In this week 21 match, on Wed Jan 18th, Kortrijk will host RFC Seraing at Guldensporenstadion in a Pro League match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 1 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Kortrijk sits at 15th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-2 loss against Gent. Hugo Cuypers scored the first goal for Gent in the 7th minute, then Hugo Cuypers added another in the 69th minute on a feed from Laurent Depoitre. Kortrijk looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10, while in their last match, 18th placed RFC Seraing, recorded a 1-1 draw against Standard Liège. Christophe Lepoint struck first for RFC Seraing in the 17th minute on a feed from Vagner Dias, then in the 41st minute, Marlon Fossey sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Aron Dønnum squeezing out at least the one point for Standard Liège. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 6 points in their last 10 matches.
On Sunday Jul 31st, RFC Seraing hosted Kortrijk at the Stade Du Pairay in their last match together. Kortrijk took the match by a score of 1 to 0. Shuto Abe scored the first goal for Kortrijk in the 58th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, RFC Seraing was frustrated by Kortrijk’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Kortrijk ended the match with the shutout victory.
Vagner Dias has been the most prolific scorer on RFC Seraing in his last 5 matches with 2 goals. Kortrijk’s most prolific scorer has been Felipe Avenatti. The attacker has netted three goals over the last five matches.