Mechelen vs OH Leuven betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Pro League match on October 05th, 2024

Mechelen and OH Leuven will face each other in a Pro League game in Belgium on Saturday, October 05th, 2024, at 14:00h (UTC), check the Mechelen vs OH Leuven betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Mechelen vs OH Leuven will occur

The game is set to be played in the small AFAS Stadion stadium, in the city of Alkmaar, with a capacity for 17023 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

Including statistics, events and odds, you can follow the match live at Betarena, with access to all the information to help with your sports betting.

Introduction to the Mechelen vs OH Leuven betting tip 2024/2025

The Pro League has had fewer goals than the previous season. Last season the tournament had an average of 2.82 goals scored per match, while now the competition has an average of 2.69 goals per match played.

Mechelen last match

In the last match played, Mechelen met Genk, in a match valid for the Pro League. The match ended in a loss by 2-1. The coach B. Hasi's on that occasion lined the team up with a 5-3-2 formation.

The odds for them to win, of 6.50 left no room for doubt. The defeat was clear before the match started.

The defense certainly did not shine in this match. One of those responsible for the crisis of the defensive department is Ahmed Touba, cumbersome and unpunctual, constantly behind the opponents. The team's overall underwhelming performance was also due to his disappointing performance.

OH Leuven last match

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

Before the kick-off the home team's defeat had odds of 2.10, which explains why it was considered a fairly even match.

Mechelen vs OH Leuven h2h

OH Leuven occupied 4th place when they went against Mechelen, who was in 2nd place, in their last match at Pro League. OH Leuven first went in with a 3-4-1-2 formation, which was engaged by Mechelen with a 4-2-3-1 deployment.

These two clubs faced each other for the last time in a match of the 2023/2024 Pro League season. The match, played on 27-04-2024, recorded the 3-0 win for Mechelen.

The Mechelen team in their last five matches has produced solid performances, while OH Leuven has been more irregular.

In charge of this football game will be W. De Cremer, while Q. Blaise and F. Lemaire will assist him.

Mechelen

Pro League leaderboard now

The Mechelen team with 11 points currently occupies the 12th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the UEFA Conference League Play-offs, with a campaign of 3 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses.

OH Leuven ranks just above, occupying 11th place in the 10th round, with the same number of points.

Mechelen analysis

Mechelen have a negative goal difference, having after 9 rounds conceded 14 goals to opponents and scored 13. An average to improve.

The Mechelen team comes from a defeat in the Pro League, and its coach Besnik Hasi wants to counter this trend by imposing a loss on his opponent, using the advantage of playing at home.

his average possession rate in the league is 49.33%, which means that the team usually can't take the initiative in the game and has a more reactive style of play. Therefore, for this match Mechelen vs OH Leuven 2024/2025, the team should make an effort to keep the possession and be able to attack the opponent.

Ortwin De Wolf, goalkeeper hired by the team in the current season, still presents some difficulties in adapting to the new club. In the last duel, for example, this became very clear. He couldn't perform well and hurt Mechelen in the search for victory against Genk.

Best goalscorer from Mechelen

Individually, the team's main offensive standout in the competition so far is Nikola Storm. The Attacker has already scored 3 times this season and has helped Mechelen come away with the positive result on several occasions.

OH Leuven

Pro League leaderboard now

The OH Leuven team with 11 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 2 wins, 5 draws, and 2 losses.

Which means that in the 10th round, the team has, the same score that the Mechelen team who is in the position 12.

OH Leuven analysis

After round 9 of Pro League we count 10 goals scored by OH Leuven and 10 conceded.

Best goalscorer from OH Leuven

In this season, the individual highlight is Konan N'Dri that has dominated the offensive side. The Attacker has already scored 2 times this season, becoming crucial in the positive results that OH Leuven achieved in several matches.

For bettors some entries may be relevant for this match, namely:

Goals Top Betting Tips

Most goals are scored between 75-90 as some study shows, which makes this a good time to bet for those following the live game.

Taking into consideration that OH Leuven scores an average of 0.6 goals per match when playing away, we should consider the under 2.5 betting market, especially because this team usually does not concede goals when playing out of their stadium.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 2.1.

In this game, our system found another interesting opportunity for a successful bet. Both teams score and usually suffer the first goal between the 30-40 minute. With this convergence, it is typically a value market!

Corners Top Betting Tips

By combining the number of corners of both teams, we can see an average of 5.28 corners per game, also a market to explore to obtain good results in sports betting.

OH Leuven 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 6.56 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of OH Leuven in this match.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 4.44 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

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

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