Early odds line movement suggest Sint-Truiden advantage when welcoming Zulte-Waregem

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Tue 27.December
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Stayen (14600 seats)

In total; 17 game weeks are finished and Sint-Truiden are 10 points on top of Zulte-Waregem. What happens today?

Insights:
  • Sint-Truiden have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Zulte-Waregem have the most conceded goals (40) in Pro League

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.

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Sint-Truiden form and stats

Sint-Truiden's struggle is real here at Stadion Stayen with only 8 points collected from 8 Pro League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-2-4.

Sint-Truiden are returning here after guesting Club Brugge in a Belgian Cup fixture and winning with a 4-1 scoreline.

A home victory ahead of that game, as predicted. The team were huge favourites against Meux and won 1-0.

Sint-Truiden have scored {7 league goals} here from 8 matches, not a lot. Sint-Truiden have conceded 10 in these home matches.

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Zulte-Waregem form and stats

Zulte-Waregem have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Pro League, after 1-3-4 (8 played).

Two trips in a row for Zulte-Waregem, whose manager Leye could celebrate last time after the Belgian Cup win against Deinze.

Previously, the Belgian Cup victory away at Lommel United. As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Zulte-Waregem playing away, we found 4 games. Results were 1 away win, 2 draws and 1 home win.

Take note that 9 of this team's 11 latest league games have ended with three goals or more.

Zulte-Waregem's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 12 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

These two sides played each other earlier this match year: Zulte-Waregem - Sint-Truiden 0-3. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Sint-Truiden victories, two draws and four Zulte-Waregem wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Sint-TruidenG. Bruno
G. Bruno
7 goals
Zulte-WaregemJ. Vossen
J. Vossen
5 goals
Sint-TruidenD. Hayashi
D. Hayashi
4 goals

Sint-Truiden missing players

Zulte-Waregem missing players

Sint-Truiden Zulte-Waregem
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 8 2 Played P 1 8 17
6 2 1 Won W 0 1 3
5 2 0 Drew D 1 3 4
6 4 1 Lost L 0 4 10
17 7 3 Scored S 1 8 23
19 10 2 Conceded C 1 12 40
82% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
65% 62% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 94%
47% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 38% 65%
12% 12% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 47%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 24%
41% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 62% 65%
29% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 6%
47% 50% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 38% 29%
 
4.9 5.5 7 Corners for (avg) C F 4 5.6 5.2
4 3.1 2 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.5 5.1
1.9 1.2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 3 3.1
4 2 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
13.1 14.6 16.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9 10.9 10.9
2.3 2.1 1.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.1 4.1
44% 41% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 24% 33%
 
10.6 9.8 6 Shots against (avg) S A 23 16 14.7
3.1 2.5 1.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.9 5.1
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Sint-Truiden have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Zulte-Waregem have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Zulte-Waregem have the most conceded goals (40) in Pro League
  • Zulte-Waregem have the most conceded goals in the second half (24) in Pro League
  • Zulte-Waregem haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Genk 17 15 1 1 45 15 9 8 1 0 25 8 8 7 0 1 20 7 30 46
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 17 11 3 3 35 22 8 5 2 1 13 8 9 6 1 2 22 14 13 36
3 Antwerp 17 11 2 4 30 17 9 7 1 1 20 8 8 4 1 3 10 9 13 35
4 Club Brugge 17 10 3 4 34 20 9 6 2 1 22 10 8 4 1 3 12 10 14 33
5 Gent 17 9 3 5 32 18 8 5 1 2 16 9 9 4 2 3 16 9 14 30
6 Westerlo 17 8 2 7 34 30 8 5 1 2 20 9 9 3 1 5 14 21 4 26
7 Standard Liege 16 8 1 7 24 22 8 4 1 3 14 10 8 4 0 4 10 12 2 25
8 OH Leuven 17 7 4 6 30 26 8 4 1 3 13 11 9 3 3 3 17 15 4 25
9 Cercle Brugge 17 7 4 6 24 24 8 4 3 1 15 8 9 3 1 5 9 16 0 25
10 Sint-Truiden 17 6 5 6 17 19 8 2 2 4 7 10 9 4 3 2 10 9 -2 23
11 Anderlecht 16 6 2 8 25 20 9 4 1 4 15 11 7 2 1 4 10 9 5 20
12 Sporting Charleroi 16 6 1 9 22 29 8 3 1 4 12 14 8 3 0 5 10 15 -7 19
13 Mechelen 16 5 3 8 24 30 9 4 2 3 17 15 7 1 1 5 7 15 -6 18
14 KV Oostende 17 5 2 10 20 37 8 4 0 4 11 15 9 1 2 6 9 22 -17 17
15 AS Eupen 17 5 1 11 24 38 8 3 0 5 10 14 9 2 1 6 14 24 -14 16
16 Zulte-Waregem 17 3 4 10 23 40 9 2 1 6 15 28 8 1 3 4 8 12 -17 13
17 Kortrijk 17 3 3 11 14 33 9 1 2 6 5 18 8 2 1 5 9 15 -19 12
18 RFC Seraing 17 3 2 12 16 33 8 0 1 7 3 14 9 3 1 5 13 19 -17 11

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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.