Belgium - Second Division (03-04/02/2007) [Archive]

steamhammer

02-02-07, 19:08

2007-02-03

19:55 3527 Antwerp FC - Dessel Sport 1.30 4.40 9.50
19:55 3525 Excelsior Virton - Leuven 1.75 3.25 4.50
19:55 3523 KVSK United - Hamme 2.00 3.20 3.45
19:55 3524 Mechelen - St. Gilloise 1.55 3.45 6.00
19:55 3521 Oostende - Red Star Waasland 1.95 3.30 3.50
19:55 3522 SK Ronse - Deinze 2.65 3.35 2.35

2007-02-04

14:55 3526 Kortrijk - Dender FCV EH 2.60 3.35 2.40
14:55 3529 Tienen KVK - Eupen 2.30 3.30 2.75
14:55 3528 Waregem KRC - Tubeke 4.40 3.30 1.75

Odds Unibet

steamhammer

02-02-07, 19:10

03/02/2007 20:00

R Antwerp FC - Dessel Sport
Pick: 10/10 on Antwerp @1.40 (Bwin)

Missings:
R Antwerp FC:
Injured: /
Doubtfull: /
Suspended: David Gray(midfielder, only arrived in january, but played the two games the team has played since then)

Dessel Sport:
Injured: Salumu (defender, not very important), Vandenwijngaert(defender, not important)
Doubtfull: /
Suspended: Imaghbudu (midfielder, normally in the starting11)

Antwerp lost some good players this month (Dong back to ManU, Evans to Sunderland, Simpson to ManU), but they also bought quite alot of quality players so they should be as good or even better then in the first round of the competition. Last week Antwerp won on Eupen with 0-1, they weren't playing good, but they were the first team to win on Eupen this season. From the 9 games played at home they won 6, 3 ended in a draw. 9 out of the last 10 games played by Antwerp ended in an Antwerpwin. Campbell(the topscorer) is fit again and Van Hemert (new-signing from Dender) can replace Gray on the leftback. So Antwerp is almost complete, except some new signings who aren't entitled to play yet.

Dessel is a team of which everyone thinks at the beginning of every season that they are going to relegate, but they always manage to stay in this division. They are really a team of ups and downs. They combine good winning streaks, with streaks in which they lose almost every game. In the last 5 games they only took 1 point, in the 5 games before they won 5 times. Last week Dessel lost on the field of Tubize with 1-0.

Antwerp is just a way better team and they are in great form, this is just the season in which they have to take promotion. Dessel on the other hand isn't really in good form and they obviously have less quality then Antwerp. Although Dessel is a team which often caused problems to Antwerp the last few season (especially on the field of Dessel) I honestly don't see Dessel getting any points in this game.
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04/02/2007 15:00

KV Oostende - RS Waasland
Pick: 7/10 on over2.5 @1.60 (Bwin)

Missings:
KV Oostende:
Injured: Meyssen (important experienced midfielder, normally in the starting11), Stassin (defender, out since the beginning of the season), Amond(striker, not important)
Doubtfull:
Suspended: /

RS Waasland:
Injured: Bou Sfia (midfielder, normally in the starting11)
Doubtfull:
Suspended:

KV Oostende has been very unstable this season, the only stability in the team is that they score and conceede alot of goals. From the 19 games played only 4 ended with less then 3 goals (3 games with 2 goals and 1 without goals). The biggest problem is that the central defence of Oostende is just weak, they are obviously missing Stassin who was leading the defence last season. Missing Meyssen is also a big blow for the team, he is the playmaker of the team. In comparison with last week Lord(the topscorer of the team with 9 goals) is coming back from suspension. Which certainly is a good thing for Oostende.

Waasland has been defending better then Oostende this season, but also scoring less goals. From the 18 games played this season by Waasland 10 ended with less then 3 goals (9 games with 2 goals and 1 with 0 goals). Waasland is certainly not performing at the level people expected them to play. With Arijs they have the perfect striker to make it the Oostende defence very difficult. He was topscorer last season, but only scored 3 goals this season. Despite his lack of form I think he and his fellow-striker Flies(scored 6 goals this season) can make it the defence of Oostende very hard.

I just can't see this game not ending with at least 3 goals. Oostende always plays attacking football and Waasland has the strikers who can take advantage of the weak defence of Oostende. This game is a must-win game for both teams, Oostende is currently ranked 13th with only 5 points more then the 16th, Waasland is currently ranked 15th with only 2 points more then the 16th. The 16th team has to play play-offs with the teams from third division to determine which team is relegating/promoting. Hamme(16th) and KVSK(14th) are playing against each other, so this is an important weekend for all these teams.

steamhammer

03-02-07, 11:43

Injuries / Suspensions (http://users.skynet.be/johnnys_picks/2susinj.htm)

nielsovitch

03-02-07, 11:55

thanks steamhammer for your advices :)

Lokorus

03-02-07, 16:56

I'm on Ronse-Deinze : OVER 2.5 and Deinze (0) and Antwerp -1.25

Good luck (see main page)

Lokorus

04-02-07, 14:42

Kortrijk - Dender: OVER 2.5

Tienen - Eupen: Eupen +0.25

GL ;)