About Match
3 points and 5 places separate them: Lyra-Lierse Berlaar 7th with 6, Merelbeke 2nd with 9. On recent form Lyra-Lierse Berlaar sit only 14th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 7th overall. Against a league average of 1.56 goals per team per game, Lyra-Lierse Berlaar run at 2.75 scored and 2.5 conceded, Merelbeke at 2.25 and 1. A win here leaves Lyra-Lierse Berlaar on 9 points and up to 6th, overtaking Merelbeke, other results permitting.
Lyra-Lierse Berlaar have banked 6 of the last 15 points on offer; Merelbeke, 12.
4 meetings are on record — 2 won by Lyra-Lierse Berlaar, 1 by Merelbeke, 1 drawn, at 3.75 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 25% of the wins in this matchup. Expect goals on precedent — three or more in 75% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 75%.