About Match
6 points and 13 places separate them: Tienen 15th with 0, Merelbeke 2nd with 6. The last five rounds place Tienen no better than 25th for form, against 15th in the standings. Against a league average of 1.47 goals per team per game, Tienen run at 2 scored and 3 conceded, Merelbeke at 3 and 1.5. Tienen would climb to 3 points with a win and up to 14th (other results held equal).
Four consecutive defeats weigh on Tienen. Three consecutive wins precede this game for Merelbeke. Tienen have banked 1 of the last 15 points on offer; Merelbeke, 9.
4 meetings are on record — 2 won by Tienen, 1 by Merelbeke, 1 drawn, at 1.75 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 75% of the meetings. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 25% of the meetings went over two goals.
Bergéstadion in Tirlemont, capacity 7,100, hosts the game.