Oud-Heverlee Leuven, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 2-3 Belgian Cup triumph against KVC Westerlo.
Fixtures involving Oud-Heverlee Leuven have usually been absorbing affairs lately with a lot of goalmouth action the rule rather than the exception. Over their past half dozen games alone, the sum of 21 goals have been recorded for both sides combined (at an average of 3.5 goals per game) with 13 of them belonging to Oud-Heverlee Leuven.
KAA Gent head into the match after a 0-2 Belgian Cup win in the defeat of Lommel in their most recent game.
Looking at their form, and KAA Gent have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing their opponents hit 6 goals overall. Defensively, KAA Gent have clearly had some problems. We will have to see whether or not that trend can be sustained into this next match.
Going into this one, KAA Gent are undefeated in their last 3 league matches away from home.
A review of their past head-to-head clashes dating back to 28/09/2013 shows that Oud-Heverlee Leuven have won 1 of them & KAA Gent 3, with the number of drawn results standing at 2.
In all, 16 goals were scored between them in these games, with 5 of them for OHL and 11 being from De Buffalo's . That’s an average goals per game of 2.67.
The previous league fixture featuring the two was First Division A match day 21 on 24/01/2021 and the score finished Oud-Heverlee Leuven 0-3 KAA Gent.
The match was refereed by Wesley Alen.
The Oud-Heverlee Leuven boss Marc Brys will be grateful not to have any fitness concerns to speak of coming into this match with a completely injury-free squad ready to go.
Due to a fully injury-free squad available to choose from, the KAA Gent boss Hein Vanhaezebrouck does not have any fitness worries at all before this game.