Football betting preview: OH Leuven vs Sporting Charleroi

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 22.August
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: King Power at Den Dreef Stadion (12500 seats)

Only a few games have been played in the Pro League so far, with OH Leuven placed 9th and Sporting Charleroi sitting in the 1st position.

OH Leuven and Sporting Charleroi should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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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 3 victories, 0 draws and 4 defeats from 7 games.

Leuven travelled for their previous game, a trip to Genk that ended 1-1. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus AS Eupen.

At King Power at Den Dreef Stadion, OH Leuven has the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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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 5 victories, 7 draws and 3 losses from 15 travels.

The Sporting Charleroi goalkeeper Nicolas Penneteau is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 211 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Impressive finishing from K. Rezaei secured the home win 1-0 against KV Oostende in their previous game. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Club Brugge at their stadium, the result 1-0.

K. Rezaei came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against KV Oostende last time out, making the manager K. Belhocine feel like a tactical genius.

1 goal 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

Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: three - two - four (Leuven wins - draws - Sporting Charleroi wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

OH LeuvenS. Kotysch
S. Kotysch
1 goals
LeuvenT. Henry
T. Henry
1 goals
Sporting CharleroiR. Morioka
R. Morioka
1 goals

OH Leuven missing players

Sporting Charleroi missing players

OH Leuven Sporting Charleroi
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 1 1 2
0 0 0 Won W 1 1 2
2 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 1 0 Scored S 1 1 2
2 1 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3 5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 2 2 5
7.5 8 0 Corners against (avg) C A 10 10 8.5
1 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13 6 0 Total Shots T S 7 7 20
6 3 0 Shots on Target S O 3 3 5
33% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 33% 40%
OH Leuven Last season Sporting Charleroi
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   15 29
14 8   Won W   5 15
4 1   Drew D   7 9
12 6   Lost L   3 5
46 25   Scored S   23 49
45 23   Conceded C   14 23
97% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 93%
80% 80%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   73% 76%
63% 73%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   40% 48%
33% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 24%
20% 20%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   7% 7%
57% 47%   BTTS BTTS   60% 48%
30% 40%   Clean Sheets C S   27% 41%
17% 20%   Failed to Score F T   20% 17%
 
5.8 5.3   Corners for (avg) C F   5.1 5.2
6.4 5   Corners against (avg) C A   6 5.4
1.5 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.7 1.6
3 1   Red cards R C   2 2
 
320 162   Total Shots T S   102 204
143 71   Shots on Target S O   42 85
32% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   55% 58%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Beerschot-Wilrijk 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 6
2 Standard Liège 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 6
3 Sporting Charleroi 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
4 Anderlecht 2 1 1 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 4
5 Genk 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
6 Mechelen 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
7 Club Brugge 2 1 0 1 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 3 3
8 Waasland-Beveren 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 3
9 Cercle Brugge 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
10 Kortrijk 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 -1 3
11 Sint-Truiden 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 -1 3
12 OH Leuven 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
13 Antwerp 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
14 Royal Excel Mouscron 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
15 AS Eupen 2 0 1 1 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 -4 1
16 Gent 2 0 0 2 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 0
17 KV Oostende 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
18 Zulte-Waregem 2 0 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 -3 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Beerschot-Wilrijk 14 7 5 2 18 9 7 3 4 0 9 6 7 4 1 2 9 3 9 26
2 Excelsior Virton 14 6 5 3 19 11 7 3 3 1 11 6 7 3 2 2 8 5 8 23
3 Westerlo 14 7 2 5 24 20 7 3 1 3 9 11 7 4 1 2 15 9 4 23
4 Union Saint-Gilloise 14 5 7 2 25 17 7 2 3 2 13 12 7 3 4 0 12 5 8 22
5 OH Leuven 14 5 2 7 23 30 7 3 0 4 11 15 7 2 2 3 12 15 -7 17
6 Lommel United 14 4 4 6 12 18 7 3 3 1 5 3 7 1 1 5 7 15 -6 16
7 SV Roeselare 14 2 9 3 22 23 7 1 4 2 12 14 7 1 5 1 10 9 -1 15
8 Lokeren 14 1 4 9 11 26 7 0 1 6 2 15 7 1 3 3 9 11 -15 7
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Club Brugge 29 21 7 1 58 14 15 12 3 0 33 5 14 9 4 1 25 9 44 70
2 Gent 29 16 7 6 59 34 15 11 3 1 38 14 14 5 4 5 21 20 25 55
3 Sporting Charleroi 29 15 9 5 49 23 14 10 2 2 26 9 15 5 7 3 23 14 26 54
4 Antwerp 29 15 8 6 49 32 14 10 4 0 28 12 15 5 4 6 21 20 17 53
5 Standard Liège 29 14 7 8 47 32 15 9 4 2 24 9 14 5 3 6 23 23 15 49
6 Mechelen 29 13 5 11 46 43 15 6 4 5 25 24 14 7 1 6 21 19 3 44
7 Genk 29 13 5 11 45 42 14 8 1 5 21 18 15 5 4 6 24 24 3 44
8 Anderlecht 29 11 10 8 45 29 15 7 5 3 29 12 14 4 5 5 16 17 16 43
9 Zulte-Waregem 29 10 6 13 41 49 14 7 2 5 30 17 15 3 4 8 11 32 -8 36
10 Royal Excel Mouscron 29 9 9 11 38 40 15 6 5 4 22 17 14 3 4 7 16 23 -2 36
11 Kortrijk 29 9 6 14 40 44 15 5 3 7 24 22 14 4 3 7 16 22 -4 33
12 Sint-Truiden 29 9 6 14 33 50 14 4 5 5 17 18 15 5 1 9 16 32 -17 33
13 AS Eupen 29 8 6 15 28 51 14 4 4 6 14 19 15 4 2 9 14 32 -23 30
14 Cercle Brugge 29 7 2 20 27 54 14 5 1 8 16 23 15 2 1 12 11 31 -27 23
15 KV Oostende 29 6 4 19 29 58 15 5 3 7 20 27 14 1 1 12 9 31 -29 22
16 Waasland-Beveren 29 5 5 19 21 60 14 3 2 9 12 30 15 2 3 10 9 30 -39 20

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.