This looks to be yet another absorbing clash at Bosuilstadion in the Pro League. Antwerp is in 2nd place and welcome OH Leuven in 1st place. Read about the match here!
There have been limited time to rest for the hosting team, as they had a Europa Conference League match only three days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Lillestrøm.
Antwerp form and stats
The hosts won their first Pro League game here at Bosuilstadion, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Antwerp last season were 0 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses from 3 games.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Jean Butez not having conceded a league goal in 294 minutes.
Antwerp are returning here after guesting Lillestrøm in a Europa Conference League game and winning with a 3-1 scoreline.
Previous to that game, a Pro League home match hosting Zulte-Waregem in a game that was won 1-0.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Lillestrøm are coming to town in four days.
Early season league goal statistics from Antwerp's 1 home game: 1 goal, 0 conceded.
OH Leuven form and stats
A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Pro League, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 3 wins, 7 draws and 7 defeats from 17 matches.
180 minutes! That's how long the OH Leuven goalkeeper Valentin Alexandru Cojocaru and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Impressive finishing from Þórsteinsson and Holzhauser secured the home win 2-0 against Westerlo in their previous game. Ouedraogo, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.25. Ouedraogo hit one key pass and won 2 of 4 duels.
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Kortrijk.OH Leuven have the goal stats of 2-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - four - one (Antwerp wins - draws - OH Leuven wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Frey 2 goals |  M. Balikwisha 1 goals |  M. Maertens 1 goals |
Antwerp missing players
OH Leuven missing players
| Antwerp | OH Leuven | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2.5 | 3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 4.5 |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 1.5 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.5 | 17 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 19 | 16.5 |
| 4.5 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 6 | 5 |
| 33% | 17% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 40% |
| 12.5 | 11 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| 3 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Antwerp | Last season | OH Leuven | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 40 | 20 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 20 | 9 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 7 | 11 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Lost | L | 7 | 13 | ||
| 58 | 31 | Scored | S | 22 | 47 | ||
| 48 | 26 | Conceded | C | 33 | 58 | ||
| 98% | 95% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | ||
| 70% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 85% | ||
| 50% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 65% | 62% | ||
| 22% | 30% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 53% | 47% | ||
| 15% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 21% | ||
| 55% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 68% | ||
| 35% | 30% | Clean Sheets | C S | 6% | 15% | ||
| 12% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 24% | 24% | ||
| 5.3 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.8 | ||
| 5.9 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.6 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.1 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 6 | ||
| 12.4 | 14.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.8 | 12.8 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.6 | ||
| 33% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 27% | ||
| 13 | 10.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.5 | 15.5 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.6 | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Antwerp | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Genk | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Sporting Charleroi | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Anderlecht | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Zulte-Waregem | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Club Brugge | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Westerlo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | AS Eupen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 11 | KV Oostende | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 12 | Cercle Brugge | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 13 | Kortrijk | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 14 | Gent | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | Sint-Truiden | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | Standard Liege | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 17 | Mechelen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 18 | RFC Seraing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Club Brugge | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 50 |
| 2 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 46 |
| 3 | Anderlecht | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 40 |
| 4 | Antwerp | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -7 | 36 |
