Perhaps a welcome break from league football as OH Leuven & Kortrijk face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Belgian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
OH Leuven form and stats
Last season, OH Leuven's Belgian Cup journey ended in the quarter-finals.OH Leuven have played 8 Pro League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-1-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Leuven's last game was hosting RFC Seraing and winning 5-0. As indicated by the result mentioned above, OH Leuven played a great game against RFC Seraing and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. Norre (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 9.33/10. Norre scored one goal, served one assist, hit five key passes and had 68 successful passes (of 72 total).
Before that one, a nice away win at Francs Borains. A Belgian Cup match. The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Leuven matches with similar probabilities have ended with 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats (from 4 games).
A decent goal production from OH Leuven in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 8 league matches. On the other hand, Leuven have conceded 11 goals.
Kortrijk form and stats
Kortrijk was sent out of Belgian Cup in the quarter-finals last season.There's been little loot from Kortrijk's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 8 away games in the Pro League. Kortrijk only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 1 draw.
Home advantage was not enough for Kortrijk in their previous game as they lost hosting Gent, 0-4. Kortrijk lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one. It is possibly a bad omen for Kortrijk that their goalie Ilić made six saves in the Gent game, but still couldn't hinder a beating. Midfielder Watanabe was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.01. Watanabe hit one key pass.
Ahead of that, the Belgian Cup victory away at RWDM.
Kortrijk have scored 9 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Kortrijk have conceded 15 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head statistics (for the last ten meetings): Leuven won six games, one match ended with a tie and Kortrijk have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five. The games between these clubs sometimes lean towards being a bit wild, having seen 6 red cards from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  M. González 11 goals | M. Maertens 4 goals |   F. Selemani 4 goals |
OH Leuven missing players
Kortrijk missing players
| OH Leuven | Kortrijk | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 14 | ||
| 47 | 22 | Scored | S | 16 | 29 | ||
| 43 | 18 | Conceded | C | 23 | 46 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 76% | ||
| 68% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 82% | 64% | ||
| 48% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 55% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 20% | ||
| 56% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 82% | 64% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 20% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 24% | ||
| 5.1 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.7 | ||
| 6 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.6 | 6.5 | ||
| 2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 6 | ||
| 12.8 | 14.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 10.3 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.5 | ||
| 36% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 48% | 32% | ||
| 14.2 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18.5 | 17.3 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 5.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Genk | 17 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 30 | 46 |
| 2 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 36 |
| 3 | Antwerp | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 35 |
| 4 | Club Brugge | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 33 |
| 5 | Gent | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 14 | 30 |
| 6 | Westerlo | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 34 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 4 | 26 |
| 7 | OH Leuven | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 25 |
| 8 | Standard Liège | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 25 |
| 9 | Cercle Brugge | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 25 |
| 10 | Sint-Truiden | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | -2 | 23 |
| 11 | Anderlecht | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 25 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 20 |
| 12 | Sporting Charleroi | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 22 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -7 | 19 |
| 13 | Mechelen | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -6 | 18 |
| 14 | KV Oostende | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 37 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 22 | -17 | 17 |
| 15 | AS Eupen | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 24 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 24 | -14 | 16 |
| 16 | Zulte-Waregem | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -17 | 13 |
| 17 | Kortrijk | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -19 | 12 |
| 18 | RFC Seraing | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -17 | 11 |
