Belgian Pro League Knockout phase Sat, Sep 19 · 15:00 King Power at Den Dreef Stadion, Heverlee
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Our take

OH Leuven were slight favourites.

The two sides are close in strength. Recent goals, xG and shots on target tip the balance towards RAAL La Louvière. OH Leuven had 6.8 days of rest, RAAL La Louvière 5.9 and had to travel 55 km.

Away travel55 kmRest days6.8 · 5.9Matches / 14d2 · 2
OH Leuven41%
Draw26%
RAAL La Louvière33%
Expected goals 1.42 – 1.23
OH Leuven42%
Draw26%
RAAL La Louvière32%
Expected goals 1.45 – 1.23
OH Leuven41%
Draw26%
RAAL La Louvière33%
Expected goals 1.42 – 1.23
OH Leuven34%
Draw26%
RAAL La Louvière40%
Expected goals 1.27 – 1.38
OH Leuven41%
Draw25%
RAAL La Louvière33%
Expected goals 1.47 – 1.30
Over 2.5 49% Both score 54% Likeliest score 1–1
Rebuilt after the match from pre-match Elo. Real context is the full LOAD90 forecast; Strength only is Elo and home edge alone. How it works.
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RefereeJasper Vergoote
  • Cards per match 3.6
  • Penalties per match 0.38
  • Matches 63

Team strength

OH LeuvenRAAL La Louvière
16 L90 StrengthIn forecast 18
18 Current StrengthIn forecast 17
17 AttackIn forecast 15
30 DefenceIn forecast 15
8 Form indexContext 15
In forecastContext

L90 Strength, Attack and Defence come from the same Elo rating and attack and defence ratings the forecast uses. Form index is explained in Recent performance.

Match Opportunity

Full analysis

OH Leuven

Attack—
Defense risk—

RAAL La Louvière

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

OH LeuvenRAAL La Louvière
0.50 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.17
2.17 Goals concededVia Att/Def 2.00
1.01 xGVia Att/Def 0.78
3.04 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.79
-0.51 Goals minus xGContext +0.39
50% Scored inContext 67%
0% Clean sheetsContext 17%
13.33 ShotsContext 11.33
2.33 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 4.00
18% On target shareContext 35%
8.50 Shots in the boxContext 7.20
66% Box shareContext 55%
4% ConversionContext 10%
1.40 OffsidesContext 2.80
16.17 Shots allowedContext 16.67
5.33 On target allowedVia Att/Def 5.00
5.60 BlocksContext 4.33
3.60 Goalkeeper savesContext 3.00
58% Save rateContext 60%
49% PossessionIn forecast 35%
430 PassesContext 315
343 Accurate passesContext 236
80% Pass accuracyContext 75%
6.65 Team ratingContext 6.69
11.33 FoulsContext 11.50
10.83 Fouls sufferedContext 9.00
1.67 Yellow cardsContext 1.83
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.00
This league season, per match · 6 and 6 games
0.80 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.20
1.80 Goals concededVia Att/Def 2.10
1.07 xGVia Att/Def 1.11
1.89 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.66
-0.27 Goals minus xGContext +0.09
60% Scored inContext 60%
10% Clean sheetsContext 10%
12.80 ShotsContext 11.30
2.70 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 3.70
21% On target shareContext 33%
8.40 Shots in the boxContext 7.78
67% Box shareContext 64%
6% ConversionContext 11%
2.00 OffsidesContext 2.75
15.60 Shots allowedContext 13.80
5.20 On target allowedVia Att/Def 4.30
4.44 BlocksContext 3.50
3.67 Goalkeeper savesContext 2.56
65% Save rateContext 56%
46% PossessionIn forecast 40%
393 PassesContext 329
314 Accurate passesContext 255
80% Pass accuracyContext 77%
6.73 Team ratingContext 6.71
11.10 FoulsContext 11.70
9.70 Fouls sufferedContext 10.70
1.30 Yellow cardsContext 1.60
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.00
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 10 and 10 games
In forecastVia Att/DefContext

In forecast: possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Via Att/Def: goals, xG and shots on target feed the attack and defence ratings. Context: describes the style, no correction of its own.

Recent performance last 5 · schedule

OH Leuven
Rest6.8 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d2all competitions
Travel0 km99 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
Form 8 · 1 pts vs 8.0 for an average club · -3.6 vs expected
  • D12 SepH · Cercle Brugge1–11.3 xPts
  • L6 SepA · SK Beveren0–31.1 xPts
  • L3 SepA · Gent0–10.6 xPts
  • L29 AugH · Standard Liege1–21.2 xPts
  • L15 AugH · Club Brugge KV0–30.5 xPts
RAAL La Louvière
Rest5.9 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d2all competitions
Travel55 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
Form 15 · 4 pts vs 9.0 for an average club · -1.8 vs expected
  • W13 SepH · Kortrijk3–01.8 xPts
  • L5 SepA · St. Truiden0–40.7 xPts
  • D29 AugH · KV Mechelen2–21.4 xPts
  • L21 AugA · Standard Liege0–20.8 xPts
  • L16 AugH · Gent1–21.2 xPts

Expected points come from each pre-match EloLambda forecast (3 × win chance + draw chance). Explains recent results; in our tests recent form did not add predictive value on top of the model. Rest, travel and schedule load are context; only High Congestion (4+ matches in 14 days) changes the forecast. Full schedule below.

