OH Leuven vs Sporting Charleroi match preview: Even contest expected at King Power at Den Dreef Stadion

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.

OH Leuven form and stats

The first Pro League game here at King Power at Den Dreef Stadion resulted in a draw. Last season OH Leuven's home game statistics were 8 victories, 2 draws and 7 defeats from 17 games.

Leuven manager M. Brys and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Cercle Brugge (placed 2nd) in the Pro League. Attacking player Xavier Mercier bested all teammates in that game and got a match rating of 8.02 out of 10. Mercier served one assist, hit five key passes and dribled passed the opponent 5 of 7 times.

In the match before that, Leuven hosted Zulte-Waregem and drew the game 1-1.

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 eight games. Leuven has won two of these, drawn two and lost four.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the OH Leuven at home in the league. 1 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

Sporting Charleroi form and stats

Only one away game in the Pro League so far for Sporting Charleroi and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 6 victories, 3 draws and 8 losses from 17 travels.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Charleroi goalkeeper Kouakou Herve Koffi is eager to challenge this, with his 225 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Sporting Charleroi's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Sint-Truiden that finished 0-0. Stelios Andreou was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.8. The defender Andreou won 7 of 10 duels.

Preceding that game was the away victory against KV Oostende with the score of 3-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Sporting Charleroi in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Sporting Charleroi, three draws and two defeats.

3 goals so far away for Sporting Charleroi, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between the teams: Leuven won three, Sporting Charleroi won four and three draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

T. Henry 2 goals

J. Kayembe Ditu 1 goals

C. Bedia 1 goals

OH Leuven missing players

Sporting Charleroi missing players