The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Zulte-Waregem are in the 8th position while the guesting Waasland-Beveren worry at 15th.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Zulte-Waregem form and stats
6-1-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Pro League numbers at home for Zulte-Waregem so far this season.
A nice win for Zulte-Waregem last time playing, versus Waasland-Beveren. That was also a home game and the match ended 4-0 with D. De fauw, J. Vossen (2) and S. Berahino scoring for the victors. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Antwerp (1-2).
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Zulte-Waregem played a great game against Waasland-Beveren and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
The Zulte-Waregem manager F. Dury has got the team scoring with 22 from 11 home games in the league. Zulte-Waregem's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Waasland-Beveren form and stats
Waasland-Beveren have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Pro League, after 2-3-6 (11 played).
It might be tough going out on the road again for Waasland-Beveren, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-4 versus Zulte-Waregem (placed 8th). A loss against AS Eupen was the result prior to that, in a home game.
Waasland-Beveren lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.
The visitors have scored 8 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Waasland-Beveren have conceded 18 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Waasland-Beveren - Zulte-Waregem 1-2. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Zulte-Waregem, four draws and two wins for Waasland-Beveren. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  G. Bruno 7 goals |  C. Larin 7 goals |  S. Berahino 5 goals |
Zulte-Waregem missing players
Waasland-Beveren missing players
| Zulte-Waregem | Waasland-Beveren | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 24 |
| 10 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 36 | 26 | 9 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 19 |
| 33 | 13 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 22 | 47 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 92% | 96% |
| 92% | 92% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 75% | 79% |
| 50% | 58% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 33% | 50% |
| 33% | 42% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 33% | 42% |
| 8% | 17% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 17% | 8% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 42% | 50% |
| 33% | 42% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 17% | 12% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 50% | 42% |
| 4.2 | 4.7 | 4.3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 3.2 | 4 |
| 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 6.2 | 5 |
| 1.7 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 134 | 68 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 26 | 69 | 138 |
| 66 | 37 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 26 | 62 |
| 55% | 70% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 31% | 31% |
- Waasland-Beveren has the fewest scored goals (19)
- Waasland-Beveren have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Waasland-Beveren have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Zulte-Waregem have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Zulte-Waregem have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Waasland-Beveren have scored away.
- Zulte-Waregem haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Club Brugge | 24 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 51 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 40 | 57 |
| 2 | Gent | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 50 | 25 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 25 | 48 |
| 3 | Antwerp | 24 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 43 | 28 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 45 |
| 4 | Standard Liège | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 43 | 29 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 14 | 41 |
| 5 | Sporting Charleroi | 23 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 36 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 41 |
| 6 | Genk | 24 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 37 | 34 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 3 | 37 |
| 7 | Mechelen | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 33 | 37 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | -4 | 34 |
| 8 | Zulte-Waregem | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 32 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -1 | 31 |
| 9 | Anderlecht | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 27 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 30 |
| 10 | Sint-Truiden | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 27 | 40 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 28 | -13 | 29 |
| 11 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 31 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -3 | 27 |
| 12 | Kortrijk | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 33 | 39 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 19 | -6 | 26 |
| 13 | AS Eupen | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -15 | 26 |
| 14 | KV Oostende | 24 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 24 | 44 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 25 | -20 | 21 |
| 15 | Waasland-Beveren | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 43 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -24 | 20 |
| 16 | Cercle Brugge | 24 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 20 | 50 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 29 | -30 | 11 |