Pro League game preview and statistics: Zulte-Waregem meet RFC Seraing

RFC Seraing could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Pro League game only four sleeps ago. That game, against Gent, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for RFC Seraing.

Zulte-Waregem form and stats

With 3 Pro League wins, 4 draws and 7 defeats from their home games, Zulte-Waregem are certainly not brimming with confidence.

Zulte-Waregem are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-5 away versus Kortrijk. The versatile forward Dompe bested all the other footballers in that fixture and was awarded a match rating of 7.31 out of 10. Dompe hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 24 successful passes (of 30 total).

Before that game, the home loss against Anderlecht with the scoreline 1-2.

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 three and lost two.

The Zulte-Waregem fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 19 in 14 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Zulte-Waregem with 30 goals conceded in these matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. Zulte-Waregem has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.

RFC Seraing form and stats

RFC Seraing have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Pro League, after 2-0-12 (14 played). Bitter travels for RFC Seraing as they have lost six games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the OH Leuven match.

Maziz was the last player to score for the away team. Seraing haven't scored a league goal in the last 393 minutes.

RFC Seraing lost away at Gent (0-4) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Defender Faye was the best team player with a rating of 7.42. Faye won 5 of 6 duels.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Antwerp.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with RFC Seraing playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were three RFC Seraing wins, zero draws and four defeats.

The attacking power of Seraing when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 14 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. For RFC Seraing, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. When RFC Seraing is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 2 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Beerschot-Wilrijk, RFC Seraing, AS Eupen, Standard Liège and KV Oostende.

Head 2 Head

The previous head to head match ended RFC Seraing - Zulte-Waregem 5-1, earlier this season. One of the profiles has been Mikautadze with 3 goals scored against Zulte-Waregem in these 1 meetings.

Top Goalscorers

J. Vossen 14 goals

Z. Gano 13 goals

G. Mikautadze 8 goals

Zulte-Waregem missing players

RFC Seraing missing players