📏 Form Guide

Oud-Heverlee Leuven

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Oud-Heverlee Leuven, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 2-1 First Division A - Play-Offs victory against KAA Gent.

In that game, Oud-Heverlee Leuven managed 37% possession and 12 shots at goal with 3 on target. The only player to score for Oud-Heverlee Leuven was Mathieu Maertens (23', 37'). At the other end, Gent got 16 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. Matias Fernandez-Pardo (25') scored for KAA Gent.

Óscar García's Oud-Heverlee Leuven have seen rewards for their attempts on goal a sum total of 6 times in their past 6 outings. The corresponding tally of goals that have been scored against them in those games is 9.

Sint-Truidense VV

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In the game prior to this, Sint-Truidense VV drew 3-3 in the First Division A - Play-Offs match with Standard Liège.

In that match, Sint-Truidense VV had 69% possession and 16 shots at goal with 8 of them on target. For Sint-Truidense VV, the goals were scored by Eric Junior Bocat (3'), Adriano Bertaccini (84') and Fatih Kaya (88'). At the other end, Standard Liège got 17 shots at goal with 10 on target. Wilfried Kanga (9', 81') and William Balikwisha (59') scored for Standard Liège.

Proving their fondness for fruitful encounters, we’ve seen goals 20 times in the previous six games in which Sint-Truidense VV have sent out their troops, yielding an average of 3.33 goals per fixture. Their opponents have hit 10 of those goals. That trend isn’t assured to be carried forward into this next game, though.

👥 Head to head

A look at their prior head-to-head meetings stretching back to 24/10/2021 tells us that Oud-Heverlee Leuven have won 2 of these games & Sint-Truidense VV 1, with the number of drawn matches standing at 3.

A combined sum of 15 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 10 of them from OHL and 5 netted by De Kanaries. That is an average goals per game value of 2.5.

The previous league match featuring these sides was First Division A match day 17 on 09/12/2023 when the final score was Sint-Truidense VV 1-1 Oud-Heverlee Leuven.

That time, Sint-Truidense VV managed 71% possession and 26 shots at goal with 13 of them on target. The scorer was Kahveh Zahiroleslam (6').

At the other end, Oud-Heverlee Leuven got 4 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Jonatan Braut Brunes (18') scored.

The match was refereed by Jan Boterberg.

📋 Team News: Oud-Heverlee Leuven

Nathaniel Opoku (minor knock), Suphanat Mueanta (minor knock), Sofian Kiyine (Knock), Konan N’Dri (Knee surgery), Alexandro Calut (Torn knee ligaments) and Thibault Vlietinck (Achilles tendon problems) are unavailable for Oud-Heverlee Leuven gaffer Óscar García.

ℹ️ Team News: Sint-Truidense VV

Sint-Truidense VV boss Thorsten Fink has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Rein Van Helden (concussion) and Shinji Okazaki (Knee injury) will miss out on this game.

🧠 Prediction

In our opinion, Sint-Truidense VV and Oud-Heverlee Leuven could well both score and end up finding themselves in a fairly even game here.

Little in this one, and it’s almost too close to call. That is why we are leaning toward a tight encounter with a score draw at the end of this game.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 13:05 20/04/2024