Sint-Truiden - Kortrijk: Small difference between teams in Pro League clash

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 21.August
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stayen (14600 seats)

Sint-Truiden battle against Kortrijk for prestige and success.

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.

0 - 1 - 1 with 0-2. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Kortrijk when playing on artifical turf like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Kortrijk play their home games on grass so that's why we provide these numbers.

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Sint-Truiden form and stats

OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Sint-Truiden's two home games in the Pro League so far this season, having collected 3 points here at Stayen.

Sint-Truiden are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus AS Eupen. Attacking player Rocco Reitz bested all teammates in that game and got a match rating of 7.33 out of 10. Reitz had 34 successful passes (of 39 total).

Ahead of that match, Sint-Truiden lost 1-3 at home to Zulte-Waregem.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Sint-Truiden at home in the league. 3 on target and 4 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.

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Kortrijk form and stats

Kortrijk are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Pro League, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).

It might be tough going out on the road again for Kortrijk, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-2 versus Union Saint-Gilloise (placed 1st). Defender Timothy Derijck was the best team player with a rating of 7.54. Derijck won 2 of 4 duels.

A loss against Genk was the result prior to that, in a home game.

It's early days yet, but Kortrijk has scored 1 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sint-Truiden three wins, two draws and Kortrijk five victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

KortrijkF. Selemani
F. Selemani
2 goals
KortrijkT. Chevalier
T. Chevalier
2 goals
Sint-TruidenC. Brüls
C. Brüls
1 goals

Sint-Truiden missing players

Kortrijk missing players

Sint-Truiden Kortrijk
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
4 2 0 Played P 0 2 4
1 1 0 Won W 0 1 2
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
2 1 0 Lost L 0 1 2
4 3 0 Scored S 0 1 4
6 4 0 Conceded C 0 2 4
75% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
75% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 75%
75% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 25%
25% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
75% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 25%
25% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 50%
25% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 25%
 
5.5 4.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3.5 3.2
5.5 5.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 8 5.5
2.2 1.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 5.5 4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
9.8 8.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 7 8.2
4.2 3.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.5 3.8
24% 43% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 14% 27%
Sint-Truiden Last season Kortrijk
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
10 6   Won W   6 11
8 3   Drew D   4 6
16 8   Lost L   7 17
41 20   Scored S   20 44
52 20   Conceded C   22 57
88% 88%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   82% 88%
79% 76%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 79%
53% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   47% 65%
26% 12%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   18% 29%
12% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 12%
53% 53%   BTTS BTTS   47% 59%
26% 29%   Clean Sheets C S   35% 26%
32% 29%   Failed to Score F T   35% 26%
 
4.6 5.6   Corners for (avg) C F   5.2 5.3
4.7 4.8   Corners against (avg) C A   5.2 4.6
2.1 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.7
8 6   Red cards R C   1 2
 
7.6 7.9   Shots (avg) S (   9.1 9.7
3.3 3.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.2 4.4
37% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   28% 30%

  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 4 3 0 1 8 2 2 1 0 1 2 1 2 2 0 0 6 1 6 9
2 KV Oostende 4 3 0 1 8 8 2 1 0 1 1 3 2 2 0 0 7 5 0 9
3 AS Eupen 4 2 2 0 8 5 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 5 3 3 8
4 Genk 4 2 1 1 10 6 2 1 0 1 7 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 4 7
5 Sporting Charleroi 4 1 3 0 5 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 4 1 3 6
6 Kortrijk 4 2 0 2 4 4 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 1 0 1 1 2 0 6
7 Club Brugge 3 1 2 0 4 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 5
8 Cercle Brugge 3 1 2 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 5
9 Antwerp 4 1 1 2 8 7 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 1 1 8 6 1 4
10 Anderlecht 3 1 1 1 5 4 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
11 Zulte-Waregem 3 1 1 1 5 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 4
12 Standard Liege 3 1 1 1 5 7 2 0 1 1 3 6 1 1 0 0 2 1 -2 4
13 Sint-Truiden 4 1 1 2 4 6 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 -2 4
14 Mechelen 3 1 0 2 4 6 2 1 0 1 4 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 3
15 OH Leuven 4 0 3 1 3 7 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 5 -4 3
16 RFC Seraing 4 1 0 3 3 8 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 0 0 2 0 5 -5 3
17 Gent 3 0 1 2 3 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 1 3 -2 1
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 3 0 1 2 2 6 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 -4 1
Last season 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 34 24 4 6 73 26 17 12 1 4 34 15 17 12 3 2 39 11 47 76
2 Antwerp 34 18 6 10 57 48 17 9 4 4 30 25 17 9 2 6 27 23 9 60
3 Anderlecht 34 15 13 6 51 34 17 9 7 1 25 11 17 6 6 5 26 23 17 58
4 Genk 34 16 8 10 67 48 17 9 5 3 38 20 17 7 3 7 29 28 19 56
5 KV Oostende 34 15 8 11 49 41 17 9 5 3 33 21 17 6 3 8 16 20 8 53
6 Standard Liege 34 13 11 10 52 41 17 7 7 3 26 20 17 6 4 7 26 21 11 50
7 Gent 34 14 7 13 55 42 17 8 3 6 29 21 17 6 4 7 26 21 13 49
8 Mechelen 34 13 9 12 54 54 17 5 5 7 29 30 17 8 4 5 25 24 0 48
9 Beerschot-Wilrijk 34 14 5 15 58 64 17 7 4 6 32 29 17 7 1 9 26 35 -6 47
10 Zulte-Waregem 34 14 4 16 53 69 17 6 2 9 23 38 17 8 2 7 30 31 -16 46
11 OH Leuven 34 12 9 13 54 59 17 8 2 7 24 23 17 4 7 6 30 36 -5 45
12 AS Eupen 34 10 13 11 44 55 17 5 6 6 24 30 17 5 7 5 20 25 -11 43
13 Sporting Charleroi 34 11 9 14 46 49 17 5 6 6 18 16 17 6 3 8 28 33 -3 42
14 Kortrijk 34 11 6 17 44 57 17 5 2 10 24 35 17 6 4 7 20 22 -13 39
15 Sint-Truiden 34 10 8 16 41 52 17 6 3 8 20 20 17 4 5 8 21 32 -11 38
16 Cercle Brugge 34 11 3 20 40 51 17 6 1 10 25 26 17 5 2 10 15 25 -11 36
17 Waasland-Beveren 34 8 7 19 44 70 17 3 2 12 21 40 17 5 5 7 23 30 -26 31
18 Royal Excel Mouscron 34 7 10 17 32 54 17 4 5 8 17 22 17 3 5 9 15 32 -22 31

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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.