First Division B match prediction: Little separates OH Leuven and Beerschot-Wilrijk in quality

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Competition: Belgium First Division B
Competition: Sun 02.August
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: King Power at Den Dreef Stadion (12500 seats)

This promises to be another interesting encounter at King Power at Den Dreef Stadion in the First Division B. OH Leuven is in 5th position and welcome Beerschot-Wilrijk in 1st place. Read all about the match here!

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OH Leuven form and stats

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 Leuven have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found nine matches with the results: Won two, drawn two and lost five.

With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the OH Leuven friendly games in pre-season: OH Leuven played one friendly, won 0, drew 0 and lost 1. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Leuven scored 2 goals and conceded 4 in these one game.

Last season, OH Leuven's league statistics were 4 wins, 2 draws and 8 losses, resulting in a 6th position in the First Division B. Over these 14 matches they scored 21 goals and conceded 24. Playing at home last season OH Leuven managed 2-1-4 (win-draw-lost) with 10 goals and 11 conceded.

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Beerschot-Wilrijk form and stats

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Beerschot-Wilrijk playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were two Beerschot-Wilrijk wins, one draw and three defeats.

Just as the home team, Beerschot-Wilrijk have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 0 Beerschot-Wilrijk wins, 4 draws and 0 losses.

Last season was a triumph for Beerschot-Wilrijk in the national league as they took home the First Division B trophy. The championship was secured after 8 wins, 6 draws and only 0 defeats. As this is an away game, it's natural to look at the stats for away matches last season: Won 4, drew 3 and lost 0.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Beerschot-Wilrijk - Leuven 1-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Leuven won two games, three matches ended with a draw and Beerschot-Wilrijk has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three

Top Goalscorers

OH LeuvenT. Henry
T. Henry
15 goals
OH LeuvenM. Maertens
M. Maertens
8 goals
Beerschot-WilrijkR. Holzhauser
R. Holzhauser
7 goals

OH Leuven missing players

Beerschot-Wilrijk missing players

OH Leuven Beerschot-Wilrijk
Total Home vs Statistics Stat vs Away Total
29 14 0 Played P 0 14 29
14 8 0 Won W 0 4 13
4 1 0 Drew D 0 3 7
11 5 0 Lost L 0 7 9
45 24 0 Scored S 0 12 32
41 19 0 Conceded C 0 16 28
97% 93% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
79% 79% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 71% 72%
62% 71% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 29% 34%
31% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
17% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
55% 43% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 29% 48%
31% 43% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 31%
17% 21% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 43% 21%
 
5.9 5.4 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 7.5 7.4
6.4 4.9 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.9 4.9
1.5 1.4 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.2 2.3
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
304 146 0 Total Shots T S 0 152 316
138 66 0 Shots on Target S O 0 61 127
33% 36% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 20% 25%
Key stats in First Division B this season:
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • OH Leuven have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

Read more about First Division B

The First Division B is the second highest league in Belgian football. It replaced the Belgian Second Division in 2016. It has eight teams playing a league in two stages, “opening” and “closing”. Each stage has each team playing 14 fixtures and the winner of each qualify for promotion play-offs.