Football preview: OH Leuven favourites when RFC Seraing arrive

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Fri 11.November
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: King Power at Den Dreef Stadion (12500 seats)

This is Pro League and OH Leuven - RFC Seraing. In this super-preview you'll find statistics, scores, numbercrunching, trends and stories!

Insights:
  • OH Leuven have the most points from losing position (10) in Pro League
  • RFC Seraing have the fewest scored goals in the second half (7) in Pro League

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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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, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

OH Leuven are returning here after visiting Francs Borains in a Belgian Cup fixture and winning with a 5-0 scoreline.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Cercle Brugge (1-2).

Leuven are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 7 games. OH Leuven have conceded 11 from these games.

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RFC Seraing form and stats

Playing away, RFC Seraing have won 3 games, drawn 1 and suffered 4 defeats in the Pro League this season. With the RFC Seraing losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.

The supporters enjoyed Seraing's previous game versus Sporting Charleroi, a Belgian Cup win (4-1) played at home.

A loss against Sint-Truiden was the result prior to that, in a Pro League home game.

RFC Seraing has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 13 goals from 8 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as RFC Seraing have conceded 14 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Data for the last four meetings featuring these two squads are: one win for OH Leuven, one draw and two wins for RFC Seraing. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: one game. The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being ill-tempered, having seen 3 red cards from the last four duels.

Top Goalscorers

LeuvenM. González
M. González
10 goals
RFC SeraingM. Mouandilmadji
M. Mouandilmadji
7 goals
OH LeuvenM. Maertens
M. Maertens
3 goals

OH Leuven missing players

RFC Seraing missing players

OH Leuven RFC Seraing
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
16 7 1 Played P 2 8 16
6 3 1 Won W 0 3 3
4 1 0 Drew D 1 1 2
6 3 0 Lost L 1 4 11
25 8 2 Scored S 3 13 16
26 11 1 Conceded C 5 14 28
88% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
81% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 81%
62% 57% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 75% 56%
38% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 50% 31%
25% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 6%
56% 43% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 56%
25% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 6%
31% 43% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 38%
 
4.4 4.9 2 Corners for (avg) C F 1.5 2.8 3.1
6.6 6 7 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 6.6 5.6
2.1 2.6 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.9 2.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 4
 
12.1 12.9 11 Shots (avg) S ( 3.5 7.2 8.7
4.2 4.3 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.6 2.3
37% 27% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 75% 62% 43%
 
14.6 12 15 Shots against (avg) S A 12 13.9 13.1
3.9 3.6 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5.8 4.4
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • All of RFC Seraing's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • OH Leuven have the most points from losing position (10) in Pro League
  • OH Leuven haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • RFC Seraing have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • RFC Seraing have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • RFC Seraing have the fewest scored goals in the second half (7) in Pro League
  • RFC Seraing 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 Genk 16 14 1 1 43 15 9 8 1 0 25 8 7 6 0 1 18 7 28 43
2 Antwerp 16 11 1 4 28 15 9 7 1 1 20 8 7 4 0 3 8 7 13 34
3 Union Saint-Gilloise 16 10 3 3 32 20 8 5 2 1 13 8 8 5 1 2 19 12 12 33
4 Club Brugge 16 10 2 4 32 18 8 6 1 1 20 8 8 4 1 3 12 10 14 32
5 Standard Liege 16 9 1 6 25 20 8 5 1 2 15 8 8 4 0 4 10 12 5 28
6 Gent 16 8 3 5 28 18 8 5 1 2 16 9 8 3 2 3 12 9 10 27
7 Sint-Truiden 16 6 5 5 17 18 7 2 2 3 7 9 9 4 3 2 10 9 -1 23
8 Westerlo 16 7 2 7 28 30 7 4 1 2 14 9 9 3 1 5 14 21 -2 23
9 OH Leuven 16 6 4 6 25 26 7 3 1 3 8 11 9 3 3 3 17 15 -1 22
10 Cercle Brugge 16 6 4 6 23 24 8 4 3 1 15 8 8 2 1 5 8 16 -1 22
11 Anderlecht 16 6 2 8 26 21 8 4 1 3 15 9 8 2 1 5 11 12 5 20
12 Sporting Charleroi 16 6 1 9 22 29 8 3 1 4 12 14 8 3 0 5 10 15 -7 19
13 Mechelen 16 5 3 8 24 30 9 4 2 3 17 15 7 1 1 5 7 15 -6 18
14 KV Oostende 16 5 2 9 20 31 8 4 0 4 11 15 8 1 2 5 9 16 -11 17
15 AS Eupen 16 5 0 11 19 33 8 3 0 5 10 14 8 2 0 6 9 19 -14 15
16 Kortrijk 16 3 3 10 14 29 8 1 2 5 5 14 8 2 1 5 9 15 -15 12
17 Zulte-Waregem 16 3 3 10 18 35 8 2 0 6 10 23 8 1 3 4 8 12 -17 12
18 RFC Seraing 16 3 2 11 16 28 8 0 1 7 3 14 8 3 1 4 13 14 -12 11

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.