Here's everything we know about the OH Leuven - Antwerp game:

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 02.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: King Power at Den Dreef Stadion (12500 seats)

OH Leuven will hope to operate their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The hosting team are currently 18 points behind Antwerp.

Insights:
  • Antwerp have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in Pro League

Antwerp are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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OH Leuven form and stats

7-4-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Pro League numbers at home for OH Leuven so far this season.

Leuven travelled for their previous game, a trip to RFC Seraing that ended 1-1. Patris, defender, was given a rating of 8.05/10 in that game, top of the team. Patris served one assist, hit one key pass and won 8 of 9 duels.

Preceding that match was the home game against Union Saint-Gilloise that was lost 1-4.

The OH Leuven fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 25 goals in 16 league matches. More than 50 % of these goals (13 in all) were scored after at least 60 minutes had been played. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the OH Leuven defense is not exactly impregnable. 24 goals conceded from 16 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Antwerp form and stats

9 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Antwerp playing as the away team in the Pro League this season. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Antwerp are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

The club members enjoyed Antwerp's previous fixture versus Zulte-Waregem (placed 16th), a 1-0 win played at home. Midfield player Nainggolan was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.85/10. Nainggolan hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 69 successful passes (of 77 total).

Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Anderlecht's place.

The travelling fans enjoy Antwerp's attacking play in away games, having scored 24 goals in 16 league matches away. Antwerp have conceded 19 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

OH Leuven and Antwerp have met previously this season: Antwerp - OH Leuven 2-2. Previous ten meetings involving these participants: OH Leuven won two, Antwerp triumphed in four and we saw four draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

AntwerpM. Frey
M. Frey
22 goals
OH LeuvenS. Kaba
S. Kaba
10 goals
OH LeuvenM. Maertens
M. Maertens
9 goals

OH Leuven missing players

Antwerp missing players

OH Leuven Antwerp
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 5 16 32
10 7 0 Won W 2 9 18
11 4 2 Drew D 1 2 5
11 5 3 Lost L 2 5 9
47 25 3 Scored S 7 24 53
52 24 10 Conceded C 6 19 37
94% 88% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
88% 75% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 69% 75%
62% 62% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 50% 53%
47% 44% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 19% 22%
19% 38% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 19% 19%
72% 69% 60% BTTS BTTS 60% 62% 59%
16% 25% 20% Clean Sheets C S 40% 38% 34%
19% 19% 40% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 6%
 
4.8 4.9 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.6 4.9 5.4
5.7 5.6 7.6 Corners against (avg) C A 7.6 6.9 6.2
2 1.9 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.6 2.2
6 2 0 Red cards R C 1 2 6
 
12.9 13.7 15 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 11.1 12.6
4.7 4.8 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 4.3 4.6
29% 28% 16% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 35% 36%
 
15.5 16 18 Shots against (avg) S A 16.4 15.9 13.7
5.5 6 6.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.8 6.4 5.3
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Antwerp have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Antwerp have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in Pro League
  • Antwerp 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 Union Saint-Gilloise 32 22 5 5 70 26 16 9 3 4 27 14 16 13 2 1 43 12 44 71
2 Club Brugge 32 19 9 4 67 36 16 9 6 1 34 16 16 10 3 3 33 20 31 66
3 Antwerp 32 18 5 9 53 37 16 9 3 4 29 18 16 9 2 5 24 19 16 59
4 Gent 32 17 7 8 49 28 16 10 3 3 32 16 16 7 4 5 17 12 21 58
5 Anderlecht 32 16 10 6 65 34 16 9 5 2 37 19 16 7 5 4 28 15 31 58
6 Sporting Charleroi 32 14 9 9 52 42 16 6 5 5 21 16 16 8 4 4 31 26 10 51
7 Mechelen 32 14 7 11 54 57 16 9 4 3 33 22 16 5 3 8 21 35 -3 49
8 Genk 32 13 6 13 59 47 16 9 3 4 34 18 16 4 3 9 25 29 12 45
9 Sint-Truiden 32 13 6 13 37 40 16 6 3 7 23 23 16 7 3 6 14 17 -3 45
10 Cercle Brugge 32 12 7 13 46 43 16 6 3 7 21 18 16 6 4 6 25 25 3 43
11 OH Leuven 32 10 11 11 47 52 16 7 4 5 25 24 16 3 7 6 22 28 -5 41
12 Kortrijk 32 9 10 13 39 42 16 5 4 7 21 21 16 4 6 6 18 21 -3 37
13 Standard Liege 32 9 9 14 31 45 16 3 5 8 14 23 16 6 4 6 17 22 -14 36
14 KV Oostende 32 9 6 17 30 59 16 5 2 9 17 35 16 4 4 8 13 24 -29 33
15 AS Eupen 32 8 8 16 37 54 16 4 4 8 18 27 16 4 4 8 19 27 -17 32
16 Zulte-Waregem 32 8 8 16 42 64 16 5 4 7 23 30 16 3 4 9 19 34 -22 32
17 RFC Seraing 32 8 3 21 28 64 16 5 3 8 16 28 16 3 0 13 12 36 -36 27
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 32 4 4 24 32 68 16 4 1 11 15 30 16 0 3 13 17 38 -36 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.