Home advantage could prove decisive in Standard Liège - OH Leuven battle

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 21.August
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Maurice Dufrasne (27670 seats)

Standard Liège duel OH Leuven for prestige and football prosperity.

Insights:
  • Standard Liège have the most conceded goals in the second half (5) in Pro League

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Standard Liège form and stats

Only two Pro League home games for Standard Liège so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.

Standard Liège faced defeat in their previous match, away at Westerlo (2-4). As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? Dussenne was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.34 out of 10. The defender Dussenne scored one goal and won 4 of 6 duels.

Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Cercle Brugge.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Standard Liège handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

Standard Liège has scored 4 goals so far and conceded 2 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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OH Leuven form and stats

OH Leuven are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Pro League, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).

Leuven's previous game was their home loss versus Club Brugge (0-3). Midfielder Maertens was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.25. Maertens hit three key passes.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Antwerp wasn't a success with a 2-4 loss.

We have checked recent matches where OH Leuven have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 10 games were 3 victories, 4 draws and 3 defeats.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, OH Leuven has managed 4 goals and let in 4 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

OH Leuven have won at least one point in the last 4 games (2-2-0) versus Standard.

The matches between these sides sometimes lean towards being "violent", having seen 6 red cards from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Standard LiègeS. Amallah
S. Amallah
3 goals
Standard LiègeN. Dussenne
N. Dussenne
2 goals
Standard LiègeD. Drăguş
D. Drăguş
1 goals

Standard Liège missing players

OH Leuven missing players

Standard Liège OH Leuven
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
4 2 0 Played P 0 2 4
1 1 0 Won W 0 1 2
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
2 0 0 Lost L 0 1 2
7 4 0 Scored S 0 4 6
9 2 0 Conceded C 0 4 7
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
75% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 50%
75% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 25%
25% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 25%
75% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 25%
25% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 50%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 25%
 
4.2 3.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5.5 5.8
7.2 9 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 7 6.2
3.8 2.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0.5 1.5
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.5 9.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 13.5 13.8
4.5 5.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5 4.2
39% 36% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 40% 35%
 
15.5 15.5 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 16.5 15.2
5.5 5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3 3
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Standard Liège have the most conceded goals in the second half (5) in Pro League
Standard Liège Last season OH Leuven
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
9 3   Won W   3 10
9 5   Drew D   7 11
16 9   Lost L   7 13
32 15   Scored S   22 47
51 26   Conceded C   33 58
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 94%
65% 59%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   100% 85%
44% 41%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   65% 62%
26% 24%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   53% 47%
6% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 21%
50% 53%   BTTS BTTS   71% 68%
24% 18%   Clean Sheets C S   6% 15%
29% 29%   Failed to Score F T   24% 24%
 
4.3 5.1   Corners for (avg) C F   4.7 4.8
4.6 3.9   Corners against (avg) C A   5.8 5.6
3.3 2.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2.1
6 4   Red cards R C   4 6
 
11.7 13.1   Shots (avg) S (   11.8 12.8
3.6 4.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.5 4.6
26% 21%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 27%
 
12.9 11.9   Shots against (avg) S A   15.5 15.5
4.3 4.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.5 5.6

  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 4 4 0 0 8 2 2 2 0 0 5 2 2 2 0 0 3 0 6 12
2 Genk 4 3 0 1 13 7 2 2 0 0 7 3 2 1 0 1 6 4 6 9
3 Anderlecht 4 3 0 1 8 2 2 2 0 0 5 1 2 1 0 1 3 1 6 9
4 Gent 4 2 2 0 8 5 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 5 3 3 8
5 Club Brugge 4 2 1 1 8 5 2 1 1 0 4 3 2 1 0 1 4 2 3 7
6 Union Saint-Gilloise 4 2 1 1 4 5 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 1 4 -1 7
7 Westerlo 4 2 0 2 7 6 2 2 0 0 6 2 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 6
8 Sporting Charleroi 4 2 0 2 5 5 2 1 0 1 4 4 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 6
9 KV Oostende 4 2 0 2 6 7 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 1 0 1 3 3 -1 6
10 OH Leuven 4 2 0 2 6 7 2 1 0 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 4 4 -1 6
11 Mechelen 4 1 1 2 4 4 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 4
12 Standard Liège 4 1 1 2 7 9 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 0 0 2 3 7 -2 4
13 Zulte-Waregem 4 1 1 2 4 6 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 -2 4
14 Kortrijk 4 1 1 2 2 4 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 -2 4
15 Cercle Brugge 4 1 1 2 1 4 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 4 -3 4
16 Sint-Truiden 4 0 3 1 2 5 2 0 1 1 1 4 2 0 2 0 1 1 -3 3
17 AS Eupen 4 1 0 3 5 9 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 2 3 7 -4 3
18 RFC Seraing 4 0 0 4 1 7 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 2 1 5 -6 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 Union Saint-Gilloise 34 24 5 5 78 27 17 10 3 4 32 14 17 14 2 1 46 13 51 77
2 Club Brugge 34 21 9 4 72 37 17 10 6 1 36 16 17 11 3 3 36 21 35 72
3 Anderlecht 34 18 10 6 72 36 17 10 5 2 41 19 17 8 5 4 31 17 36 64
4 Antwerp 34 19 6 9 55 38 17 9 4 4 30 19 17 10 2 5 25 19 17 63
5 Gent 34 18 8 8 56 30 17 11 3 3 37 16 17 7 5 5 19 14 26 62
6 Sporting Charleroi 34 15 9 10 55 46 17 7 5 5 24 16 17 8 4 5 31 30 9 54
7 Mechelen 34 15 7 12 57 61 17 10 4 3 36 24 17 5 3 9 21 37 -4 52
8 Genk 34 15 6 13 66 47 17 10 3 4 39 18 17 5 3 9 27 29 19 51
9 Sint-Truiden 34 15 6 13 42 40 17 7 3 7 26 23 17 8 3 6 16 17 2 51
10 Cercle Brugge 34 12 9 13 49 46 17 6 4 7 23 20 17 6 5 6 26 26 3 45
11 OH Leuven 34 10 11 13 47 58 17 7 4 6 25 25 17 3 7 7 22 33 -11 41
12 KV Oostende 34 10 7 17 34 61 17 5 3 9 19 37 17 5 4 8 15 24 -27 37
13 Kortrijk 34 9 10 15 43 48 17 5 4 8 23 24 17 4 6 7 20 24 -5 37
14 Standard Liège 34 9 9 16 32 51 17 3 5 9 15 26 17 6 4 7 17 25 -19 36
15 AS Eupen 34 8 8 18 37 61 17 4 4 9 18 29 17 4 4 9 19 32 -24 32
16 Zulte-Waregem 34 8 8 18 42 69 17 5 4 8 23 32 17 3 4 10 19 37 -27 32
17 RFC Seraing 34 8 4 22 30 68 17 5 3 9 16 30 17 3 1 13 14 38 -38 28
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 34 4 4 26 33 76 17 4 1 12 16 33 17 0 3 14 17 43 -43 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.