Westerlo manager Roeck looking for three points in Sint-Truiden showdown

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 29.October
Match begins: 16:15 (UTC)
Venue: Het Kuipje (8182 seats)

The league standings reveals that 5 points divide the pair of duelists in this Pro League match. Westerlo hold both the points- and home stadium advantage.

Insights:
  • Westerlo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sint-Truiden have the most matches under the total-line (8) in Pro League

This football stadium uses the playing surface grass, unlike Sint-Truiden's home ground. The latest 39 games by the away team on grass have produced 15 wins, 10 draws and 14 losses.

This could be an absorbing game with lots of fun and excitement as both participants are well refreshed since they last saw competitive action. Get ready!

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Westerlo form and stats

13 points is a decent return from 6 Pro League games here at Het Kuipje for Westerlo. The data says 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.

It's back home for Westerlo, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Kortrijk away with the result 2-0. Dorgeles and Madsen found the net in that victory. Midfield player Madsen got a match rating of 8.82 in that game, the max score being 10. Madsen scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and had 55 successful passes (of 64 total).

Heartbreak before that as Westerlo lost 1-6 at Genk's place.

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.

At Het Kuipje, Westerlo has the goal stats of 12-6 (for/against) from 6 league fixtures.

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Sint-Truiden form and stats

2-3-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Sint-Truiden, who have the most clean sheets (4) away in Pro League, in their Pro League matches away. Sint-Truiden seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Sint-Truiden are looking to quickly end their 200 minutes long goal drought in the Pro League.

Sint-Truiden delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against OH Leuven (placed 7th) in their previous match. Coppens (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 7.45. Coppens topped it up with a clean sheet.

Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Club Brugge's place.

We have checked recent matches where Sint-Truiden have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 10 games were 4 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

Take note: 9 of the last 12 league fixtures involving this team have seen only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in the betting world).

The visitors have scored 5 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's not easy to score on Sint-Truiden as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head data (for the prior ten meetings): Westerlo won two games, three matches ended in a draw and Sint-Truiden have five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three.

Top Goalscorers

WesterloL. Foster
L. Foster
5 goals
WesterloI. Vetokele
I. Vetokele
4 goals
WesterloN. Dorgeles
N. Dorgeles
4 goals

Westerlo missing players

Sint-Truiden missing players

Westerlo Sint-Truiden
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
14 6 2 Played P 3 7 14
7 4 2 Won W 0 2 4
1 1 0 Drew D 1 3 5
6 1 0 Lost L 2 2 5
25 12 4 Scored S 0 5 12
26 6 1 Conceded C 5 6 15
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 71% 79%
93% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 57% 64%
57% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 29% 43%
36% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 7%
29% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 14% 36%
29% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 57% 36%
21% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 57% 50%
 
4.1 3.8 2 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.3 4.6
6.2 6.7 5 Corners against (avg) C A 7.3 4.9 4.1
1.4 1.7 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.6 2
2 0 0 Red cards R C 2 2 3
 
11.4 13 17.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7.3 11.3 13.1
4.3 5.7 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 2.4 2.4
42% 35% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 29% 35%
 
12.7 9.7 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 13.7 11.6 10.9
3.5 2.3 1.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 4 3.4
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Sint-Truiden have the most clean sheets (4) away in Pro League
  • Sint-Truiden have the most matches under the total-line (8) in Pro League
  • Westerlo have scored more than double the goals of Sint-Truiden.
  • 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 13 11 1 1 33 12 7 6 1 0 18 6 6 5 0 1 15 6 21 34
2 Antwerp 13 11 0 2 27 11 7 7 0 0 19 5 6 4 0 2 8 6 16 33
3 Club Brugge 14 9 2 3 28 14 7 5 1 1 16 6 7 4 1 2 12 8 14 29
4 Union Saint-Gilloise 14 9 2 3 29 18 7 5 1 1 12 7 7 4 1 2 17 11 11 29
5 Standard Liege 13 7 1 5 19 17 7 4 1 2 12 7 6 3 0 3 7 10 2 22
6 Westerlo 14 7 1 6 25 26 6 4 1 1 12 6 8 3 0 5 13 20 -1 22
7 OH Leuven 14 6 3 5 23 23 6 3 0 3 7 10 8 3 3 2 16 13 0 21
8 Gent 13 6 2 5 23 16 6 3 1 2 12 8 7 3 1 3 11 8 7 20
9 Cercle Brugge 14 5 3 6 20 22 7 3 3 1 13 7 7 2 0 5 7 15 -2 18
10 Sint-Truiden 14 4 5 5 12 15 7 2 2 3 7 9 7 2 3 2 5 6 -3 17
11 Mechelen 14 5 2 7 21 25 8 4 1 3 15 13 6 1 1 4 6 12 -4 17
12 Anderlecht 13 5 1 7 21 16 7 3 1 3 11 7 6 2 0 4 10 9 5 16
13 Sporting Charleroi 14 5 1 8 20 25 7 2 1 4 11 14 7 3 0 4 9 11 -5 16
14 AS Eupen 14 4 0 10 15 29 7 2 0 5 8 14 7 2 0 5 7 15 -14 12
15 RFC Seraing 13 3 2 8 13 22 6 0 1 5 1 10 7 3 1 3 12 12 -9 11
16 KV Oostende 13 3 2 8 13 25 6 2 0 4 6 13 7 1 2 4 7 12 -12 11
17 Zulte-Waregem 13 3 2 8 15 28 7 2 0 5 10 20 6 1 2 3 5 8 -13 11
18 Kortrijk 14 3 2 9 12 25 7 1 1 5 4 13 7 2 1 4 8 12 -13 11

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.