OH Leuven vs Gent: Soccer match preview

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 17.Sep
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: King Power at Den Dreef Stadion (12500 seats)

OH Leuven welcome Gent for another intriguing Pro League fixture here at King Power at Den Dreef Stadion.

Insights:
  • OH Leuven have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Gent have the most points from losing position (7) in Pro League

This should be an engaging match with lots of spark and energy as both participants are well refreshed since they last saw competitive action. Bring it on!

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OH Leuven form and stats

1-1-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Pro League numbers at home for OH Leuven so far this season.

OH Leuven's last game was hosting Kortrijk (placed 16th) and winning 3-0. At last, a league victory after five fixtures without one. Prévot loved the game against Kortrijk. With a stunning seven saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 3-0 victory. Prévot, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.63 out of 10 in that game. Prévot topped it up with a clean sheet.

A defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at AS Eupen.

The Leuven fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 5 goals in 3 league matches.

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Gent form and stats

Gent are yet to lose a point on their Pro League travels this season with 2 wins from 2 away games.

Impressive finishing from Hong (2) secured the home win 2-1 against Club Brugge in their previous game. Goalkeeper Nardi was absolutely vital in the Gent victory against Club Brugge, making six saves. Midfield player Hong was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.15/10. Hong scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Previously, the Europa Conference League win away at APOEL.

The schedule is very tough for Gent now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Europa Conference League game at Zorya is waiting in only four days.

Gent have the goal stats of 4-1 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Gent have put together a streak of 5 consecutive games without losing (4-1-0) when facing Leuven.

Top Goalscorers

GentH. Cuypers
H. Cuypers
3 goals
OH LeuvenS. Sagrado
S. Sagrado
2 goals
GentG. Orban
G. Orban
2 goals

OH Leuven missing players

Gent missing players

OH Leuven Gent
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
6 3 0 Played P 1 2 5
1 1 0 Won W 1 2 4
2 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
3 1 0 Lost L 0 0 0
8 5 0 Scored S 3 4 11
12 3 0 Conceded C 1 1 6
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 80%
67% 67% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 80%
33% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 50% 60%
17% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 20%
83% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 80%
17% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 20%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
6.5 8.3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 10 6.5 6.4
3.2 4.7 0 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.5 4.8
2.7 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2 1.8
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
15.3 15.7 0 Shots (avg) S ( 18 14.5 15.8
4.5 5.3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 9 5.5 4.8
30% 31% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 36% 46%
 
12.8 13.7 0 Shots against (avg) S A 16 14.5 13.4
5.2 5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 3.5 4
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • All of OH Leuven's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Gent have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Gent have the most points from losing position (7) in Pro League
  • Gent have won all their away games so far.
  • Gent 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.
  • OH Leuven have won significantly more corners at home than 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 5 4 1 0 11 6 3 2 1 0 7 5 2 2 0 0 4 1 5 13
2 Anderlecht 6 4 1 1 7 5 3 3 0 0 5 2 3 1 1 1 2 3 2 13
3 Cercle Brugge 6 4 0 2 7 3 3 2 0 1 4 2 3 2 0 1 3 1 4 12
4 Club Brugge 5 3 1 1 15 4 2 1 1 0 8 2 3 2 0 1 7 2 11 10
5 Mechelen 6 3 1 2 9 5 3 2 0 1 5 1 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 10
6 Union Saint-Gilloise 5 3 1 1 10 7 3 2 1 0 9 3 2 1 0 1 1 4 3 10
7 AS Eupen 6 3 1 2 9 10 3 1 1 1 5 8 3 2 0 1 4 2 -1 10
8 Antwerp 5 2 2 1 10 4 2 2 0 0 7 0 3 0 2 1 3 4 6 8
9 Genk 5 2 2 1 6 2 3 0 2 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 5 0 4 8
10 Sint-Truiden 6 2 2 2 5 6 3 1 0 2 1 3 3 1 2 0 4 3 -1 8
11 RWDM 5 2 1 2 5 13 2 1 0 1 1 4 3 1 1 1 4 9 -8 7
12 OH Leuven 6 1 2 3 8 12 3 1 1 1 5 3 3 0 1 2 3 9 -4 5
13 Sporting Charleroi 6 0 4 2 4 7 3 0 3 0 3 3 3 0 1 2 1 4 -3 4
14 Standard Liège 6 0 3 3 3 6 3 0 1 2 1 3 3 0 2 1 2 3 -3 3
15 Westerlo 6 0 1 5 7 13 3 0 0 3 3 7 3 0 1 2 4 6 -6 1
16 Kortrijk 6 0 1 5 4 17 3 0 1 2 2 5 3 0 0 3 2 12 -13 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.