Pro League preview and news: Westerlo - Zulte-Waregem at Het Kuipje

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 01.October
Match begins: 16:15 (UTC)
Venue: Het Kuipje (8182 seats)

Most people believe in Westerlo in this game against Zulte-Waregem, but the visitors will resist to the end. Here's our match guide!

Insights:
  • Westerlo have the most conceded goals in the second half (12) in Pro League
  • Zulte-Waregem is in the worst form (0-1-5)

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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Westerlo form and stats

When playing at home in the Pro League, Westerlo have managed 3 wins, 0 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 4 games.

Westerlo are returning here after guesting Eendracht Aalst in a Belgian Cup fixture and winning with a 3-1 scoreline.

In the game before, an away victory in the Pro League match versus Sporting Charleroi with a 3-2 scoreline.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Westerlo at home in the league. 8 on target and 4 scored by the opposition; from 4 matches.

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Zulte-Waregem form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the the worst goal difference (-11) in Pro League, on their Pro League travels is 0 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. Three has not been a lucky number for Zulte-Waregem as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Cercle Brugge match.

Zulte-Waregem are looking to quickly end their 180 minutes long goal drought in the Pro League.

This match can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus Sint-Truiden with 0-3 on the scoreboard. Sissako got a match rating of 7.1 in that game, top player of the team. Sissako dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 40 successful passes (of 45 total).

Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Gent's place.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Zulte-Waregem's away games in the league this season with only 2 goals from 4 matches. Zulte-Waregem have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Zulte-Waregem have pulled off a sequence of 4 consecutive matches without defeat (3-1-0) when facing Westerlo.

Top Goalscorers

WesterloI. Vetokele
I. Vetokele
4 goals
WesterloT. Dierckx
T. Dierckx
2 goals
WesterloN. Dorgeles
N. Dorgeles
2 goals

Westerlo missing players

Zulte-Waregem missing players

Westerlo Zulte-Waregem
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
9 4 2 Played P 1 4 9
4 3 1 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 2 2
5 1 1 Lost L 1 2 6
16 8 2 Scored S 0 2 7
18 4 1 Conceded C 2 5 18
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
89% 75% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 89%
67% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 44%
33% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 33%
33% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 11%
56% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 56%
11% 25% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 11%
33% 25% 50% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 33%
 
4.1 3.2 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.5 4.2
5.4 6.5 7 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5 4.4
1.4 1.8 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.5 2.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
12.1 14.5 15 Shots (avg) S ( 6 8.8 10.1
4.3 6.5 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 3.2 3.6
41% 31% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 15% 22%
 
11.7 11 10 Shots against (avg) S A 16 20 15.8
3.7 2.5 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 4.5 4.2
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Westerlo have scored more than double the goals of Zulte-Waregem.
  • Westerlo have the most conceded goals in the second half (12) in Pro League
  • Westerlo have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Westerlo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Zulte-Waregem have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Zulte-Waregem have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Zulte-Waregem have the the worst goal difference (-11) in Pro League
  • Zulte-Waregem have yet to win a game away.
  • Zulte-Waregem haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Zulte-Waregem is in the worst form (0-1-5)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Antwerp 9 9 0 0 21 6 5 5 0 0 14 5 4 4 0 0 7 1 15 27
2 Genk 9 7 1 1 22 9 5 4 1 0 10 4 4 3 0 1 12 5 13 22
3 Club Brugge 9 6 1 2 19 10 4 3 1 0 10 4 5 3 0 2 9 6 9 19
4 OH Leuven 9 5 2 2 16 13 4 3 0 1 7 6 5 2 2 1 9 7 3 17
5 Standard Liege 9 5 1 3 15 13 5 3 1 1 9 5 4 2 0 2 6 8 2 16
6 Union Saint-Gilloise 9 5 1 3 14 14 4 3 0 1 6 4 5 2 1 2 8 10 0 16
7 Gent 9 4 2 3 13 10 4 2 1 1 6 4 5 2 1 2 7 6 3 14
8 Anderlecht 9 4 1 4 16 10 5 3 1 1 11 5 4 1 0 3 5 5 6 13
9 Sint-Truiden 9 3 4 2 10 8 4 1 1 2 5 7 5 2 3 0 5 1 2 13
10 Sporting Charleroi 9 4 0 5 15 16 5 2 0 3 9 11 4 2 0 2 6 5 -1 12
11 Westerlo 9 4 0 5 16 18 4 3 0 1 8 4 5 1 0 4 8 14 -2 12
12 Mechelen 9 3 2 4 16 15 5 2 1 2 10 9 4 1 1 2 6 6 1 11
13 KV Oostende 9 3 1 5 10 13 4 2 0 2 4 5 5 1 1 3 6 8 -3 10
14 Kortrijk 9 2 1 6 6 15 4 0 1 3 1 7 5 2 0 3 5 8 -9 7
15 AS Eupen 9 2 0 7 8 16 5 1 0 4 4 8 4 1 0 3 4 8 -8 6
16 RFC Seraing 9 2 0 7 8 18 4 0 0 4 0 8 5 2 0 3 8 10 -10 6
17 Cercle Brugge 9 1 3 5 5 15 5 1 3 1 4 5 4 0 0 4 1 10 -10 6
18 Zulte-Waregem 9 1 2 6 7 18 5 1 0 4 5 13 4 0 2 2 2 5 -11 5

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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.