Zulte Waregem vs Seraing United Prediction

Two very different runs of form

Zulte Waregem's last 20 matches, a mix of Jupiler Pro League fixtures and pre-season friendlies, show 14 wins, four draws and just two defeats, with 46 goals scored against 21 conceded. That's a team scoring freely and rarely losing.

Zulte Waregem: 20 completed matches; Seraing United: 20 completed matches.

Zulte Waregem

20 matches

Win

60% 12 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

20% 4 / 20

Scored

43

Conceded

24

Difference

+19

Seraing United

20 matches

Win

20% 4 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

55% 11 / 20

Scored

28

Conceded

38

Difference

-10

Seraing United's equivalent sample, drawn from the Challenger Pro League, cup football and friendlies, reads the other way: four wins, six draws and ten losses, with 35 goals let in against 26 scored. It's been a tough stretch for them across the board.

The gap in results isn't close, though it spans different competitions and friendly matches rather than one clean league table.

A head-to-head that leans towards Zulte

Across the eight meetings on record since 2021, Zulte Waregem have won five, drawn two and lost just once, including a 5-1 win over Seraing at home and a 5-0 away win too.

Seraing's one big result came back in 2021, a 5-1 win at home, but recent meetings, including a scoreless draw last season, have generally gone Zulte's way or finished level.

History favours Zulte fairly clearly, though these were mostly league fixtures rather than cup ties.

Cup football and the gap between the sides

Zulte Waregem sit in the top flight and have been in excellent form, while Seraing United are working through a difficult run in the second tier. On paper that points one way.

Cup ties don't always follow league form though, and a one-off match against a side from a different level can throw up surprises. Nothing in the data here suggests Seraing are about to turn their season around, but a single knockout game is still a single knockout game.