Pro League: Two squads in pretty good form get together for this fixture. OH Leuven hold a tiny upper hand with their 4th place in the standings?
- All of Mechelen's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- OH Leuven have scored in all their away matches so far.
Both squads have had sufficient rest since their previous match. Let's aim for an animated game!
Mechelen form and stats
2-0-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Pro League numbers at home for Mechelen so far this season.
A strong away win for Mechelen against Kortrijk the last match, as Schoofs (2), Walsh and Hairemans were on target. Schoofs (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 9.1/10. Schoofs scored two goals, served one assist, hit two key passes and had 52 successful passes (of 64 total).
Before that game, the home loss against RFC Seraing with the scoreline 2-3.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Mechelen have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 9 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 0 and lost 4.
Goals decide football matches and Mechelen are scoring many of them at home; 10 on target from 4 league matches. Mechelen are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (9 from 4 played).
OH Leuven form and stats
2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. That’s the product of OH Leuven playing as the away team in the Pro League this season.
Leuven had fun at their own home (AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne) last time out, beating Sporting Charleroi 3-2. González (2) and Maertens scored. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Brys when González scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 62nd minute. Attacker Maertens got a player rating of 8.04 in the game. "Man of the match" Maertens scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.
Before that, OH Leuven travelled to Anderlecht and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.We have checked recent matches where OH Leuven have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 10 games were 3 victories, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
Possible goal fest! This team have played 6 consecutive league matches all having three or more than three goals (over 2.5 goals).
OH Leuven have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 9 goals from 4 away matches. Leuven's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 7 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Head to head data (for the prior ten meetings): Mechelen won five games, three matches ended with a tie and OH Leuven managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / two.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Hairemans 4 goals |  R. Schoofs 4 goals |   M. Maertens 3 goals |
Mechelen missing players
OH Leuven missing players
| Mechelen | OH Leuven | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | 10 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 16 |
| 15 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 75% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 75% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 75% | 50% |
| 38% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 62% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 62% |
| 25% | 25% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 25% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 5.6 | 5.5 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 5.4 | 3.8 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 12 | 9 | 6.9 |
| 2.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.5 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.8 | 11 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 11.5 | 12 |
| 4.9 | 5 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.8 | 4.4 |
| 41% | 50% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 47% | 46% |
| 9.9 | 7.8 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 24 | 20 | 16.2 |
| 3.6 | 3 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 5.2 | 4.6 |
- All of Mechelen's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of OH Leuven's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Mechelen haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- OH Leuven have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- OH Leuven have scored in all their away matches so far.
- OH Leuven haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Antwerp | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 21 |
| 2 | Club Brugge | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 19 |
| 3 | Genk | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 16 |
| 4 | OH Leuven | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 16 |
| 5 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 13 |
| 6 | Standard Liege | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 13 |
| 7 | Sporting Charleroi | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 8 | Gent | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 9 | Anderlecht | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 10 | Mechelen | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| 11 | Sint-Truiden | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 10 |
| 12 | KV Oostende | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 9 |
| 13 | Kortrijk | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -6 | 7 |
| 14 | Westerlo | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -4 | 6 |
| 15 | AS Eupen | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -7 | 6 |
| 16 | RFC Seraing | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -9 | 6 |
| 17 | Zulte-Waregem | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -6 | 5 |
| 18 | Cercle Brugge | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | -8 | 5 |
