Zulte-Waregem vs Kortrijk pre-match information

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Fri 24.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Elindus Arena (12500 seats)

Zulte-Waregem are welcoming Kortrijk for another crucial game after their 1-1 result against 18th-placed RFC Seraing.

Insights:
  • Zulte-Waregem have the most points from losing position (14) in Pro League
  • Kortrijk have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Zulte-Waregem form and stats

With 3 Pro League wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats from their home games, Zulte-Waregem are certainly not brimming with confidence. When Zulte-Waregem hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like RFC Seraing, AS Eupen, Mechelen, Zulte-Waregem and KV Oostende), they have won 2 of 4 matches!

The home team returns to Elindus Arena after drawing with RFC Seraing (placed 18th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. Midfield player Ciranni got a match rating of 7.65 in that game, the max score being 10. Ciranni hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus KV Oostende.

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

A decent goal production from Zulte-Waregem in their home games so far, with 20 goals from 13 league matches. Zulte-Waregem have conceded 32 goals in these home games, a significant number. Zulte-Waregem has at home met teams with this table position (low), four times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.

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Kortrijk form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Kortrijk so far with only 13 points returning home. The records show 4-1-8 (win-draw-lose).

Kortrijk's last game was the home draw against Anderlecht (2-2). The attacker Selemani got a match rating of 7.83 in that game. Selemani served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 29 successful passes (of 35 total).

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Standard Liege at their stadium, the result 2-0.

We have checked recent matches where Kortrijk have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 8 games were 3 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Kortrijk are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 17 away goals from 13 games (in the league). Kortrijk have conceded 23 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The squads have met each other already this season, with the match result Kortrijk - Zulte-Waregem 1-3 written in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Zulte-Waregem two wins, three draws and Kortrijk five victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Zulte-WaregemJ. Vossen
J. Vossen
7 goals
Zulte-WaregemZ. Gano
Z. Gano
7 goals
KortrijkF. Selemani
F. Selemani
7 goals

Zulte-Waregem missing players

Kortrijk missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Zulte-Waregem Kortrijk
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 13 4 Played P 4 13 26
5 3 2 Won W 2 4 7
7 3 2 Drew D 0 1 5
14 7 0 Lost L 2 8 14
32 20 10 Scored S 5 17 30
54 32 6 Conceded C 6 23 47
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
92% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 77% 77%
54% 69% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 69% 62%
38% 46% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 38% 42%
19% 31% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 23% 19%
62% 69% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 69% 62%
8% 15% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 23% 19%
31% 15% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 8% 23%
 
4.8 4.5 6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 4 4.4
4.8 4.8 2.2 Corners against (avg) C A 7.2 7.1 6.4
2.5 2.5 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.4 2.4
7 3 0 Red cards R C 2 3 6
 
10.7 11.3 15.2 Shots (avg) S ( 9.8 9.8 11.2
3.7 3.8 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 2.9 3.6
34% 40% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 45% 45% 32%
 
