OH Leuven vs Standard Liège betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Pro League match on August 31st, 2024

OH Leuven and Standard Liège will play on Saturday, August 31st, 2024, at 18:45h (UTC), in a Pro League game to be held in Belgium, check the OH Leuven vs Standard Liège betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where OH Leuven vs Standard Liège 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, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

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

Introduction to the OH Leuven vs Standard Liège 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 2.74 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.82 goals per game of the last championship.

OH Leuven last match

OH Leuven come from a draw in the last match. The game against Westerlo, valid for the Pro League, ended with a 1-1. The team coached by Ó. García Junyent lined up in the last match with a 4-2-2-2 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 3.40 seemed like a plausible and expected outcome.

OH Leuven performance was certainly not typical of a top team, but some players still left a good mark on the match. Konan N'Dri, with an excellent sense of position and a precise foot, was one of the best players, and he gave a big contribution to the team to leave the field undefeated.

Standard Liège 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, Standard Liège, who used a 3-5-1-1 formation, faced the K. Beerschot V.A. team with a final score of 1-0.

The forecast was that the match between the two teams would be quite close, hence the home win had odds of 2.00.

OH Leuven vs Standard Liège h2h

Last time these teams faced each other, OH Leuven occupied 4th place in Pro League and, team Standard Liège the 5th place. OH Leuven entered the field with the tactic 3-4-1-2, while Standard Liège arranged their formation in a 3-5-2.

The last time these two teams clashed was on 05-05-2024, in a match of the 2023/2024 season of the Pro League, and the match ended with a 3-1 win for OH Leuven.

The Standard Liège team in the last five matches has achieved more regular results, with a total of 2 wins, compared to the OH Leuven team, which won only 1 match.

This football game will be officiated by K. Van Damme while L. Jans and T. Vanpoucke will assist him from the sideline.

OH Leuven

Pro League leaderboard now

The OH Leuven team with 7 points currently occupies the 7th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the UEFA Conference League Play-offs, with a campaign of 1 win, 4 draws and 0 losses.

This means that in the 6th round, the Genk team is closing in at 8th place, with no points difference separating them.

OH Leuven analysis

OH Leuven after 5 rounds shows a very good goal quotient: in fact, it has scored 6 goals and conceded only 4 to opponents.

OH Leuven average number of shots on net is 4.4 per game. This is a good indicator of the fact that the team does not score much, nor does it impose too much of a burden on opposing defenses.

The average ball possession of OH Leuven in this league is 44.2%, which means that the team has a rather wait-and-see attitude and does not often take over the ball of the game. Therefore, for the match against Standard Liège they should do something to reverse the trend and try to impose their game on their opponents if they want the win.

Best goalscorer from OH Leuven

Individually, the team's main offensive standout in the competition so far is Youssef Maziz. The Midfielder has already scored 2 times this season and has helped OH Leuven come away with the positive result on several occasions.

Standard Liège

Pro League leaderboard now

The Standard Liège team with 8 points currently occupies the 6th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Championship Round, with a campaign of 2 wins, 2 draws, and 1 loss.

In the 6th round, Union Saint-Gilloise, that is in the 5th place, has the same score.

Standard Liège analysis

After 5 rounds, Standard Liège has a positive goal difference, with 2 goals scored and only 1 goals taken by their goalkeeper.

It seems that Standard Liège is having trouble scoring goals, with a low number of goals scored and a high number of games where they failed to score. This implies that their attacking play needs improvement, with a focus on creating better chances and converting them into goals.

Standard Liège has displayed their patience as a team this season, with a high average minutes of first goal scored. This patience has resulted in game control and waiting for the right opportunities, leading to a low number of goals conceded. These qualities demonstrate the team's tactical discipline and organization. Sustaining this approach will be beneficial for Standard Liège in upcoming matches.

The outcome of the match promises to be less than positive for the team, which is awaiting a complicated away game and has some less than comforting attacking numbers: only 0.4 goals on average per game in this tournament.

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

Goals Top Betting Tips

Standard Liège has conceded 1 away goal in 2 away matches. Here the recommended bet will be that Standard Liège will have a clean sheet, remember that the last time these teams met the score was 3-1, something to take into consideration.

A good bet could be made between 75-90 minutes of the game as this is the time most goals are scored.

Bets on the under 2.5 goals market is an alternative because adding the goals scored at home by OH Leuven 2 and the average conceding goals of the visiting team Standard Liège 0 does not exceed the average of 3 goals, suggesting a good entry in this market.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 1.85.

Corners Top Betting Tips

One should consider that the combined number of corners of both teams will give an average of 3.6 corners per game if one would like to have good betting results.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 3.2 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

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