Pro League: RFC Seraing - OH Leuven news and facts

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 04.February
Match begins: 17:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du Pairay (8207 seats)

RFC Seraing want to sell many tickets for this match despite that the season has been gruelling so far with 15 points and a 18th spot in the Pro League table. Guests OH Leuven hold 10th place with 31 pts.

Insights:
  • RFC Seraing have the fewest scored goals (21) in Pro League
  • OH Leuven have scored at least twice as many goals away as RFC Seraing have scored home.

RFC Seraing and OH Leuven should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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RFC Seraing form and stats

With 0 Pro League wins, 2 draws and 9 defeats from their home games, RFC Seraing are certainly not brimming with confidence. RFC Seraing are slowly digging their own grave here at Stade du Pairay with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in eleven attempts.

Vagner was the last player to score a league goal for RFC Seraing and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Seraing haven't scored in 210 minutes.

The supporters are hoping that RFC Seraing will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-4 away loss in the game against Genk (placed 1st). RFC Seraing were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. Defender Sylla got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 6.71/10. Sylla won 9 of 13 duels.

Ahead of that match, Seraing lost 0-1 at home to Anderlecht.

RFC Seraing have scored {4 goals} here in 11 league matches, a depressing statistic. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Seraing defense is not exactly impregnable. 17 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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OH Leuven form and stats

The visitors are W4-D4-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Pro League.

OH Leuven's last game was the home draw against Sint-Truiden (1-1). Attacker Þórsteinsson got a player rating of 7.8 in the game. "Man of the match" Þórsteinsson scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Prior to that match, the Leuven manager Brys faced defeat when travelling to Union Saint-Gilloise and losing 0-1.

The travelling fans enjoy OH Leuven's attacking play in away games, having scored 20 goals in 12 league matches away. OH Leuven have conceded 18 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Funnily enough, the last time OH Leuven kept a "clean sheet" was also meeting this opponent, seven league matches ago (OH Leuven - RFC Seraing 5-0). Stats for the prior five meetings involving these two participants are: two wins for Seraing, one draw and two wins for OH Leuven. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: one game. The matches between these clubs have had a tendency to be a bit wild, having seen 4 sending-offs from the last five duels.

Top Goalscorers

OH LeuvenM. González Gutiérrez
M. González Gutiérrez
13 goals
RFC SeraingM. Mouandilmadji
M. Mouandilmadji
7 goals
OH LeuvenJ. Thorsteinsson
J. Thorsteinsson
5 goals

RFC Seraing missing players

OH Leuven missing players

RFC Seraing OH Leuven
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 11 4 Played P 4 12 23
4 0 0 Won W 2 4 8
3 2 0 Drew D 1 4 7
16 9 4 Lost L 1 4 8
21 4 1 Scored S 9 20 37
44 17 5 Conceded C 6 18 34
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 83% 91%
78% 55% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 75% 83%
57% 27% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 58% 57%
35% 9% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 42% 35%
13% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 25% 26%
52% 36% 25% BTTS BTTS 50% 67% 61%
4% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 25% 22%
43% 64% 75% Failed to Score F T 25% 25% 26%
 
3.4 3.5 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 4 5
6.3 5.7 5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 7.3 6.5
2.9 3.2 3.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.9 2
6 4 2 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
8.4 9.5 8.2 Shots (avg) S ( 13.2 11.4 13.1
2.5 2.4 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 3.9 4.4
37% 15% 8% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 43% 36%
 
14.5 13.5 14.2 Shots against (avg) S A 15.2 17.1 14.1
4.8 3.2 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.6 3.9
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • OH Leuven have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • OH Leuven have scored at least twice as many goals away as RFC Seraing have scored home.
  • OH Leuven have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • RFC Seraing have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • RFC Seraing have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • RFC Seraing have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Pro League
  • RFC Seraing have the fewest points (2) at home in Pro League
  • RFC Seraing have the fewest scored goals (21) in Pro League
  • RFC Seraing have the fewest scored goals (4) at home in Pro League
  • RFC Seraing have the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in Pro League
  • RFC Seraing have the the worst goal difference (-13) at home in Pro League
  • RFC Seraing have yet to win a game at home.
  • RFC Seraing 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 Genk 22 19 1 2 56 19 12 11 1 0 33 9 10 8 0 2 23 10 37 58
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 23 16 4 3 46 24 11 8 2 1 19 8 12 8 2 2 27 16 22 52
3 Antwerp 23 14 4 5 42 23 11 9 1 1 26 9 12 5 3 4 16 14 19 46
4 Club Brugge 23 11 7 5 42 29 12 6 5 1 26 14 11 5 2 4 16 15 13 40
5 Gent 23 11 5 7 39 24 11 6 3 2 18 10 12 5 2 5 21 14 15 38
6 Standard Liège 23 11 4 8 37 29 12 7 2 3 25 12 11 4 2 5 12 17 8 37
7 Westerlo 23 10 4 9 44 39 12 6 2 4 28 17 11 4 2 5 16 22 5 34
8 Cercle Brugge 23 9 6 8 32 32 11 5 4 2 19 12 12 4 2 6 13 20 0 33
9 Sint-Truiden 23 8 8 7 24 25 11 3 3 5 10 14 12 5 5 2 14 11 -1 32
10 OH Leuven 23 8 7 8 37 34 11 4 3 4 17 16 12 4 4 4 20 18 3 31
11 Anderlecht 23 8 4 11 31 32 12 4 2 6 18 17 11 4 2 5 13 15 -1 28
12 Sporting Charleroi 22 8 3 11 28 35 11 4 1 6 14 17 11 4 2 5 14 18 -7 27
13 Mechelen 22 7 4 11 30 40 12 6 3 3 23 19 10 1 1 8 7 21 -10 25
14 Kortrijk 23 6 4 13 26 44 12 3 3 6 11 22 11 3 1 7 15 22 -18 22
15 AS Eupen 22 6 2 14 28 46 10 3 0 7 11 18 12 3 2 7 17 28 -18 20
16 Zulte-Waregem 23 5 5 13 30 48 12 3 2 7 19 31 11 2 3 6 11 17 -18 20
17 KV Oostende 23 5 3 15 25 51 11 4 0 7 13 22 12 1 3 8 12 29 -26 18
18 RFC Seraing 23 4 3 16 21 44 11 0 2 9 4 17 12 4 1 7 17 27 -23 15

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