Balanced ball game between Cercle Brugge and OH Leuven expected

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 31.July
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Jan Breydelstadion (29975 seats)

Game week two of the Pro League season and the teams have had a few days to digest the first match. Here's the Cercle Brugge - OH Leuven preview:

The hosts Cercle saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Pro League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Beerschot-Wilrijk.

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Cercle Brugge form and stats

Last season, Cercle Brugge's league statistics were 11 wins, 3 draws and 20 losses, resulting in a 16th position in the Pro League. Over these 34 matches they scored 40 goals and conceded 51. Playing at home last season Cercle Brugge managed 6-1-10 (win-draw-lost) with 25 goals and 26 conceded.

Happy days for Cercle Brugge in their previous game, a Pro League match away at Beerschot-Wilrijk (placed 15th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Defender Edgaras Utkus got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.95/10. Utkus won 9 of 13 duels.

A 1-1 draw away before that, with KV Oostende the opponent.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Cercle Brugge have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won one, drawn two and lost three.

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OH Leuven form and stats

Let's have a look at how OH Leuven performed last season in the Pro League: They landed a 11th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 9 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 54 and conceded 59 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 7 and lost 6 with 30/36 goals scored/conceded.

Leuven played 1-1 against Zulte-Waregem in their previous match. Xavier Mercier, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.8. Mercier hit four key passes.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Waasland-Beveren.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Leuven in our archives, and the results are: two wins for OH Leuven, two draws and three defeats.

Head 2 Head

Cercle Brugge-OH Leuven H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Cercle four wins, OH Leuven four wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

CercleO. Deman
O. Deman
1 goals
OH LeuvenT. Henry
T. Henry
1 goals

Cercle Brugge missing players

OH Leuven missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cercle Brugge OH Leuven
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 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% 100%
100% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
8 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 4
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 12
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 4
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 25%
Cercle Brugge Last season OH Leuven
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
11 6   Won W   4 12
3 1   Drew D   7 9
20 10   Lost L   6 13
40 25   Scored S   30 54
51 26   Conceded C   36 59
97% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
74% 71%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   100% 91%
56% 65%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   82% 74%
15% 24%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   65% 44%
12% 18%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   29% 18%
50% 53%   BTTS BTTS   82% 74%
15% 24%   Clean Sheets C S   6% 15%
38% 29%   Failed to Score F T   12% 12%
 
4.4 3.9   Corners for (avg) C F   4.6 4.3
5.7 5.9   Corners against (avg) C A   6.8 6
2.1 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.6
5 4   Red cards R C   1 4
 
6.8 6.7   Shots (avg) S (   8.9 9.5
3.1 3.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.6 3.9
37% 40%   Goal Efficiency G E   48% 41%

  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 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
3 Kortrijk 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Mechelen 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Sint-Truiden 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Cercle Brugge 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 AS Eupen 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
8 Club Brugge 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Genk 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
10 OH Leuven 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Standard Liege 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Zulte-Waregem 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
13 Antwerp 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
14 Gent 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
15 Beerschot-Wilrijk 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Anderlecht 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
17 RFC Seraing 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
18 KV Oostende 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -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 34 24 4 6 73 26 17 12 1 4 34 15 17 12 3 2 39 11 47 76
2 Antwerp 34 18 6 10 57 48 17 9 4 4 30 25 17 9 2 6 27 23 9 60
3 Anderlecht 34 15 13 6 51 34 17 9 7 1 25 11 17 6 6 5 26 23 17 58
4 Genk 34 16 8 10 67 48 17 9 5 3 38 20 17 7 3 7 29 28 19 56
5 KV Oostende 34 15 8 11 49 41 17 9 5 3 33 21 17 6 3 8 16 20 8 53
6 Standard Liege 34 13 11 10 52 41 17 7 7 3 26 20 17 6 4 7 26 21 11 50
7 Gent 34 14 7 13 55 42 17 8 3 6 29 21 17 6 4 7 26 21 13 49
8 Mechelen 34 13 9 12 54 54 17 5 5 7 29 30 17 8 4 5 25 24 0 48
9 Beerschot-Wilrijk 34 14 5 15 58 64 17 7 4 6 32 29 17 7 1 9 26 35 -6 47
10 Zulte-Waregem 34 14 4 16 53 69 17 6 2 9 23 38 17 8 2 7 30 31 -16 46
11 OH Leuven 34 12 9 13 54 59 17 8 2 7 24 23 17 4 7 6 30 36 -5 45
12 AS Eupen 34 10 13 11 44 55 17 5 6 6 24 30 17 5 7 5 20 25 -11 43
13 Sporting Charleroi 34 11 9 14 46 49 17 5 6 6 18 16 17 6 3 8 28 33 -3 42
14 Kortrijk 34 11 6 17 44 57 17 5 2 10 24 35 17 6 4 7 20 22 -13 39
15 Sint-Truiden 34 10 8 16 41 52 17 6 3 8 20 20 17 4 5 8 21 32 -11 38
16 Cercle Brugge 34 11 3 20 40 51 17 6 1 10 25 26 17 5 2 10 15 25 -11 36
17 Waasland-Beveren 34 8 7 19 44 70 17 3 2 12 21 40 17 5 5 7 23 30 -26 31
18 Royal Excel Mouscron 34 7 10 17 32 54 17 4 5 8 17 22 17 3 5 9 15 32 -22 31

Table
  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 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
3 Kortrijk 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Mechelen 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Sint-Truiden 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Cercle Brugge 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 AS Eupen 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
8 Club Brugge 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Genk 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
10 OH Leuven 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Standard Liege 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Zulte-Waregem 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
13 Antwerp 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
14 Gent 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
15 Beerschot-Wilrijk 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Anderlecht 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
17 RFC Seraing 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
18 KV Oostende 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0

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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.