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St. Gilloise vs Lokeren Prediction & Betting tips
Union and Lokeren close the match day in 1B. Can Union continue its great victory? Or does the harassed Lokeren finally stand up?
St. Gilloise:
Union Westerlo was able to stew a peer in the cup this week and the team from Brussels also succeeded in the competition. Union needed another penalty shootout on Wednesday after a bloodless 0-0, but this afternoon the visitors found their way to the goal in regular time. Union plays again with seven points at the top, for Westerlo it is already the third point loss in a row.
After 11 minutes of play, Union took the lead. Kurt Abrahams, surrounded by three opponents, lost the ball and Mathias Fixelles placed the ball out of Koen Van Langendonck’s reach. For Westerlo, Igor Vetokele, Christian Brüls and Abrahams had a chance to put the equalizer on the board, but their attempts went just wide. Tabekou was able to score both 0-2 and 0-3 in six minutes. The 0-4 was also still in the air, but the man of the match Tabekou and his pointed brother Haugen always found the goalkeeper in their way to more.
Lokeren:
After relegation, it also runs in first class B square at Sporting Lokeren. At ten matches from the end the team is at the bottom. Lokeren has been experiencing sporting difficulties and a negative spiral for a number of years, which they cannot get away with this year. At each counter goal you see the cups go down. Lokeren fails to bring ugly matches to a successful conclusion. Because they also score too little. Every team has a goal scorer at the front, but not Lokeren. And 1B, that is duel power and organization and a good striker. OHL does not play world football, but they keep things closed at Den Dreef and Henry makes them look in the front.
Lokeren has simply not strengthened itself with a view to 1B. Sporting manager Eric Verhoeven and the new owner Louis De Vries have underestimated the level of the competition and overestimated that of their own core. Jelle Van Damme and Seth De Witte are big names with a lot of experience, but they will no longer help your team up higher individually. They are more the breakers. Lokeren mainly lacks creativity, speed and scoring ability.
“Lokeren did not play as a relegation candidate, but as a relegant,” said Stijn Vreven on Saturday after the 1-3 defeat against Roeselare. The second half last weekend was one to get depressed from. At each counter goal you see the cups go down. That is why I found the Vreven swipe very solid. He even completely finished his players at the press conference. Is that then the ultimate resort, insulting players? I do not know. Lokeren has been mentally very fragile due to all those defeats in recent years.
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