Saturday’s First Division A - Play-Offs action brings us Charleroi fighting it out with Oud-Heverlee Leuven.
Our Charleroi v Oud-Heverlee Leuven tips, poll and stats can be seen in full below - plus the latest match odds.
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Charleroi
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Charleroi go into this game following on from a 1-1 First Division A - Play-Offs draw versus KV Mechelen.
In that match, Charleroi had 37% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 3 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Charleroi was Yacine Titraoui (28'). Mechelen got 19 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. Lion Lauberbach (78') was the scorer for KV Mechelen.
Charleroi haven’t been able to stop scoring goals, finding the back of the net every time they’ve gone out to play in their last 6 matches.
They’ve claimed a sum of 14 during that period while seeing the number of goals scored against them stand at 7.
Oud-Heverlee Leuven
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After suffering a loss in their previous game against KVC Westerlo in First Division A - Play-Offs competition, Oud-Heverlee Leuven will be hoping to turn things around here.
In that match, Oud-Heverlee Leuven had 63% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 0 of them on target. On the other side, Westerlo had 16 shots on goal with 5 on target. Thomas Van den Keybus (28') and Alfie Devine (82') scored for KVC Westerlo.
The stats tell the story, and Oud-Heverlee Leuven have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing their opponents hit 14 goals overall. In defence, Oud-Heverlee Leuven seem to have a bit of a soft underbelly. Let’s see if that trend will be sustained into this next match.
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Head to head
A review of their most recent head to head meetings dating back to 10/03/2023 shows us that Charleroi have won 0 of them & Oud-Heverlee Leuven 3, with the tally of drawn results standing at 3.
A total of 6 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 1 for Les Zèbres and 5 belonging to OHL. The average goals per game has been 1.
The previous league encounter featuring these sides was First Division A - Play-Offs match day 1 on 28/03/2025 which ended up with the score at Oud-Heverlee Leuven 0-0 Charleroi.
That time, Oud-Heverlee Leuven managed 35% possession and 8 attempts on goal with 1 on target.
Charleroi got 24 shots at goal with 5 on target.
The referee was Bert Put.
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Team News: Charleroi
Grejohn Kyei (minor knock), Aiham Ousou (Adductor injury) and Massamba Sow (Achilles tendon problems) will not be able to play for Charleroi boss Rik De Mil.
It looks as if Les Zèbres will possibly make use of the 4-2-3-1 formation this time featuring Martin Delavallée, Jeremy Petris, Cheick Keita, Stelios Andreou, M. Nzita Theto, Yacine Titraoui, Etienne Camara, Antoine Bernier, Adem Zorgane, Parfait Guiagon and Nikola Stulic.
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Team News: Oud-Heverlee Leuven
Oud-Heverlee Leuven manager Chris Coleman has not got a full squad to pick from. Antef Tsoungui (Cruciate ligament tear) and Takahiro Akimoto (Thigh problems) are not ready for selection.
We reckon that OHL will likely begin the game with a 4-3-1-2 system, starting Tobe Leysen, Thibault Vlietinck, Ewoud Pletinckx, Roggerio Nyakossi, Federico Ricca, Siebe Schrijvers, Mathieu Maertens, Ezechiel Banzuzi, William Balikwisha, C. Ikwuemesi and Thibaud Verlinden.
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Prediction
We envisage that Charleroi look likely to get amongst the goals when they face Oud-Heverlee Leuven, who won’t find it easy finding the net themselves.
We can therefore see a fairly comfortable 2-0 win for Charleroi at the end of this one.
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⚽️ What are the top odds for the game?
Looking at the betting prices for the match on the full-time result market, backing Charleroi is available for 1.57, betting on a drawn result is 4 and selecting the winner to be Oud-Heverlee Leuven comes in at 5.5. Those are the most competitive market prices on offer at this very moment.
Andre Moura,
15:03 20/05/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
⚽️ Team Focus:
Charleroi
Formed: 1904
Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi (15,000)
Captain: Adem Zorgane
Chairman: Fabien Debecq
Manager: Rik De Mil
Competitions: First Division A position 10
⭐ Star Player: Daan Heymans
Normally used in the Central Attacking Midfielder position, Daan Heymans was born in Belgium. After having played his first senior match for KVC Westerlo in the 2016 - 2017 season, the dangerous Midfielder has bagged 11 league goals in the Pro League 2024 - 2025 season so far from a total of 29 appearances.