La Louvière vs Zulte-Waregem — match summary
Belgium · Pro League · kick-off 25 Oct 2026 01:45
Full time · score 3-0
pPS pre-match readiness (0-100): La Louvière 26 · Zulte-Waregem 32
mPS in-play performance (0-100): La Louvière 67 · Zulte-Waregem 53
Shots on target 8-5 · corners 5-3 · possession 45-55
NextGOAL tip: La Louvière +0.25 · 4 stars
La Louvière and Zulte-Waregem have met several times over the past year, and the home side has never beaten this opponent. The last meeting ended 4-0 to Zulte-Waregem, an image that lingers in the memory of the home fans. This time, though, La Louvière return home after a 4-0 win in the cup, while Zulte-Waregem also just won 3-0 in the same competition. The two teams therefore arrive with good feelings of different kinds. In the league, it is a different story entirely. La Louvière have picked up only 4 points from 8 matches, their defence leaking badly, having already conceded 18 goals. Zulte-Waregem, meanwhile, sit mid-table with 11 points, scoring 10 and conceding 9, clearly looking more balanced. But the stats from the last 10 matches in all competitions say the home side have less possession (39.3% versus 44.1%) and allow more shots on target than they manage themselves. The visitors, for their part, register 4.9 shots on target per game, slightly more than they allow. So the two teams are not poles apart when it comes to creating chances. This game is likely to start cautiously, because La Louvière's first halves at home have produced a goal in every match but average just one. Zulte-Waregem, away from home, average only 0.2 first-half goals. The second half should open up more as both sides have to push forward, especially in the closing stages when both teams score the most goals of their season. If the home side can sustain the form they showed in their latest cup match, this game has a better chance of ending in a close contest than the head-to-head history would suggest.