OH Leuven have some work to do from their 15th position, and the job starts vs Standard Liège. Read more!
- Standard Liège have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
The hosts Leuven saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Pro League. This match was also played here at King Power at Den Dreef Stadion. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Standard Liège have had more rest.
OH Leuven form and stats
3 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what OH Leuven have to build on here at King Power at Den Dreef Stadion in the Pro League. Leuven has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Brys and the players.
OH Leuven's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-4 versus Club Brugge (placed 2nd). The striker Mercier was announced as "man of the match" for Leuven with a rating of 7.41/10. Mercier hit five key passes.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Kortrijk (1-2).This is expected to be a close game, with 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 ten games. OH Leuven has won three of these, drawn three and lost four.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Leuven as they are travelling to their away game against Club Brugge in the Belgian Cup. That match is four days after this one.
Leuven are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 10 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Leuven defense is not exactly impregnable. 16 goals conceded from 10 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Standard Liège form and stats
4-2-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Standard Liège in their Pro League matches away.
It's the second away game in a row for Standard, but there's smiles all around after the 3-2 victory versus Antwerp (placed 4th) in the Pro League last time out. A heroic performance from Standard in their game against Antwerp last time out. Things got complicated when Pavlović was sent off in the 90th minute with the match level. Despite the red card the team were able to pull off a 3-2 victory! Muleka came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Antwerp last time out, making the manager Elsner feel like a tactical genius. Laifis, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.05. Laifis scored one goal and won 5 of 7 duels.
Preceding that, the 0-3 home loss versus Sporting Charleroi.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Standard playing away and similar expectations, we found eleven relevant matches. Results were three Standard Liège wins, five draws and three defeats.
Standard find the net regularly in their away games. 12 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Standard rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 16 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The contenders have met each other previously this season, with the result Standard Liège - Leuven 2-2 registered in the official records. Numbers for the prior ten meetings involving these two sides are: one win for Leuven, four draws and five wins for Standard Liège. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.Top Goalscorers
  M. Maertens 5 goals |  S. Kaba 4 goals | X. Mercier 3 goals |
OH Leuven missing players
Standard Liège missing players
| OH Leuven | Standard Liège | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 12 | 21 |
| 33 | 16 | 5 | Conceded | C | 1 | 16 | 31 |
| 95% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 84% | 70% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 78% | 72% |
| 58% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 67% | 56% |
| 47% | 40% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 56% | 39% |
| 16% | 30% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 74% | 70% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 67% | 61% |
| 11% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 22% | 22% |
| 21% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 17% |
| 5.1 | 5.2 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.9 |
| 6.2 | 6 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 5.6 | 4.2 |
| 1.9 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.3 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 13.3 | 13.9 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 8.8 | 11.3 |
| 4.9 | 5.2 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2.9 | 3.7 |
| 26% | 23% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 57% | 46% | 31% |
| 15.6 | 14.4 | 16.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.7 | 13.2 | 11.7 |
| 5.3 | 5.5 | 7.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 4.8 | 4.1 |
- Standard Liège have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Standard Liège have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Standard Liège 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 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 19 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 47 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 29 | 43 |
| 2 | Club Brugge | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 39 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 39 |
| 3 | Anderlecht | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 41 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 17 | 34 |
| 4 | Antwerp | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 33 |
| 5 | Sporting Charleroi | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 32 |
| 6 | Gent | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 31 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 30 |
| 7 | Mechelen | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 33 | 34 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 19 | -1 | 30 |
| 8 | Kortrijk | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 28 |
| 9 | AS Eupen | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 25 |
| 10 | Standard Liège | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 16 | -10 | 23 |
| 11 | Genk | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 31 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 1 | 22 |
| 12 | Cercle Brugge | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | -1 | 22 |
| 13 | Sint-Truiden | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -10 | 21 |
| 14 | KV Oostende | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 21 | 39 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -18 | 20 |
| 15 | OH Leuven | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 17 | -9 | 20 |
| 16 | RFC Seraing | 19 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 23 | 38 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 24 | -15 | 19 |
| 17 | Zulte-Waregem | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 43 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 18 | -16 | 17 |
| 18 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -17 | 9 |