Evenly matched teams: Excelsior Virton U21 vs Waasland-Beveren U21 match preview

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Competition: Belgium Reserve Pro League 2
Competition: Mon 21.February
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)

Waasland-Beveren U21 journey to Excelsior Virton U21 packed with hope and confidence, but the home team is not easy meat. More news on the match here!

Insights:
  • Excelsior Virton U21 have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Reserve Pro League 2
  • Waasland-Beveren U21 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

This could be an interesting game with lots of spark and excitement as both squads are well rested since they last ran out on the pitch. Bring it on!

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Excelsior Virton U21 form and stats

4-1-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Reserve Pro League 2 numbers at home for Excelsior Virton U21, who have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Reserve Pro League 2, so far this season.

Excelsior enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Lierse Kempenzonen U21's place. The match ended 3-1.

In the preceding match a 5-3 victory visiting Westerlo U21.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (16 in 7 games), Excelsior Virton U21's attacking play is working.

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Waasland-Beveren U21 form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Reserve Pro League 2 travels is 5 wins, 0 draws and 6 defeats.

Waasland-Beveren U21 play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-1 victory visiting Deinze U21 (placed 12th).

A 1-2 defeat away at AS Eupen U21 before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Waasland-Beveren U21 playing away and similar expectations, we found four relevant matches. Results were one Waasland-Beveren U21 wins, zero draws and three defeats.

Waasland-Beveren find the net regularly in their away games. 14 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. Waasland-Beveren U21 have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This was the scoreline when the contenders met earlier this season; Waasland-Beveren U21 - Excelsior 3-2. Head-2-head stats last two meetings: zero - zero - two (Excelsior Virton U21 wins - draws - Waasland-Beveren U21 wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.

Excelsior Virton U21 missing players

Waasland-Beveren U21 missing players

Excelsior Virton U21 Waasland-Beveren U21
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 7 2 Played P 4 11 19
9 4 1 Won W 1 5 10
2 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
6 2 1 Lost L 3 6 8
39 16 3 Scored S 4 14 35
43 14 4 Conceded C 5 13 21
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 64% 74%
94% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 55% 63%
76% 71% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 27% 37%
53% 29% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 16%
82% 86% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 55% 53%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 27% 32%
18% 14% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 18% 16%
 
4.4 5.9 5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 3.6 3.9
5.1 3.3 5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 6.5 5.3
1.6 1.7 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.1 1.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.3 17.3 13 Shots (avg) S ( 9.2 9.2 9.9
7 8.1 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 5.2 5.3
33% 28% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 25% 35%
 
13.5 9.9 12.5 Shots against (avg) S A 9.5 13.5 11.1
7.3 5.4 6.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 6 5.1
Key stats in Reserve Pro League 2 this season:
  • All of Excelsior Virton U21's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Excelsior Virton U21 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Excelsior Virton U21 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Excelsior Virton U21 have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Reserve Pro League 2
  • Excelsior Virton U21 have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Excelsior Virton U21 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Waasland-Beveren U21 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 Beerschot-Wilrijk U21 19 13 4 2 47 18 11 6 3 2 21 13 8 7 1 0 26 5 29 43
2 AS Eupen U21 18 13 1 4 41 22 11 8 1 2 27 13 7 5 0 2 14 9 19 40
3 KV Oostende U21 18 9 6 3 43 22 9 7 2 0 26 8 9 2 4 3 17 14 21 33
4 Waasland-Beveren U21 19 10 1 8 35 21 8 5 1 2 21 8 11 5 0 6 14 13 14 31
5 Excelsior Virton U21 17 9 2 6 39 43 7 4 1 2 16 14 10 5 1 4 23 29 -4 29
6 Excel Mouscron U21 18 8 4 6 35 21 10 8 1 1 25 6 8 0 3 5 10 15 14 28
7 RWDM U21 18 8 2 8 40 36 9 5 0 4 20 17 9 3 2 4 20 19 4 26
8 Westerlo U21 19 8 2 9 32 34 10 5 1 4 16 17 9 3 1 5 16 17 -2 26
9 Lierse Kempenzonen U21 18 6 4 8 24 40 10 4 1 5 14 20 8 2 3 3 10 20 -16 22
10 Union St-Gilloise U21 16 6 3 7 19 16 7 2 0 5 5 9 9 4 3 2 14 7 3 21
11 RFC Seraing U21 18 6 1 11 22 36 9 3 1 5 14 19 9 3 0 6 8 17 -14 19
12 Deinze U21 17 5 3 9 21 38 7 1 2 4 10 23 10 4 1 5 11 15 -17 18
13 Lommel U21 19 3 3 13 18 46 8 3 2 3 11 11 11 0 1 10 7 35 -28 12
14 Kortrijk U21 18 1 6 11 19 42 10 1 5 4 13 18 8 0 1 7 6 24 -23 9