OH Leuven look to King Power at Den Dreef Stadion supporters for inspiration before KV Oostende match

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 27.August
Match begins: 16:15 (UTC)
Venue: King Power at Den Dreef Stadion (12500 seats)

KV Oostende have travelled here for an appealing fight versus the home team OH Leuven. Get smart on the match with this in-depth Pro League preview!

Insights:
  • All of OH Leuven's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • KV Oostende have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.

Both participants have had adequate rest since their previous competitive action. Let's trust this will be an animated match!

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OH Leuven form and stats

Only two Pro League home games for OH Leuven so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

Leuven are returning here after visiting Standard Liege and winning with a 3-1 scoreline. Nsingi, Al-Taamari and Þórsteinsson scored the goal(s). Cojocaru loved the game against Standard Liege. With a stunning seven saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 3-1 victory. The goalie Cojocaru was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.61 out of ten. Cojocaru saved a penalty.

Before that game, the home loss against Club Brugge with the scoreline 0-3.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does OH Leuven handle that role? We have found 7 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 2 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.

Early season league goal statistics from OH Leuven's 2 home games: 2 goals, 3 conceded.

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KV Oostende form and stats

KV Oostende are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Pro League, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).

This game can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus Sint-Truiden with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Albanese got a match rating of 8.0 in that game, top player of the team. Albanese hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

A 1-3 loss hosting Gent before that.

KV Oostende are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 8 matches.

It's early days yet, but KV Oostende has scored 3 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Leuven four wins, one draw and KV Oostende five victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

KV OostendeD. Atanga
D. Atanga
3 goals
OH LeuvenM. Al Tamari
M. Al Tamari
2 goals
OH LeuvenJ. Thorsteinsson
J. Thorsteinsson
2 goals

OH Leuven missing players

KV Oostende missing players

OH Leuven KV Oostende
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
5 2 1 Played P 2 2 5
3 1 1 Won W 1 1 2
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
2 1 0 Lost L 1 1 3
9 2 2 Scored S 3 3 6
8 3 0 Conceded C 3 3 8
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 80%
60% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 60%
40% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 40%
20% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
40% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 60%
40% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
20% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 40%
 
5.2 6 5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5 4.6
7 5.5 6 Corners against (avg) C A 8 8 7.2
2 2.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.5 2.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
12.4 14 14 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 8.5 9.2
4.4 3.5 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.5 4.8
41% 29% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 43% 25%
 
16.8 14 15 Shots against (avg) S A 14.5 14.5 14.2
3.8 3 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 3.5 5
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • All of KV Oostende's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of OH Leuven's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • KV Oostende have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • KV Oostende haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • OH Leuven haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
OH Leuven Last season KV Oostende
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
10 7   Won W   5 10
11 4   Drew D   4 7
13 6   Lost L   8 17
47 25   Scored S   15 34
58 25   Conceded C   24 61
94% 88%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 94%
85% 71%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   65% 74%
62% 59%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   35% 53%
47% 41%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   12% 29%
21% 35%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 12%
68% 65%   BTTS BTTS   29% 44%
15% 24%   Clean Sheets C S   24% 21%
24% 24%   Failed to Score F T   53% 41%
 
4.8 4.9   Corners for (avg) C F   4.8 5.4
5.6 5.4   Corners against (avg) C A   6.1 5
2.1 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.7 2.4
6 2   Red cards R C   5 6
 
12.8 13.8   Shots (avg) S (   11.2 11.9
4.6 4.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.2 3.5
27% 26%   Goal Efficiency G E   27% 29%
 
15.5 15.6   Shots against (avg) S A   14.8 13
5.6 5.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.3 4.8

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Genk 5 4 0 1 15 8 3 3 0 0 9 4 2 1 0 1 6 4 7 12
2 Antwerp 4 4 0 0 8 2 2 2 0 0 5 2 2 2 0 0 3 0 6 12
3 Club Brugge 5 3 1 1 10 6 3 2 1 0 6 4 2 1 0 1 4 2 4 10
4 Anderlecht 4 3 0 1 8 2 2 2 0 0 5 1 2 1 0 1 3 1 6 9
5 Sporting Charleroi 5 3 0 2 8 6 2 1 0 1 4 4 3 2 0 1 4 2 2 9
6 OH Leuven 5 3 0 2 9 8 2 1 0 1 2 3 3 2 0 1 7 5 1 9
7 Gent 4 2 2 0 8 5 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 5 3 3 8
8 Mechelen 5 2 1 2 9 8 3 2 0 1 8 6 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 7
9 Union Saint-Gilloise 4 2 1 1 4 5 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 1 4 -1 7
10 Westerlo 5 2 0 3 11 11 2 2 0 0 6 2 3 0 0 3 5 9 0 6
11 KV Oostende 5 2 0 3 6 8 3 1 0 2 3 5 2 1 0 1 3 3 -2 6
12 Sint-Truiden 5 1 3 1 3 5 2 0 1 1 1 4 3 1 2 0 2 1 -2 6
13 Kortrijk 5 1 1 3 3 6 2 0 1 1 0 2 3 1 0 2 3 4 -3 4
14 Standard Liege 5 1 1 3 8 12 3 1 1 1 5 5 2 0 0 2 3 7 -4 4
15 Zulte-Waregem 5 1 1 3 5 9 3 1 0 2 4 7 2 0 1 1 1 2 -4 4
16 Cercle Brugge 5 1 1 3 2 6 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 3 1 6 -4 4
17 RFC Seraing 5 1 0 4 4 8 2 0 0 2 0 2 3 1 0 2 4 6 -4 3
18 AS Eupen 5 1 0 4 6 12 3 1 0 2 3 5 2 0 0 2 3 7 -6 3

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.