Home advantage could prove decisive in Union Saint-Gilloise - OH Leuven battle

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Competition: Belgium First Division B
Date: Sat 11.January
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Joseph Marien (6000 seats)

With their 2 point advantage in the league table, Union Saint-Gilloise fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against OH Leuven.

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Union Saint-Gilloise form and stats

Overall First Division B stats at home this season for Union Saint-Gilloise are 1-1-1 (wins-draw-losses).

Union Saint-Gilloise drew their last game, 1-1 away at SV Roeselare (placed 4th). Preceding that match was a Belgian Cup defeat to Kortrijk (0-1).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Union Saint-Gilloise handle that role? We have found eleven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W4-D3-L4.

The Union Saint-Gilloise fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 3 in 3 matches. 3 goals have been conceded.

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OH Leuven form and stats

OH Leuven, who have the most clean sheets (8) in First Division B, are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the First Division B, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).

OH Leuven failed to get anything from their last game, a First Division B home match vs Excelsior Virton (placed 5th) that ended with defeat 0-2. Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to SV Roeselare.

OH Leuven are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of six matches.

The OH Leuven manager V. Euvrard has got the team scoring on the road, with 6 away goals in 3 league matches. The OH Leuven manager V. Euvrard has some worries about the defense as 6 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the OH Leuven - Union Saint-Gilloise 0-0 played earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 3 Union Saint-Gilloise victories, 4 draws and 3 OH Leuven wins. 5 of these games ended with three goals or more, 5 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

OH LeuvenT. Henry
T. Henry
10 goals
OH LeuvenM. Maertens
M. Maertens
6 goals
Union Saint-GilloiseS. Tabekou
S. Tabekou
5 goals

Union Saint-Gilloise missing players

OH Leuven missing players

Union Saint-Gilloise OH Leuven
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
20 10 3 Played P 3 10 20
8 5 1 Won W 1 5 11
8 3 1 Drew D 1 2 3
4 2 1 Lost L 1 3 6
25 15 4 Scored S 4 15 30
19 10 4 Conceded C 5 12 22
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
80% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 80% 75%
40% 40% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 50% 55%
10% 10% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 30% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 10%
50% 60% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 60% 45%
30% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 30% 40%
30% 20% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 10% 20%
 
7.5 7.7 6.3 Corners For (avg) C F 7.7 6.2 5.7
4.8 5.4 4.7 Corners Against (avg) C A 7 8.2 6.8
1.8 2 1.7 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.3 1.9 1.6
3 2 1 Red Cards R C 0 2 3
 
242 137 41 Total Shots T S 38 105 200
92 54 14 Shots on Target S O 11 46 88
25% 24% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 33% 34%
Key stats in First Division B this season:
  • All of Union Saint-Gilloise's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • OH Leuven has the fewest dropped points from leading position (2)
  • OH Leuven has the most clean sheets (8)
  • OH Leuven haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Union Saint-Gilloise has the most points from losing position (11)
  • Union Saint-Gilloise haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 6 3 2 1 8 3 2 0 2 0 2 2 4 3 0 1 6 1 5 11
2 Lommel United 6 3 1 2 7 8 3 2 1 0 4 2 3 1 0 2 3 6 -1 10
3 Union Saint-Gilloise 6 2 3 1 7 4 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 2 0 4 1 3 9
4 SV Roeselare 6 2 3 1 13 11 4 1 2 1 9 9 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 9
5 Excelsior Virton 6 2 3 1 8 6 3 1 2 0 5 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 9
6 Westerlo 6 2 1 3 11 10 3 0 0 3 1 6 3 2 1 0 10 4 1 7
7 OH Leuven 6 2 1 3 8 12 3 1 0 2 2 6 3 1 1 1 6 6 -4 7
8 Lokeren 6 0 2 4 4 12 3 0 0 3 1 8 3 0 2 1 3 4 -8 2

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.