This match has been long awaited by fans of both sides, as it's the first Provincial-Oost-Vlaanderen game of the season. Both Jong Zulte and Excelsior Mariakerke are looking for a positive start to their campaigns.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Jong Zulte form and stats
Last season, Jong Zulte's league statistics were 11 wins, 8 draws and 11 losses, resulting in a 9th position in the Provincial-Oost-Vlaanderen. Over these 30 matches they scored 56 goals and conceded 58. Playing at home last season Jong Zulte managed 7-4-4 (win-draw-lost) with 29 goals and 19 conceded.
Excelsior Mariakerke form and stats
Let's have a look at how Excelsior Mariakerke performed last season in the Provincial-Oost-Vlaanderen: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 8 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 70 and conceded 59 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 5 and lost 4 with 25/19 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last two meetings: 1 - 1 - 0 (Jong Zulte wins - draws - Excelsior Mariakerke wins). As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 0 had two or less.Jong Zulte missing players
Excelsior Mariakerke missing players
| Jong Zulte | Excelsior Mariakerke | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 15 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 11 |
| 13 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 12 | 20 |
| 82% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 55% | 40% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 80% | 82% |
| 45% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 80% | 55% |
| 36% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 60% | 27% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 60% | 27% |
| 36% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 55% |
| 36% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 20% | 18% |
| 45% | 60% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 20% | 36% |
| 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 |
- Excelsior Mariakerke have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Excelsior Mariakerke haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Jong Zulte 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 | Adegem | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Ardennen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Bambrugge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Berlare | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Dendermonde | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Eendracht Aalter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Eendracht Zele | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Elene-Grotenberge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Excelsior Mariakerke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Haasdonk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | HO Kalken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Jong Zulte | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Kruibeke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Latem | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | SK Denderhoutem | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Voorde Appelterre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | Ninove | 30 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 77 | 28 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 44 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 33 | 18 | 49 | 66 |
| 2 | Bambrugge | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 53 | 33 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 20 | 54 |
| 3 | Eendracht Zele | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 50 | 33 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 17 | 54 |
| 4 | Eendracht Aalter | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 62 | 47 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 24 | 15 | 53 |
| 5 | Lochristi | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 59 | 45 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 26 | 14 | 48 |
| 6 | Excelsior Mariakerke | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 70 | 59 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 45 | 40 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 11 | 47 |
| 7 | Elene-Grotenberge | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 65 | 51 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 40 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 25 | 29 | 14 | 46 |
| 8 | Appelterre-Eichem | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 55 | 43 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 12 | 43 |
| 9 | Jong Zulte | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 56 | 58 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 39 | -2 | 41 |
| 10 | HO Kalken | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 56 | 53 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 30 | 3 | 39 |
| 11 | Ardennen | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 43 | 57 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 36 | -14 | 37 |
| 12 | Dendermonde | 30 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 45 | 61 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 26 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 20 | 35 | -16 | 33 |
| 13 | Adegem | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 51 | 68 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 31 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 37 | -17 | 32 |
| 14 | Drongen | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 50 | 57 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 29 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 28 | -7 | 31 |
| 15 | Sottegem | 30 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 42 | 78 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 32 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 46 | -36 | 21 |
| 16 | Sparta Waasmunster | 30 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 23 | 86 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 34 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 52 | -63 | 13 |