Another enjoyable game in Pro League as Kortrijk receive OH Leuven

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 11.December
Match begins: 15:15 (UTC)
Venue: Guldensporenstadion (9399 seats)

The home team stadium regulars bank on a victory in this fixture, as the home advantage might do the trick versus a struggling visitor. Kortrijk are in 9th spot while the guesting OH Leuven lose sleep at 14th.

Insights:
  • Kortrijk have the most matches under the total-line (10) in Pro League
  • OH Leuven have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both participants have had ample time to rest since their last work day in an official game. Let's aim for an in-your-face game!

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Kortrijk form and stats

Kortrijk have collected 12 points from their Pro League home games so far after 3-3-2.

The Kortrijk fans got no joy from their last match, a Pro League game also here at Guldensporenstadion: A 0-2 defeat against Cercle Brugge (placed 17th). Defender Lucas Rougeaux got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.32/10. Rougeaux hit one key pass and won 15 of 17 duels.

Previous to that game, a Belgian Cup home match hosting KV Oostende in a game that was won 1-0.

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

There will be little rest for Kortrijk after this match as they are travelling to KV Oostende for a Pro League game in only three days.

Kortrijk are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 8 games. Kortrijk's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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OH Leuven form and stats

There's been little loot from OH Leuven's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 8 away games in the Pro League. OH Leuven only have 1 win to counter their 2 defeats and 5 draws.

Leuven's previous game was their home loss versus Gent (0-1). Leuven goalie Rúnar Alex Rúnarsson enjoyed a first-rate day at work against Gent, but even with pulling off seven saves the defeat could not be stopped. Goalkeeper Rúnar Alex Rúnarsson got the top player rating of the team with 8.32/10. Rúnarsson stopped the opponent with seven saves.

Before that one, a nice away victory 3-2 at Westerlo.

We have checked recent matches where Leuven have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 13 games were five victories, four draws and four defeats.

After this away game Leuven return home for a Pro League game against Club Brugge. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Leuven have scored 11 goals in 8 league games away. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Leuven have conceded 15 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

OH Leuven - Kortrijk 2-1 was the story when these contenders last played each other, also in this season. Numbers for the former ten meetings featuring these two squads are: three wins for Kortrijk, two draws and five wins for OH Leuven. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

KortrijkF. Selemani
F. Selemani
7 goals
KortrijkP. Guèye
P. Guèye
5 goals
OH LeuvenM. Maertens
M. Maertens
4 goals

Kortrijk missing players

OH Leuven missing players

Kortrijk OH Leuven
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 8 3 Played P 2 8 17
5 3 1 Won W 0 1 4
7 3 1 Drew D 1 5 8
5 2 1 Lost L 1 2 5
20 10 3 Scored S 2 11 22
21 9 3 Conceded C 6 15 27
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
82% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 82%
35% 38% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 62% 53%
24% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 62% 47%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 12%
53% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 75% 71%
29% 38% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 12%
18% 12% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 25% 24%
 
4.8 5.2 6.7 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 4.8 4.9
5.9 5.4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 8.5 6.5 6.2
3.2 2.2 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.4 2.2
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
11.5 12.4 12.3 Shots (avg) S ( 14.5 12 12.9
3.9 4.4 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 4.9 4.9
30% 29% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 28% 26%
 
15.3 12.6 7 Shots against (avg) S A 21.5 18 16.1
4.1 3.1 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.5 5.4 5.5
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • All of OH Leuven's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Kortrijk have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Kortrijk have the most matches under the total-line (10) in Pro League
  • Kortrijk 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 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 17 12 1 4 43 18 8 5 0 3 18 9 9 7 1 1 25 9 25 37
2 Club Brugge 17 9 6 2 32 23 8 4 4 0 17 10 9 5 2 2 15 13 9 33
3 Antwerp 16 9 3 4 29 18 8 5 2 1 15 7 8 4 1 3 14 11 11 30
4 Gent 17 8 3 6 27 17 8 5 1 2 19 10 9 3 2 4 8 7 10 27
5 Mechelen 16 8 2 6 28 28 8 5 1 2 16 11 8 3 1 4 12 17 0 26
6 Sporting Charleroi 16 7 5 4 28 22 8 3 2 3 12 9 8 4 3 1 16 13 6 26
7 Anderlecht 16 6 7 3 31 22 8 3 4 1 20 12 8 3 3 2 11 10 9 25
8 AS Eupen 17 6 4 7 27 26 8 2 3 3 12 13 9 4 1 4 15 13 1 22
9 Kortrijk 17 5 7 5 20 21 8 3 3 2 10 9 9 2 4 3 10 12 -1 22
10 Genk 16 6 3 7 30 28 8 3 2 3 15 12 8 3 1 4 15 16 2 21
11 Sint-Truiden 17 6 3 8 18 25 9 2 2 5 11 16 8 4 1 3 7 9 -7 21
12 KV Oostende 17 6 2 9 21 36 9 4 1 4 13 21 8 2 1 5 8 15 -15 20
13 Standard Liege 16 5 5 6 18 26 8 2 3 3 9 12 8 3 2 3 9 14 -8 20
14 OH Leuven 17 4 8 5 22 27 9 3 3 3 11 12 8 1 5 2 11 15 -5 20
15 RFC Seraing 17 6 1 10 23 31 8 4 1 3 13 9 9 2 0 7 10 22 -8 19
16 Zulte-Waregem 16 4 5 7 25 35 9 2 2 5 14 23 7 2 3 2 11 12 -10 17
17 Cercle Brugge 17 4 4 9 20 24 9 1 2 6 8 14 8 3 2 3 12 10 -4 16
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 16 2 3 11 15 30 8 2 0 6 5 10 8 0 3 5 10 20 -15 9

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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.