Can OH Leuven knock Union Saint-Gilloise in King Power at Den Dreef Stadion clash?

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 01.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: King Power at Den Dreef Stadion (12500 seats)

OH Leuven and Union Saint-Gilloise are both successful in the Pro League with their 4th and 6th places respectively. Let's hope for a grand fixture!

Insights:
  • OH Leuven have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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OH Leuven form and stats

The total Pro League stats playing at home this season for OH Leuven are 3-0-1 (wins-draws-losses). Two home wins in a row for OH Leuven bring valid hopes of a third.

Leuven travelled for their previous game, a trip to Mechelen that ended 0-0. Ricca was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.41 out of 10. The defender Ricca won 1 of 1 duels.

Ahead of that match, OH Leuven won a home game hosting Sporting Charleroi (3-2).

The OH Leuven fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 7 goals in 4 league matches. Leuven have conceded 6 from these games.

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Union Saint-Gilloise form and stats

The visitors are W2-D1-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Pro League.

It's the second away game in a row for Union Saint-Gilloise, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus AS Eupen (placed 15th) last time out. The end of the last match, against AS Eupen, was very satisfying as Boniface scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Burgess was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.31. The defender Burgess won 3 of 8 duels.

Before that, the win at home hosting Malmö FF in the Europa League (3-2).

Will there be lots of goals? This team have played 7 consecutive league matches all having three or more goals (over 2.5 goals).

Saint-Gilloise are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 8 times in 5 away games so far.

Head 2 Head

OH Leuven-Union Saint-Gilloise H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: OH Leuven three wins, Union Saint-Gilloise five wins, two draws. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

OH LeuvenM. Maertens
M. Maertens
3 goals
OH LeuvenM. Al Tamari
M. Al Tamari
3 goals
OH LeuvenJ. Thorsteinsson
J. Thorsteinsson
3 goals

OH Leuven missing players

Union Saint-Gilloise missing players

OH Leuven Union Saint-Gilloise
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
9 4 1 Played P 1 5 9
5 3 0 Won W 0 2 5
2 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
2 1 1 Lost L 1 2 3
16 7 0 Scored S 2 8 14
13 6 3 Conceded C 4 10 14
89% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
89% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 89%
67% 75% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 80% 78%
44% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 40% 22%
22% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 20% 11%
56% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 80% 78%
33% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 11%
22% 25% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 11%
 
3.7 4 7 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.2 5
7.1 4.8 5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 3.8 4
1.8 2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.8 2.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 2 3 3
 
11.9 12.5 14 Shots (avg) S ( 8 11 12.3
4 4 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.4 4.1
44% 44% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 47% 38%
 
15.8 12.5 13 Shots against (avg) S A 14 10.2 9.8
4.3 4 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 3.6 3.8
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • All of OH Leuven's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Union Saint-Gilloise's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • OH Leuven have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • OH Leuven haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Union Saint-Gilloise 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 Antwerp 9 9 0 0 21 6 5 5 0 0 14 5 4 4 0 0 7 1 15 27
2 Genk 9 7 1 1 22 9 5 4 1 0 10 4 4 3 0 1 12 5 13 22
3 Club Brugge 9 6 1 2 19 10 4 3 1 0 10 4 5 3 0 2 9 6 9 19
4 OH Leuven 9 5 2 2 16 13 4 3 0 1 7 6 5 2 2 1 9 7 3 17
5 Standard Liege 9 5 1 3 15 13 5 3 1 1 9 5 4 2 0 2 6 8 2 16
6 Union Saint-Gilloise 9 5 1 3 14 14 4 3 0 1 6 4 5 2 1 2 8 10 0 16
7 Gent 9 4 2 3 13 10 4 2 1 1 6 4 5 2 1 2 7 6 3 14
8 Anderlecht 9 4 1 4 16 10 5 3 1 1 11 5 4 1 0 3 5 5 6 13
9 Sint-Truiden 9 3 4 2 10 8 4 1 1 2 5 7 5 2 3 0 5 1 2 13
10 Sporting Charleroi 9 4 0 5 15 16 5 2 0 3 9 11 4 2 0 2 6 5 -1 12
11 Westerlo 9 4 0 5 16 18 4 3 0 1 8 4 5 1 0 4 8 14 -2 12
12 Mechelen 9 3 2 4 16 15 5 2 1 2 10 9 4 1 1 2 6 6 1 11
13 KV Oostende 9 3 1 5 10 13 4 2 0 2 4 5 5 1 1 3 6 8 -3 10
14 Kortrijk 9 2 1 6 6 15 4 0 1 3 1 7 5 2 0 3 5 8 -9 7
15 AS Eupen 9 2 0 7 8 16 5 1 0 4 4 8 4 1 0 3 4 8 -8 6
16 RFC Seraing 9 2 0 7 8 18 4 0 0 4 0 8 5 2 0 3 8 10 -10 6
17 Cercle Brugge 9 1 3 5 5 15 5 1 3 1 4 5 4 0 0 4 1 10 -10 6
18 Zulte-Waregem 9 1 2 6 7 18 5 1 0 4 5 13 4 0 2 2 2 5 -11 5

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.