Zulte Waregem take on the visitors St. Truiden at “Regenboogstadion” in the round two of the Belgian Jupiler League. The match will be played in Waregem on Saturday, August 5th.
Last season Zulte Waregem made a breakthrough: the side won the Belgian Cup and occupied the sixth place in the elite division’s table which allowed it to participate in this season’s Group stage of the UEFA Europa League. In summer the Belgian Cup holder conducted six encounters recording four victories and two defeats in them. Zulte Waregem entered the official season with a fight for the country’s Super Cup, however, the team failed to gain the trophy, having lost to Anderlecht. At the same time Zulte Waregem showed furious performance in the first gameweek of the Jupiler League, having thrashed Eupen with 5:0 scoreline on the road.
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Despite all St. Truiden’s efforts, the club have failed to qualify to this season’s Eurocups. However, the side demonstrated powerful football in summer: it got four wins and two draws with 14-3 goal difference in six friendly clashes. “De Kanaries” also succeeded at the start of the new season: they gained 3:2 triumph over solid Gent.
Zulte Waregem won last five head-to-heads against St. Truiden with 14:2 aggregated score. Both rivals entered the season with high scored encounters, thus we can presume that they will show the same effectiveness in offense in the upcoming battle, especially bearing in mind that the opponents scored on average more than three goals per game.
Prediction for the match: Over 2.5 scored goals.
