First Division B prediction and preview: OH Leuven modest favorites to beat Westerlo

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Competition: Belgium First Division B
Date: Fri 25.October
Match begins: 20:30 (UTC)
Venue: Den Dreef Stadium (12500 seats)

The managers V. Euvrard and B. Peeters are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the First Division B league table.

OH Leuven and Westerlo 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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OH Leuven form and stats

OH Leuven, who have the most scored goals (11) at home in First Division B, have collected 12 points from their First Division B home games so far after 4-0-1.

A good away victory last time out for OH Leuven, who won 2-0 against Lommel United (placed 8th). Heartbreak before that as OH Leuven lost 1-3 at SV Roeselare's place.

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 OH Leuven have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found six games) they have won 3 times, drawn 1 and lost 2.

The OH Leuven manager V. Euvrard has got the team scoring with 11 from 5 home games in the league. OH Leuven are not conceding a lot of goals here at Den Dreef Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 5 matches.

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Westerlo form and stats

The visitors, who have the fewest conceded goals (3) away in First Division B, are W3-D1-L1 on the road this term. That's in the First Division B. Westerlo love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

Westerlo won their last game, 2-0 versus Lokeren played at home. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Beerschot-Wilrijk at their stadium, the result 2-1.

Westerlo are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of seven matches.

Westerlo find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 7 goals from 5 away fixtures in the league. It's not easy to score on Westerlo as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Westerlo - OH Leuven 1-0, played this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 3 - 3 - 4 (OH Leuven wins - draws - Westerlo wins). As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

OH LeuvenT. Henry
T. Henry
6 goals
OH LeuvenM. Maertens
M. Maertens
5 goals
WesterloK. Abrahams
K. Abrahams
4 goals

OH Leuven missing players

Westerlo missing players

OH Leuven Westerlo
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
11 5 0 Played P 0 5 11
7 4 0 Won W 0 3 7
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
3 1 0 Lost L 0 1 3
19 11 0 Scored S 0 7 17
9 3 0 Conceded C 0 3 7
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
73% 60% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 80% 73%
45% 60% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 27%
27% 40% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 9%
9% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
36% 20% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 36%
55% 80% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 45%
9% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 18%
 
5.5 5 0 Corners For (avg) C F 0 6 6.7
7.1 4.2 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 0 4.8 4.5
1.4 0.8 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 0.6 0.8
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • OH Leuven have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • OH Leuven have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • OH Leuven have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • OH Leuven haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Westerlo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Westerlo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

OH Leuven
All First Division B UEFA Europa League Play-offs Belgian Cup
All Home Away Home vs top
25-09-19 BC Sint-Truiden 0 - 0 OH Leuven
28-09-19 FDB Beerschot-Wilrijk 1 - 2 OH Leuven
05-10-19 FDB OH Leuven 2 - 3 Lokeren
12-10-19 FDB SV Roeselare 3 - 1 OH Leuven
20-10-19 FDB Lommel United 0 - 2 OH Leuven
25-10-19 FDB OH Leuven 20:30 Westerlo
01-11-19 FDB OH Leuven 20:30 Union Saint-Gilloise
08-11-19 FDB Excelsior Virton 20:30 OH Leuven
15-11-19 FDB OH Leuven 20:30 Beerschot-Wilrijk
22-11-19 FDB Westerlo 20:30 OH Leuven
Westerlo
All First Division B UEFA Europa League Play-offs Belgian Cup
All Home Away Away vs top
24-09-19 BC Waasland-Beveren 3 - 4 Westerlo
27-09-19 FDB SV Roeselare 0 - 2 Westerlo
05-10-19 FDB Westerlo 0 - 1 Excelsior Virton
11-10-19 FDB Beerschot-Wilrijk 1 - 2 Westerlo
18-10-19 FDB Westerlo 2 - 0 Lokeren
25-10-19 FDB OH Leuven 20:30 Westerlo
02-11-19 FDB Westerlo 17:00 Lommel United
08-11-19 FDB Union Saint-Gilloise 20:30 Westerlo
17-11-19 FDB SV Roeselare 20:00 Westerlo
22-11-19 FDB Westerlo 20:30 OH Leuven

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 OH Leuven 11 7 1 3 19 9 5 4 0 1 11 3 6 3 1 2 8 6 10 22
2 Westerlo 11 7 1 3 17 7 6 4 0 2 10 4 5 3 1 1 7 3 10 22
3 Excelsior Virton 11 7 0 4 20 6 5 4 0 1 9 1 6 3 0 3 11 5 14 21
4 Union Saint-Gilloise 11 5 4 2 16 12 5 3 2 0 10 4 6 2 2 2 6 8 4 19
5 Beerschot-Wilrijk 11 4 2 5 10 15 6 4 0 2 8 5 5 0 2 3 2 10 -5 14
6 Lokeren 11 2 4 5 9 17 5 1 3 1 4 4 6 1 1 4 5 13 -8 10
7 SV Roeselare 11 2 2 7 10 25 6 2 2 2 8 10 5 0 0 5 2 15 -15 8
8 Lommel United 11 1 4 6 6 16 6 1 2 3 5 11 5 0 2 3 1 5 -10 7

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