Soccer betting preview: Waasland-Beveren welcomes Zulte-Waregem in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 16.January
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Freethielstadion (13200 seats)

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

Insights:
  • Waasland-Beveren has the most conceded goals (42) in Pro League
  • Zulte-Waregem have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Waasland-Beveren form and stats

With 2 Pro League wins, 1 draw and 6 defeats from their home games, Waasland-Beveren, who have the most conceded goals (42) in Pro League, are certainly not brimming with confidence.

Waasland-Beveren faced defeat in their previous match, away at Standard Liege (1-3). Before that, Waasland-Beveren played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Genk.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Waasland-Beveren as they are travelling to their away game against Royal Excel Mouscron in the Pro League. That match is three days after this one.

Waasland-Beveren are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 9 games. Waasland-Beveren have conceded 19 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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Zulte-Waregem form and stats

The visitors are W5-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Pro League. Zulte-Waregem has been amazing away for a time now, winning four in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against KV Oostende.

Jelle Vossen scored in Zulte-Waregem's previous match, the home game against Royal Excel Mouscron that ended 1-0. Before that one, a nice away victory 3-2 at AS Eupen.

The travelling fans enjoy Zulte-Waregem's attacking play in away games, having scored 15 goals in 9 league matches away. 13 goals have been conceded by Zulte-Waregem in these games.

Head 2 Head

Zulte-Waregem - Waasland-Beveren 4-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Waasland-Beveren won zero games, four matches ended with a draw and Zulte-Waregem has six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / two

Top Goalscorers

Zulte-WaregemG. Bruno
G. Bruno
8 goals
Waasland-BeverenD. Heymans
D. Heymans
7 goals
Waasland-BeverenA. Koita
A. Koita
7 goals

Waasland-Beveren missing players

Zulte-Waregem missing players

Waasland-Beveren Zulte-Waregem
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
20 9 3 Played P 3 9 20
5 2 1 Won W 3 5 8
4 1 0 Drew D 0 1 3
11 6 2 Lost L 0 3 9
26 10 4 Scored S 7 15 27
42 19 6 Conceded C 3 13 34
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 78% 80%
60% 56% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 78% 65%
45% 33% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 44% 40%
30% 22% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 11% 15%
70% 56% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 56% 55%
15% 22% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 33% 25%
15% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 11% 20%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 2.4 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 1.8
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
8 11.2 8.3 Shots (avg) S ( 8.7 9.2 7.3
3.5 4.8 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 3.9 3.1
38% 23% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 43% 43%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • All of Waasland-Beveren's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Waasland-Beveren has the fewest points (7) at home in Pro League
  • Waasland-Beveren has the most conceded goals (42) in Pro League
  • Waasland-Beveren has the the worst goal difference (-16) in Pro League
  • Waasland-Beveren haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Zulte-Waregem have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • 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 Club Brugge 20 13 3 4 40 13 10 6 1 3 16 7 10 7 2 1 24 6 27 42
2 Genk 20 11 5 4 43 25 10 6 3 1 24 11 10 5 2 3 19 14 18 38
3 Sporting Charleroi 20 10 3 7 32 25 9 5 1 3 11 6 11 5 2 4 21 19 7 33
4 OH Leuven 20 9 5 6 35 31 11 6 2 3 16 13 9 3 3 3 19 18 4 32
5 Anderlecht 20 8 8 4 30 23 10 6 4 0 15 6 10 2 4 4 15 17 7 32
6 Antwerp 20 9 4 7 33 30 10 5 3 2 17 13 10 4 1 5 16 17 3 31
7 Beerschot-Wilrijk 19 9 2 8 40 41 9 6 1 2 24 16 10 3 1 6 16 25 -1 29
8 Kortrijk 20 8 5 7 26 28 11 5 2 4 19 20 9 3 3 3 7 8 -2 29
9 Standard Liege 20 7 7 6 25 22 11 4 5 2 15 12 9 3 2 4 10 10 3 28
10 KV Oostende 19 8 4 7 27 24 9 5 2 2 19 12 10 3 2 5 8 12 3 28
11 Zulte-Waregem 20 8 3 9 27 34 11 3 2 6 12 21 9 5 1 3 15 13 -7 27
12 Gent 20 8 2 10 29 28 9 4 1 4 16 13 11 4 1 6 13 15 1 26
13 Mechelen 20 6 5 9 31 36 11 3 2 6 19 21 9 3 3 3 12 15 -5 23
14 AS Eupen 19 5 8 6 23 32 9 2 3 4 12 18 10 3 5 2 11 14 -9 23
15 Sint-Truiden 20 5 5 10 24 33 10 3 3 4 11 11 10 2 2 6 13 22 -9 20
16 Waasland-Beveren 20 5 4 11 26 42 9 2 1 6 10 19 11 3 3 5 16 23 -16 19
17 Cercle Brugge 19 6 0 13 26 35 10 3 0 7 17 21 9 3 0 6 9 14 -9 18
18 Royal Excel Mouscron 20 4 5 11 16 31 9 2 3 4 9 11 11 2 2 7 7 20 -15 17

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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.