OH Leuven vs Union Saint-Gilloise: Full pre-match guide and statistics

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

Union Saint-Gilloise pay a visit to OH Leuven and King Power at Den Dreef Stadion loaded with happy thoughts, but the hosting team is no pushover. More information on the game here!

Insights:
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most scored goals (65) in Pro League

Both squads have had sufficient rest since their last exertion in an official match. Let's aim for an energetic match!

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OH Leuven form and stats

When playing at home in the Pro League, OH Leuven have managed 6 wins, 4 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 14 games.

The supporters are hoping that OH Leuven will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the game against AS Eupen (placed 15th). The gifted forward Mercier edged out all the other footballers in that match and got a match rating of 7.41 out of 10. Mercier served one assist and hit three key passes.

In the match before that, OH Leuven hosted Anderlecht and drew the game 0-0.

The Leuven fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 19 in 14 matches. OH Leuven have conceded 20 in these home matches.

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Union Saint-Gilloise form and stats

Union Saint-Gilloise have been very strong on the road so far with a massive 38 points collected from 15 Pro League games. 12 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the record so far. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Mechelen game have they lost an away game, meaning Saint-Gilloise has taken points from twelve away matches in a row.

It's the second away game in a row for Union Saint-Gilloise, but there's smiles all around after the 3-2 victory versus Kortrijk (placed 11th) last time out. Nielsen got a match rating of 8.94 in that game, top player of the team. Nielsen scored one goal, served one assist, hit four key passes and had 35 successful passes (of 41 total).

Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against AS Eupen.

Saint-Gilloise are a potent attacking force on the road with their 39 goals in 15 league games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (11 so far).

Head 2 Head

Union Saint-Gilloise - OH Leuven 1-3 was the story when this pair of sides previously met, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four OH Leuven victories, two draws and four Union Saint-Gilloise wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Union Saint-GilloiseD. Undav
D. Undav
21 goals
Union Saint-GilloiseD. Vanzeir
D. Vanzeir
13 goals
LeuvenS. Kaba
S. Kaba
10 goals

OH Leuven missing players

Union Saint-Gilloise missing players

OH Leuven Union Saint-Gilloise
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
29 14 3 Played P 5 15 30
9 6 0 Won W 4 12 21
10 4 1 Drew D 1 2 4
10 4 2 Lost L 0 1 5
40 19 1 Scored S 12 39 65
47 20 5 Conceded C 4 11 24
93% 86% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 90%
86% 71% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 93% 80%
62% 57% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 67% 60%
45% 36% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 40% 37%
14% 29% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 20% 17%
72% 71% 33% BTTS BTTS 60% 47% 43%
14% 21% 33% Clean Sheets C S 40% 53% 50%
21% 21% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 7% 17%
 
4.9 4.9 5.7 Corners for (avg) C F 5.8 5.1 5.7
5.8 5.5 7.3 Corners against (avg) C A 3.2 5.2 4.5
2.1 1.9 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.4 2.7 2.4
6 2 0 Red cards R C 2 3 4
 
13.1 13.9 14.7 Shots (avg) S ( 15.2 13.7 13.9
4.8 5 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 6.2 5.4
29% 27% 8% Goal Efficiency G E 34% 42% 40%
 
15.4 15.6 16 Shots against (avg) S A 11.6 11.3 10.2
5.6 5.9 5.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.6 3.1 3.1
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have scored at least twice as many goals away as OH Leuven have scored home.
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the fewest conceded goals (11) away in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the fewest conceded goals (24) in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (10) in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (14) in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most clean sheets (15) in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most clean sheets (8) away in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most points (38) away in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most scored goals (39) away in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most scored goals (65) in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most scored goals in the first half (29) in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the the best goal difference (+28) away in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the the best goal difference (+41) in Pro League

  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 30 21 4 5 65 24 15 9 2 4 26 13 15 12 2 1 39 11 41 67
2 Club Brugge 30 17 9 4 61 34 15 8 6 1 31 15 15 9 3 3 30 19 27 60
3 Antwerp 30 17 5 8 51 35 15 8 3 4 28 18 15 9 2 4 23 17 16 56
4 Anderlecht 30 15 10 5 63 32 15 8 5 2 35 18 15 7 5 3 28 14 31 55
5 Gent 30 15 7 8 46 28 15 9 3 3 31 16 15 6 4 5 15 12 18 52
6 Mechelen 29 14 5 10 51 49 15 9 3 3 31 20 14 5 2 7 20 29 2 47
7 Sporting Charleroi 30 13 8 9 45 40 15 5 5 5 16 16 15 8 3 4 29 24 5 47
8 Genk 30 13 6 11 58 43 15 9 3 3 34 17 15 4 3 8 24 26 15 45
9 Cercle Brugge 30 11 7 12 44 38 15 5 3 7 19 18 15 6 4 5 25 20 6 40
10 Sint-Truiden 30 11 6 13 33 38 15 5 3 7 20 21 15 6 3 6 13 17 -5 39
11 Kortrijk 30 9 10 11 39 39 15 5 4 6 21 20 15 4 6 5 18 19 0 37
12 OH Leuven 29 9 10 10 40 47 14 6 4 4 19 20 15 3 6 6 21 27 -7 37
13 Standard Liege 30 8 9 13 30 44 15 3 5 7 14 22 15 5 4 6 16 22 -14 33
14 KV Oostende 30 9 5 16 28 55 15 5 2 8 16 32 15 4 3 8 12 23 -27 32
15 AS Eupen 30 8 7 15 36 50 15 4 3 8 17 26 15 4 4 7 19 24 -14 31
16 Zulte-Waregem 30 7 8 15 39 63 15 4 4 7 20 30 15 3 4 8 19 33 -24 29
17 RFC Seraing 30 7 2 21 26 63 15 5 2 8 15 27 15 2 0 13 11 36 -37 23
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 30 4 4 22 30 63 15 4 1 10 15 28 15 0 3 12 15 35 -33 16

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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.