Evenly matched teams: Excelsior Virton U21 vs Westerlo U21 match preview

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Competition: Belgium Reserve Pro League
Competition: Mon 17.October
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)

Westerlo U21 have travelled here for an appealing battle versus the home team Excelsior Virton U21. Get ready for the game with this in-depth Reserve Pro League preview!

Insights:
  • Excelsior Virton U21 have lost all their home matches so far.
  • Westerlo U21 have not yet lost a game.

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.

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Excelsior Virton U21 form and stats

Excelsior Virton U21 have played 2 Reserve Pro League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 0-0-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Excelsior are returning here after visiting Deinze U21 and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Finally, a league win after four fixtures without.

Preceding that match was the home game against Kortrijk U21 that was lost 1-2.

Excelsior Virton U21 has scored {3 goals} so far and conceded {6 goals} from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Westerlo U21 form and stats

Westerlo U21 are still undefeated on their travels in the Reserve Pro League. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other.

Westerlo U21 have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper. It's been 215 minutes since they last conceded in Reserve Pro League.

Two away games in a row for Westerlo, whose coach could celebrate last time after the Reserve Pro League Cup win against Lommel U21.

A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Waasland-Beveren U21.

{3 goals} so far away for Westerlo U21, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 2 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last four meetings between these two sides are: one win for Excelsior Virton U21, zero draws and three wins for Westerlo U21. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: zero games.

Excelsior Virton U21 missing players

Westerlo U21 missing players

Excelsior Virton U21 Westerlo U21
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
5 2 1 Played P 1 2 5
1 0 0 Won W 1 1 4
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
3 2 1 Lost L 0 0 0
10 3 2 Scored S 3 3 10
13 6 4 Conceded C 1 1 4
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 50% 80%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 60%
80% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 60%
60% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 50% 60%
40% 50% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 20%
80% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 60%
20% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 40%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 20%
 
4 4.5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 6 7 6.8
3.3 3.5 4 Corners against (avg) C A 8 8.5 5
2.3 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2 1.4
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8 8 9 Shots (avg) S ( 12 10.5 11.8
3 2.5 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 5 6.4
56% 60% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 30% 31%
 
9.7 10 11 Shots against (avg) S A 15 11.5 9.4
6 6 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 4 3.4
Key stats in Reserve Pro League this season:
  • All of Excelsior Virton U21's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Excelsior Virton U21 have lost all their home matches so far.
  • Excelsior Virton U21 have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Excelsior Virton U21 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Westerlo U21 have not yet lost a game.
  • Westerlo U21 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
Excelsior Virton U21 Last season Westerlo U21
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
26 13   Played P   13 26
13 6   Won W   4 10
2 1   Drew D   1 2
11 6   Lost L   8 14
57 27   Scored S   20 41
67 30   Conceded C   25 48
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
100% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   85% 81%
96% 100%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   69% 69%
73% 62%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   54% 50%
50% 38%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   31% 27%
81% 85%   BTTS BTTS   69% 69%
0% 0%   Clean Sheets C S   8% 15%
19% 15%   Failed to Score F T   23% 15%
 
4.7 5.5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 5.2
5.3 4.4   Corners against (avg) C A   6.5 5.1
1.6 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 2
1 0   Red cards R C   1 1
 
12.7 14.6   Shots (avg) S (   7.1 8.6
6.5 7.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.5 4.6
34% 29%   Goal Efficiency G E   43% 34%
 
14.7 12.5   Shots against (avg) S A   11.5 11.2
7.9 7.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.4 5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 KV Oostende U21 5 4 1 0 13 3 2 2 0 0 4 0 3 2 1 0 9 3 10 13
2 Sint-Truiden U21 5 4 1 0 11 1 2 1 1 0 3 0 3 3 0 0 8 1 10 13
3 Westerlo U21 5 4 1 0 10 4 3 3 0 0 7 3 2 1 1 0 3 1 6 13
4 AS Eupen U21 6 3 1 2 10 8 4 2 1 1 6 5 2 1 0 1 4 3 2 10
5 Waasland-Beveren U21 5 2 2 1 7 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 1 1 1 4 2 3 8
6 Lommel U21 5 2 1 2 10 13 3 1 1 1 5 9 2 1 0 1 5 4 -3 7
7 Kortrijk U21 6 2 1 3 7 10 3 0 0 3 1 7 3 2 1 0 6 3 -3 7
8 Excelsior Virton U21 5 1 1 3 10 13 2 0 0 2 3 6 3 1 1 1 7 7 -3 4
9 Dender U21 5 1 1 3 9 13 2 1 1 0 7 5 3 0 0 3 2 8 -4 4
10 RWDM U21 5 1 1 3 8 13 3 0 1 2 4 9 2 1 0 1 4 4 -5 4
11 Lierse Kempenzonen U21 5 1 0 4 5 9 2 1 0 1 3 2 3 0 0 3 2 7 -4 3
12 Deinze U21 5 0 1 4 3 12 3 0 0 3 1 8 2 0 1 1 2 4 -9 1

Read more about Reserve Pro League

The Belgian Reserve Pro League is the top league for reserve teams in Belgium, featuring the reserve teams of most of Belgium’s biggest football clubs. 16 teams participate, playing a regular season of 15 fixtures before splitting the league table into a championship and a relegation group for 14 more fixtures.