Pro League: Zulte-Waregem - RFC Seraing preview and the hard facts

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 23.July
Match begins: 16:15 (UTC)
Venue: Elindus Arena (12500 seats)

It's a new beginning in Pro League - the first game of the season. Read the full preview and see how Zulte-Waregem and RFC Seraing did in their pre-season training matches!

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Zulte-Waregem form and stats

Last season, Zulte-Waregem's league statistics were 8 wins, 8 draws and 18 losses, resulting in 16th position in the Pro League. Over these 34 matches they scored 42 goals and gave away 69. Playing as the host team in the last season Zulte-Waregem produced 5-4-8 (win-draw-lost) with 23 goals and 32 conceded.

With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Zulte-Waregem friendly games in pre-season: Zulte-Waregem played seven friendlies, won 4, drew 2 and lost 1. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Zulte-Waregem scored 22 goals and conceded 5 in these seven games.

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RFC Seraing form and stats

Let's have a look at how RFC Seraing performed last season in the Pro League: They landed a 17th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 4 draws and 22 defeats. In total they scored 30 and conceded 68 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 1 and lost 13 with 14/38 goals scored/conceded.

RFC Seraing played five friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 4 victories, 1 draw and 0 defeats. In these five matches RFC Seraing scored 8 and conceded 3 goals.

Head 2 Head

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

Zulte-Waregem missing players

RFC Seraing missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Zulte-Waregem RFC Seraing
Total Home vs Statistics Stat vs Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Zulte-Waregem Last season RFC Seraing
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
8 5   Won W   3 8
8 4   Drew D   1 4
18 8   Lost L   13 22
42 23   Scored S   14 30
69 32   Conceded C   38 68
97% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 94%
88% 88%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   88% 79%
65% 65%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   65% 56%
38% 35%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   35% 35%
21% 18%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 18%
59% 59%   BTTS BTTS   41% 38%
18% 24%   Clean Sheets C S   6% 15%
26% 24%   Failed to Score F T   53% 53%
 
3.6 4.4   Corners for (avg) C F   4.4 4.6
6.5 6.2   Corners against (avg) C A   5.7 5
2.2 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 1.9
5 1   Red cards R C   2 5
 
10.8 11.4   Shots (avg) S (   9.6 10.4
3.8 4.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.8 3.4
33% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 26%
 
16.1 15   Shots against (avg) S A   14.3 12.8
5.9 5.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.5 5.3

Last season 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 34 24 5 5 78 27 17 10 3 4 32 14 17 14 2 1 46 13 51 77
2 Club Brugge 34 21 9 4 72 37 17 10 6 1 36 16 17 11 3 3 36 21 35 72
3 Anderlecht 34 18 10 6 72 36 17 10 5 2 41 19 17 8 5 4 31 17 36 64
4 Antwerp 34 19 6 9 55 38 17 9 4 4 30 19 17 10 2 5 25 19 17 63
5 Gent 34 18 8 8 56 30 17 11 3 3 37 16 17 7 5 5 19 14 26 62
6 Sporting Charleroi 34 15 9 10 55 46 17 7 5 5 24 16 17 8 4 5 31 30 9 54
7 Mechelen 34 15 7 12 57 61 17 10 4 3 36 24 17 5 3 9 21 37 -4 52
8 Genk 34 15 6 13 66 47 17 10 3 4 39 18 17 5 3 9 27 29 19 51
9 Sint-Truiden 34 15 6 13 42 40 17 7 3 7 26 23 17 8 3 6 16 17 2 51
10 Cercle Brugge 34 12 9 13 49 46 17 6 4 7 23 20 17 6 5 6 26 26 3 45
11 OH Leuven 34 10 11 13 47 58 17 7 4 6 25 25 17 3 7 7 22 33 -11 41
12 KV Oostende 34 10 7 17 34 61 17 5 3 9 19 37 17 5 4 8 15 24 -27 37
13 Kortrijk 34 9 10 15 43 48 17 5 4 8 23 24 17 4 6 7 20 24 -5 37
14 Standard Liège 34 9 9 16 32 51 17 3 5 9 15 26 17 6 4 7 17 25 -19 36
15 AS Eupen 34 8 8 18 37 61 17 4 4 9 18 29 17 4 4 9 19 32 -24 32
16 Zulte-Waregem 34 8 8 18 42 69 17 5 4 8 23 32 17 3 4 10 19 37 -27 32
17 RFC Seraing 34 8 4 22 30 68 17 5 3 9 16 30 17 3 1 13 14 38 -38 28
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 34 4 4 26 33 76 17 4 1 12 16 33 17 0 3 14 17 43 -43 16

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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.