About Match
Merelbeke go into the game 2nd in the table on 6 points; Zelzate sit 14th on 1 — a 5-point gap. Recent form tells a different story for Zelzate: only 20th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 14th. In league terms the two rates read 3/1.5 for Merelbeke and 0.5/2 for Zelzate (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.47. Three points here take Merelbeke to 9 and up to 1st, assuming other results stand.
Merelbeke come in having won three on the spin.
5 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Merelbeke 4, draws 0, Zelzate 1, at 3.2 goals per meeting. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 80% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 60%.
The venue is A-complex Kloosterstraat in Merelbeke, with room for 2,000 spectators.