Reserve Pro League 2: The middle-of-the-table placements tell a story of the journey Lierse Kempenzonen U21 and Excelsior Virton U21 have undertaken uptil now. Both contenders are eager to play; bring it!
- Lierse Kempenzonen U21 haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Excelsior Virton U21 have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Reserve Pro League 2
Lierse Kempenzonen U21 and Excelsior Virton U21 should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Lierse Kempenzonen U21 form and stats
4 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats. That’s what Lierse Kempenzonen U21 have to build on here in the Reserve Pro League 2. Lierse Kempenzonen U21 are very eager to stop a potential losing streak, having lost their two previous games here.
A good away victory last time out for Lierse Kempenzonen U21, who won 3-1 against Deinze U21 (placed 11th).
Preceding that match was a defeat to Union St-Gilloise U21 (0-3).This is expected to be a close game, with Lierse Kempenzonen U21 perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Kempenzonen as a small favourite), we find four games. Lierse Kempenzonen U21 has won three of these, drawn zero and lost one.
Lierse Kempenzonen U21 has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 17 goals have been conceded.
Excelsior Virton U21 form and stats
As the visiting team matches, Excelsior Virton U21, who have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Reserve Pro League 2, have produced an overall stat of 4-1-4 so far.
It's the second away game in a row for Excelsior, but there's smiles all around after the 5-3 victory versus Westerlo U21 (placed 8th) last time out.
A loss against Beerschot-Wilrijk U21 was the result prior to that, in a home game.With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Excelsior Virton U21 are regular goalscorers on their travels. There are big problems for the Excelsior Virton U21 defense as they have conceded 28 goals in 9 away games.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these sides get together this campaign, as the statistics show this recent fixture: Excelsior Virton U21 - Kempenzonen 2-2.Lierse Kempenzonen U21 missing players
Excelsior Virton U21 missing players
| Lierse Kempenzonen U21 | Excelsior Virton U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 16 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 23 | 13 | 1 | Scored | S | 5 | 20 | 36 |
| 37 | 17 | 2 | Conceded | C | 8 | 28 | 42 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 88% | 89% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 82% | 78% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 89% | 94% |
| 59% | 44% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 78% | 75% |
| 24% | 22% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 78% | 56% |
| 65% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 78% | 81% |
| 12% | 11% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 29% | 22% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 22% | 19% |
| 3.5 | 3.9 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 3.1 | 4.3 |
| 5.4 | 5.9 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 6.4 | 5.1 |
| 1.9 | 1.7 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8.9 | 10.3 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 10.7 | 13.6 |
| 3.7 | 4.6 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 9 | 6 | 6.9 |
| 39% | 38% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 37% | 32% |
| 11.8 | 10.7 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.5 | 15.7 | 13.1 |
| 5.2 | 4.4 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 10 | 8.2 | 7 |
- All of Excelsior Virton U21's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Excelsior Virton U21 have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Excelsior Virton U21 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Excelsior Virton U21 have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Reserve Pro League 2
- Excelsior Virton U21 have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Excelsior Virton U21 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Lierse Kempenzonen U21 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 | Beerschot-Wilrijk U21 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 46 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 5 | 28 | 40 |
| 2 | AS Eupen U21 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 41 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 40 |
| 3 | KV Oostende U21 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 43 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 22 | 33 |
| 4 | Waasland-Beveren U21 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 32 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 28 |
| 5 | RWDM U21 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 40 | 35 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 26 |
| 6 | Excelsior Virton U21 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 36 | 42 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 28 | -6 | 26 |
| 7 | Excel Mouscron U21 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 25 |
| 8 | Westerlo U21 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 29 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 17 | -3 | 23 |
| 9 | Lierse Kempenzonen U21 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 37 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 20 | -14 | 22 |
| 10 | Union St-Gilloise U21 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 20 |
| 11 | Deinze U21 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 35 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -15 | 18 |
| 12 | RFC Seraing U21 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 21 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -15 | 16 |
| 13 | Lommel U21 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 43 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 32 | -27 | 12 |
| 14 | Kortrijk U21 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 41 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 24 | -23 | 8 |
