Match Report
The table gap was wide: 25 points between Zulte-Waregem (1st, 48 pts) and OH Leuven (6th, 23 pts). Zulte-Waregem ranked just 27th in the league on five-round form despite their 1st table position. Per game in the league, OH Leuven were scoring 0.9 and conceding 1.7, Zulte-Waregem 2.5 and 1, against a competition average of 1.34 goals per team per game.
OH Leuven had lost three in a row, having scored in 7 consecutive games. Zulte-Waregem were winless in 5.
Across 17 recorded meetings, OH Leuven have 6 wins to Zulte-Waregem's 7, with 4 draws, at 3.65 goals per meeting. Goals tend to flow: 71% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 76%.
The match was played at King Power at Den Dreef Stadion (capacity 10,020). It was 1-1 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-1.
Goal scorers
OH Leuven: Thibaud Verlinden (8') · Zulte-Waregem: Benoit Nyssen (35')
Key stats
Possession: OH Leuven 46% · Zulte-Waregem 54% · Total shots: 16-4 · On target: 5-1 · Corners: 4-3