HEVERLEE. OH Leuven prevails over KV Oostende 1-0 after X. Mercier scored just 1 goal (65′).

OH Leuven remained in players after M. Al-Tamari received a double yellow card in the 79′. Nonetheless, OH Leuven still was capable to win this contest playing only in players​.

The match was played at the King Power at Den Dreef Stadion stadium in Heverlee on Friday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. The referee was Wesli De Cremer who had the assistance of Jo De Weirdt and Michael Geerolf. The 4th official was Kevin Van Damme. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 6 degrees Celsius or 42.73 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 93%.​

Match Statistics​

OH Leuven

1 - 0

KV Oostende

  • 44 Ball Possession 56
Shots
  • 9 Total 16
  • 5 On Target 5
  • 3 Off Target 9
  • 1 Shots blocked 2
  • 80 Attack 137
  • 34 Dangerous attack 66
  • 0 Ball safe 0
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 9 Corners 8
  • 3 Off Sides 2
Fouls
  • 6 Total 12
  • 3 Yellow Cards 3
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 1 Red Card 0
Other
  • 3 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. OH Leuven was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. KV Oostende that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.

Attitude and shots

KV Oostende was more pushing with 66 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 4 were on target. Anyway, OH Leuven was capable to find the solution to win this encounter.​

OH Leuven shot 9 times, 6 on target, 3 off target. Talking about the opposition, KV Oostende shot 13 times, 4 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

OH Leuven received 2 yellow cards (M. Al-Tamari and M. Keita). On the opposite side, KV Oostende received 4 yellow cards (R. D’Haese, F. Jakel, S. Wylin and A. Blessin).

M. Al-Tamari (OH Leuven) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (79′).

Match Timeline

34'
Alfons Amade- Yellow
43'
58'
64'
Robbie D'Haese- Yellow
65'
69'
70'
70'
David Atanga- sub ->Robbie D\'Haese
79'
89'
90'
90'
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Club Brugge
50
6
Gent
43
6
Union Saint-Gilloise
46
6
Genk
37
6
Sporting Charleroi
34
6
Anderlecht
40
6
Mechelen
30
6
Antwerp
36
6
Sint-Truiden
51
34
Cercle Brugge
45
34
OH Leuven
41
34
KV Oostende
37
34
Kortrijk
37
34
Standard Liège
36
34
AS Eupen
32
34
Zulte-Waregem
32
34
RFC Seraing
28
34
Beerschot-Wilrijk
16
34

After this encounter, OH Leuven will have 17 points like Gent and KV Oostende to sit in the 12th place. Talking about the opposition, KV Oostende will stay with 17 points like Gent and OH Leuven to remain in the 11th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Pro League, OH Leuven will host RFC Seraing on the 20th of November with a 1-1 head to head.

KV Oostende will host Union Saint-Gilloise on the 21st of November with a 3-2 head to head in favor of KV Oostende (2 draws).

OH Leuven – Formation

OH Leuven
G
R. Romo 90.Venezuela
8.1
D
Sébastien Dewaest 6.Belgium
7.3
D
Soufiane Chakla 3.Morocco
6.4
D
Cenk Özkacar 35.Turkey
8.1
M
Casper De Norre 24.Belgium
7.1
M
Mandela Keita 27.Belgium
7.1
58'
M
Siebe Schrijvers 8.Belgium
7.8
M
Mousa Tamari 11.Jordan
6.5
79'
F
Xavier Mercier 10.France
8.0
90' 65'
F
Mathieu Maertens 33.Belgium
7.1
90'
F
Sory Kaba 9.Guinea
6.4
Substitutes
G
Rúnar Alex Rúnarsson 13.Iceland
D
Dylan Ouedraogo 15.Burkina Faso
90'
D
K. Malinov 4.Bulgaria
D
Thibault Vlietinck 14.Belgium
M
Alexis De Sart 21.Belgium
F
K. Rezaei 99.Iran
90'
F
Yanick Aguemon 7.Benin

The manager Marc Brys decided to play with the following team: R. Romo, S. Dewaest, C. De Norre, S. Chakla, C. Özkaçar, X. Mercier, M. Maertens, M. Keita, S. Schrijvers, Mousa Al-Tamari and S. Kaba.

The home team had on the bench: A. De Sart, D. Ouédraogo, K. Rezaei, K. Malinov, T. Vlietinck, R. Rúnarsson and Y. Aguemon.

Substitutions

OH Leuven made 2 changes: M. Maertens for K. Rezaei (89′) and X. Mercier for D. Ouedraogo (90′).

KV Oostende – Formation

KV Oostende
G
Guillaume Hubert 28.Belgium
7.1
D
Brecht Capon 27.Belgium
7.0
D
Steven Fortès 17.Cape Verde
6.9
D
Frederik Jäkel 15.Germany
6.4
43'
D
Siebe Wylin 36.Belgium
6.7
89'
D
Robbie D'Haese 29.Belgium
6.3
70' 64'
M
Maxime D'Arpino 6.France
8.0
M
Alfons Amade 23.Germany
7.0
70' 34'
M
Kenny Rocha Santos 10.Cape Verde
6.6
M
Nick Bätzner 34.Germany
6.6
F
Marko Kvasina 21.Austria
6.8
Substitutes
G
Jordy Schelfhout 22.Belgium
D
Zechariah Medley 3.England
M
David Atanga 77.Ghana
6.6
70'
M
Anton Tanghe 33.Belgium
M
T. Coninckx 20.Belgium
M
Evangelos Patoulidis 24.Belgium
7.0
89'
F
T. Ambrose 68.Guadeloupe
6.8
70'

On the opposite side, Alexander Blessin played with: G. Hubert, B. Capon, Steven Fortès, F. Jäkel, S. Wylin, M. D’Arpino, A. Amade, Kenny Rocha Santos, R. D’Haese, N. Bätzner and M. Kvasina.

The following players were sitting on the bench: Z. Medley, J. Schelfhout, D. Atanga, A. Tanghe, T. Coninckx, T. Ambrose and E. Patoulidis.

Substitutions

KV Oostende made 3 changes: A. Amade for D. Atanga (69′), R. D’Haese for T. Ambrose (70′) and S. Wylin for E. Patoulidis (89′).

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Pro League.​