The season has been a rollercoaster for these teams so far, highs and lows leading to mid-table spots so far. Clear the decks for Cercle Brugge - OH Leuven!
- Cercle Brugge have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Pro League
- OH Leuven have the most points from losing position (10) in Pro League
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Cercle Brugge form and stats
3-3-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Pro League numbers at home for Cercle Brugge so far this season. Cercle Brugge has recorded two wins in a row here at Jan Breydelstadion, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
The home team returns to Jan Breydelstadion after drawing with Kortrijk (placed 15th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. Vanhoutte (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.15/10. Vanhoutte hit two key passes.
Before that game, the 4-1 home victory against Sporting Charleroi.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Cercle Brugge handle that role? We have found 11 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Cercle as they have a new game in only four days, a Belgian Cup match thankfully also at home. Beerschot-Wilrijk are visiting.
A decent goal production from Cercle Brugge in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 7 league matches.
OH Leuven form and stats
Playing away, OH Leuven have won 3 games, drawn 3 and suffered 2 defeats in the Pro League this season.
OH Leuven's last game was the home draw against Gent (1-1). Patris was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.64. The defender Patris won 3 of 4 duels.
A 0-0 draw at Sint-Truiden's stadium before that.OH Leuven are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 6 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 12 matches.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Leuven manager Brys as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Francs Borains.
OH Leuven's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 13 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Cercle Brugge victories, three draws and four OH Leuven wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less. The games between these clubs have had a tendency to be ill-tempered, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  M. González 9 goals |   A. Denkey 5 goals |  A. Ueda 5 goals |
Cercle Brugge missing players
OH Leuven missing players
| Cercle Brugge | OH Leuven | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 21 | 13 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 16 | 24 |
| 23 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 13 | 24 |
| 93% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 75% | 87% |
| 80% | 71% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 75% | 80% |
| 47% | 43% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 62% | 60% |
| 33% | 43% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 62% | 40% |
| 20% | 29% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 38% | 27% |
| 53% | 57% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 62% | 53% |
| 20% | 29% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 38% | 27% |
| 33% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 25% | 33% |
| 5.1 | 6.1 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.3 |
| 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 7.2 | 6.7 |
| 1.9 | 1.1 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13.9 | 16.9 | 16.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 11.8 | 12.3 |
| 3.9 | 5.1 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 4 | 4.1 |
| 36% | 36% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 50% | 39% |
| 11.7 | 9 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19.5 | 17.6 | 15 |
| 4.1 | 2.9 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.4 | 4 |
- Cercle Brugge have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Pro League
- OH Leuven have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- OH Leuven have the most points from losing position (10) in Pro League
| 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 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 25 | 40 |
| 2 | Antwerp | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 33 |
| 3 | Club Brugge | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 32 |
| 4 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 32 |
| 5 | Standard Liège | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 25 |
| 6 | Gent | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 24 |
| 7 | OH Leuven | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 22 |
| 8 | Westerlo | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 27 | 29 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 20 | -2 | 22 |
| 9 | Sint-Truiden | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -2 | 20 |
| 10 | Anderlecht | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 19 |
| 11 | Cercle Brugge | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -2 | 19 |
| 12 | Sporting Charleroi | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -4 | 19 |
| 13 | Mechelen | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -6 | 17 |
| 14 | KV Oostende | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -13 | 14 |
| 15 | Kortrijk | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -13 | 12 |
| 16 | AS Eupen | 15 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 17 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -16 | 12 |
| 17 | RFC Seraing | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | -11 | 11 |
| 18 | Zulte-Waregem | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -17 | 11 |
