OH Leuven vs Mechelen: Soccer match betting guide

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 08.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: King Power at Den Dreef Stadion (12500 seats)

OH Leuven have 39 points playing as the hosts. Mechelen have brought back 33 points using the away locker rooms. What are the odds of this being a home win?

Insights:
  • Mechelen have the fewest points (7) away in Pro League

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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OH Leuven form and stats

All-inclusive Pro League results at home this season for OH Leuven are 5-5-5 (wins-draws-losses).

Leuven are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Genk. Cojocaru had a busy but productive day in the Genk match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented.

Before that game, the home loss against Anderlecht with the scoreline 0-2.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does OH Leuven handle that role? We have found 5 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

Leuven has scored 22 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. OH Leuven have conceded 21 in these home matches.

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Mechelen form and stats

There's been little loot from Mechelen's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 14 away games in the Pro League. Mechelen only have 2 wins to counter their 11 defeats and 1 draw. Mechelen has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Mechelen's previous game was their home loss versus Club Brugge (0-3). Storm got a match rating of 6.85 in that game, top player of the team. Storm hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Union Saint-Gilloise wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

Mechelen 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 3 defeats. From a total of 7 matches.

The attacking power of Mechelen when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 14 league matches away. The Mechelen manager Defour has some worries about the defense as 30 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

Mechelen have not lost in the last 8 games (5-3-0) against OH Leuven.

Mechelen - Leuven 0-0 was the score in these contenders' last H2H match, earlier this season. The matches between these teams have had a tendency to be ill-tempered, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

OH LeuvenM. González Gutiérrez
M. González Gutiérrez
13 goals
OH LeuvenJ. Thorsteinsson
J. Thorsteinsson
9 goals
MechelenG. Hairemans
G. Hairemans
8 goals

OH Leuven missing players

Mechelen missing players

Total First Half Second Half
OH Leuven Mechelen
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
31 15 5 Played P 3 14 30
10 5 3 Won W 0 2 9
9 5 1 Drew D 1 1 6
12 5 1 Lost L 2 11 15
45 22 14 Scored S 1 11 39
45 21 7 Conceded C 5 30 56
90% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 93% 93%
81% 87% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 93% 90%
52% 47% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 64% 67%
29% 27% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 29% 37%
23% 27% 60% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 17%
58% 53% 80% BTTS BTTS 33% 43% 53%
23% 20% 20% Clean Sheets C S 33% 14% 20%
29% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 50% 33%
 
5.1 5.4 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 4.5 5.7
6.6 5.8 5.6 Corners against (avg) C A 7.7 5.9 5.2
1.9 1.9 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.3 2.6 2
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 5
 
12.8 13.6 16.6 Shots (avg) S ( 7.3 9.6 11.9
4.3 4.9 6.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.6 4.1
34% 30% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 11% 30% 31%
 
14.6 11.6 10.8 Shots against (avg) S A 17 14.6 12.8
4.1 3.5 3.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.7 5.1 4.1
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Mechelen have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Mechelen have the fewest points (7) away in Pro League
  • Mechelen have the fewest scored goals (11) away in Pro League
  • Mechelen 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 Genk 31 22 5 4 71 31 16 13 1 2 39 13 15 9 4 2 32 18 40 71
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 31 21 5 5 63 37 16 12 2 2 31 15 15 9 3 3 32 22 26 68
3 Antwerp 31 19 6 6 55 25 15 11 2 2 33 10 16 8 4 4 22 15 30 63
4 Gent 31 16 6 9 61 34 15 9 3 3 26 13 16 7 3 6 35 21 27 54
5 Club Brugge 31 14 10 7 52 36 15 8 6 1 31 15 16 6 4 6 21 21 16 52
6 Standard Liege 31 14 7 10 51 41 15 8 3 4 29 16 16 6 4 6 22 25 10 49
7 Westerlo 31 14 6 11 60 52 16 8 3 5 40 26 15 6 3 6 20 26 8 48
8 Anderlecht 31 13 6 12 45 38 15 6 3 6 25 20 16 7 3 6 20 18 7 45
9 Cercle Brugge 31 11 11 9 43 41 16 7 7 2 28 17 15 4 4 7 15 24 2 44
10 Sporting Charleroi 30 13 5 12 39 40 14 6 1 7 18 18 16 7 4 5 21 22 -1 44
11 OH Leuven 31 10 9 12 45 45 15 5 5 5 22 21 16 5 4 7 23 24 0 39
12 Sint-Truiden 31 10 9 12 31 36 15 5 4 6 15 18 16 5 5 6 16 18 -5 39
13 Mechelen 30 9 6 15 39 56 16 7 5 4 28 26 14 2 1 11 11 30 -17 33
14 Kortrijk 31 8 6 17 35 56 15 4 4 7 14 25 16 4 2 10 21 31 -21 30
15 AS Eupen 31 7 6 18 39 63 16 4 4 8 21 28 15 3 2 10 18 35 -24 27
16 Zulte-Waregem 31 5 9 17 41 71 16 3 4 9 25 43 15 2 5 8 16 28 -30 24
17 KV Oostende 31 6 6 19 35 66 16 5 1 10 18 29 15 1 5 9 17 37 -31 24
18 RFC Seraing 31 5 4 22 26 63 16 1 3 12 7 28 15 4 1 10 19 35 -37 19

Table
  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 31 22 5 4 71 31 16 13 1 2 39 13 15 9 4 2 32 18 40 71
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 31 21 5 5 63 37 16 12 2 2 31 15 15 9 3 3 32 22 26 68
3 Antwerp 31 19 6 6 55 25 15 11 2 2 33 10 16 8 4 4 22 15 30 63
4 Gent 31 16 6 9 61 34 15 9 3 3 26 13 16 7 3 6 35 21 27 54
5 Club Brugge 31 14 10 7 52 36 15 8 6 1 31 15 16 6 4 6 21 21 16 52
6 Standard Liege 31 14 7 10 51 41 15 8 3 4 29 16 16 6 4 6 22 25 10 49
7 Westerlo 31 14 6 11 60 52 16 8 3 5 40 26 15 6 3 6 20 26 8 48
8 Anderlecht 31 13 6 12 45 38 15 6 3 6 25 20 16 7 3 6 20 18 7 45
9 Cercle Brugge 31 11 11 9 43 41 16 7 7 2 28 17 15 4 4 7 15 24 2 44
10 Sporting Charleroi 30 13 5 12 39 40 14 6 1 7 18 18 16 7 4 5 21 22 -1 44
11 OH Leuven 31 10 9 12 45 45 15 5 5 5 22 21 16 5 4 7 23 24 0 39
12 Sint-Truiden 31 10 9 12 31 36 15 5 4 6 15 18 16 5 5 6 16 18 -5 39
13 Mechelen 30 9 6 15 39 56 16 7 5 4 28 26 14 2 1 11 11 30 -17 33
14 Kortrijk 31 8 6 17 35 56 15 4 4 7 14 25 16 4 2 10 21 31 -21 30
15 AS Eupen 31 7 6 18 39 63 16 4 4 8 21 28 15 3 2 10 18 35 -24 27
16 Zulte-Waregem 31 5 9 17 41 71 16 3 4 9 25 43 15 2 5 8 16 28 -30 24
17 KV Oostende 31 6 6 19 35 66 16 5 1 10 18 29 15 1 5 9 17 37 -31 24
18 RFC Seraing 31 5 4 22 26 63 16 1 3 12 7 28 15 4 1 10 19 35 -37 19

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