The Gent U21 manager attacks this game with the team placed 5th so far. In the visitors dressing room OH Leuven U21 are in 3rd place before this match.
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!
Gent U21 form and stats
The hosts won their first Reserve Pro League game here, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Gent U21 last season were 5 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses from 8 games.
A strong away win for Gent against Mechelen U21 the last match. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting AS Eupen U21 (0-4).
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Gent U21 have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found one game) they have won one time, drawn zero and lost zero.
Early season league goal statistics from Gent U21's 1 home game: 2 goals, 1 conceded.
OH Leuven U21 form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Reserve Pro League for OH Leuven U21, who have the fewest scored goals (0) away in Reserve Pro League, with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.
Leuven go into this game after a win, the home game against Waasland-Beveren U21 that ended 3-0. Prior to that match, the OH Leuven U21 manager faced defeat when travelling to AS Eupen U21 and losing 0-2.
A quick return to home after this game, as OH Leuven U21 are hosting Genk U21 in the Reserve Pro League only four days away.
It's early days yet, but OH Leuven U21 has scored 0 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Last two meetings between the teams: Gent won two, OH Leuven U21 won zero and zero draws. zero games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.Gent U21 missing players
OH Leuven U21 missing players
| Gent U21 | OH Leuven U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 50% | 60% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 60% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 60% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.5 | 0.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 45 | 13 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 8 | 8 | 25 |
| 21 | 7 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 5 | 11 |
| 24% | 29% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 36% |
- OH Leuven U21 has the fewest scored goals (0) away in Reserve Pro League
- OH Leuven U21 has the most matches under the total-line (3) in Reserve Pro League
| Gent U21 | Last season | OH Leuven U21 | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 16 | 8 | Played | P | 8 | 16 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 36 | 21 | Scored | S | 14 | 29 | ||
| 22 | 11 | Conceded | C | 18 | 31 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 62% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 50% | ||
| 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 44% | ||
| 25% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 38% | 38% | ||
| 62% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 62% | ||
| 31% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | ||
| 6% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 31% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 2.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 137 | 78 | Total Shots | T S | 43 | 113 | ||
| 68 | 39 | Shots on Target | S O | 25 | 55 | ||
| 53% | 54% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 53% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Standard Liege U21 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | Genk U21 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | OH Leuven U21 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | AS Eupen U21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | Gent U21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 6 |
| 6 | Anderlecht U21 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 7 | Waasland-Beveren U21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -5 | 4 |
| 8 | Mechelen U21 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 3 |