Match preview for Pro League: RFC Seraing - OH Leuven at Stade du Pairay

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 19.March
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du Pairay (8207 seats)

Pro League: RFC Seraing are 14 points behind OH Leuven, but are inspired to go full force. Let's get started!

Insights:
  • RFC Seraing have the fewest scored goals (27) in Pro League
  • OH Leuven have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both teams have had plenty of rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's wish for an in-your-face match!

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RFC Seraing form and stats

5 victories, 2 draws and 8 defeats. That’s what RFC Seraing have to build on here at Stade du Pairay in the Pro League. We have seen two home losses in a row now for RFC Seraing, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.

Seraing enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Standard Liege's place. The match ended 1-0 with Bernier scoring. Maziz, a forward, was the highest rated player for the side in that fixture, collecting a rating of 7.85 (out of 10). Maziz served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

Before that game, the home loss against Club Brugge with the scoreline 0-5.

RFC Seraing have conceded 27 from these games.

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OH Leuven form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for OH Leuven so far with only 15 points returning home. The records show 3-6-6 (win-draw-lose). OH Leuven has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Leuven's previous game was their home loss versus Union Saint-Gilloise (1-4). The attacker Mercier got a match rating of 7.94 in that game. Mercier hit the woodwork once, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.

A 1-3 defeat away at AS Eupen before that.

The visiting OH Leuven have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 21 goals from 15 games. As for defending, OH Leuven rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 27 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This was the score when the contenders faced each other earlier this campaign; OH Leuven - Seraing 1-3. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's two RFC Seraing victories, zero draws and one OH Leuven win. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less. The matches between these clubs sometimes lean towards being aggressive, having seen 3 sending-offs from the last three encounters.

Top Goalscorers

OH LeuvenS. Kaba
S. Kaba
10 goals
OH LeuvenM. Maertens
M. Maertens
9 goals
RFC SeraingG. Mikautadze
G. Mikautadze
8 goals

RFC Seraing missing players

OH Leuven missing players

Total First Half Second Half
RFC Seraing OH Leuven
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
31 15 4 Played P 5 15 31
8 5 2 Won W 1 3 10
2 2 0 Drew D 2 6 10
21 8 2 Lost L 2 6 11
27 15 5 Scored S 8 21 46
63 27 6 Conceded C 10 27 51
94% 87% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
77% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 87%
58% 53% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 67% 65%
35% 40% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 80% 53% 48%
19% 27% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 19%
35% 33% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 73% 71%
16% 27% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 7% 16%
55% 53% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 19%
 
4.7 5.1 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 4.9 4.9
5 4.3 2.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.6 6 5.8
2 1.9 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.3 2.1
4 2 0 Red cards R C 0 4 6
 
10.6 11.6 9.8 Shots (avg) S ( 12.2 12.3 13
3.4 4.1 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.8 4.5 4.7
26% 25% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 31% 29%
 
