Betting prediction and preview: Club Brugge fancied to be better team when visiting OH Leuven

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Wed 15.December
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: King Power at Den Dreef Stadion (12500 seats)

A brief peek at the Pro League standings point to an edge to Club Brugge when they travel to OH Leuven. Even so; let's play the game before we elect a winner!

Insights:
  • Club Brugge have scored in all their matches so far.

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 Club Brugge.

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OH Leuven form and stats

The story so far in the Pro League for OH Leuven at their home stadium (King Power at Den Dreef Stadion) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats. OH Leuven are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at King Power at Den Dreef Stadion, having lost their two previous games here.

Leuven lost their last game at Kortrijk (placed 9th) after a 1-2 scoreline. Midfield player Casper De Norre got a match rating of 7.62 in that game, the max score being 10. Norre served one assist, hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 35 successful passes (of 40 total).

Ahead of that match, Leuven lost 0-1 at home to Gent.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Standard Liege are coming to town in four days.

Leuven are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 9 games. On the other hand, Leuven have conceded 12 goals.

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Club Brugge form and stats

Playing away, Club Brugge have won 5 games, drawn 2 and suffered 2 defeats in the Pro League this season.

Rits, Ketelaere and Lang scored in Brugge's previous match, the home game against Zulte-Waregem that ended 3-0. Charles De Ketelaere, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.14. Ketelaere scored one goal, served one assist, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.

Preceding that game, the 1-4 loss visiting PSG's place.

A new game in only four days for Brugge, the Pro League home match versus Anderlecht. Busy days.

Brugge are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 15 times in 9 away games so far. 13 goals have been conceded by Brugge in these games.

Head 2 Head

These sides played each other previously this season: Club Brugge - OH Leuven 1-1. Head to head statistics (for the prior ten meetings): Leuven won two games, one match ended with a draw and Club Brugge have seven wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four

Top Goalscorers

Club BruggeB. Dost
B. Dost
7 goals
Club BruggeC. De Ketelaere
C. De Ketelaere
6 goals
Club BruggeH. Vanaken
H. Vanaken
5 goals

OH Leuven missing players

Club Brugge missing players

OH Leuven Club Brugge
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 1 9 18
4 3 0 Won W 1 5 10
8 3 1 Drew D 0 2 6
6 3 1 Lost L 0 2 2
23 11 1 Scored S 4 15 35
29 12 2 Conceded C 0 13 23
94% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
83% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 89%
56% 44% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 56% 61%
44% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 33% 39%
11% 22% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 22% 22%
72% 67% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 67% 67%
11% 22% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 33% 33%
22% 22% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5 5 6 Corners for (avg) C F 7 5.9 6.6
6.2 5.9 10 Corners against (avg) C A 3 6 4
2.1 2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.4 1.9
5 2 0 Red cards R C 1 3 4
 
13.2 13.7 16.5 Shots (avg) S ( 20 11.9 16
4.8 5 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 4.4 5.5
27% 24% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 57% 38% 35%
 
15.7 14.4 18.5 Shots against (avg) S A 3 11.6 10.1
5.3 5.7 8.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1 4.2 3.4
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Club Brugge have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Club Brugge 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 18 13 1 4 45 18 9 6 0 3 20 9 9 7 1 1 25 9 27 40
2 Club Brugge 18 10 6 2 35 23 9 5 4 0 20 10 9 5 2 2 15 13 12 36
3 Antwerp 18 10 3 5 32 21 9 5 2 2 17 10 9 5 1 3 15 11 11 33
4 Sporting Charleroi 18 9 5 4 32 22 9 4 2 3 13 9 9 5 3 1 19 13 10 32
5 Anderlecht 18 8 7 3 39 24 9 4 4 1 23 14 9 4 3 2 16 10 15 31
6 Gent 18 9 3 6 28 17 9 6 1 2 20 10 9 3 2 4 8 7 11 30
7 Mechelen 18 8 3 7 29 31 9 5 2 2 17 12 9 3 1 5 12 19 -2 27
8 AS Eupen 18 7 4 7 28 26 9 3 3 3 13 13 9 4 1 4 15 13 2 25
9 Kortrijk 18 6 7 5 22 22 9 4 3 2 12 10 9 2 4 3 10 12 0 25
10 Standard Liege 18 6 5 7 21 31 9 2 3 4 9 15 9 4 2 3 12 16 -10 23
11 Genk 18 6 4 8 31 30 8 3 2 3 15 12 10 3 2 5 16 18 1 22
12 Sint-Truiden 18 6 3 9 19 27 10 2 2 6 12 18 8 4 1 3 7 9 -8 21
13 KV Oostende 18 6 2 10 21 37 9 4 1 4 13 21 9 2 1 6 8 16 -16 20
14 OH Leuven 18 4 8 6 23 29 9 3 3 3 11 12 9 1 5 3 12 17 -6 20
15 RFC Seraing 18 6 1 11 23 36 9 4 1 4 13 14 9 2 0 7 10 22 -13 19
16 Cercle Brugge 18 5 4 9 22 25 9 1 2 6 8 14 9 4 2 3 14 11 -3 19
17 Zulte-Waregem 18 4 5 9 27 41 9 2 2 5 14 23 9 2 3 4 13 18 -14 17
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 18 2 3 13 15 32 9 2 0 7 5 11 9 0 3 6 10 21 -17 9

Read more about Pro League

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.