KV Mechelen vs Oud-Heverlee Leuven Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

KV Mechelen

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KV Mechelen will be looking for an improved result here following a 2-0 First Division A losing effort in their last game against Sint-Truidense VV.

In that game, KV Mechelen managed 47% possession and 13 shots at goal with 7 on target. Sint-Truiden had 16 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Daiki Hashioka (33') and Ryotaro Ito (63') scored for Sint-Truidense VV.

A common trait of more recent KV Mechelen games is the number of results with a nil in them.

From their prior sextet of clashes leading up to this one, in 5 of them a bet on both teams scoring would've lost. That kind of pattern won’t necessarily be carried forward into this next game, though.

Leading up to this clash, KV Mechelen:

• have not won against Oud-Heverlee Leuven in their previous 3 league games.
• are undefeated in their last 2 home league matches.

Oud-Heverlee Leuven

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In their last game, Oud-Heverlee Leuven drew 1-1 in the First Division A match with KAA Gent.

In that match, Oud-Heverlee Leuven managed 34% possession and 9 shots on goal with 2 on target. The scorer for Oud-Heverlee Leuven was Jonatan Braut Brunes (6'). Gent had 23 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Ismaël Kandouss (38') scored for KAA Gent.

Over the course of their previous half-dozen clashes, Oud-Heverlee Leuven have amassed a total of 8 goals. Oud-Heverlee Leuven have also managed to score in every single one of those games. In that time, their defenders have had 12 goals scored by their opponents.

Pre-game facts show that Oud-Heverlee Leuven:

• haven't beaten KV Mechelen when they've played them away from home in the last 5 league games. Not good at all.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 3 matches in the league.

↔️ Head to head

Checking out their prior head to head meetings dating back to 20/12/2020, there has been little to separate the clubs with KV Mechelen winning 2 of those games, Oud-Heverlee Leuven 2 and 2 being drawn in regulation time.

A sum of 19 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 7 of them from Mechelen and 12 netted by OHL. That is an average goals per game value of 3.17.

The last league meeting featuring these clubs was First Division A match day 32 on 08/04/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Oud-Heverlee Leuven 4-1 KV Mechelen.

That time, Oud-Heverlee Leuven managed 51% possession and 17 shots at goal with 11 on target. The goalscorers were Casper De Norre (4'), Nathan Opoku (39'), Mathieu Maertens (56') and Musa Al Tamari (60').

On the other side, KV Mechelen had 16 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. Geoffry Hairemans (89') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Brent Staessens.

🗞️ Team News: KV Mechelen

Yonas Malede (Knock), Boli Bolingoli (Hamstring Injury), Nikola Storm (Knock) and Jannes Van Hof (Torn Meniscus) aren’t available for KV Mechelen gaffer Steven Defour.

In all likelihood, KV Mechelen could kick off with a 4-2-3-1 system in the match featuring Gaëtan Coucke, Rafik Belghali, Jordi Vanlerberghe, Elias Cobbaut, Daam Foulon, Mory Konaté, Rob Schoofs, Geoffry Hairemans, Kerim Mrabti, Patrick Pflucke and Lion Lauberbach.

🗞️ Team News: Oud-Heverlee Leuven

Oud-Heverlee Leuven boss Marc Brys has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Alexandro Calut (Torn Knee Ligament), Nathaniel Opoku (Groin Injury) and Mathieu Maertens (Muscle partial avulsion) will miss out on this game.

There’s a good chance that OHL could decide to begin the game with a 3-4-2-1 lineup, going with Maxence Prevot, Joël Schingtienne, Ewoud Pletinckx, Thibault Vlietinck, Richie Sagrado, Joren Dom, Siebe Schrijvers, Hamza Mendyl, Youssef Maziz, Sofian Kiyine and Jonatan Braut Brunes.

✨ Prediction

It’s pretty clear that Oud-Heverlee Leuven will surely find it tough to get a goal against a KV Mechelen side who have all the attributes to boss most aspects of this game if it turns out as we expect.

We think that it’s going to be a very comfortable 3-0 margin for KV Mechelen when all is said and done.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 00:58 19/09/2023