Standard Liège vs Oud-Heverlee Leuven Live Stream, Predictions (Apr 22)

📊 Form Guide

Standard Liège

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Standard Liège will play in this fixture after a 1-1 First Division A - Play-Offs drawn game versus KVC Westerlo.

In that match, Standard Liège managed 50% possession and 13 shots on goal with 4 on target. The only player to score for Standard Liège was Dennis Eckert Ayensa (59'). On the other side, Westerlo got 12 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Serhiy Sydorchuk (87') scored for KVC Westerlo.

Standard Liège have really struggled up front in recent times. Their ‘goals for’ figure equals just 4 versus opposition teams over their previous six fixtures. In those meetings, Standard Liège have also seen the number of goals scored against them total 7.

Oud-Heverlee Leuven

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In the game prior to this, Oud-Heverlee Leuven drew 4-4 in the First Division A - Play-Offs match with Dender.

In that game, Oud-Heverlee Leuven managed 48% possession and 16 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. For Oud-Heverlee Leuven, the goals were scored by Chukwubuikem Ikwuemesi (22', 82'), William Balikwisha (33') and Siebe Schrijvers (39'). On the other side, Dender had 14 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. Mohamed Berte (3'), Dávid Hrnčár (57') and Aurélien Scheidler (74', 90') scored for Dender.

Showing their involvement in high-scoring matches, goals have been scored 21 times in the last six games in which Oud-Heverlee Leuven have played, yielding a mean average of 3.5 goals per meeting. Opposition teams have got 11 of this grand total. It will be interesting to find out if that trend will end up being sustained into this next match.

👥 Head to head

If we look at their past head to head duels dating back to 30/09/2023, both clubs have shared the honours with Standard Liège winning 2 of those games, Oud-Heverlee Leuven 2 and 2 being drawn in normal time.

A total of 12 goals were scored between them in this period, with 5 of them for Les Rouches and 7 being from OHL. That’s an average goals per game of 2.

The previous league clash featuring these sides was First Division A match day 17 on 07/12/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Standard Liège 1-1 Oud-Heverlee Leuven.

On that occasion, Standard Liège had 37% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Andi Zeqiri (45').

At the other end, Oud-Heverlee Leuven had 9 shots at goal with 1 on target. Federico Ricca (94') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Lawrence Visser.

📋 Team News: Standard Liège

Laurent Henkinet (Hamstring muscle injury), Attila Szalai (minor knock), David Bates (Knee injury) and Gavin Bazunu (Knee injury) won’t be available for Standard Liège gaffer Ivan Leko.

📰 Team News: Oud-Heverlee Leuven

Oud-Heverlee Leuven boss Chris Coleman has multiple availability issues to deal with. Mathieu Maertens (Partial muscle tear), Antef Tsoungui (Cruciate ligament tear), Jovan Mijatović (minor knock) and Takahiro Akimoto (Thigh problems) miss out here.

⚡ Prediction

Oud-Heverlee Leuven will need to apply a lot of pressure to score against this Standard Liège outfit who will likely end up scoring and staying ahead.

That’s why we have predicted a hard-fought contest, finishing with a 1-0 advantage for Standard Liège at the end of the 90 minutes.

Should be a close one.

📖 ⚽️ What are the top odds for this match?

Looking at what the bookmakers’ view is of this game in the 90 min. result market, a victory for Standard Liège is best priced at 2.3, betting on the game finishing all-square is 3.25 & taking a punt on the winning team to be Oud-Heverlee Leuven comes in at 3.2. Those are the best returns on offer at the moment.

Renata Leite, 08:00 21/04/2025