📏 Form Guide

Oud-Heverlee Leuven

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Oud-Heverlee Leuven will be looking for an improved result here following a 5-0 First Division A - Play-Offs defeat last time out to Dender.

In that match, Oud-Heverlee Leuven managed 65% possession and 14 shots at goal with 2 on target. Dender got 16 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. Dávid Hrnčár (6'), Bryan Goncalves (18'), Bruny Nsimba (22'), Nathan Rôdes (28') and Mohamed Berte (90') scored for Dender.

It’s been all too rare in recent times where Oud-Heverlee Leuven haven’t conceded. It will be a concern for them that Oud-Heverlee Leuven have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, letting in 13 goals during that time.

KVC Westerlo

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Since being beaten in their last game against Charleroi in First Division A - Play-Offs competition, KVC Westerlo will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that game, KVC Westerlo managed 45% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. For KVC Westerlo, the scorers were Isa Sakamoto (29', 39') and Matija Frigan (55'). For their opponents, Charleroi got 17 shots on goal with 8 on target. Nikola Štulić (10', 57'), Daan Heymans (71') and Cheick Keita (84') scored for Charleroi.

The stats don’t lie, and KVC Westerlo have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 games, conceding 13 goals overall. In defence, KVC Westerlo have been far from perfect. In any event, we’ll just have to find out if such a trend might be maintained here in this match or not.

🤜🤛 Head to head

If we look at their past head to head duels going back to 03/02/2024, both clubs have shared the honours with Oud-Heverlee Leuven winning 1 of those games, KVC Westerlo 1 and 4 being drawn in regulation time.

A total of 14 goals were scored between them in this period, with 8 from OHL and 6 being from De Kempeneers. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.33.

The last league fixture featuring these clubs was First Division A - Play-Offs match day 2 on 05/04/2025 when it ended KVC Westerlo 2-2 Oud-Heverlee Leuven.

That time, KVC Westerlo managed 52% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 5 on target. Goals were scored by Emin Bayram (53' Own goal) and Griffin Yow (62').

At the other end, Oud-Heverlee Leuven got 17 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Roggerio Nyakossi (58') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Bram Van Driessche.

🗞️ Team News: Oud-Heverlee Leuven

Antef Tsoungui (Cruciate ligament tear), Mathieu Maertens (Partial muscle tear) and Takahiro Akimoto (Thigh problems) are not available for Oud-Heverlee Leuven manager Chris Coleman.

We are thinking that OHL should go for a 4-3-1-2 formation this time featuring Tobe Leysen, Óscar Gil, Ewoud Pletinckx, Takuma Ominami, Manuel Osifo, Wouter George, Birger Verstraete, Siebe Schrijvers, William Balikwisha, Lequincio Zeefuik and Stefan Mitrovic.

ℹ️ Team News: KVC Westerlo

Thanks to a largely full-strength group, there’s just the lone fitness issue for the KVC Westerlo manager Timmy Simons to be concerned about. Jordan Bos (Hamstring injury) won’t be playing here.

We reckon that De Kempeneers appear most likely to play in a 4-2-3-1 system, choosing Andreas Jungdal, Bryan Reynolds, Emin Bayram, Luka Vuskovic, Tuur Rommens, A. Sayyadmanesh, T. Van Den, Griffin Yow, Isa Sakamoto, Alfie Devine and Matija Frigan.

💭 Prediction

We feel that KVC Westerlo and Oud-Heverlee Leuven are both more than capable of scoring here.

While there should be goals at both ends, it’s too close to call. That’s why we have predicted a very competitive encounter with a 2-2 by the conclusion of the match.

Andre Moura, 18:00 16/05/2025