This season has been grim for OH Leuven so far, while Kortrijk have enjoyed success. Will the travellers take a new scalp at King Power at Den Dreef Stadion?
- OH Leuven have the most conceded goals in the first half (7) in Pro League
- Kortrijk have the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in Pro League
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
OH Leuven form and stats
OH Leuven have played three Pro League home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 2 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.
Leuven travelled for their previous game, a trip to Antwerp that ended 2-2. The attacker Xavier Mercier was "man of the match" for Leuven with a rating of 8.41/10. Mercier signed up for two assists, hit four key passes and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times. Leuven salvaged the draw from a difficult situation against Antwerp, trailing 0-2 at one point. Not giving up resulted in Levan Shengelia equalizing. The hometeam coach M. Brys made a successful contribution in the game against Antwerp, bringing on Levan Shengelia who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw.
Preceding that match was a defeat to AS Eupen (1-4).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 OH Leuven as a small favourite), we find nine games. OH Leuven has won two of these, drawn three and lost four.
Leuven are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 3 goals in 3 games. OH Leuven have conceded 6 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Kortrijk form and stats
Kortrijk have six points from their first three away games in the Pro League, meaning two victories and a loss.
There were no winners in Kortrijk's previous match, a Pro League home game that ended 2-2 vs Mechelen (placed 13th). Defender Kristof D'Haene was the best team player with a rating of 7.94. D'Haene scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 11 of 15 duels. A comeback secured a 90 minute draw in the match against Mechelen. Kortrijk were trailing 0-2 but refused to surrender and clawed their way back to 2-2, with Pape Habib Gueye scoring the equalizer. As mentioned above, Kortrijk drew the match against Mechelen. Manager L. Elsner brought on Pape Habib Gueye to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
Prior to that result Kortrijk won their away game at Sint-Truiden. The scoreline was 2-0.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Kortrijk in our archives, and the results are: six wins for Kortrijk, two draws and one defeat.
Kortrijk are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 3 away goals from 3 games (in the league). They concede less than a goal on average per away game (2 so far).
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the prior ten meetings between these two crews are: four wins for Leuven, two draws and four wins for Kortrijk. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  F. Selemani 3 goals |   L. Shengelia 2 goals |  P. Guèye 2 goals |
OH Leuven missing players
Kortrijk missing players
| OH Leuven | Kortrijk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 13 | 6 | 5 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 83% |
| 50% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 50% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 17% | 33% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 67% | 50% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 5.2 | 3 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.7 | 4.2 |
| 5.8 | 6.3 | 7.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 7.3 | 5.8 |
| 2.5 | 2.3 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 4.7 | 3.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | 14.7 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 8.7 | 9.2 |
| 5 | 4.7 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3 | 3.8 |
| 20% | 21% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 33% | 35% |
- All of OH Leuven's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Kortrijk have the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in Pro League
- Kortrijk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- OH Leuven have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
- OH Leuven have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- OH Leuven have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- OH Leuven have the most conceded goals in the first half (7) in Pro League
- OH Leuven have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- OH Leuven have yet to win a game.
- 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 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 2 | AS Eupen | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | Club Brugge | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
| 4 | Sporting Charleroi | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 5 | Genk | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | Kortrijk | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | Standard Liège | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 10 |
| 8 | KV Oostende | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | -3 | 9 |
| 9 | RFC Seraing | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 9 |
| 10 | Zulte-Waregem | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | -1 | 8 |
| 11 | Gent | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 12 | Anderlecht | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 13 | Mechelen | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 14 | Sint-Truiden | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 7 |
| 15 | Antwerp | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| 16 | Cercle Brugge | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 5 |
| 17 | OH Leuven | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | -7 | 4 |
| 18 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -9 | 1 |