OH Leuven clashes with Antwerp confrontation

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 26.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: King Power at Den Dreef Stadion (12500 seats)

All you should know about the Pro League fixture OH Leuven - Antwerp!

Insights:
  • Antwerp have the fewest conceded goals (23) in Pro League

Both participants have had plenty of rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's agree to expect an enthusiastic fixture!

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OH Leuven form and stats

The story so far in the Pro League for OH Leuven at their home stadium (King Power at Den Dreef Stadion) is 4 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats. Three draws in a row here at King Power at Den Dreef Stadion for Leuven, who might be willing to risk more at some point in hope of a win.

OH Leuven are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 233 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Ricca).

No payout for Leuven in their previous match, an away game at Gent that ended in defeat 0-2. Midfield player Schrijvers got a match rating of 7.25 in that game, the max score being 10. Schrijvers hit the woodwork once and hit four key passes.

In the match before that, OH Leuven hosted Cercle Brugge and drew the game 0-0.

OH Leuven has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, OH Leuven have conceded 16 goals.

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Antwerp form and stats

6-3-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Antwerp in their Pro League matches away.

The Antwerp goalkeeper Jean Butez is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 410 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Antwerp go into this game after a win, the home game against AS Eupen that ended 2-0. Midfield player Ekkelenkamp was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.03/10. Ekkelenkamp scored one goal, hit two key passes and had 24 successful passes (of 29 total).

Prior to that result Antwerp won their away game at Genk. The scoreline was 1-0.

Highlight this: 12 of the latest 16 league games featuring this club have ended with only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting).

After this away game Antwerp return home for a Belgian Cup game against Union Saint-Gilloise. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Antwerp have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 13 league away games 17 goals have been scored. 14 goals have been conceded by Antwerp in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Antwerp - OH Leuven 4-2 was the end result in these teams' last head-to-head fixture, played this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - three - six (Leuven wins - draws - Antwerp wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AntwerpV. Janssen
V. Janssen
15 goals
OH LeuvenM. González Gutiérrez
M. González Gutiérrez
13 goals
OH LeuvenJ. Thorsteinsson
J. Thorsteinsson
5 goals

OH Leuven missing players

Antwerp missing players

OH Leuven Antwerp
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 12 4 Played P 4 13 26
8 4 0 Won W 1 6 16
8 4 1 Drew D 2 3 5
10 4 3 Lost L 1 4 5
38 17 1 Scored S 5 17 45
38 16 8 Conceded C 4 14 23
88% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 92% 88%
81% 83% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 69% 73%
54% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 46% 50%
31% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 15% 23%
23% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 8% 15%
58% 50% 25% BTTS BTTS 25% 31% 35%
23% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 46% 54%
31% 33% 75% Failed to Score F T 50% 31% 23%
 
5.3 5.9 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 4.6 4.7
6.4 5.7 7 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.8 4.4
1.8 1.9 3.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2 1.9
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
13.3 14.4 13.5 Shots (avg) S ( 12.5 11.2 12.7
4.2 4.7 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.6 4.5
35% 30% 6% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 28% 38%
 
14 11 11.8 Shots against (avg) S A 9.5 12.3 10.1
3.9 3.2 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.6 3.1
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Antwerp have the fewest conceded goals (23) in Pro League
  • Antwerp have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Pro League
  • Antwerp have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Pro League
  • Antwerp have the most clean sheets (14) in Pro League
  • Antwerp have the most clean sheets (6) away in Pro League
  • Antwerp is in the best form (4-2-0) 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 26 20 3 3 62 25 13 11 1 1 33 10 13 9 2 2 29 15 37 63
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 26 17 5 4 53 29 13 9 2 2 25 12 13 8 3 2 28 17 24 56
3 Antwerp 26 16 5 5 45 23 13 10 2 1 28 9 13 6 3 4 17 14 22 53
4 Club Brugge 26 11 10 5 45 32 13 6 6 1 27 15 13 5 4 4 18 17 13 43
5 Gent 26 12 6 8 46 30 13 7 3 3 22 13 13 5 3 5 24 17 16 42
6 Standard Liege 26 12 5 9 42 34 13 7 2 4 25 14 13 5 3 5 17 20 8 41
7 Westerlo 26 11 6 9 49 43 13 6 3 4 31 20 13 5 3 5 18 23 6 39
8 Cercle Brugge 26 9 9 8 35 35 13 5 6 2 22 15 13 4 3 6 13 20 0 36
9 Anderlecht 26 10 5 11 38 35 13 5 2 6 21 18 13 5 3 5 17 17 3 35
10 Sint-Truiden 26 9 8 9 26 29 13 4 3 6 11 15 13 5 5 3 15 14 -3 35
11 OH Leuven 26 8 8 10 38 38 12 4 4 4 17 16 14 4 4 6 21 22 0 32
12 Sporting Charleroi 25 9 5 11 33 37 12 5 1 6 17 17 13 4 4 5 16 20 -4 32
13 Mechelen 25 7 6 12 35 46 14 6 5 3 27 23 11 1 1 9 8 23 -11 27
14 Kortrijk 26 7 5 14 30 47 13 3 4 6 13 24 13 4 1 8 17 23 -17 26
15 AS Eupen 26 7 4 15 32 51 13 4 2 7 15 21 13 3 2 8 17 30 -19 25
16 Zulte-Waregem 26 5 7 14 32 54 13 3 3 7 20 32 13 2 4 7 12 22 -22 22
17 KV Oostende 26 5 5 16 26 54 13 4 1 8 13 24 13 1 4 8 13 30 -28 20
18 RFC Seraing 26 5 4 17 24 49 13 1 3 9 7 19 13 4 1 8 17 30 -25 19

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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.