Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, OH Leuven in 7th and Beerschot-Wilrijk in 9th place.
- OH Leuven haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Beerschot-Wilrijk has the most conceded goals in the first half (25) in Pro League
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for OH Leuven and Beerschot-Wilrijk.
OH Leuven form and stats
When playing at home in the Pro League, OH Leuven have managed 6 wins, 2 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 12 games.
An away draw last time out for Leuven, facing Sporting Charleroi in a game that ended 1-1. Ahead of that match, OH Leuven lost 0-3 at home to Gent.
This is expected to be a close game, with OH Leuven perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Leuven as a small favourite), we find nine games. OH Leuven has won two of these, drawn two and lost five.
The match schedule is unforgiving for OH Leuven as they have a new game in only four days, a Belgian Cup match thankfully also at home. Cercle Brugge are visiting.
Leuven are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 12 games. Leuven's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 16 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Beerschot-Wilrijk form and stats
Playing away, Beerschot-Wilrijk, who have the most conceded goals (28) away in Pro League, have won 4 games, drawn 1 and suffered 7 defeats in the Pro League this season.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Beerschot-Wilrijk goalkeeper Mike Vanhamel is eager to challenge this, with his 216 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Beerschot-Wilrijk delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Kortrijk (placed 13th) in their previous match; a Pro League game. Before that one, a nice away victory 3-0 at Zulte-Waregem.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Beerschot-Wilrijk in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Beerschot-Wilrijk, two draws and three defeats.
Beerschot-Wilrijk has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 20 goals from 12 games. For Beerschot-Wilrijk, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Beerschot-Wilrijk - Leuven 4-2 played earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - one - seven (Leuven wins - draws - Beerschot-Wilrijk wins). As for goals, nine matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Henry 16 goals |   R. Holzhauser 11 goals |  K. Sowah 7 goals |
OH Leuven missing players
Beerschot-Wilrijk missing players
| OH Leuven | Beerschot-Wilrijk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 24 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 40 | 16 | 4 | Scored | S | 8 | 20 | 45 |
| 40 | 16 | 9 | Conceded | C | 10 | 28 | 48 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 92% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 83% |
| 75% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 71% |
| 46% | 17% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 58% | 50% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 79% | 67% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 67% | 67% |
| 17% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 17% | 12% |
| 4% | 8% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.5 | 1.8 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 9.8 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 5.4 | 6.8 |
| 3.8 | 4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.8 |
| 43% | 33% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 62% | 53% | 49% |
- Beerschot-Wilrijk has the most conceded goals (28) away in Pro League
- Beerschot-Wilrijk has the most conceded goals in the first half (25) in Pro League
- Beerschot-Wilrijk have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Beerschot-Wilrijk haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- 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 | Club Brugge | 24 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 50 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 7 | 33 | 54 |
| 2 | Genk | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 49 | 33 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 42 |
| 3 | Antwerp | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 38 | 32 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 40 |
| 4 | Standard Liège | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 35 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 38 |
| 5 | Anderlecht | 24 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 34 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 37 |
| 6 | KV Oostende | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 35 | 31 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 36 |
| 7 | OH Leuven | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 40 | 40 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 36 |
| 8 | Sporting Charleroi | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 35 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 25 | 2 | 34 |
| 9 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 45 | 48 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 28 | -3 | 34 |
| 10 | Mechelen | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 38 | 42 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 17 | -4 | 32 |
| 11 | Gent | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 34 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 31 |
| 12 | Zulte-Waregem | 24 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 36 | 44 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 17 | -8 | 30 |
| 13 | Kortrijk | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 28 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -6 | 30 |
| 14 | AS Eupen | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 29 | 39 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 18 | -10 | 30 |
| 15 | Sint-Truiden | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 30 | 37 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 23 | -7 | 27 |
| 16 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 33 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 20 | -11 | 25 |
| 17 | Cercle Brugge | 24 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 30 | 41 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 17 | -11 | 22 |
| 18 | Waasland-Beveren | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 30 | 51 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 24 | -21 | 21 |