This is a vital clash in the "wrong" end of the Pro League, with both KV Oostende and OH Leuven undergoing more concern than joy. This fixture is a classic "six-pointer" with the hosts positioned 13th and the away team in 15th place.
- KV Oostende have the most conceded goals (29) at home in Pro League
- OH Leuven have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Both squads have had adequate rest since their last exertion in an official match. Let's agree to expect an animated match!
KV Oostende form and stats
When playing at home in the Pro League, KV Oostende, who have the most conceded goals (29) at home in Pro League, have managed 4 wins, 1 draw and suffered 7 defeats from 12 games. When KV Oostende hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Beerschot-Wilrijk, RFC Seraing, AS Eupen, KV Oostende and Zulte-Waregem), they have won 2 of 3 matches!
A strong away win for KV Oostende against Cercle Brugge the last match, as D'Arpino were on target. Midfield player D'Arpino got a match rating of 8.0 in that game, the max score being 10. D'Arpino scored one goal and hit two key passes.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Gent that finished 1-1.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 Oostende have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 14 matches with the results: Won seven, drawn four and lost three.
There will be little rest for KV Oostende after this match as they are travelling to Zulte-Waregem for a Pro League game in only four days.
KV Oostende has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for KV Oostende with 29 goals conceded in these matches.
OH Leuven form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for OH Leuven so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 2-6-4 (win-draw-lose).
OH Leuven are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Zulte-Waregem (placed 16th). Ouedraogo, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.45. Ouedraogo hit two key passes and won 4 of 7 duels.
Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting Beerschot-Wilrijk's place.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by OH Leuven in our archives, and the results are: two wins for OH Leuven, one draw and four defeats.
A new game in only four days for Leuven, the Pro League home match versus Genk. Busy days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far OH Leuven have scored 17 goals in 12 league games away. OH Leuven struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 21 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
This isn't the first time these two teams meet on the pitch this season, as the statistics show this recent match: OH Leuven - KV Oostende 1-0. Head-to-head totals (for the former ten meetings): Oostende won five games, one match ended in a draw and OH Leuven got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / twoTop Goalscorers
  M. Gueye 11 goals |   M. Maertens 7 goals |  S. Kaba 6 goals |
KV Oostende missing players
OH Leuven missing players
| KV Oostende | OH Leuven | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 12 | 23 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 13 | 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 26 | 14 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 17 | 31 |
| 46 | 29 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 21 | 38 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 75% | 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 87% |
| 54% | 75% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 61% |
| 29% | 42% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 43% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| 46% | 58% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 74% |
| 12% | 8% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 13% |
| 42% | 33% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 5.7 | 6.2 | 9.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.8 | 4.8 |
| 5.1 | 4.1 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.3 | 6.1 |
| 2.7 | 2.5 | 3.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 11.7 | 12.2 | 19 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 13 | 13.3 |
| 3.6 | 4 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.9 |
| 30% | 29% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 30% | 28% |
| 14.2 | 12.6 | 9.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 16.1 | 16 |
| 5.1 | 4.9 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.5 | 5.6 | 5.7 |
- All of OH Leuven's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- KV Oostende have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- KV Oostende have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- KV Oostende have the most conceded goals (29) at home in Pro League
- KV Oostende have the the worst goal difference (-15) at home in Pro League
- KV Oostende haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- 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 | 25 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 57 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 9 | 36 | 57 |
| 2 | Club Brugge | 25 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 46 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 16 | 48 |
| 3 | Antwerp | 24 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 44 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 18 | 47 |
| 4 | Anderlecht | 25 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 52 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 22 | 42 |
| 5 | Sporting Charleroi | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 40 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 20 | 7 | 40 |
| 6 | Gent | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 36 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 37 |
| 7 | Mechelen | 23 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 39 | 39 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 0 | 36 |
| 8 | Cercle Brugge | 25 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 35 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 34 |
| 9 | Kortrijk | 24 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 30 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 34 |
| 10 | Genk | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 45 | 36 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 9 | 32 |
| 11 | Sint-Truiden | 25 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 26 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -10 | 28 |
| 12 | Standard Liège | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 28 | 39 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 19 | -11 | 28 |
| 13 | KV Oostende | 24 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 26 | 46 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 17 | -20 | 27 |
| 14 | AS Eupen | 25 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 31 | 41 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 20 | -10 | 27 |
| 15 | OH Leuven | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 31 | 38 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 21 | -7 | 27 |
| 16 | Zulte-Waregem | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 36 | 52 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 24 | -16 | 25 |
| 17 | RFC Seraing | 25 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 26 | 50 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 29 | -24 | 23 |
| 18 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 24 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 23 | 51 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 27 | -28 | 13 |
