Belgian Pro League Knockout phase Sun, Jan 17 · 18:15 Elindus Arena, Waregem
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Away travel89 kmRest days21 · 22Matches / 14d0 · 0
Real contextStrength only
Zulte Waregem—%
Draw—%
OH Leuven—%
Expected goals — – — No forecast for this match yet. Forecasts are published up to 21 days ahead.
Weather (Waregem)

Forecast from 2 Jan

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Key insights

Automatic descriptive highlights for Zulte Waregem and OH Leuven. These describe recorded performance and do not change the match forecast. Each metric is ordered within its own type; types alternate to keep the selection varied. Up to six distinct signals per category, with at most three per team.

Result statistics require at least five known completed matches. They use the last ten recorded results across all competitions, or the last eight away results. Future, special and invalid results are excluded; missing results can interrupt real-world sequences, so streaks refer to recorded results. 10+ means at least ten within the window.

Bars run oldest to newest. Height shows goals scored, or goals conceded in conceding cards, on the same 0–6 scale. Six or more goals use maximum height; zero retains a small marker. Colour shows the result: teal = win, amber = draw, red = loss. In event and streak cards, solid bars mark the event and faded bars mark its absence. Hover for the date, full score and event. xG and points cards compare their two inputs, not a fabricated history.

xG Difference uses the observed pre-match Playing style averages already shown for this fixture. Window size is not xG coverage, and the two averages can have different denominators. Result statistics use completed matches recorded up to now; their window can differ from the Playing style profile. Season points and xPts are not included here.

Headlines insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Attack

Not enough recorded data for this category yet.

Defence insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Streaks insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Team strength

Zulte WaregemOH Leuven
— L90 StrengthIn forecast —
30 Current StrengthIn forecast 18
27 AttackIn forecast 17
31 DefenceIn forecast 30
17 Form indexContext 25
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

Zulte Waregem

Attack—
Defense risk—

OH Leuven

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

Zulte WaregemOH Leuven
1.25 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 0.75
1.13 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.75
1.25 xGVia Att/Def 1.07
1.17 xG allowedVia Att/Def 2.38
+0.00 Goals minus xGContext -0.32
50% Scored inContext 63%
38% Clean sheetsContext 13%
12.63 ShotsContext 12.75
4.25 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 2.38
34% On target shareContext 19%
8.13 Shots in the boxContext 8.50
65% Box shareContext 69%
10% ConversionContext 6%
2.80 OffsidesContext 1.50
12.00 Shots allowedContext 14.75
4.88 On target allowedVia Att/Def 4.50
3.13 BlocksContext 5.14
3.63 Goalkeeper savesContext 3.14
74% Save rateContext 63%
43% PossessionIn forecast 48%
376 PassesContext 418
304 Accurate passesContext 329
81% Pass accuracyContext 79%
6.85 Team ratingContext 6.72
11.50 FoulsContext 11.25
12.88 Fouls sufferedContext 11.38
0.88 Yellow cardsContext 2.00
0.13 Red cardsContext 0.00
This league season, per match · 8 and 8 games
1.50 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 0.70
1.20 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.70
1.34 xGVia Att/Def 1.01
1.29 xG allowedVia Att/Def 2.06
+0.16 Goals minus xGContext -0.31
60% Scored inContext 60%
30% Clean sheetsContext 10%
13.10 ShotsContext 12.70
4.60 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 2.60
35% On target shareContext 21%
8.20 Shots in the boxContext 8.60
64% Box shareContext 70%
12% ConversionContext 6%
3.00 OffsidesContext 2.00
11.90 Shots allowedContext 15.00
5.00 On target allowedVia Att/Def 4.80
3.11 BlocksContext 4.78
3.60 Goalkeeper savesContext 3.44
72% Save rateContext 66%
45% PossessionIn forecast 47%
385 PassesContext 402
308 Accurate passesContext 318
80% Pass accuracyContext 79%
6.84 Team ratingContext 6.74
11.00 FoulsContext 10.90
12.80 Fouls sufferedContext 11.40
0.90 Yellow cardsContext 1.60
0.10 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

