Cercle Brugge vs OH Leuven betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Pro League match on December 22nd, 2024

Cercle Brugge and OH Leuven will meet each other in a football match counting for Pro League on December 22nd, 2024, Sunday at 18:15h (UTC), in Belgium, check the Cercle Brugge vs OH Leuven betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Cercle Brugge vs OH Leuven will occur

The game takes place in the small Jan Breydelstadion stadium, in the city of Brugge, with a capacity for 29975 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

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Introduction to the Cercle Brugge vs OH Leuven betting tip 2024/2025

Cercle Brugge last match

The last match ended in a draw for the Cercle Brugge team. On that occasion they met Gent for the Pro League, and the match ended 1-1. Coach F. Feldhofer's lined up a 3-4-1-2 formation.

Prior to the match, there were signs indicating that the game would be evenly matched between the two teams. As a result, a draw with odds around 3.60 seemed like a plausible and expected outcome.

A game that ends in a draw sometimes has excellent individual performances, and this one is, without a doubt, from Kévin Denkey. He was the squad's maestro, leading almost all the plays, and it was close that he did not lead Cercle Brugge to victory.

OH Leuven last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a victory in the last round. In a dispute valid for Pro League, OH Leuven, who used a 4-2-3-1 formation, faced the Sporting Charleroi team with a final score of 1-0.

Before the kick-off, the home win had odds of 2.45, which explains why it was considered to be a fairly close match.

Cercle Brugge vs OH Leuven h2h

Last time these teams faced each other, OH Leuven occupied 8th place in Pro League and, team Cercle Brugge the 11th place. OH Leuven entered the field with the tactic 4-3-3, while Cercle Brugge arranged their formation in a 4-2-3-1.

The last time these teams met was in a Pro League themed match that took place on the 18-08-2024 during the 2024/2025 football season, it ended in a 1-1 draw, a competitive one it was.

Last time a draw between these teams, what to expect now?

The performance of the OH Leuven team in their five recent games to date has been relatively good, unlike the Cercle Brugge team.

M. Allaerts will be in charge of arbitrating this game, well assisted by B. Bijnens and G. Seeldraeyers.

Cercle Brugge

Pro League leaderboard now

comes into this game with 17 points, putting them in 14th place in the Pro League. They are also encumbered with a negative balance, 9 losses, 4 wins, and 5 draws.

Which means that the team, with the same number of points, in the 19th round is followed by the Kortrijk team in 15th place.

Cercle Brugge analysis

The goal difference is not positive for Cercle Brugge: at the end of the round 18 it registers 19 goals scored against 31 taken by its goalkeeper.

It appears that Cercle Brugge is encountering difficulties in scoring goals, as evidenced by their low number of goals scored and the high number of games in which they have failed to score. This could imply that their attacking play is lacking in quality and they need to work on creating better chances.

Over the course of the tournament, Cercle Brugge recorded an average ball possession of 45.61%. This indicates that the team usually does not impose its schemes, but adopts more guarded and defensive tactics. For the next game that Cercle Brugge will play against OH Leuven, fans would like to see more aggressive soccer from their team, and especially a few more goals.

Cercle Brugge has proven to be a formidable attacking force, with 2363 attacks resulting in 19 goals. OH Leuven, on the other hand, has only scored 17 times with 1519 attacks.

Best goalscorer from Cercle Brugge

Individually, the team's main offensive standout in the competition so far is Kevin Denkey. The Attacker has already scored 10 times this season and has helped Cercle Brugge come away with the positive result on several occasions.

It should also be noted that 1 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

OH Leuven

Pro League leaderboard now

The OH Leuven team with 22 points currently occupies the 11th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the UEFA Conference League Play-offs, with a campaign of 4 wins, 10 draws, and 4 losses.

In the 19th round, Westerlo, that is in the 10th place, has the same score.

OH Leuven analysis

We have reached matchday 18 in Pro League and at the moment OH Leuven has made 17 goals and conceded 20.

Team with a low scoring efficiency, the average goals scored do not exceed 0.94 per game. With a low score efficiency and playing away from home, this could be decisive for a bad result.

Best goalscorer from OH Leuven

If we want to highlight a player from the team's attack at this stage, we have to name Konan N'Dri. The Attacker scored 3 goals in the current season, helping OH Leuven to achieve victory in several disputes.

Bet suggestions for this game:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Cercle Brugge is Kevin Denkey, who has already scored 10 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of OH Leuven is Konan N'Dri, he has scored in 3 opportunities.

For those looking to bet, noting that most goals occur 75-90 minutes into the game could be helpful.

Corners Top Betting Tips

There is an average of 6.16 corners per game, making this a good thing to note if one wishes to obtain good results in sports betting.

Cercle Brugge is usually quite offensive in their matches, and this has resulted in a high average of corner kicks in the competition. Currently, the team averages 6.5 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of Cercle Brugge in this match.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 3.83 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

On the Cercle Brugge side, we know that it is a more aggressive team having received the red card 3 times this season, very different from OH Leuven who only saw the red card twice. Both the red and yellow cards market can be a good bet.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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