Betting men guess that Gent will defeat OH Leuven at GHELAMCO-arena

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 10.April
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: GHELAMCO-arena (20000 seats)

5th place in the Pro League table for Gent so far, a good performance. The match-going followers pray for more joy as 11th-placed OH Leuven visit GHELAMCO-arena.

Insights:
  • Gent have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (12) in Pro League
  • OH Leuven have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

For OH Leuven most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

This promises to be an absorbing fixture with lots of action and excitement as both participants are well rested since they last played a game. Let's go!

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Gent form and stats

33 points is a decent return from 16 Pro League games here at GHELAMCO-arena for Gent. The data says 10 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Gent, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.

An away draw last time out for Gent, facing Cercle Brugge in a game that ended 2-2. Tissoudali, an attacker, was the best player for the team in that game, receiving a rating of 8.3 (out of 10). Tissoudali scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, served one assist and hit one key pass.

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Anderlecht.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Gent home games with this odds we find ten games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in eight wins, two draws and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, seven matches were won by at least two goals.

Early season league goal statistics from Gent's 16 home games: 32 goals, 16 conceded.

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OH Leuven form and stats

OH Leuven have only collected 16 points from their away games in the Pro League, after 3-7-6 (16 played).

Home advantage was not enough for OH Leuven in their previous game as they lost hosting Antwerp, 0-1. Attacker Mercier got a player rating of 7.84 in the game. "Man of the match" Mercier hit seven key passes.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to RFC Seraing.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where OH Leuven played away with similar odds. This revealed four games. The visitors overcame the odds to win two times, one were draw and the home team won as expected one time.

Leuven have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 16 league away games 22 goals have been scored. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as OH Leuven have conceded 28 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

OH Leuven - Gent 0-1 was the end result in these sides' previous head to head fixture, played this season. Stats for the preceeding ten meetings featuring these two squads are: seven wins for Gent, two draws and one win for OH Leuven. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

GentT. Tissoudali
T. Tissoudali
16 goals
GentL. Depoitre
L. Depoitre
10 goals
OH LeuvenS. Kaba
S. Kaba
10 goals

Gent missing players

OH Leuven missing players

Gent OH Leuven
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 5 16 33
17 10 3 Won W 1 3 10
8 3 1 Drew D 3 7 11
8 3 1 Lost L 1 6 12
51 32 9 Scored S 8 22 47
30 16 7 Conceded C 8 28 53
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
64% 81% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 85%
45% 56% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 62% 61%
24% 38% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 50% 45%
9% 12% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 18%
45% 56% 80% BTTS BTTS 80% 75% 70%
39% 31% 20% Clean Sheets C S 0% 6% 15%
24% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 19% 21%
 
6.2 7 7.4 Corners for (avg) C F 5.4 4.8 4.9
4.9 4.8 5 Corners against (avg) C A 7.6 5.8 5.6
1.9 1.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.2 2
4 0 0 Red cards R C 2 4 6
 
14.8 16.6 15.6 Shots (avg) S ( 12.2 12.1 13
5.4 6.4 6.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.2 4.6 4.7
28% 31% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 30% 28%
 
10.2 9.9 12.6 Shots against (avg) S A 16.8 14.9 15.2
3.5 3.9 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.2 5.1 5.5
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • All of OH Leuven's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Gent have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Gent have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (12) in Pro League
  • Gent haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • OH Leuven have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • OH Leuven haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Union Saint-Gilloise 33 23 5 5 73 27 16 9 3 4 27 14 17 14 2 1 46 13 46 74
2 Club Brugge 33 20 9 4 70 37 16 9 6 1 34 16 17 11 3 3 36 21 33 69
3 Antwerp 33 19 5 9 54 37 16 9 3 4 29 18 17 10 2 5 25 19 17 62
4 Anderlecht 33 17 10 6 69 34 17 10 5 2 41 19 16 7 5 4 28 15 35 61
5 Gent 33 17 8 8 51 30 16 10 3 3 32 16 17 7 5 5 19 14 21 59
6 Mechelen 33 15 7 11 57 59 17 10 4 3 36 24 16 5 3 8 21 35 -2 52
7 Sporting Charleroi 33 14 9 10 52 46 16 6 5 5 21 16 17 8 4 5 31 30 6 51
8 Genk 33 14 6 13 64 47 17 10 3 4 39 18 16 4 3 9 25 29 17 48
9 Sint-Truiden 33 14 6 13 39 40 16 6 3 7 23 23 17 8 3 6 16 17 -1 48
10 Cercle Brugge 33 12 8 13 48 45 17 6 4 7 23 20 16 6 4 6 25 25 3 44
11 OH Leuven 33 10 11 12 47 53 17 7 4 6 25 25 16 3 7 6 22 28 -6 41
12 Kortrijk 33 9 10 14 41 45 16 5 4 7 21 21 17 4 6 7 20 24 -4 37
13 Standard Liège 33 9 9 15 32 48 17 3 5 9 15 26 16 6 4 6 17 22 -16 36
14 KV Oostende 33 9 7 17 32 61 17 5 3 9 19 37 16 4 4 8 13 24 -29 34
15 AS Eupen 33 8 8 17 37 59 16 4 4 8 18 27 17 4 4 9 19 32 -22 32
16 Zulte-Waregem 33 8 8 17 42 66 17 5 4 8 23 32 16 3 4 9 19 34 -24 32
17 RFC Seraing 33 8 4 21 30 66 16 5 3 8 16 28 17 3 1 13 14 38 -36 28
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 33 4 4 25 33 71 17 4 1 12 16 33 16 0 3 13 17 38 -38 16

Read more about Pro League

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.