Pro League match preview and statistics: Mechelen host OH Leuven

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 23.Sep
Match begins: 16:15 (UTC)
Venue: AFAS Stadion (17023 seats)

Mechelen have 10 points playing as the hosts. OH Leuven have claimed 6 points from their away games. What are the odds of this being a home win?

Insights:
  • Mechelen have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Pro League
  • OH Leuven have yet to win a game away.

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.

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Mechelen form and stats

Mechelen have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the Pro League. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.

Mechelen faced defeat in their previous match, away at Sint-Truiden (0-2). The first setback in the shape of a loss after collecting points in three league fixtures. Midfield player Hairemans got a match rating of 7.15 in that game, the max score being 10. Hairemans hit one key pass and had 42 successful passes (of 51 total).

Before that, Mechelen had a home game versus AS Eupen which ended with a victory 1-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Mechelen handle that role? We have found 7 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

Mechelen have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at AFAS Stadion with 5 goals in 3 league matches. Mechelen have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {1 goals}.

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OH Leuven form and stats

The Pro League season is young and OH Leuven have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 2 defeats so far.

Leuven's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Gent that finished 1-1. Midfielder Schrijvers was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.03. Schrijvers hit four key passes.

Before that, OH Leuven secured a home win against Kortrijk with the score 3-0.

We have checked recent matches where OH Leuven have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 11 games were 3 victories, 6 draws and 2 defeats.

It's early days yet, but OH Leuven has scored 3 and conceded 9 goals from their travels in the league so far (3 games).

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - three - two (Mechelen wins - draws - OH Leuven wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less. The games between these teams have sometimes been rough and physical, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

MechelenR. Schoofs
R. Schoofs
2 goals
MechelenL. Lauberbach
L. Lauberbach
2 goals
OH LeuvenS. Sagrado
S. Sagrado
2 goals

Mechelen missing players

OH Leuven missing players

Mechelen OH Leuven
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
7 3 0 Played P 2 3 7
3 2 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 3
3 1 0 Lost L 2 2 3
9 5 0 Scored S 2 3 9
7 1 0 Conceded C 8 9 13
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
57% 33% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
29% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 57%
29% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 67% 29%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 33% 14%
29% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 86%
29% 67% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 14%
43% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5 5.7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.7 6
4.3 4.3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 1.5 1.7 5
1.3 0.7 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.3 2.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
13.3 15 0 Shots (avg) S ( 13 15 14.4
4.7 5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.7 4.1
27% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 27% 31%
 
14.3 11.3 0 Shots against (avg) S A 16 12 14.1
3.6 1.3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 5.3 5
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • All of OH Leuven's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Mechelen have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Pro League
  • Mechelen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • OH Leuven have scored in all their matches so far.
  • OH Leuven have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
  • OH Leuven have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • OH Leuven have yet to win a game away.
  • OH Leuven haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Gent 6 4 2 0 12 7 3 2 1 0 7 5 3 2 1 0 5 2 5 14
2 Anderlecht 7 4 2 1 9 7 3 3 0 0 5 2 4 1 2 1 4 5 2 14
3 Club Brugge 6 4 1 1 19 6 3 2 1 0 12 4 3 2 0 1 7 2 13 13
4 Cercle Brugge 7 4 0 3 8 5 3 2 0 1 4 2 4 2 0 2 4 3 3 12
5 Antwerp 6 3 2 1 13 4 2 2 0 0 7 0 4 1 2 1 6 4 9 11
6 Genk 6 3 2 1 8 2 3 0 2 1 1 2 3 3 0 0 7 0 6 11
7 Sint-Truiden 7 3 2 2 7 6 4 2 0 2 3 3 3 1 2 0 4 3 1 11
8 Mechelen 7 3 1 3 9 7 3 2 0 1 5 1 4 1 1 2 4 6 2 10
9 Union Saint-Gilloise 6 3 1 2 10 9 4 2 1 1 9 5 2 1 0 1 1 4 1 10
10 AS Eupen 7 3 1 3 10 13 4 1 1 2 6 11 3 2 0 1 4 2 -3 10
11 RWDM 6 3 1 2 7 14 3 2 0 1 3 5 3 1 1 1 4 9 -7 10
12 Standard Liège 7 1 3 3 6 7 3 0 1 2 1 3 4 1 2 1 5 4 -1 6
13 OH Leuven 7 1 3 3 9 13 4 1 2 1 6 4 3 0 1 2 3 9 -4 6
14 Sporting Charleroi 7 0 4 3 6 11 3 0 3 0 3 3 4 0 1 3 3 8 -5 4
15 Kortrijk 7 0 2 5 6 19 4 0 2 2 4 7 3 0 0 3 2 12 -13 2
16 Westerlo 7 0 1 6 7 16 4 0 0 4 3 10 3 0 1 2 4 6 -9 1

Read more about Pro League

The First Division A is the top league of the football pyramid in Belgium, founded in 1895. It was earlier known as the Belgian Pro League. The season runs from July to May with 16 teams each playing 30 fixtures. The top six in the league table then play a championship playoff, the bottom team is relegated and places #7 to #15 have a Europa League playoff.