Perhaps a welcome break from league football as OH Leuven & Cercle Brugge face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Belgian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
OH Leuven form and stats
Leuven participated in Belgian Cup the last season, where they reached the 16th finals.Overall Pro League stats at home this season for OH Leuven are 6-2-5 (wins-draw-losses). We have seen two home losses in a row now for Leuven, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Sporting Charleroi that finished 1-1.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Leuven have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won four times, drawn one and lost three.
The manager M. Brys will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Standard Liège in only three days.
OH Leuven has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. Leuven's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 17 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Cercle Brugge form and stats
They also participated in Belgian Cup last season. This ended in the 16th finals.Cercle Brugge have only collected 13 points from their away games in the Pro League, after 4-1-8 (13 played).
Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Club Brugge.
We have checked recent matches where Cercle have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those six games were two victories, zero draws and four defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Mechelen in just three days.
The attacking power of Cercle when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored from 13 league matches away. Cercle have conceded 20 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: six wins for Leuven, two draws and two wins for Cercle Brugge. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  T. Henry 16 goals |  I. Ugbo 11 goals |  K. Sowah 7 goals |
OH Leuven missing players
Cercle Brugge missing players
| OH Leuven | Cercle Brugge | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 7 | 16 | ||
| 41 | 15 | Scored | S | 12 | 31 | ||
| 40 | 16 | Conceded | C | 19 | 44 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 80% | ||
| 72% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 64% | ||
| 44% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 72% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 8% | ||
| 8% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 32% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 9.5 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.9 | 6.4 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2.9 | ||
| 42% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 42% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Club Brugge | 25 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 53 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 7 | 35 | 57 |
| 2 | Genk | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 49 | 33 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 43 |
| 3 | Antwerp | 25 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 41 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 43 |
| 4 | Anderlecht | 25 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 34 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 38 |
| 5 | Standard Liège | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 36 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 38 |
| 6 | Sporting Charleroi | 25 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 38 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 26 | 4 | 37 |
| 7 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 25 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 46 | 48 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 28 | -2 | 37 |
| 8 | KV Oostende | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 36 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 36 |
| 9 | OH Leuven | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 40 | 41 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 24 | -1 | 36 |
| 10 | Mechelen | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 38 | 42 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 17 | -4 | 33 |
| 11 | Zulte-Waregem | 25 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 38 | 45 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 17 | -7 | 33 |
| 12 | Gent | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 34 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 32 |
| 13 | AS Eupen | 25 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 30 | 40 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 18 | -10 | 31 |
| 14 | Sint-Truiden | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 33 | 37 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 23 | -4 | 30 |
| 15 | Kortrijk | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 29 | 37 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -8 | 30 |
| 16 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 21 | -11 | 26 |
| 17 | Cercle Brugge | 25 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 30 | 44 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 20 | -14 | 22 |
| 18 | Waasland-Beveren | 25 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 32 | 54 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 27 | -22 | 21 |