Pro League match prediction: Little separates Zulte-Waregem and OH Leuven in quality

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Wed 26.January
Match begins: 17:45 (UTC)

Pro League: Tipsway are expecting an exciting and very important battle involving Zulte-Waregem and OH Leuven. They both need to win this!

Insights:
  • Zulte-Waregem have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • OH Leuven have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Zulte-Waregem form and stats

With 3 Pro League wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Zulte-Waregem are certainly not brimming with confidence. When Zulte-Waregem hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Beerschot-Wilrijk, RFC Seraing, Standard Liege, KV Oostende and Zulte-Waregem), they have won 1 of 2 matches!

Happy days for Zulte-Waregem in their previous game, a fixture away at Cercle Brugge (placed 10th) that ended with a 1-3 victory. The home team returns after drawing with Cercle Brugge (placed 10th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-3. Zulte-Waregem faced defeat in their previous match, away at Cercle Brugge (1-3). Vossen (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.42/10. Vossen scored one goal.

Before that match, a Club Friendlies 3 win away at Anderlecht. Before that, Zulte-Waregem played out a Club Friendlies 3 draw 0-3 when visiting Anderlecht. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Anderlecht (0-3).

Zulte-Waregem are traveling soon after this match as the Pro League match at Beerschot-Wilrijk awaits in three days.

The Zulte-Waregem fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 11 league matches. Zulte-Waregem are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (27 from 11 played).

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OH Leuven form and stats

OH Leuven have only collected 11 points from their away games in the Pro League, after 2-5-4 (11 played). OH Leuven seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Two trips in a row for OH Leuven, whose manager Brys could celebrate last time after the win against Beerschot-Wilrijk. OH Leuven are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-3 draw at Beerschot-Wilrijk (placed 18th). It might be tough going out on the road again for Leuven, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-3 versus Beerschot-Wilrijk (placed 18th).

Prior to that result OH Leuven won their away game at Heidenheim in the Club Friendlies 3. The scoreline was 1-3. Before that, OH Leuven travelled to Heidenheim and returned home with a draw after the Club Friendlies 3 game finished 1-3. A 1-3 defeat away at Heidenheim before that.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far OH Leuven have scored 16 goals in 11 league games away. In the opposite end, OH Leuven have conceded 20 goals in their away games. When OH Leuven is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 2 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Beerschot-Wilrijk, RFC Seraing, OH Leuven, Standard Liege and KV Oostende.

Head 2 Head

OH Leuven - Zulte-Waregem 1-1 was the scoreline in these squads' latest h2h game, played this season. Previous ten meetings between these contenders: Zulte-Waregem won three, OH Leuven triumphed in four and we saw three draws. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Zulte-WaregemJ. Vossen
J. Vossen
13 goals
Zulte-WaregemZ. Gano
Z. Gano
11 goals
OH LeuvenM. Maertens
M. Maertens
7 goals

Zulte-Waregem missing players

OH Leuven missing players

Zulte-Waregem OH Leuven
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
22 11 2 Played P 2 11 22
6 3 1 Won W 0 2 6
5 2 0 Drew D 1 5 8
11 6 1 Lost L 1 4 8
32 17 3 Scored S 3 16 30
48 27 2 Conceded C 5 20 37
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
95% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 86%
73% 82% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 73% 64%
50% 55% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 55% 45%
23% 27% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 14%
73% 73% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 73% 73%
14% 9% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 9% 14%
14% 18% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 18% 18%
 
3.9 4.5 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.9 4.9
6.6 6.4 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 6.4 6.1
2.2 2.1 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 1.9
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 3 5
 
10.8 11.4 13 Shots (avg) S ( 14 13 13.2
4 4.4 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 4.7 4.9
36% 35% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 31% 28%
 
15.9 14.9 11.5 Shots against (avg) S A 17.5 17.1 16.2
5.9 5.6 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8.5 5.6 5.7
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • All of OH Leuven's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Zulte-Waregem's home-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.
  • Zulte-Waregem have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Zulte-Waregem 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 Union Saint-Gilloise 23 17 2 4 56 21 12 8 1 3 25 12 11 9 1 1 31 9 35 53
2 Club Brugge 23 12 8 3 45 30 11 6 5 0 24 12 12 6 3 3 21 18 15 44
3 Antwerp 22 13 4 5 42 25 11 7 2 2 24 12 11 6 2 3 18 13 17 43
4 Anderlecht 23 11 9 3 52 27 11 5 5 1 26 15 12 6 4 2 26 12 25 42
5 Gent 23 10 6 7 35 24 11 7 2 2 24 13 12 3 4 5 11 11 11 36
6 Sporting Charleroi 23 10 6 7 38 32 11 4 3 4 13 12 12 6 3 3 25 20 6 36
7 Mechelen 22 10 3 9 37 38 12 7 2 3 23 16 10 3 1 6 14 22 -1 33
8 Kortrijk 22 8 9 5 29 25 10 4 4 2 13 11 12 4 5 3 16 14 4 33
9 Genk 23 9 5 9 45 36 11 5 3 3 24 16 12 4 2 6 21 20 9 32
10 Cercle Brugge 23 9 4 10 33 29 12 4 2 6 15 15 11 5 2 4 18 14 4 31
11 Sint-Truiden 23 8 3 12 25 34 12 4 2 6 17 19 11 4 1 6 8 15 -9 27
12 AS Eupen 23 7 5 11 31 39 11 3 3 5 13 19 12 4 2 6 18 20 -8 26
13 OH Leuven 22 6 8 8 30 37 11 4 3 4 14 17 11 2 5 4 16 20 -7 26
14 Standard Liege 22 6 7 9 25 37 11 2 4 5 11 18 11 4 3 4 14 19 -12 25
15 KV Oostende 22 7 2 13 24 45 12 4 1 7 14 29 10 3 1 6 10 16 -21 23
16 Zulte-Waregem 22 6 5 11 32 48 11 3 2 6 17 27 11 3 3 5 15 21 -16 23
17 RFC Seraing 23 6 1 16 24 49 11 4 1 6 13 20 12 2 0 10 11 29 -25 19
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 22 3 3 16 19 46 12 3 0 9 8 21 10 0 3 7 11 25 -27 12

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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.