Stumbling Harelbeke will hope to pull off a surprise win when they welcome hard-driving Merelbeke in the next league fixture. It’s 15th vs 5th and the home fans will have not-so-high confidence.
- Harelbeke have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Merelbeke have the fewest conceded goals (30) in Second Amateur Division: VFV A
Harelbeke and Merelbeke 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.
Harelbeke form and stats
When playing at home in the Second Amateur Division: VFV A, Harelbeke have managed 5 wins, 3 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 14 games.
It's back home for Harelbeke, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Eendracht Aalst away with the result 4-1.
Before that game, the home loss against Lokeren-Temse with the scoreline 2-3.Harelbeke are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 14 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 24 goals have been conceded. When Harelbeke hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like RFC Wetteren, Erpe-Mere United, Torhout, Westhoek and Gullegem), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.
Merelbeke form and stats
5-5-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Merelbeke in their Second Amateur Division: VFV A matches away.
Merelbeke are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the game against Torhout (placed 14th).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Dikkelvenne at their stadium, the result 3-1.Both teams to score? This team's latest statistics suggest that, having finished 5 league matches in a row with one or more goals from each side.
Merelbeke have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 14 league away games 19 goals have been scored. 16 goals have been conceded by Merelbeke in these games.
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these two teams meet this season, as the history books show this recent fixture: Merelbeke - Harelbeke 1-1. Harelbeke-Merelbeke H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Harelbeke two wins, Merelbeke one win, two draws. two of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
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| Harelbeke | Merelbeke | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 28 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 13 | 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 36 | 19 | 6 | Scored | S | 6 | 19 | 42 |
| 46 | 24 | 9 | Conceded | C | 5 | 16 | 30 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 86% | 89% |
| 82% | 93% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 79% | 79% |
| 54% | 57% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 50% | 50% |
| 32% | 29% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 29% | 25% |
| 21% | 21% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 7% |
| 64% | 71% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 64% | 64% |
| 18% | 14% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 21% | 25% |
| 21% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 29% | 21% |
| 3 | 3.2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.1 | 2 |
| 3.1 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.3 | 3.4 |
| 0.8 | 0.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6.8 | 5.8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 7.4 | 5.3 |
| 3.1 | 2.2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 2.1 |
| 68% | 78% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 52% | 70% |
| 8.8 | 7 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 8.9 | 7.3 |
| 2.9 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.1 | 2.7 |
- Harelbeke have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Harelbeke haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Merelbeke have the fewest conceded goals (30) in Second Amateur Division: VFV A
- Merelbeke have won significantly more corners away than 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 | Lokeren-Temse | 28 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 60 | 32 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 15 | 28 | 60 |
| 2 | Oostkamp | 28 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 62 | 42 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 33 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 23 | 20 | 46 |
| 3 | Cercle Brugge II | 28 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 46 | 33 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 13 | 46 |
| 4 | Gent-Zeehaven | 28 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 55 | 43 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 12 | 46 |
| 5 | Merelbeke | 28 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 42 | 30 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 46 |
| 6 | Sparta Petegem | 28 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 52 | 45 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 7 | 46 |
| 7 | Dikkelvenne | 28 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 44 | 42 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 25 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 44 |
| 8 | Eendracht Aalst | 28 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 46 | 36 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 16 | 10 | 42 |
| 9 | Zulte Waregem II | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 52 | 41 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 19 | 11 | 41 |
| 10 | Oudenaarde | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 47 | 56 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 29 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 27 | -9 | 38 |
| 11 | Zelzate | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 42 | 44 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 25 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 19 | -2 | 36 |
| 12 | Olsa Brakel | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 36 | 47 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 21 | -11 | 35 |
| 13 | Gullegem | 28 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 48 | 43 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 25 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 18 | 5 | 34 |
| 14 | Torhout | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 39 | 39 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 0 | 32 |
| 15 | Harelbeke | 28 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 36 | 46 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 22 | -10 | 31 |
| 16 | RFC Wetteren | 28 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 36 | 54 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 30 | -18 | 30 |
| 17 | Westhoek | 28 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 34 | 51 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 28 | -17 | 28 |
| 18 | Erpe-Mere United | 28 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 19 | 72 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 33 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 39 | -53 | 9 |
