Anderlecht will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 1 point behind OH Leuven.
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.
Anderlecht form and stats
Anderlecht have collected 8 points from their Pro League home games so far after 2-2-0.
Anderlecht are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-3 away versus Club Brugge. Before that, Anderlecht drew at home versus AS Eupen.
Anderlecht have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Lotto Park with 7 goals in 4 league matches. Anderlecht are not conceding a lot of goals here at Lotto Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 4 matches.
OH Leuven form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Pro League travels is 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
It's the second away game in a row for Leuven, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Knokke in the Belgian Cup last time out. A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Zulte-Waregem.
The OH Leuven manager M. Brys has got the team scoring on the road, with 8 away goals in 4 league matches. Leuven struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 7 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Anderlecht won six, OH Leuven won two and two draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Sowah 4 goals |  X. Mercier 3 goals | T. Henry 3 goals |
Anderlecht missing players
OH Leuven missing players
| Anderlecht | OH Leuven | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| 12 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 6 | 7 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 62% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 75% | 62% |
| 50% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 75% | 50% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 25% | 12% |
| 75% | 75% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 1.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 | 38 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 20 | 33 | 63 |
| 29 | 18 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 17 | 31 |
| 52% | 39% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 47% | 42% |
- All of Anderlecht's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of OH Leuven's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Anderlecht have not yet lost a game at home.
- Anderlecht have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Anderlecht have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Anderlecht haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- OH Leuven have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- OH Leuven have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- OH Leuven have scored in all their matches so far.
- OH Leuven haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sporting Charleroi | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 2 | Club Brugge | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 16 | 18 |
| 3 | Standard Liege | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 17 |
| 4 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -1 | 15 |
| 5 | Antwerp | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 14 |
| 6 | OH Leuven | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 14 |
| 7 | Anderlecht | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 13 |
| 8 | KV Oostende | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 9 | Cercle Brugge | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 12 |
| 10 | Kortrijk | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 11 | Genk | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 10 |
| 12 | Gent | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 13 | AS Eupen | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -4 | 8 |
| 14 | Mechelen | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 7 |
| 15 | Zulte-Waregem | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -8 | 7 |
| 16 | Sint-Truiden | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 6 |
| 17 | Waasland-Beveren | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -10 | 4 |
| 18 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -9 | 3 |