Match Report
The table gap was wide: 18 points between Cercle Brugge (2nd, 41 pts) and OH Leuven (6th, 23 pts). On recent form OH Leuven sat only 21st league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 6th overall. Per game in the league, OH Leuven were scoring 0.9 and conceding 1.7, Cercle Brugge 2.33 and 1.83, against a competition average of 1.34 goals per team per game.
Cercle Brugge entered with three losses in a row.
Across 23 recorded meetings, OH Leuven have 6 wins to Cercle Brugge's 11, with 6 draws, at 3.3 goals per meeting. 61% of the meetings finished with three goals or more, and both sides scored in 70%.
King Power at Den Dreef Stadion staged the fixture, a ground that holds 10,020. Cercle Brugge led 2-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-2.
Goal scorers
Cercle Brugge: Pieter Gerkens (7'), Pieter Gerkens (19')
Key stats
Possession: OH Leuven 58% · Cercle Brugge 42% · Total shots: 18-11 · On target: 4-3 · Corners: 8-7