Zulte-Waregem - KV Oostende: Small difference between teams in Pro League clash

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Wed 09.February
Match begins: 17:45 (UTC)

These two teams have had some difficulties so far, but three lovely points in this important fixture would definitely provide a boost. Get ready for Zulte-Waregem - KV Oostende!

Insights:
  • Zulte-Waregem have the most conceded goals in the second half (33) in Pro League
  • KV Oostende haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Zulte-Waregem and KV Oostende.

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Zulte-Waregem form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Pro League this season. Zulte-Waregem have only managed 3 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses from their games here. When Zulte-Waregem hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Beerschot-Wilrijk, RFC Seraing, AS Eupen, Standard Liege and Zulte-Waregem), they have won 1 of 2 matches!

In their previous game, the manager fauw led his Zulte-Waregem to a defeat away at Genk. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here.

A 3-3 draw away before that, with Beerschot-Wilrijk the opponent.

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 six games. Zulte-Waregem has won two of these, drawn two and lost two.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Zulte-Waregem, as the Pro League home game vs Anderlecht is only three days away.

The Zulte-Waregem fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 18 goals in 12 league matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Zulte-Waregem with 28 goals conceded in these matches.

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KV Oostende form and stats

4-2-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for KV Oostende in their Pro League matches away. When KV Oostende is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 2 of 3 matches. Beerschot-Wilrijk, RFC Seraing, AS Eupen, Standard Liege and KV Oostende is teams we like to compare Zulte-Waregem with.

Oostende might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. OH Leuven proved too strong as KV Oostende slumped to a 1-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Versluys Arena. Midfielder D'Arpino was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.53. D'Arpino scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 56 successful passes (of 65 total).

Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Cercle Brugge.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by KV Oostende in our archives, and the results are: one win for KV Oostende, one draw and three defeats.

KV Oostende have another fixture that requires travelling in just three sleeps, a Pro League game against Mechelen. A demanding programme for them!

17 goals have been conceded by KV Oostende in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

KV Oostende - Zulte-Waregem 0-2 was the product when these two contenders formerly played each other, also in this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Zulte-Waregem three wins, three draws and KV Oostende four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Zulte-WaregemJ. Vossen
J. Vossen
14 goals
Zulte-WaregemZ. Gano
Z. Gano
12 goals
KV OostendeM. Gueye
M. Gueye
11 goals

Zulte-Waregem missing players

KV Oostende missing players

Zulte-Waregem KV Oostende
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
25 12 2 Played P 3 12 25
6 3 1 Won W 2 4 8
7 3 0 Drew D 0 2 3
12 6 1 Lost L 1 6 14
36 18 3 Scored S 5 12 27
54 28 2 Conceded C 3 17 49
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
96% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 58% 76%
68% 75% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 33% 56%
48% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 17% 32%
24% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 17% 16%
72% 75% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 33% 48%
12% 8% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 17% 12%
16% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 50% 40%
 
3.8 4.7 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 5.2 5.7
6.6 6 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 6.2 5
2.3 2.1 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.7 2.8 2.6
4 1 0 Red cards R C 3 4 5
 
10.9 11.7 16 Shots (avg) S ( 11.7 11.2 11.7
3.7 4 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 3.2 3.6
39% 38% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 32% 30%
 
15.9 15.2 15 Shots against (avg) S A 13.3 15.8 13.9
5.8 6.1 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 5.3 5.1
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • All of Zulte-Waregem's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • KV Oostende haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Zulte-Waregem have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Zulte-Waregem have the most conceded goals in the second half (33) in Pro League
  • Zulte-Waregem have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • 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 26 19 3 4 59 21 13 9 1 3 26 12 13 10 2 1 33 9 38 60
2 Antwerp 26 15 5 6 46 28 13 7 3 3 25 15 13 8 2 3 21 13 18 50
3 Club Brugge 26 13 9 4 47 32 13 6 6 1 25 14 13 7 3 3 22 18 15 48
4 Anderlecht 26 12 9 5 56 31 13 6 5 2 30 18 13 6 4 3 26 13 25 45
5 Sporting Charleroi 26 12 7 7 42 33 13 5 4 4 16 13 13 7 3 3 26 20 9 43
6 Gent 26 11 7 8 38 27 13 7 3 3 25 15 13 4 4 5 13 12 11 40
7 Mechelen 24 12 3 9 42 41 13 8 2 3 26 18 11 4 1 6 16 23 1 39
8 Genk 24 10 5 9 47 36 12 6 3 3 26 16 12 4 2 6 21 20 11 35
9 Cercle Brugge 26 10 5 11 36 31 13 4 2 7 15 16 13 6 3 4 21 15 5 35
10 Kortrijk 26 8 10 8 31 32 13 4 4 5 14 17 13 4 6 3 17 15 -1 34
11 Sint-Truiden 26 9 4 13 29 37 13 4 2 7 17 20 13 5 2 6 12 17 -8 31
12 OH Leuven 24 7 9 8 34 39 11 4 3 4 14 17 13 3 6 4 20 22 -5 30
13 Standard Liege 25 7 8 10 29 40 13 2 5 6 13 21 12 5 3 4 16 19 -11 29
14 KV Oostende 25 8 3 14 27 49 13 4 1 8 15 32 12 4 2 6 12 17 -22 27
15 AS Eupen 26 7 6 13 32 45 12 3 3 6 13 21 14 4 3 7 19 24 -13 27
16 Zulte-Waregem 25 6 7 12 36 54 12 3 3 6 18 28 13 3 4 6 18 26 -18 25
17 RFC Seraing 26 7 2 17 26 52 13 5 2 6 15 21 13 2 0 11 11 31 -26 23
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 25 3 4 18 25 54 13 3 1 9 11 24 12 0 3 9 14 30 -29 13

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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.