Full schedule & recovery
OH Leuven RAAL La Louvière
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 0Low · 0
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match6.8Belgian Pro League 2026-2027, 12 Sep5.9Belgian Pro League 2026-2027, 13 Sep
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km55 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways99 km0 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days1 / 2 / 41 / 2 / 3
Next matchdays after this one2221.1

All competitions synced from eScored, including cups and Europe. Distances are straight-line between stadium cities. Only High Congestion changes the forecast; the other rows are context. Some venues have no coordinates yet.

Squad & lineups

OH Leuven Confirmed XI
3-5-2
1T. van den Heuvel(G)
34R. Nyakossi 3Noë Dussenne 5J. Lawrence
99D. Opoku 8S. Schrijvers 4B. Verstraete 6W. George 27Óscar Gil
18Robin Mirisola 9A. Traoré
RAAL La Louvière Confirmed XI
3-5-1-1
21M. Peano(G)
99Y. Okou 33P. Nkoa 4Wagane Faye
18S. Delos 78A. Tajaouart 48I. Coulibaly 29M. Courcoul 7Máté Krisztián Kovács
10M. Wade
11M. Ubandoma

Last XI is the club's most recent recorded starting lineup, Confirmed XI is the official lineup for this match. We do not publish a predicted lineup. Players in red are reported missing for this match.

Key absences
OH Leuven Absences are shown before kick-off
RAAL La Louvière Absences are shown before kick-off
Total impact vs full squads
  • OH Leuven+0.0 pp
  • Draw+0.0 pp
  • RAAL La Louvière+0.0 pp

Home / Away this season

OH Leuven · Home 0.33points per game · 3 home games
W-D-L
0-1-2
Scored
0.67
Conceded
2.00
RAAL La Louvière · Away 0.00points per game · 3 away games
W-D-L
0-0-3
Scored
0.33
Conceded
2.67

Actual results only, not forecast λ. Samples this early in the season are small, so these numbers are not used as a forecast correction.

Common opponents 2 this season

League games this season against teams both sides have played. A small, uneven sample: context only.

Head to head last 2 of 2 meetings

0 OH Leuven wins1 draws1 RAAL La Louvière wins
Goals per game0.50 – 1.00 Over 2.550% Both scored50% Clean sheets50% · 50%
  • 27 Dec 2025RAAL La Louvière0–0OH Leuven
  • 20 Sep 2025OH Leuven1–2RAAL La Louvière

All competitions, finished games before this kick-off. Shown as history: in our tests head-to-head added almost nothing on top of the model.

Referee · Jasper Vergoote 63 matches before this one

Per match, all competitions

Yellow cards3.35league 2.95
Red cards0.27league 0.11
Cards 5+25%league 24%
Fouls22.7league 21.8
Penalties0.38league 0.25
Home wins49%league 49%
OH Leuven5 with this referee
Record2-0-3 Cards · opp.2.0 · 1.4 Pens for · against1 · 1
  • L15 Aug 26H · Club Brugge KV0–30
  • W14 Mar 26A · Charleroi2–01
  • L21 Feb 26A · Club Brugge KV1–21
  • W24 Aug 25A · Dender1–04
  • L16 Dec 23H · Cercle Brugge1–24
RAAL La Louvière1 with this referee
Record0-1-0 Cards · opp.1.0 · 3.0 Pens for · against0 · 0
  • D6 Mar 26H · Antwerp0–01

From eScored match records before this kick-off. "league" is this league season's average; red is notably above it, green below. Cards · opp. is cards shown to the club and to its opponents per match with this referee. Context only: referees are not part of the forecast.

Goal timing

OH Leuven6 games · scored 3 · conceded 13
1 0-15
1 2 16-30
1 31-45
3 46-60
1 2 61-75
5 76-90
RAAL La Louvière6 games · scored 7 · conceded 12
3 1 0-15
1 16-30
2 1 31-45
1 3 46-60
4 61-75
1 2 76-90
OH Leuven10 games · scored 8 · conceded 18
1 0-15
2 3 16-30
4 1 31-45
1 5 46-60
1 3 61-75
5 76-90
RAAL La Louvière10 games · scored 12 · conceded 21
3 2 0-15
3 16-30
3 4 31-45
3 3 46-60
1 6 61-75
2 3 76-90

scored conceded, by 15-minute band (stoppage time counts to the band before it). Only games with a complete goal log.

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