OH Leuven fights Lommel United in First Division B battle

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Competition: Belgium First Division B
Competition: Sat 08.February
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: King Power at Den Dreef Stadion (12500 seats)

Season ticket holders at King Power at Den Dreef Stadion haven’t seen too many victories this season, with OH Leuven languishing in the 6th position so far. The guesting Lommel United will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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OH Leuven form and stats

2 victories, 0 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what OH Leuven, who have the most conceded goals (19) in First Division B, have to build on here at King Power at Den Dreef Stadion in the First Division B.

OH Leuven's previous game was a First Division B match also played at home, ending 2-1 versus SV Roeselare (placed 7th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Before that, OH Leuven played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Lokeren.

OH Leuven are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 5 goals in 5 games. OH Leuven are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (10 from 5 played).

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Lommel United form and stats

1 win, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Lommel United, who have the most conceded goals (10) away in First Division B, playing as the away team in the First Division B this season.

Lommel United's last game was the home draw against Excelsior Virton (0-0). Before that, Lommel United travelled to Union Saint-Gilloise and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.

Lommel United are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 6 away goals from 5 games (in the league). The Lommel United manager P. Maes has some worries about the defense as 10 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Lommel United - OH Leuven 3-2 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): OH Leuven seven wins, one draw and Lommel United two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

OH LeuvenT. Henry
T. Henry
13 goals
OH LeuvenM. Maertens
M. Maertens
7 goals
Lommel UnitedJ. Hendrickx
J. Hendrickx
6 goals

OH Leuven missing players

Lommel United missing players

OH Leuven Lommel United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
24 12 3 Played P 4 12 24
13 7 1 Won W 1 1 6
4 1 1 Drew D 2 4 8
7 4 1 Lost L 1 7 10
37 18 3 Scored S 3 9 20
29 14 4 Conceded C 4 18 31
96% 92% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 92% 88%
79% 75% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 62%
58% 67% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 42% 38%
29% 25% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 25% 21%
12% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
54% 42% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 58% 46%
33% 42% 33% Clean Sheets C S 50% 17% 29%
17% 25% 33% Failed to Score F T 25% 33% 38%
 
5.8 5.2 4 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 4.4 4.7
6.6 5.3 7.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 7.3 6.4
1.6 1.3 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.9 2
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
251 125 30 Total Shots T S 32 85 192
112 54 9 Shots on Target S O 13 37 74
33% 33% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 24% 27%
Key stats in First Division B this season:
  • Lommel United has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7)
  • Lommel United has the fewest points (4) away
  • Lommel United has the most conceded goals (10) away
  • Lommel United has the most conceded goals in the second half (24)
  • Lommel United has the most dropped points from leading position (14)
  • Lommel United has the the worst goal difference (-4) away
  • Lommel United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • OH Leuven has the fewest dropped points from leading position (2)
  • OH Leuven has the most conceded goals (19)
  • OH Leuven has the most matches over the total-line (14)
  • OH Leuven has the most scored goals in the first half (22)
  • OH Leuven have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 Beerschot-Wilrijk 10 4 4 2 11 6 5 1 4 0 5 4 5 3 0 2 6 2 5 16
2 Excelsior Virton 10 4 4 2 12 8 5 2 2 1 7 5 5 2 2 1 5 3 4 16
3 Lommel United 10 4 3 3 11 12 5 3 2 0 5 2 5 1 1 3 6 10 -1 15
4 Union Saint-Gilloise 10 3 5 2 14 10 5 1 2 2 7 8 5 2 3 0 7 2 4 14
5 Westerlo 10 4 2 4 17 14 5 1 1 3 4 8 5 3 1 1 13 6 3 14
6 OH Leuven 10 4 2 4 15 19 5 2 0 3 5 10 5 2 2 1 10 9 -4 14
7 SV Roeselare 10 2 5 3 16 17 5 1 2 2 9 11 5 1 3 1 7 6 -1 11
8 Lokeren 10 1 3 6 7 17 5 0 1 4 2 11 5 1 2 2 5 6 -10 6

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.