Soccer betting preview: Waasland-Beveren welcomes OH Leuven in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 29.August
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Freethielstadion (13200 seats)

The Pro League league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Waasland-Beveren and OH Leuven are placed 13th and 14th respectively.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Waasland-Beveren form and stats

Waasland-Beveren's first Pro League home game here at Freethielstadion ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 3 wins, 2 draws and 9 defeats from 14 matches.

In their previous game, the manager N. Hayen led his Waasland-Beveren to a defeat in the Pro League match away at Zulte-Waregem. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Freethielstadion. Before that game, the home loss against Standard Liège with the scoreline 1-2.

This is expected to be a close game, with Waasland-Beveren perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Waasland-Beveren as a small favourite), we find eleven games. Waasland-Beveren has won three of these, drawn three and lost five.

Waasland-Beveren has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 2 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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OH Leuven form and stats

The visitors settled for one point in their first Pro League away game of the season. During their previous season 7 away games resulted in 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Home advantage was not enough for Leuven in their previous game, as they lost their Pro League-match, hosting Sporting Charleroi, 1-3. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Genk.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with OH Leuven playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were four Leuven wins, two draws and four defeats.

1 goal so far away for OH Leuven, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Waasland-Beveren victories, two draws and four OH Leuven wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Waasland-BeverenD. Heymans
D. Heymans
3 goals
Waasland-BeverenJ. Schrijvers
J. Schrijvers
1 goals
Waasland-BeverenA. Koita
A. Koita
1 goals

Waasland-Beveren missing players

OH Leuven missing players

Waasland-Beveren OH Leuven
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 0 1 3
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
2 1 0 Lost L 0 0 1
5 1 0 Scored S 0 1 3
7 2 0 Conceded C 0 1 5
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 33%
67% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 33%
33% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
2.3 4 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 1 4
6.3 8 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 7 6.7
2.7 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13 5 0 Total Shots T S 0 7 18
9 3 0 Shots on Target S O 0 3 8
56% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 38%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Waasland-Beveren has the most conceded goals (7)
  • Waasland-Beveren has the most conceded goals in the second half (6)
  • Waasland-Beveren has the most matches over the total-line (3)
Waasland-Beveren Last season OH Leuven
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
29 14   Played P   15 30
5 3   Won W   6 14
5 2   Drew D   3 4
19 9   Lost L   6 12
21 12   Scored S   21 46
60 30   Conceded C   22 45
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 97%
79% 86%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   80% 80%
55% 71%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 63%
38% 43%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 33%
10% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   20% 20%
48% 57%   BTTS BTTS   67% 57%
10% 7%   Clean Sheets C S   20% 30%
45% 36%   Failed to Score F T   13% 17%
 
3.9 4.6   Corners for (avg) C F   6.3 5.8
5.8 4.6   Corners against (avg) C A   7.7 6.4
2.1 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.7 1.5
1 0   Red cards R C   2 3
 
172 77   Total Shots T S   158 320
70 40   Shots on Target S O   72 143
30% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 32%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Beerschot-Wilrijk 3 3 0 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 3 1 4 9
2 Sporting Charleroi 3 3 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 4 1 4 9
3 Standard Liège 3 2 1 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 7
4 Cercle Brugge 3 2 0 1 5 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 6
5 Anderlecht 3 1 2 0 6 4 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 5
6 Genk 3 1 2 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 5
7 Mechelen 3 1 1 1 5 5 2 0 1 1 4 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
8 Antwerp 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 4
9 Kortrijk 3 1 1 1 3 4 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 -1 4
10 Sint-Truiden 3 1 1 1 3 4 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 -1 4
11 Club Brugge 3 1 0 2 4 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 4 0 2 3
12 Zulte-Waregem 3 1 0 2 6 6 2 1 0 1 5 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 3
13 Waasland-Beveren 3 1 0 2 5 7 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 4 5 -2 3
14 Royal Excel Mouscron 3 0 2 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 -1 2
15 OH Leuven 3 0 2 1 3 5 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 2
16 AS Eupen 3 0 2 1 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 4 2 0 2 0 1 1 -4 2
17 KV Oostende 3 0 1 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 -2 1
18 Gent 3 0 0 3 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 1 3 -3 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 Club Brugge 29 21 7 1 58 14 15 12 3 0 33 5 14 9 4 1 25 9 44 70
2 Gent 29 16 7 6 59 34 15 11 3 1 38 14 14 5 4 5 21 20 25 55
3 Sporting Charleroi 29 15 9 5 49 23 14 10 2 2 26 9 15 5 7 3 23 14 26 54
4 Antwerp 29 15 8 6 49 32 14 10 4 0 28 12 15 5 4 6 21 20 17 53
5 Standard Liège 29 14 7 8 47 32 15 9 4 2 24 9 14 5 3 6 23 23 15 49
6 Mechelen 29 13 5 11 46 43 15 6 4 5 25 24 14 7 1 6 21 19 3 44
7 Genk 29 13 5 11 45 42 14 8 1 5 21 18 15 5 4 6 24 24 3 44
8 Anderlecht 29 11 10 8 45 29 15 7 5 3 29 12 14 4 5 5 16 17 16 43
9 Zulte-Waregem 29 10 6 13 41 49 14 7 2 5 30 17 15 3 4 8 11 32 -8 36
10 Royal Excel Mouscron 29 9 9 11 38 40 15 6 5 4 22 17 14 3 4 7 16 23 -2 36
11 Kortrijk 29 9 6 14 40 44 15 5 3 7 24 22 14 4 3 7 16 22 -4 33
12 Sint-Truiden 29 9 6 14 33 50 14 4 5 5 17 18 15 5 1 9 16 32 -17 33
13 AS Eupen 29 8 6 15 28 51 14 4 4 6 14 19 15 4 2 9 14 32 -23 30
14 Cercle Brugge 29 7 2 20 27 54 14 5 1 8 16 23 15 2 1 12 11 31 -27 23
15 KV Oostende 29 6 4 19 29 58 15 5 3 7 20 27 14 1 1 12 9 31 -29 22
16 Waasland-Beveren 29 5 5 19 21 60 14 3 2 9 12 30 15 2 3 10 9 30 -39 20
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 Beerschot-Wilrijk 14 7 5 2 18 9 7 3 4 0 9 6 7 4 1 2 9 3 9 26
2 Excelsior Virton 14 6 5 3 19 11 7 3 3 1 11 6 7 3 2 2 8 5 8 23
3 Westerlo 14 7 2 5 24 20 7 3 1 3 9 11 7 4 1 2 15 9 4 23
4 Union Saint-Gilloise 14 5 7 2 25 17 7 2 3 2 13 12 7 3 4 0 12 5 8 22
5 OH Leuven 14 5 2 7 23 30 7 3 0 4 11 15 7 2 2 3 12 15 -7 17
6 Lommel United 14 4 4 6 12 18 7 3 3 1 5 3 7 1 1 5 7 15 -6 16
7 SV Roeselare 14 2 9 3 22 23 7 1 4 2 12 14 7 1 5 1 10 9 -1 15
8 Lokeren 14 1 4 9 11 26 7 0 1 6 2 15 7 1 3 3 9 11 -15 7

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.