Zulte-Waregem vs Westerlo full preview

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 21.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Elindus Arena (12500 seats)

Loyal fans at Elindus Arena haven’t celebrated many home wins this season, with Zulte-Waregem rotting in the 16th spot. The opposing Westerlo will believe to protect their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Zulte-Waregem have the most points from losing position (13) in Pro League
  • Westerlo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

It's no vacation for neither Zulte-Waregem nor Westerlo as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Zulte-Waregem form and stats

Zulte-Waregem's results here at Elindus Arena in the Pro League have been very modest with 3 victories, 1 draw and 6 defeats.

A good away victory last time out for Zulte-Waregem, who won 3-2 against Anderlecht (placed 12th). Bossut loved the game against Anderlecht. With a stunning six saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 3-2 victory. Midfield player Fadera got a match rating of 8.1 in that game, the max score being 10. Fadera scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.

Prior to that, an away loss at Genk.

Zulte-Waregem have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Elindus Arena with 17 goals in 10 league matches. As for conceded goals, Zulte-Waregem's unpleasant statistic is 28 goals surrendered.

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Westerlo form and stats

4 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses. That’s the product of Westerlo playing as the away team in the Pro League this season.

Westerlo's previous game was their home loss versus Genk (2-3). Midfielder den Keybus was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.61. Keybus scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 35 successful passes (of 38 total).

A 1-2 loss hosting OH Leuven before that.

Westerlo has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 15 goals from 10 games. For Westerlo, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The newest archived meeting involving both these teams is the Westerlo - Zulte-Waregem 2-0 played not long ago this season. Head to head data (for the prior ten meetings): Zulte-Waregem won four games, four matches ended in a draw and Westerlo got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three.

Top Goalscorers

WesterloL. Foster
L. Foster
8 goals
Zulte-WaregemZ. Gano
Z. Gano
6 goals
WesterloN. Dorgeles
N. Dorgeles
6 goals

Zulte-Waregem missing players

Westerlo missing players

Zulte-Waregem Westerlo
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 10 4 Played P 2 10 21
5 3 1 Won W 1 4 9
4 1 0 Drew D 0 1 3
12 6 3 Lost L 1 5 9
28 17 6 Scored S 6 15 41
45 28 13 Conceded C 5 21 38
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
90% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 90% 90%
57% 80% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 62%
43% 60% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 30% 43%
24% 40% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 30% 38%
57% 60% 75% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 57%
10% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 30% 29%
33% 20% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 14%
 
4.9 4.7 2.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 4.2 4.6
4.9 4.6 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 6.3 5.8
2.8 3 4.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.5 1.7
5 2 1 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
10.7 11.4 8.5 Shots (avg) S ( 13.5 9.7 11.7
4 4.2 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.2 4.3
34% 40% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 75% 47% 45%
 
14.3 13 15 Shots against (avg) S A 10 15.7 12.8
4.8 4.8 5.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 4 3.3
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • All of Zulte-Waregem's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Westerlo 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 (28) at home in Pro League
  • Zulte-Waregem have the most points from losing position (13) 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 21 18 1 2 52 19 11 10 1 0 29 9 10 8 0 2 23 10 33 55
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 21 14 4 3 44 24 10 7 2 1 18 8 11 7 2 2 26 16 20 46
3 Antwerp 21 13 3 5 38 22 10 8 1 1 22 8 11 5 2 4 16 14 16 42
4 Club Brugge 20 10 5 5 37 25 11 6 4 1 24 12 9 4 1 4 13 13 12 35
5 Gent 20 10 4 6 34 21 10 6 2 2 18 10 10 4 2 4 16 11 13 34
6 Standard Liege 21 10 4 7 33 24 11 6 2 3 22 11 10 4 2 4 11 13 9 34
7 OH Leuven 21 8 6 7 36 32 10 4 2 4 16 15 11 4 4 3 20 17 4 30
8 Westerlo 21 9 3 9 41 38 11 5 2 4 26 17 10 4 1 5 15 21 3 30
9 Sint-Truiden 20 8 6 6 22 20 9 3 2 4 9 10 11 5 4 2 13 10 2 30
10 Cercle Brugge 21 7 6 8 27 29 10 4 4 2 16 10 11 3 2 6 11 19 -2 27
11 Sporting Charleroi 19 8 1 10 26 32 10 4 1 5 14 16 9 4 0 5 12 16 -6 25
12 Anderlecht 21 7 3 11 30 32 11 4 1 6 18 17 10 3 2 5 12 15 -2 24
13 Mechelen 20 6 4 10 27 36 11 5 3 3 20 17 9 1 1 7 7 19 -9 22
14 Kortrijk 21 6 3 12 22 39 11 3 2 6 9 20 10 3 1 6 13 19 -17 21
15 AS Eupen 21 6 2 13 27 43 10 3 0 7 11 18 11 3 2 6 16 25 -16 20
16 Zulte-Waregem 21 5 4 12 28 45 10 3 1 6 17 28 11 2 3 6 11 17 -17 19
17 KV Oostende 21 5 2 14 22 47 10 4 0 6 12 20 11 1 2 8 10 27 -25 17
18 RFC Seraing 21 4 3 14 21 39 10 0 2 8 4 16 11 4 1 6 17 23 -18 15

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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.