Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Westerlo & OH Leuven face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Belgian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Westerlo have less rest than OH Leuven in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a First Division B game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Lommel United.
Westerlo form and stats
Westerlo was eliminated in the 16th finals last season in the Belgian Cup.Westerlo have performed here at Het Kuipje this season with 3 wins from 6 First Division B matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 0. The Westerlo fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Het Kuipje and will expect new points from this game. Westerlo has played 18 games in a row here without a defeat.
Happy days for Westerlo in their previous game, a First Division B match away at Lommel United that ended with a 1-0 victory. A late climax in the match against Lommel United as the winning goal came two minutes into overtime; scored by E. Daci.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Lierse Kempenzonen and winning 5-1.This is expected to be a close game, with Westerlo perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Westerlo as a small favourite), we find six games. Westerlo has won four of these, drawn zero and lost two.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Westerlo, as the First Division B home game vs Royal Excel Mouscron is only four days away.
A decent goal production from Westerlo in their home games so far, with 10 goals from 6 league matches. Westerlo are not conceding a lot of goals here at Het Kuipje in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 6 matches.
OH Leuven form and stats
Last season their Belgian Cup adventure ended in the 16th finals.OH Leuven have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Pro League, after 1-5-2 (8 played).
Leuven play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-1 victory visiting Union Saint-Gilloise. Defender Soufiane Chakla was the best team player with a rating of 7.82. Chakla served one assist, hit one key pass and won 4 of 5 duels.
Preceding that, the 1-3 home loss versus RFC Seraing.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by OH Leuven in our archives, and the results are: one win for Leuven, one draw and three defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Leuven are hosting Gent in the Pro League only three days away.
Leuven are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 8 games (in the league). Leuven have conceded 15 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head numbers (for the previous ten meetings): Westerlo won five games, one match ended in a draw and OH Leuven have four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  E. Daci 6 goals |  J. Bernát 4 goals |   M. Maertens 4 goals |
Westerlo missing players
OH Leuven missing players
| Westerlo | OH Leuven | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 7 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 44 | 18 | Scored | S | 18 | 33 | ||
| 28 | 12 | Conceded | C | 27 | 45 | ||
| 96% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 56% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 77% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 54% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 60% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 68% | ||
| 36% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | ||
| 8% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 24% | ||
| 5.2 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 5 | ||
| 4.7 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.4 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 10.7 | 12.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.2 | 12.2 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.9 | ||
| 34% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 29% | ||
| 8.1 | 7.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.5 | 15.1 | ||
| 3 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 5.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Westerlo | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 15 | 30 |
| 2 | Waasland-Beveren | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | Deinze | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | Lierse Kempenzonen | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 16 |
| 5 | RWDM | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | -1 | 16 |
| 6 | Lommel United | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 14 |
| 7 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -7 | 12 |
| 8 | Excelsior Virton | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -10 | 12 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 41 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 24 | 34 |
| 2 | Antwerp | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 27 |
| 3 | Club Brugge | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 27 |
| 4 | Mechelen | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 28 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 26 |
| 5 | Sporting Charleroi | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 26 |
| 6 | Anderlecht | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 25 |
| 7 | AS Eupen | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 22 |
| 8 | Kortrijk | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 22 |
| 9 | Gent | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| 10 | Genk | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 21 |
| 11 | Sint-Truiden | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -6 | 21 |
| 12 | Standard Liege | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | -6 | 20 |
| 13 | OH Leuven | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 15 | -4 | 20 |
| 14 | RFC Seraing | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -7 | 19 |
| 15 | KV Oostende | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -13 | 17 |
| 16 | Zulte-Waregem | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | -12 | 14 |
| 17 | Cercle Brugge | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | -6 | 13 |
| 18 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 18 | -13 | 9 |