Kortrijk hosts Eupen in round 3 of the Belgian Jupiler League. The match will be played on Friday, July 21st at Guldensporen Stadion (Kortrijk)
Kortrijk started this season with different but funny results. It lost to Waasland-Beveren (1-3) and beat Gent (1-2). Yves Vanderhaeghe's men showed that they can show great defensive football and wait for the right moment (it was in the previous game with Gent), but now the Guys will host Eupen, which will surely give the ball to the opponent and will arrange counterattacks. In this case, Kortrijk will definitely have difficulties - the team does not act well in a positional attack. Using many players during attacks, Kortrijk not only leaves a lot of free space but also does not have time to close this space when the ball is lost. Besides, the players of the defensive line often lose their positions and unexpectedly create dangerous attempts near their box. Thus, even Eupen will probably manage to score a goal. However, Kortrijk is unlikely to leave without a goal scored at the home stadium. After all, the opponent's defense is extremely unreliable, and the hosts have several good forwards.
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As for Eupen, it expectedly lost to Brugge in the last round (0-4). There was a complete mess in the defense, as usual - a large space between the line, a careless game in the penalty area, and players constantly allowed dangerous approaches to their box and spearing passes into it. The positional defense is also a rather weak side of the team. Anyway, Eupen rarely leaves the field without a conceded goal. As for the attack, the players of Benat San Jose have scored only one goal into the net of AH Leuven. However, it should be noted that Eupen looked good in the attack in both matches (and even interesting at some points). Eupen was good at combining ahead, but the team was terribly unlucky in the final stage. In the upcoming match, the team will probably have enough strength to breach the not-so-reliable defense of Kortrijk. In general, Eupen's matches are rarely goalless.
Both teams don’t show a stable game at the start of the season, so choosing a winner is quite problematic. Therefore, I propose a more reliable bet – “Both teams to score – yes”. Kortrijk acts well in the attack, but it takes a long time to rebuild, which makes the team very vulnerable to counterattacks. Eupen does not excel in defense, but the attack is not so bad. Besides, the teams have exchanged goals in four of their last five head-to-head meetings.
Prediction for the match: Both teams to score - yes
