Match Report
The table gap was wide: 18 points between Beveren (6th, 45 pts) and Sottegem (14th, 27 pts). Beveren had been under-performing their position — 13th on five-round form against 6th in the table. Per game in the league, Sottegem were scoring 1.13 and conceding 1.83, Beveren 1.8 and 1.6, against a competition average of 1.7 goals per team per game.
Sottegem were winless in 5. From the last five rounds, Sottegem held 1 points of 15 and Beveren 7.
The head-to-head ledger counts 5 games: 2 Sottegem wins, 1 for Beveren, 2 draws, at 2.8 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 40% of those meetings. 80% of these meetings featured a goal for each side.
The venue was Stedelijk Sportstadion Jules Matthijs, with room for 8,000 spectators.