13.6 12.4 7.8 Shots against (avg) S A 20.8 17.6 16.9
4.5 4.2 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.8 5.2 5.2
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • All of Zulte-Waregem's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Kortrijk have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Kortrijk haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Zulte-Waregem have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Zulte-Waregem have the most conceded goals (32) at home in Pro League
  • Zulte-Waregem have the most points from losing position (14) 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 Genk 26 20 3 3 62 25 13 11 1 1 33 10 13 9 2 2 29 15 37 63
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 26 17 5 4 53 29 13 9 2 2 25 12 13 8 3 2 28 17 24 56
3 Antwerp 26 16 5 5 45 23 13 10 2 1 28 9 13 6 3 4 17 14 22 53
4 Club Brugge 26 11 10 5 45 32 13 6 6 1 27 15 13 5 4 4 18 17 13 43
5 Gent 26 12 6 8 46 30 13 7 3 3 22 13 13 5 3 5 24 17 16 42
6 Standard Liege 26 12 5 9 42 34 13 7 2 4 25 14 13 5 3 5 17 20 8 41
7 Westerlo 26 11 6 9 49 43 13 6 3 4 31 20 13 5 3 5 18 23 6 39
8 Cercle Brugge 26 9 9 8 35 35 13 5 6 2 22 15 13 4 3 6 13 20 0 36
9 Anderlecht 26 10 5 11 38 35 13 5 2 6 21 18 13 5 3 5 17 17 3 35
10 Sint-Truiden 26 9 8 9 26 29 13 4 3 6 11 15 13 5 5 3 15 14 -3 35
11 OH Leuven 26 8 8 10 38 38 12 4 4 4 17 16 14 4 4 6 21 22 0 32
12 Sporting Charleroi 25 9 5 11 33 37 12 5 1 6 17 17 13 4 4 5 16 20 -4 32
13 Mechelen 25 7 6 12 35 46 14 6 5 3 27 23 11 1 1 9 8 23 -11 27
14 Kortrijk 26 7 5 14 30 47 13 3 4 6 13 24 13 4 1 8 17 23 -17 26
15 AS Eupen 26 7 4 15 32 51 13 4 2 7 15 21 13 3 2 8 17 30 -19 25
16 Zulte-Waregem 26 5 7 14 32 54 13 3 3 7 20 32 13 2 4 7 12 22 -22 22
17 KV Oostende 26 5 5 16 26 54 13 4 1 8 13 24 13 1 4 8 13 30 -28 20
18 RFC Seraing 26 5 4 17 24 49 13 1 3 9 7 19 13 4 1 8 17 30 -25 19

Table
  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 26 20 3 3 62 25 13 11 1 1 33 10 13 9 2 2 29 15 37 63
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 26 17 5 4 53 29 13 9 2 2 25 12 13 8 3 2 28 17 24 56
3 Antwerp 26 16 5 5 45 23 13 10 2 1 28 9 13 6 3 4 17 14 22 53
4 Club Brugge 26 11 10 5 45 32 13 6 6 1 27 15 13 5 4 4 18 17 13 43
5 Gent 26 12 6 8 46 30 13 7 3 3 22 13 13 5 3 5 24 17 16 42
6 Standard Liege 26 12 5 9 42 34 13 7 2 4 25 14 13 5 3 5 17 20 8 41
7 Westerlo 26 11 6 9 49 43 13 6 3 4 31 20 13 5 3 5 18 23 6 39
8 Cercle Brugge 26 9 9 8 35 35 13 5 6 2 22 15 13 4 3 6 13 20 0 36
9 Anderlecht 26 10 5 11 38 35 13 5 2 6 21 18 13 5 3 5 17 17 3 35
10 Sint-Truiden 26 9 8 9 26 29 13 4 3 6 11 15 13 5 5 3 15 14 -3 35
11 OH Leuven 26 8 8 10 38 38 12 4 4 4 17 16 14 4 4 6 21 22 0 32
12 Sporting Charleroi 25 9 5 11 33 37 12 5 1 6 17 17 13 4 4 5 16 20 -4 32
13 Mechelen 25 7 6 12 35 46 14 6 5 3 27 23 11 1 1 9 8 23 -11 27
14 Kortrijk 26 7 5 14 30 47 13 3 4 6 13 24 13 4 1 8 17 23 -17 26
15 AS Eupen 26 7 4 15 32 51 13 4 2 7 15 21 13 3 2 8 17 30 -19 25
16 Zulte-Waregem 26 5 7 14 32 54 13 3 3 7 20 32 13 2 4 7 12 22 -22 22
17 KV Oostende 26 5 5 16 26 54 13 4 1 8 13 24 13 1 4 8 13 30 -28 20
18 RFC Seraing 26 5 4 17 24 49 13 1 3 9 7 19 13 4 1 8 17 30 -25 19

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