Evenly matched teams: Zulte-Waregem vs Beerschot-Wilrijk match preview

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 28.November
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)

Zulte-Waregem are welcoming Beerschot-Wilrijk for another very important fixture after their 1-2 result versus 7th-placed Gent.

Insights:
  • Zulte-Waregem have the most conceded goals (35) in Pro League
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Pro League

Zulte-Waregem and Beerschot-Wilrijk should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Zulte-Waregem form and stats

Zulte-Waregem's results here in the Pro League have been very modest with 1 victory, 2 draws and 5 defeats. Zulte-Waregem are very eager to stop a potential losing streak, having lost their two previous games here.

Zulte-Waregem's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Gent (placed 7th). Alieu Fadera (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.43/10. Fadera dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 25 successful passes (of 31 total).

1-1 away at AS Eupen before that.

This is expected to be a close game, with Zulte-Waregem perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Zulte-Waregem as a small favourite), we find seven games. Zulte-Waregem has won two of these, drawn two and lost three.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Zulte-Waregem as they are travelling to their away game against AS Eupen in the Belgian Cup. That match is three days after this one.

Zulte-Waregem have proved capable of finding the net in their games here with 12 goals in 8 league matches. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Zulte-Waregem have allowed the opposition to score 23 goals here.

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Beerschot-Wilrijk form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Beerschot-Wilrijk so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 0-3-4 (win-draw-lose).

Beerschot-Wilrijk go into this game after a win, the home game against Genk that ended 2-0. Goalkeeper Mike Vanhamel got the top player rating of the team with 8.23/10. Vanhamel stopped the opponent with four saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against RFC Seraing.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Beerschot-Wilrijk playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were three Beerschot-Wilrijk wins, one draw and two defeats.

The schedule is very tough for Beerschot-Wilrijk now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Belgian Cup game at Standard Liege is waiting in only four days.

Beerschot-Wilrijk find the net regularly in their away games. 10 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Beerschot-Wilrijk's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 18 goals in 7 travels.

Head 2 Head

Zulte-Waregem-Beerschot-Wilrijk H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Zulte-Waregem zero wins, Beerschot-Wilrijk two wins, zero draws. two of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Zulte-WaregemJ. Vossen
J. Vossen
10 goals
Zulte-WaregemZ. Gano
Z. Gano
8 goals
Beerschot-WilrijkR. Holzhauser
R. Holzhauser
3 goals

Zulte-Waregem missing players

Beerschot-Wilrijk missing players

Zulte-Waregem Beerschot-Wilrijk
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
15 8 1 Played P 2 7 15
3 1 0 Won W 0 0 2
5 2 0 Drew D 1 3 3
7 5 1 Lost L 1 4 10
23 12 2 Scored S 1 10 15
35 23 4 Conceded C 3 18 28
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 86% 93%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 86% 67%
80% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 71% 53%
53% 62% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 71% 33%
20% 25% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 43% 20%
87% 88% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 86% 40%
7% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 14% 20%
7% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 14% 47%
 
4.1 4.1 2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4.7 5.4
6.9 6.4 8 Corners against (avg) C A 9 7.6 6.3
2.4 2.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.3 2.5
4 1 1 Red cards R C 0 3 5
 
10.3 10 7 Shots (avg) S ( 14 11 10.7
4.2 4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 3.1 2.8
37% 38% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 45% 36%
 
16 15.8 17 Shots against (avg) S A 17 19.1 13.7
6.2 5.6 7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 9 7.7 4.5
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • All of Zulte-Waregem's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have the fewest points (3) away in Pro League
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Pro League
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Pro League
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have yet to win a game away.
  • Zulte-Waregem have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Zulte-Waregem have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Zulte-Waregem have the most conceded goals (23) at home in Pro League
  • Zulte-Waregem have the most conceded goals (35) in Pro League
  • Zulte-Waregem have the most conceded goals in the second half (24) in Pro League
  • Zulte-Waregem have the the worst goal difference (-11) at home 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 Union Saint-Gilloise 15 11 1 3 40 14 7 5 0 2 17 6 8 6 1 1 23 8 26 34
2 Antwerp 15 8 3 4 26 18 7 4 2 1 12 7 8 4 1 3 14 11 8 27
3 Club Brugge 15 7 6 2 26 19 7 3 4 0 14 8 8 4 2 2 12 11 7 27
4 Mechelen 15 8 2 5 27 25 8 5 1 2 16 11 7 3 1 3 11 14 2 26
5 Sporting Charleroi 15 7 5 3 27 19 7 3 2 2 11 6 8 4 3 1 16 13 8 26
6 Anderlecht 15 5 7 3 28 21 8 3 4 1 20 12 7 2 3 2 8 9 7 22
7 Gent 15 6 3 6 23 16 7 4 1 2 16 9 8 2 2 4 7 7 7 21
8 Genk 15 6 3 6 28 25 7 3 2 2 13 9 8 3 1 4 15 16 3 21
9 AS Eupen 15 6 3 6 24 22 7 2 2 3 10 11 8 4 1 3 14 11 2 21
10 Sint-Truiden 15 6 3 6 17 21 8 2 2 4 10 14 7 4 1 2 7 7 -4 21
11 Kortrijk 15 5 6 4 18 17 7 3 3 1 10 7 8 2 3 3 8 10 1 21
12 Standard Liege 15 5 5 5 17 23 8 2 3 3 9 12 7 3 2 2 8 11 -6 20
13 KV Oostende 15 5 2 8 19 32 8 3 1 4 11 20 7 2 1 4 8 12 -13 17
14 OH Leuven 15 3 8 4 19 25 8 3 3 2 11 11 7 0 5 2 8 14 -6 17
15 RFC Seraing 15 5 1 9 19 28 7 3 1 3 11 9 8 2 0 6 8 19 -9 16
16 Zulte-Waregem 15 3 5 7 23 35 8 1 2 5 12 23 7 2 3 2 11 12 -12 14
17 Cercle Brugge 15 2 4 9 15 23 8 0 2 6 5 13 7 2 2 3 10 10 -8 10
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 15 2 3 10 15 28 8 2 0 6 5 10 7 0 3 4 10 18 -13 9

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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.