OH Leuven vs Gent: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 04.December
Match begins: 15:15 (UTC)
Venue: King Power at Den Dreef Stadion (12500 seats)

OH Leuven are leaning on their home crowd to support them during this meeting against Gent. Who is the winner at King Power at Den Dreef Stadion?

Insights:
  • Gent have the fewest conceded goals (7) away in Pro League

It's no vacation for neither OH Leuven nor Gent as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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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 2 defeats.

Leuven are returning here after visiting Westerlo in a Belgian Cup game and winning with a 3-2 scoreline. C. De Norre, M. Maertens and S. Schrijvers scored the goal(s). OH Leuven made it very difficult for themselves, when X. Mercier got a red card in the 17th minute. The match was still a draw at this point. But even with this card, OH Leuven won the match 3-2! World class coaching! That was the thoughts of M. Brys when M. Maertens scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 46th minute. Some amazing scenes last match, when M. Maertens scored the winning goal three minutes into stoppage time.

In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting Union Saint-Gilloise.

The OH Leuven fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Leuven have conceded 11 in these home matches.

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Gent form and stats

There's been little loot from Gent's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 8 away games in the Pro League. Gent only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 2 draws.

It's the second away game in a row for Gent, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Lommel United in the Belgian Cup last time out.

That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus Standard Liege in the Pro League.

The visitors have scored 7 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Gent as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Leuven-Gent H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: OH Leuven one win, Gent seven wins, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

GentT. Tissoudali
T. Tissoudali
6 goals
OH LeuvenM. Maertens
M. Maertens
4 goals
OH LeuvenS. Kaba
S. Kaba
4 goals

OH Leuven missing players

Gent missing players

OH Leuven Gent
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
16 8 3 Played P 3 8 16
4 3 2 Won W 1 2 7
8 3 0 Drew D 1 2 3
4 2 1 Lost L 1 4 6
22 11 7 Scored S 2 7 26
26 11 6 Conceded C 2 7 17
94% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 88% 94%
88% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 50% 75%
56% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 38% 50%
50% 38% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 25%
12% 25% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 12%
75% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 38% 50%
12% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 25% 25%
19% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 50% 31%
 
4.9 5 2.7 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.1 6.8
5.9 5.2 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.4 4.5
2.2 2 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2 1.8
4 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
12.8 13.6 14.3 Shots (avg) S ( 15.7 14.4 15.7
5.2 5.5 6.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.6 6.3
27% 25% 37% Goal Efficiency G E 13% 19% 26%
 
16 14 15.3 Shots against (avg) S A 8 9.1 9
5.4 5.4 7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.3 3.4 3.6
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Gent have the fewest conceded goals (7) away in Pro League
  • Gent have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  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 16 11 1 4 41 17 8 5 0 3 18 9 8 6 1 1 23 8 24 34
2 Antwerp 16 9 3 4 29 18 8 5 2 1 15 7 8 4 1 3 14 11 11 30
3 Club Brugge 16 8 6 2 29 21 7 3 4 0 14 8 9 5 2 2 15 13 8 30
4 Mechelen 16 8 2 6 28 28 8 5 1 2 16 11 8 3 1 4 12 17 0 26
5 Sporting Charleroi 16 7 5 4 28 22 8 3 2 3 12 9 8 4 3 1 16 13 6 26
6 Anderlecht 16 6 7 3 31 22 8 3 4 1 20 12 8 3 3 2 11 10 9 25
7 Gent 16 7 3 6 26 17 8 5 1 2 19 10 8 2 2 4 7 7 9 24
8 AS Eupen 16 6 4 6 26 24 8 2 3 3 12 13 8 4 1 3 14 11 2 22
9 Kortrijk 16 5 7 4 20 19 7 3 3 1 10 7 9 2 4 3 10 12 1 22
10 Genk 16 6 3 7 30 28 8 3 2 3 15 12 8 3 1 4 15 16 2 21
11 Sint-Truiden 16 6 3 7 17 23 8 2 2 4 10 14 8 4 1 3 7 9 -6 21
12 Standard Liege 16 5 5 6 18 26 8 2 3 3 9 12 8 3 2 3 9 14 -8 20
13 OH Leuven 16 4 8 4 22 26 8 3 3 2 11 11 8 1 5 2 11 15 -4 20
14 RFC Seraing 16 6 1 9 21 28 8 4 1 3 13 9 8 2 0 6 8 19 -7 19
15 KV Oostende 16 5 2 9 19 35 8 3 1 4 11 20 8 2 1 5 8 15 -16 17
16 Zulte-Waregem 16 4 5 7 25 35 9 2 2 5 14 23 7 2 3 2 11 12 -10 17
17 Cercle Brugge 16 3 4 9 18 24 9 1 2 6 8 14 7 2 2 3 10 10 -6 13
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 16 2 3 11 15 30 8 2 0 6 5 10 8 0 3 5 10 20 -15 9

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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.