About Match
The table reads 2nd (Merelbeke, 6 pts) against 12th (Hoogstraten, 1 pts), 5 points apart. Hoogstraten's recent output lags their position: 20th on form over five rounds while 12th in the table. Against a league average of 1.47 goals per team per game, Merelbeke run at 3 scored and 1.5 conceded, Hoogstraten at 1.5 and 2. A win would lift Merelbeke to 9 points and up to 1st (other results unchanged).
Merelbeke enter with three wins in a row.
5 meetings are on record — 1 won by Merelbeke, 4 by Hoogstraten, 0 drawn, at 3.2 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 40% of the wins in this matchup. Goals tend to flow: 60% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 60%.
The match takes place at A-complex Kloosterstraat in Merelbeke (capacity 2,000).