Belgium - Pro LeagueStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Oud-Heverlee Leuven and Cercle Brugge, taking place on Saturday, 16 December 2023, at King Power at Den Dreef Stadion in Heverlee.
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Oud-Heverlee Leuven, Recent FormGrabbing a valuable league point from their recent 1-1 draw against Sint-Truiden will have been seen as a reasonably decent result for Oud-Heverlee Leuven. They came away from that fixture with 29% of the possession and clocked up 4 attempts on goal with 3 on target. By comparison, Sint-Truiden managed 26 attempts on goal, with 13 on target.
Manager Óscar García will be looking to hit the reset button after his team's terrible performances in their last 6 games, having scored only 3 goals, conceded 13, and picked up a meagre 1 points. They have failed to score in their last 2 home games, and so far this season they have conceded at least 1 goal in 15 of their 17 games overall.
Results wise, their recent poor run of form has left them without a win in 6 games.
Cercle Brugge, Recent FormThe Cercle Brugge squad will be suffering from a feeling of disappointment after falling to a 3-1 home defeat against Royal Antwerp, which saw them drop all three points and come away from the game empty-handed. In that game they had 39% possession and managed 15 attempts on goal, with 2 on target, compared to Royal Antwerp who had 15 attempts and 9 on target.
While they have been reasonably effective at circumventing their opponents defence, scoring 6 in their last 6 games, it's largely been tit for tat with their own defence proving to be equally ineffectual, conceding 8, and leading to valuable points being dropped. In their last 6 away games, they have scored in 5 and kept a clean sheet in 3.
Their form away from home has been of some concern, having recorded just 2 wins and 3 defeats in their last 6 matches on the road.
On an individual basis, Kévin Denkey will be looking to get on the scoresheet again having scored 12 goals in Cercle Brugge's 17 league games this season.
Last time these two teams met in the league it resulted in an unsurprising 3-2 win for Cercle Brugge.
Playing away from home, Cercle have scored in 2 of their last 3 league games against OH Leuven.
Cercle has had a poor run in this fixture when they visit OH Leuven, being unable to find a win from any of their last 5 league meetings at King Power at Den Dreef Stadion.
Kévin Denkey will be feeling confident of netting goals for Cercle in this one against OH Leuven with his scoring record of 4 goals in their last 5 meetings in the league.
With only Alexandro Calut (Knock) and Federico Ricca (Hamstring) the main fitness concerns ahead of this fixture, Óscar García will be happy to have an otherwise healthy squad to pick from.
Miron Muslic has a number of injury concerns in his Cercle squad to contend with: Abu Francis (Meniscus), Leo Lopes (Hamstring), Christiaan Ravych (Hamstring) and Hannes Van der Bruggen (Muscle)
Oud-Heverlee Leuven Playing at home | Cercle Brugge Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.4 | Goals scored | 1 |
| 1.1 | Goals conceded | 0.9 |
| 37' | Time first goal scored | 54' |
| 45' | Time first goal conceded | 37' |
| 2.9 | Yellow cards | 2.5 |
| 0.1 | Red cards | 0 |
| 4 | Subs used | 4.4 |
| 4-0 | Biggest victory | 2-0 |
| 2-0 | Biggest defeat | 2-1 |
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