Zulte Waregem
Rest21 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d0all competitions
Travel0 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
Form 17 · 4 pts vs 8.5 for an average club · -3.5 vs expected
  • L10 OctH · Gent0–21.3 xPts
  • L19 SepA · Anderlecht0–31.1 xPts
  • L13 SepH · Charleroi0–11.6 xPts
  • W6 SepA · Kortrijk2–01.8 xPts
  • D30 AugA · KVC Westerlo2–21.7 xPts
OH Leuven
Rest22 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d0all competitions
Travel89 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
Form 25 · 5 pts vs 8.0 for an average club · +0.3 vs expected
  • D11 OctA · Union St. Gilloise1–10.3 xPts
  • W19 SepH · RAAL La Louvière2–01.5 xPts
  • D12 SepH · Cercle Brugge1–11.3 xPts
  • L6 SepA · SK Beveren0–31.1 xPts
  • L3 SepA · Gent0–10.6 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
Zulte Waregem OH Leuven
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 0Low · 0
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match21Belgian Pro League 2026-2027, 27 Dec22Belgian Pro League 2026-2027, 26 Dec
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km89 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways0 km0 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days0 / 0 / 10 / 0 / 1
Next matchdays after this one5.95.9

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

Zulte Waregem Last XI · not confirmed
4-3-3 · vs Gent (H) 0–2, 10 Oct
13B. Gabriël(G)
55Y. Cappelle 5Jakob Kiilerich 4L. Lemoine 23S. Diakité
11M. Aké 6E. Lofolomo 8T. Claes
20T. Hedl 18A. Ementa 10M. Mbaye
OH Leuven Last XI · not confirmed
3-4-3 · vs Union St. Gilloise (A) 1–1, 11 Oct
13K. Vroman(G)
34R. Nyakossi 3Noë Dussenne 5J. Lawrence
99D. Opoku 8S. Schrijvers 6W. George 27Óscar Gil
21W. Balikwisha 18Robin Mirisola 24Ł. Łakomy

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
Zulte Waregem Squad list arrives with the next forecast refresh
OH Leuven Squad list arrives with the next forecast refresh
Total impact vs full squads —

Home / Away this season

Zulte Waregem · Home 1.50points per game · 4 home games
W-D-L
2-0-2
Scored
1.50
Conceded
1.00
OH Leuven · Away 0.25points per game · 4 away games
W-D-L
0-1-3
Scored
0.50
Conceded
2.00

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

Common opponents 4 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

1 Zulte Waregem wins1 draws0 OH Leuven wins
Goals per game1.50 – 0.50 Over 2.50% Both scored50% Clean sheets50% · 0%
  • 7 Dec 2025OH Leuven1–1Zulte Waregem
  • 13 Sep 2025Zulte Waregem2–0OH Leuven

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.

Goal timing

Zulte Waregem8 games · scored 10 · conceded 9
2 0-15
2 1 16-30
1 2 31-45
2 3 46-60
1 61-75
4 1 76-90
OH Leuven8 games · scored 6 · conceded 14
1 0-15
2 2 16-30
2 31-45
3 46-60
1 3 61-75
1 5 76-90
Zulte Waregem10 games · scored 15 · conceded 12
2 0-15
2 3 16-30
3 2 31-45
3 3 46-60
2 1 61-75
5 1 76-90
OH Leuven10 games · scored 7 · conceded 17
1 0-15
3 3 16-30
2 1 31-45
4 46-60
1 3 61-75
1 5 76-90

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

Scenario lab Soon

Real contextLOAD90 forecast: EloLambda plus playing style (possession) and High Congestion.
Pure EloLambdaControl forecast without the LOAD90 factors, as on eScored.
Strength onlyElo and home edge only.
Full squadsBoth teams with every player available.
Neutral venueRemove home advantage.