-Truiden and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Sint-Truiden haven't scored in 247 minutes.

The fans are hoping that Sint-Truiden will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Pro League game against Mechelen (placed 12th). Prior to that, an away loss at Cercle Brugge.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Sint-Truiden have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won two, drawn two and lost one.

The Sint-Truiden fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 4 in 3 matches. 4 goals have been conceded.

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Kortrijk form and stats

Kortrijk have six points from their first three away games in the Pro League, meaning two victories and a loss.

Kortrijk failed to get anything from their last game, a Pro League home match vs Antwerp (placed 6th) that ended with defeat 1-3. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Standard Liège wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Kortrijk in our archives, and the results are: six wins for Kortrijk, one draw and zero defeats.

The visiting Kortrijk have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 4 goals from 3 games. As opposed to that, Kortrijk have seen the ball go into their own net 3 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Sint-Truiden won three games, one match ended with a draw and Kortrijk has six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four

Top Goalscorers

KortrijkI. Mboyo
I. Mboyo
4 goals
Sint-TruidenS. Lee
S. Lee
2 goals
Sint-TruidenY. Suzuki
Y. Suzuki
2 goals

Sint-Truiden missing players

Kortrijk missing players

Sint-Truiden Kortrijk
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
7 3 1 Played P 1 3 7
1 1 0 Won W 1 2 3
2 1 1 Drew D 0 0 1
4 1 0 Lost L 0 1 3
6 4 0 Scored S 2 4 9
13 4 0 Conceded C 1 3 9
86% 67% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 86%
86% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 71%
57% 67% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 71%
29% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 29%
14% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
57% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 57%
14% 33% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 43%
43% 33% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 14%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.6 1.7 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.3 2
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
34 19 0 Total Shots T S 10 11 44
18 12 0 Shots on Target S O 5 6 19
33% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 67% 47%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Kortrijk have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Sint-Truiden have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sporting Charleroi 6 6 0 0 12 2 3 3 0 0 6 1 3 3 0 0 6 1 10 18
2 Beerschot-Wilrijk 7 5 0 2 15 12 4 3 0 1 11 8 3 2 0 1 4 4 3 15
3 Standard Liège 6 4 1 1 8 3 3 2 1 0 3 1 3 2 0 1 5 2 5 13
4 Club Brugge 6 4 0 2 16 4 3 1 0 2 4 3 3 3 0 0 12 1 12 12
5 Anderlecht 6 3 3 0 14 8 3 2 1 0 6 2 3 1 2 0 8 6 6 12
6 Antwerp 7 3 2 2 11 10 3 1 2 0 4 3 4 2 0 2 7 7 1 11
7 OH Leuven 7 3 2 2 11 11 3 1 1 1 3 4 4 2 1 1 8 7 0 11
8 Kortrijk 7 3 1 3 9 9 4 1 1 2 5 6 3 2 0 1 4 3 0 10
9 Cercle Brugge 6 3 0 3 8 7 3 2 0 1 5 2 3 1 0 2 3 5 1 9
10 KV Oostende 6 2 2 2 7 6 3 1 1 1 6 5 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 8
11 Genk 6 2 2 2 9 10 3 1 1 1 5 4 3 1 1 1 4 6 -1 8
12 Mechelen 7 2 1 4 8 10 4 1 1 2 6 6 3 1 0 2 2 4 -2 7
13 AS Eupen 6 1 4 1 6 9 3 1 1 1 3 6 3 0 3 0 3 3 -3 7
14 Gent 7 2 0 5 7 10 3 1 0 2 4 5 4 1 0 3 3 5 -3 6
15 Zulte-Waregem 6 2 0 4 7 14 4 1 0 3 5 11 2 1 0 1 2 3 -7 6
16 Sint-Truiden 7 1 2 4 6 13 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 0 1 3 2 9 -7 5
17 Waasland-Beveren 7 1 0 6 11 21 3 0 0 3 4 9 4 1 0 3 7 12 -10 3
18 Royal Excel Mouscron 6 0 2 4 2 8 3 0 0 3 0 3 3 0 2 1 2 5 -6 2

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.