The home crowds hope for a win and three points in this match, and the home advantage could be decisive versus a stumbling visitor. Westerlo are in 8th place while the guesting KV Oostende stress at 14th.
- Westerlo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- KV Oostende have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
It's no vacation for neither Westerlo nor KV Oostende as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Westerlo form and stats
When playing at home in the Pro League, Westerlo have managed 4 wins, 1 draw and suffered 2 defeats from 7 games.
Westerlo's previous fixture was also a home event, the defeat 0-1 against Genk (in Belgian Cup).
Before that, Westerlo played out a Pro League draw 1-1 when visiting Union Saint-Gilloise.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Westerlo handle that role? We have found 7 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.
On the other hand, Westerlo have conceded 9 goals.
KV Oostende form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for KV Oostende so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-5 (win-draw-lose). KV Oostende has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Two trips in a row for KV Oostende, whose coach Thalhammer could celebrate last time after the Belgian Cup win against Thes Sport.
Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against Kortrijk in the Pro League.We have checked recent matches where Oostende have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 9 games were 2 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
Will there be lots of goals? This team have played 5 consecutive league matches all ending with at least three goals (over 2.5 goals).
KV Oostende have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 8 league away games 9 goals have been scored.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Westerlo victories, one draw and seven KV Oostende wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Foster 6 goals |   F. Hornby 5 goals |  I. Vetokele 4 goals |
Westerlo missing players
KV Oostende missing players
| Westerlo | KV Oostende | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 8 | 16 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Scored | S | 6 | 9 | 20 |
| 30 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 7 | 16 | 31 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 94% | 86% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 81% |
| 56% | 57% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 62% | 69% |
| 38% | 43% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 38% | 38% |
| 31% | 29% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 56% | 57% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 62% | 69% |
| 25% | 29% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 19% | 14% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 38% | 25% |
| 4.1 | 3.9 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.2 | 5 |
| 6.2 | 6 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.9 | 5.9 |
| 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.2 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 11.7 | 13.3 | 9.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 11.1 | 11.3 |
| 4.2 | 5.4 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.9 | 5 |
| 41% | 37% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 29% | 25% |
| 13.6 | 10 | 9.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.2 | 15.1 | 13.6 |
| 3.3 | 2.4 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.8 |
- KV Oostende have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- KV Oostende haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Westerlo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Westerlo 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 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 28 | 43 |
| 2 | Antwerp | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 34 |
| 3 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 33 |
| 4 | Club Brugge | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 32 |
| 5 | Standard Liege | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 28 |
| 6 | Gent | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 27 |
| 7 | Sint-Truiden | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | -1 | 23 |
| 8 | Westerlo | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 28 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 21 | -2 | 23 |
| 9 | OH Leuven | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | -1 | 22 |
| 10 | Cercle Brugge | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -1 | 22 |
| 11 | Anderlecht | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 26 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 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 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -11 | 17 |
| 15 | AS Eupen | 16 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 19 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -14 | 15 |
| 16 | Kortrijk | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -15 | 12 |
| 17 | Zulte-Waregem | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -17 | 12 |
| 18 | RFC Seraing | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | -12 | 11 |
