Belgian Pro League Knockout phase Sat, Aug 29 · 19:45 King Power at Den Dreef Stadion, Heverlee
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Our take

Standard Liege were slight favourites.

Standard Liege were the stronger side on L90 Strength (35 vs 19). Recent goals, xG and shots on target add to that edge for Standard Liege. OH Leuven had 14 days of rest, Standard Liege 8 and had to travel 66 km.

Away travel66 kmRest days14 · 8Matches / 14d1 · 2
OH Leuven31%
Draw24%
Standard Liege44%
Expected goals 1.32 – 1.62
OH Leuven32%
Draw26%
Standard Liege42%
Expected goals 1.23 – 1.45
OH Leuven31%
Draw24%
Standard Liege44%
Expected goals 1.32 – 1.62
OH Leuven25%
Draw23%
Standard Liege52%
Expected goals 1.18 – 1.81
OH Leuven32%
Draw24%
Standard Liege44%
Expected goals 1.36 – 1.64
Over 2.5 56% Both score 59% 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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RefereeKevin Van Damme
  • Cards per match 3.9
  • Penalties per match 0.41
  • Matches 27

Team strength

OH LeuvenStandard Liege
19 L90 StrengthIn forecast 35
18 Current StrengthIn forecast 33
17 AttackIn forecast 29
30 DefenceIn forecast 29
— Form indexContext 43
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—

Standard Liege

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

OH LeuvenStandard Liege
0.50 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 2.33
3.00 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.67
1.01 xGVia Att/Def 1.80
3.04 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.76
-0.51 Goals minus xGContext +0.53
50% Scored inContext 100%
0% Clean sheetsContext 33%
14.00 ShotsContext 15.67
2.00 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 5.67
14% On target shareContext 36%
8.00 Shots in the boxContext 11.33
59% Box shareContext 73%
4% ConversionContext 15%
1.00 OffsidesContext 3.00
26.00 Shots allowedContext 16.67
9.50 On target allowedVia Att/Def 3.67
9.00 BlocksContext 3.33
6.00 Goalkeeper savesContext 3.00
63% Save rateContext 67%
41% PossessionIn forecast 56%
348 PassesContext 485
274 Accurate passesContext 380
79% Pass accuracyContext 78%
6.86 Team ratingContext 6.99
12.50 FoulsContext 12.33
7.50 Fouls sufferedContext 12.00
1.00 Yellow cardsContext 1.67
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.00
This league season, per match · 2 and 3 games
0.90 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.80
2.00 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.20
0.95 xGVia Att/Def 1.55
1.67 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.65
-0.05 Goals minus xGContext +0.25
50% Scored inContext 80%
10% Clean sheetsContext 30%
10.50 ShotsContext 12.50
3.00 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 4.70
29% On target shareContext 38%
7.10 Shots in the boxContext 8.90
67% Box shareContext 69%
9% ConversionContext 14%
2.88 OffsidesContext 2.63
16.50 Shots allowedContext 17.10
5.80 On target allowedVia Att/Def 4.20
4.70 BlocksContext 5.00
3.90 Goalkeeper savesContext 3.22
67% Save rateContext 73%
45% PossessionIn forecast 47%
351 PassesContext 400
283 Accurate passesContext 313
81% Pass accuracyContext 78%
6.80 Team ratingContext 6.99
11.30 FoulsContext 8.90
8.20 Fouls sufferedContext 12.50
1.40 Yellow cardsContext 1.40
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
Rest14 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d1all competitions
Travel0 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
Form 28 · 0 pts vs 2.7 for an average club · -1.4 vs expected
  • L15 AugH · Club Brugge KV0–30.5 xPts
  • L9 AugA · Charleroi1–30.9 xPts
Standard Liege
Rest8 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d2all competitions
Travel66 km176 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
Form 43 · 5 pts vs 5.8 for an average club · -0.1 vs expected
  • W21 AugH · RAAL La Louvière2–02.0 xPts
  • D16 AugA · KV Mechelen3–31.4 xPts
  • D8 AugH · Cercle Brugge2–21.7 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 Standard Liege
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 0Low · 0
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match14Belgian Pro League 2026-2027, 15 Aug8Belgian Pro League 2026-2027, 21 Aug
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km66 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways0 km176 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days0 / 1 / 20 / 2 / 3
Next matchdays after this one57

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.

Squad & lineups

OH Leuven Confirmed XI
3-4-1-2
16T. van den Heuvel(G)
34R. Nyakossi 3Noë Dussenne 28E. Pletinckx
9A. Traoré 8S. Schrijvers 4B. Verstraete 27Óscar Gil
6W. George
19C. Ikwuemesi 21W. Balikwisha
Standard Liege Confirmed XI
4-2-3-1
1M. Epolo(G)
3Gustav Mortensen 25I. Hautekiet 20I. Karamoko 13M. Fossey
84R. Touzghar 22A. Trouillet
11A. Abid 94C. Nielsen 15S. Drammeh
17Bernard Nguene

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
Standard Liege Absences are shown before kick-off
Total impact vs full squads
  • OH Leuven+0.0 pp
  • Draw+0.0 pp
  • Standard Liege+0.0 pp

Home / Away this season

OH Leuven · Home 0.00points per game · 1 home games
W-D-L
0-0-1
Scored
0.00
Conceded
3.00
Standard Liege · Away 1.00points per game · 1 away games
W-D-L
0-1-0
Scored
3.00
Conceded
3.00

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

Head to head last 6 of 6 meetings

2 OH Leuven wins0 draws4 Standard Liege wins
Goals per game0.83 – 1.33 Over 2.550% Both scored50% Clean sheets33% · 17%
  • 8 May 2026Standard Liege2–1OH Leuven
  • 4 Apr 2026OH Leuven1–3Standard Liege
  • 12 Dec 2025Standard Liege0–1OH Leuven
  • 31 Aug 2025OH Leuven1–0Standard Liege
  • 10 Feb 2024Standard Liege1–0OH Leuven
  • 30 Sep 2023OH Leuven1–2Standard Liege

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 · Kevin Van Damme 27 matches before this one

Per match, all competitions

Yellow cards3.78league 2.22
Red cards0.15league 0.11
Cards 5+41%league 15%
Fouls22.4league 21.0
Penalties0.41league 0.30
Home wins30%league 52%
OH Leuven3 with this referee
Record1-1-1 Cards · opp.3.3 · 1.7 Pens for · against1 · 0
  • L21 Apr 26H · KVC Westerlo0–21
  • W7 Feb 26A · Gent3–15
  • D25 Oct 25A · KV Mechelen1–14
Standard Liege3 with this referee
Record1-2-0 Cards · opp.2.0 · 2.3 Pens for · against0 · 0
  • W21 Sep 25A · KVC Westerlo2–04
  • D5 Nov 23H · KV Mechelen1–11
  • D2 Sep 23H · RWDM1–11

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 Leuven2 games · scored 1 · conceded 6
0-15
2 16-30
1 31-45
2 46-60
61-75
2 76-90
Standard Liege3 games · scored 7 · conceded 5
1 0-15
1 16-30
1 2 31-45
1 46-60
3 61-75
3 76-90
OH Leuven10 games · scored 9 · conceded 20
2 0-15
1 3 16-30
5 1 31-45
1 8 46-60
5 61-75
3 76-90
Standard Liege10 games · scored 18 · conceded 12
1 1 0-15
2 16-30
5 3 31-45
3 1 46-60
5 3 61-75
2 4 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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