Westerlo take on the visitors St. Gilloise at “Het Kuipje” in the matchday nine of the Belgian Proximus League. The game will be played on Wednesday, October 4th.
Last season Westerlo have become the weakest side of the Belgian elite division with 23 points taken in 30 clashes. At the new level the upcoming hosts feel more comfortable, having won two recent encounters against KSV Roeselare 4:0 and Tubize 2:1. With eight rounds behind, the team settles on the fifth position in the Proximus League table with 10 points earned and 14-13 goal difference. Westerlo conducted four matches in face of their supporters resulting in five points gained, eight goals for and five goals against, having not been defeated in last three games.
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St. Gilloise finished last season sitting on the fourth place in the Proximus League standings with 35 points earned and 33-34 goal difference, besides, the club has competed for the right to participate in the UEFA Europa League, however, it started the new season at the second tier once again. The visitors come up to the forthcoming battle with four-clash run without victories, having lost three back-to-back encounters with 3:7 aggregated score. That unlucky streak has thrown back St. Gilloise on the sixth position in the table with eight points gained and 9-9 goal difference. It should be mentioned that the side shows complete disability to play on the road, having got one single point with 1-7 goal difference in four away battles.
The rivals’ head-to-heads history consists of one single game resulting in 3:0 triumph of St. Gilloise at the home ground in the reverse fixture earlier this season. And now Westerlo are considered to be the favourite of the upcoming clash as they will perform in front of their fans plus they are in better competitive form comparing the visiting team.
Prediction for the match: Westerlo to win with 0.0 Asian handicap.