Another enjoyable match in Pro League as OH Leuven receive Standard Liège

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 30.Sep
Match begins: 16:15 (UTC)
Venue: King Power at Den Dreef Stadion (12500 seats)

The season has been a struggle for OH Leuven so far, and you could say the same about Standard Liège. The bottom dwellers would trade their mothers for some crucial points here.

Insights:
  • OH Leuven have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Standard Liège have the fewest scored goals in the second half (2) in Pro League

Both squads have had a decent time to rest since their last match. Let's have faith in that this will be an animated game!

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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 1 win, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

Happy days for Leuven in their previous game, a fixture away at Mechelen (placed 10th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Attacking player Maziz bested all the other footballers in that fixture and managed a match rating of 8.14 out of 10. Maziz scored one goal and hit five key passes.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Gent.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how OH Leuven have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 9 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 3 and lost 0.

A decent goal production from OH Leuven in their home games so far, with 6 goals from 4 league matches.

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Standard Liège form and stats

The visitors are W1-D2-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Pro League.

There were no winners in Standard's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs Westerlo (placed 15th). Defender Ngoy was the best team player with a rating of 8.1. Ngoy hit two key passes and won 4 of 8 duels.

Before that one, a nice away victory 3-1 at AS Eupen.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Standard Liège in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Standard Liège, 1 draw and 6 defeats.

Standard Liège have scored 5 goals on their travels this season, from 4 away games in the league.

Head 2 Head

Leuven have pulled off a streak of 6 consecutive games without defeat (4-2-0) when facing Standard Liège.

The matches between these clubs have sometimes been "violent", having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

OH LeuvenJ. Thorsteinsson
J. Thorsteinsson
2 goals
OH LeuvenS. Sagrado
S. Sagrado
2 goals
OH LeuvenY. Maziz
Y. Maziz
2 goals

OH Leuven missing players

Standard Liège missing players

OH Leuven Standard Liège
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
8 4 1 Played P 3 4 8
2 1 1 Won W 1 1 1
3 2 0 Drew D 2 2 4
3 1 0 Lost L 0 1 3
11 6 3 Scored S 5 5 6
14 4 0 Conceded C 3 4 7
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 88%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 50%
62% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 25% 12%
25% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 25% 12%
12% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
88% 75% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 50%
12% 25% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 12%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 50%
 
6 7 3 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5 4.2
5.1 7.5 1 Corners against (avg) C A 8.7 7.2 5.8
2.9 3.2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.2 2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 2 2 3
 
14.5 14 18 Shots (avg) S ( 15.3 13.2 11.6
4.8 4.5 9 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 4.2 4
29% 33% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 29% 19%
 
14.4 15.8 13 Shots against (avg) S A 16.7 15.2 14
4.9 4.8 7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 4.2 4.2
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • All of OH Leuven's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • OH Leuven have scored in all their matches so far.
  • OH Leuven haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Standard Liège have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Standard Liège have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Standard Liège have the fewest scored goals in the second half (2) in Pro League
  • Standard Liège have the most matches under the total-line (7) in Pro League
  • Standard Liège haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 Antwerp 7 3 3 1 13 4 3 2 1 0 7 0 4 1 2 1 6 4 9 12
5 Cercle Brugge 7 4 0 3 8 5 3 2 0 1 4 2 4 2 0 2 4 3 3 12
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 RWDM 7 3 2 2 7 14 3 2 0 1 3 5 4 1 2 1 4 9 -7 11
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 Mechelen 8 3 1 4 10 9 4 2 0 2 6 3 4 1 1 2 4 6 1 10
11 AS Eupen 7 3 1 3 10 13 4 1 1 2 6 11 3 2 0 1 4 2 -3 10
12 OH Leuven 8 2 3 3 11 14 4 1 2 1 6 4 4 1 1 2 5 10 -3 9
13 Standard Liège 8 1 4 3 6 7 4 0 2 2 1 3 4 1 2 1 5 4 -1 7
14 Sporting Charleroi 8 1 4 3 7 11 4 1 3 0 4 3 4 0 1 3 3 8 -4 7
15 Westerlo 8 0 2 6 7 16 4 0 0 4 3 10 4 0 2 2 4 6 -9 2
16 Kortrijk 8 0 2 6 6 20 4 0 2 2 4 7 4 0 0 4 2 13 -14 2

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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.