Kortrijk vs OH Leuven match preview: Even contest expected at Guldensporenstadion

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 23.July
Match begins: 16:15 (UTC)
Venue: Guldensporenstadion (9399 seats)

It's a clean slate in Pro League - the first game of the season. Read the full guide and see how Kortrijk and OH Leuven did in their pre-season friendlies!

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Kortrijk form and stats

Last season, Kortrijk's league stats were 9 wins, 10 draws and 15 losses, resulting in 13th place in the Pro League. Over these 34 matches they scored 43 goals and conceded 48. Performing as the home side in the former season Kortrijk produced 5-4-8 (win-draw-lost) with 23 goals and 24 conceded.

This is expected to be a close game, with Kortrijk perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Kortrijk as a small favourite), we find 10 games. Kortrijk has won 1 of these, drawn 5 and lost 4.

With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Kortrijk friendly games in pre-season: Kortrijk played four friendlies, won 2, drew 1 and lost 1. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Kortrijk scored 7 goals and conceded 6 in these four games.

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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 10 victories, 11 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 47 and conceded 58 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 7 and lost 7 with 22/33 goals scored/conceded.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 8 similar matches played by OH Leuven in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Leuven, 1 draw and 5 defeats.

OH Leuven played three friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 2 victories, 1 draw and 0 defeats. In these three matches OH Leuven scored 6 and conceded 3 goals.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - one - five (Kortrijk wins - draws - OH Leuven wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less. The matches between these clubs have had a tendency to be rough and physical, having seen 6 red cards from the last ten duels.

Kortrijk missing players

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Total First Half Second Half
Kortrijk OH Leuven
Total Home vs Statistics Stat vs Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
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%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Kortrijk Last season OH Leuven
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
9 5   Won W   3 10
10 4   Drew D   7 11
15 8   Lost L   7 13
43 23   Scored S   22 47
48 24   Conceded C   33 58
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 94%
85% 76%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   100% 85%
41% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   65% 62%
29% 35%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   53% 47%
12% 18%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 21%
53% 53%   BTTS BTTS   71% 68%
24% 24%   Clean Sheets C S   6% 15%
24% 24%   Failed to Score F T   24% 24%
 
4.5 4.9   Corners for (avg) C F   4.7 4.8
5.9 5   Corners against (avg) C A   5.8 5.6
2.7 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2.1
4 2   Red cards R C   4 6
 
12.2 13.8   Shots (avg) S (   11.8 12.8
4 4.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.5 4.6
32% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 27%
 
15.6 13.9   Shots against (avg) S A   15.5 15.5
4.7 4.5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.5 5.6

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 Union Saint-Gilloise 34 24 5 5 78 27 17 10 3 4 32 14 17 14 2 1 46 13 51 77
2 Club Brugge 34 21 9 4 72 37 17 10 6 1 36 16 17 11 3 3 36 21 35 72
3 Anderlecht 34 18 10 6 72 36 17 10 5 2 41 19 17 8 5 4 31 17 36 64
4 Antwerp 34 19 6 9 55 38 17 9 4 4 30 19 17 10 2 5 25 19 17 63
5 Gent 34 18 8 8 56 30 17 11 3 3 37 16 17 7 5 5 19 14 26 62
6 Sporting Charleroi 34 15 9 10 55 46 17 7 5 5 24 16 17 8 4 5 31 30 9 54
7 Mechelen 34 15 7 12 57 61 17 10 4 3 36 24 17 5 3 9 21 37 -4 52
8 Genk 34 15 6 13 66 47 17 10 3 4 39 18 17 5 3 9 27 29 19 51
9 Sint-Truiden 34 15 6 13 42 40 17 7 3 7 26 23 17 8 3 6 16 17 2 51
10 Cercle Brugge 34 12 9 13 49 46 17 6 4 7 23 20 17 6 5 6 26 26 3 45
11 OH Leuven 34 10 11 13 47 58 17 7 4 6 25 25 17 3 7 7 22 33 -11 41
12 KV Oostende 34 10 7 17 34 61 17 5 3 9 19 37 17 5 4 8 15 24 -27 37
13 Kortrijk 34 9 10 15 43 48 17 5 4 8 23 24 17 4 6 7 20 24 -5 37
14 Standard Liege 34 9 9 16 32 51 17 3 5 9 15 26 17 6 4 7 17 25 -19 36
15 AS Eupen 34 8 8 18 37 61 17 4 4 9 18 29 17 4 4 9 19 32 -24 32
16 Zulte-Waregem 34 8 8 18 42 69 17 5 4 8 23 32 17 3 4 10 19 37 -27 32
17 RFC Seraing 34 8 4 22 30 68 17 5 3 9 16 30 17 3 1 13 14 38 -38 28
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 34 4 4 26 33 76 17 4 1 12 16 33 17 0 3 14 17 43 -43 16

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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.