Match Report
29 points separated the sides: Zulte-Waregem 2nd on 59, AS Eupen 10th on 30. KAS Eupen's recent output outran their position: 6th on form over five rounds, 10th in the table. Against a league average of 1.41 goals per team per game, Zulte-Waregem ran at 1.96 scored and 1.07 conceded, AS Eupen at 1.36 and 1.68.
Zulte-Waregem's unbeaten run stood at 6. AS Eupen had lost four in a row. The last-five ledger: Zulte-Waregem 11/15, AS Eupen 3/15.
The head-to-head ledger counts 20 games: 15 Zulte-Waregem wins, 1 for AS Eupen, 4 draws, at 3.6 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 40% of meetings won. Goals tend to flow: 65% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 55%. 5.6 goals per game in the last five meetings marks a step up from the historical 3.6.
The match was played at Elindus Arena in Waregem (capacity 12,500). AS Eupen led 2-0 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 3-2 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Zulte-Waregem: Stavros Gavriel (68'), Matheus Machado Ferreira (71'), Matheus Machado Ferreira (81') · AS Eupen: Emrehan Gedikli (8'), Bertan Caliskan (33')