12.8 11.2 9.5 Shots against (avg) S A 13.6 15.1 15.6
5.4 5.1 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.8 5.3 5.6
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • All of OH Leuven's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • OH Leuven have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • OH Leuven haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • RFC Seraing have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • RFC Seraing have the fewest points from losing position (3) in Pro League
  • RFC Seraing have the fewest scored goals (27) in Pro League
  • RFC Seraing have the fewest scored goals in the second half (15) in Pro League
  • RFC Seraing have the the worst goal difference (-36) 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 31 22 4 5 69 25 15 9 2 4 26 13 16 13 2 1 43 12 44 70
2 Club Brugge 31 18 9 4 64 35 15 8 6 1 31 15 16 10 3 3 33 20 29 63
3 Anderlecht 31 16 10 5 65 33 16 9 5 2 37 19 15 7 5 3 28 14 32 58
4 Antwerp 31 17 5 9 52 37 15 8 3 4 28 18 16 9 2 5 24 19 15 56
5 Gent 31 16 7 8 48 28 15 9 3 3 31 16 16 7 4 5 17 12 20 55
6 Mechelen 31 14 6 11 53 56 16 9 4 3 33 22 15 5 2 8 20 34 -3 48
7 Sporting Charleroi 31 13 9 9 47 42 15 5 5 5 16 16 16 8 4 4 31 26 5 48
8 Genk 31 13 6 12 58 44 16 9 3 4 34 18 15 4 3 8 24 26 14 45
9 Cercle Brugge 31 12 7 12 46 38 16 6 3 7 21 18 15 6 4 5 25 20 8 43
10 Sint-Truiden 31 12 6 13 34 38 15 5 3 7 20 21 16 7 3 6 14 17 -4 42
11 OH Leuven 31 10 10 11 46 51 16 7 4 5 25 24 15 3 6 6 21 27 -5 40
12 Kortrijk 31 9 10 12 39 41 15 5 4 6 21 20 16 4 6 6 18 21 -2 37
13 Standard Liege 31 8 9 14 30 45 16 3 5 8 14 23 15 5 4 6 16 22 -15 33
14 KV Oostende 31 9 5 17 29 58 16 5 2 9 17 35 15 4 3 8 12 23 -29 32
15 Zulte-Waregem 31 8 8 15 42 63 16 5 4 7 23 30 15 3 4 8 19 33 -21 32
16 AS Eupen 31 8 7 16 36 53 15 4 3 8 17 26 16 4 4 8 19 27 -17 31
17 RFC Seraing 31 8 2 21 27 63 15 5 2 8 15 27 16 3 0 13 12 36 -36 26
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 31 4 4 23 30 65 16 4 1 11 15 30 15 0 3 12 15 35 -35 16

Table
  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 31 22 4 5 69 25 15 9 2 4 26 13 16 13 2 1 43 12 44 70
2 Club Brugge 31 18 9 4 64 35 15 8 6 1 31 15 16 10 3 3 33 20 29 63
3 Anderlecht 31 16 10 5 65 33 16 9 5 2 37 19 15 7 5 3 28 14 32 58
4 Antwerp 31 17 5 9 52 37 15 8 3 4 28 18 16 9 2 5 24 19 15 56
5 Gent 31 16 7 8 48 28 15 9 3 3 31 16 16 7 4 5 17 12 20 55
6 Mechelen 31 14 6 11 53 56 16 9 4 3 33 22 15 5 2 8 20 34 -3 48
7 Sporting Charleroi 31 13 9 9 47 42 15 5 5 5 16 16 16 8 4 4 31 26 5 48
8 Genk 31 13 6 12 58 44 16 9 3 4 34 18 15 4 3 8 24 26 14 45
9 Cercle Brugge 31 12 7 12 46 38 16 6 3 7 21 18 15 6 4 5 25 20 8 43
10 Sint-Truiden 31 12 6 13 34 38 15 5 3 7 20 21 16 7 3 6 14 17 -4 42
11 OH Leuven 31 10 10 11 46 51 16 7 4 5 25 24 15 3 6 6 21 27 -5 40
12 Kortrijk 31 9 10 12 39 41 15 5 4 6 21 20 16 4 6 6 18 21 -2 37
13 Standard Liege 31 8 9 14 30 45 16 3 5 8 14 23 15 5 4 6 16 22 -15 33
14 KV Oostende 31 9 5 17 29 58 16 5 2 9 17 35 15 4 3 8 12 23 -29 32
15 Zulte-Waregem 31 8 8 15 42 63 16 5 4 7 23 30 15 3 4 8 19 33 -21 32
16 AS Eupen 31 8 7 16 36 53 15 4 3 8 17 26 16 4 4 8 19 27 -17 31
17 RFC Seraing 31 8 2 21 27 63 15 5 2 8 15 27 16 3 0 13 12 36 -36 26
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 31 4 4 23 30 65 16 4 1 11 15 30 15 0 3 12 15 35 -35 16

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