Match preview Pro League: AS Eupen - OH Leuven at Stadion am Kehrweg

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 06.March
Match begins: 15:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion am Kehrweg (8363 seats)

AS Eupen hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 36 points and a 14th position in the Pro League table. Visiting OH Leuven holds 7th place with 43 pts.

Insights:
  • AS Eupen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • OH Leuven have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

AS Eupen have less rest than OH Leuven in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Belgian Cup game only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Gent, was also a home game here at Stadion am Kehrweg. The away team is better rested.

Leuven are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

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AS Eupen form and stats

AS Eupen have played 14 Pro League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-5-5 (wins-draws-losses). Two draws in a row at home now for Eupen.

Before that match, a Pro League win away at Sint-Truiden.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does AS Eupen handle that role? We have found ten games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are six wins, two draws and two defeats.

The Eupen fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 19 in 14 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Eupen defense is not exactly impregnable. 23 goals conceded from 14 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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OH Leuven form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Pro League travels is 4 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats.

Musa Al-Taamari and Xavier Mercier scored in Leuven's previous match, the home game against Antwerp that ended 2-0. Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Club Brugge's place.

We have checked recent matches where Leuven have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those nine games were four victories, one draw and four defeats.

Leuven has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 25 goals from 14 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. The Leuven manager M. Brys has some worries about the defense as 28 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

AS Eupen and OH Leuven have met before this season: OH Leuven - AS Eupen 1-1. AS Eupen-OH Leuven H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Eupen zero wins, OH Leuven six wins, four draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

OH LeuvenT. Henry
T. Henry
19 goals
EupenS. Prevljak
S. Prevljak
13 goals
OH LeuvenK. Sowah
K. Sowah
8 goals

AS Eupen missing players

OH Leuven missing players

AS Eupen OH Leuven
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
29 14 4 Played P 4 14 29
8 4 3 Won W 2 4 12
12 5 1 Drew D 1 5 7
9 5 0 Lost L 1 5 10
35 19 9 Scored S 9 25 46
44 23 4 Conceded C 6 28 46
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
90% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 90%
48% 50% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 79% 69%
31% 36% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 75% 64% 41%
7% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 29% 14%
62% 79% 100% BTTS BTTS 75% 86% 72%
17% 7% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 7% 17%
24% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 7% 10%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 1.9 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.8 1.6
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 4
 
8.4 8.2 7.8 Shots (avg) S ( 5.8 8.2 9
3.6 3.4 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.4 3.8
34% 40% 64% Goal Efficiency G E 82% 52% 42%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • AS Eupen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • AS Eupen haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • All of AS Eupen's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of OH Leuven's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • OH Leuven have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • 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 Club Brugge 27 20 3 4 58 18 14 10 1 3 27 11 13 10 2 1 31 7 40 63
2 Antwerp 29 14 6 9 44 38 14 7 4 3 22 17 15 7 2 6 22 21 6 48
3 Genk 29 13 7 9 54 41 14 7 4 3 30 18 15 6 3 6 24 23 13 46
4 KV Oostende 29 13 7 9 45 36 15 9 4 2 32 18 14 4 3 7 13 18 9 46
5 Anderlecht 29 11 12 6 39 30 14 7 6 1 18 8 15 4 6 5 21 22 9 45
6 Zulte-Waregem 29 13 4 12 46 50 15 5 2 8 19 30 14 8 2 4 27 20 -4 43
7 OH Leuven 29 12 7 10 46 46 15 8 2 5 21 18 14 4 5 5 25 28 0 43
8 Beerschot-Wilrijk 29 12 5 12 52 55 15 6 4 5 29 26 14 6 1 7 23 29 -3 41
9 Mechelen 29 11 7 11 42 46 15 4 4 7 23 26 14 7 3 4 19 20 -4 40
10 Standard Liege 29 10 10 9 41 37 15 5 7 3 21 19 14 5 3 6 20 18 4 40
11 Sporting Charleroi 28 11 6 11 41 38 13 5 3 5 14 11 15 6 3 6 27 27 3 39
12 Gent 28 10 7 11 41 34 13 5 3 5 23 17 15 5 4 6 18 17 7 37
13 Kortrijk 29 10 6 13 36 42 15 5 2 8 22 29 14 5 4 5 14 13 -6 36
14 AS Eupen 29 8 12 9 35 44 14 4 5 5 19 23 15 4 7 4 16 21 -9 36
15 Sint-Truiden 29 8 7 14 35 44 15 5 3 7 18 18 14 3 4 7 17 26 -9 31
16 Cercle Brugge 29 9 2 18 34 46 15 4 1 10 20 25 14 5 1 8 14 21 -12 29
17 Royal Excel Mouscron 29 6 9 14 26 45 14 3 5 6 14 18 15 3 4 8 12 27 -19 27
18 Waasland-Beveren 29 6 7 16 34 59 14 3 2 9 15 30 15 3 5 7 19 29 -25 25

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The First Division A is the top league of the football pyramid in Belgium, founded in 1895. It was earlier known as the Belgian Pro League. The season runs from July to May with 16 teams each playing 30 fixtures. The top six in the league table then play a championship playoff, the bottom team is relegated and places #7 to #15 have a Europa League playoff.