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

OH Leuven and Kortrijk will on Sunday, September 22nd, 2024 at 17:15h (UTC), play in a Pro League football game in Belgium, check the OH Leuven vs Kortrijk betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where OH Leuven vs Kortrijk will occur

The game is set to be played in the small King Power at Den Dreef Stadion stadium, in the city of Heverlee, with a capacity for 12500 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

You can find all the follow-up to the match live on Betarena, bringing odds, events, statistics, and more to help with your sports betting.

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

Despite the season change, the Pro League has not changed much regarding goals. Today's average goals in the competition are still similar to what was seen in the tournament's last edition. The current mark is 2.73 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.82 goals per game of the last championship.

OH Leuven last match

OH Leuven comes from a loss in the last match played. On that occasion the opponent was Sint-Truiden, in a match valid for Pro League, and the match ended 2-1. Coach Ó. García Junyent's team lined up with this formation: 4-2-3-1.

The odds for the defeat of the home team before the match were 2.88, so it was expected to be a fairly even match.

This was certainly not the best performance of the season for the defense. Óscar Gil leads the departmental disaster: with his late interventions and bad passes he allowed many chances to the opposing team's attacks.

Kortrijk 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, Kortrijk, who used a 3-5-2 formation, faced the Club Brugge team with a final score of 0-3.

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

OH Leuven vs Kortrijk h2h

OH Leuven occupied 15th place when they went against Kortrijk, who was in 16th place, in their last match at Pro League. OH Leuven first went in with a 4-3-3 formation, which was engaged by Kortrijk with a 3-5-2 deployment.

Their last 2023/2024 Pro League match which took place on 27-01-2024 was such a competitive game it ended in a 0-0 draw.

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

This match will be officiated by M. Allaerts and duly assisted by B. Bijnens and W. Cochet from the sideline.

OH Leuven

Pro League leaderboard now

The OH Leuven team with 10 points currently occupies the 10th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the UEFA Conference League Play-offs, with a campaign of 2 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss.

In the 8th round, the team has the same points that the Gent team who occupies position 9.

OH Leuven occupies the middle of the league table in the Belgium Pro League and thus is not involved in the salvation race.. However, the team will try to get a win by using the home factor to its advantage.

OH Leuven analysis

The ratio of goals scored to goals conceded for OH Leuven is positive: after 7 rounds the team has scored 9 goals, conceding only 6.

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

OH Leuven, with a ball possession of 48.43% per game on average, is not the team that imposes its game, and rather prefers a tactic devoted to waiting and counterattacks. However, in the match against Kortrijk of 2024/2025 they will have to do something more, try to maintain possession of the ball and attack the opponent's goal with more continuity.

Best goalscorer from OH Leuven

When we analyze the team's attack so far, the competition's performance at the individual level Youssef Maziz is the player to highlight. Helping OH Leuven with 2 goals scored this season, the Midfielder has been instrumental in achieving positive outcomes.

Kortrijk

Pro League leaderboard now

With 7 points won, Kortrijk is in 13th place on the leaderboard, which leaves the team in the Relegation Round zone. The team's campaign so far is 2 wins against 4 losses, plus 1 draw.

Kortrijk analysis

The goal difference is on the negative side for Kortrijk, which after 7 rounds has conceded 11 but has only scored 5.

Recent performances have highlighted that Kortrijk is having trouble generating goals, with a low number of goals for and a high number of failed to score matches. This suggests that the team is struggling to create quality chances and convert them into goals, indicating the need for improvement in their attacking play.

The team has a relatively low scoring streak, the average goals scored does not exceed 0.71 per game, and this may mean that the result of the next away match may not be positive.

One of the team's signings for the season still seems to be in a slow pace of adaptation. Bram Lagae played another underwhelming game in the club's last appearance, against Club Brugge. He failed to show the expected security and did not help Kortrijk to come out with the victory.

Now a few markets where you can get some return from your bets:

Goals Top Betting Tips

A good time to bet for those watching the live game is in the 75-90 minute period where most goals happen.

The market with less than 2.5 goals can also be a good alternative since Kortrijk has an average of 1 goal per game when playing away from home. This option is an alternative considering that Kortrijk often does not concede goals when playing away from home.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 1.8.

Corners Top Betting Tips

By combining the number of corners of both teams, we can see an average of 6.57 corners per game, also a market to explore to obtain good results in sports betting.

Kortrijk 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 7.14 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of Kortrijk in this match.

Cards Top Betting Tips

OH Leuven has an average of 1.9 yellow cards per game over the 7 rounds, while Kortrijk has an average of 2.1. In other words, these teams together are averaging 4.57 yellow cards per match. Therefore, it might be a good option to bet on the 'Over 4.5 cards' option in this duel.

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

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