Oud-Heverlee Leuven vs KV Mechelen, Jupiler League 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON

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Jupiler Pro League · 2024-25

Oud-Heverlee Leuven

1 – 0

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KV Mechelen

Fri 31 Jan 2025 · 19:45 UTC Den Dreef HT 45' · FT 45'

Ezechiel Banzuzi 1' Y

Y 35' Ahmed Touba

Birger Verstraete 36' Y

Y 40' Fredrik Hammar

Ezechiel Banzuzi 44' YR

Y 56' Rob Schoofs

Y 89' Kerim Mrabti

Tobe Leysen 90' Y

Overview

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Oud-Heverlee Leuven vs KV Mechelen — Jupiler League at Den Dreef.

Oud-Heverlee Leuven 2 games · 0 pts (2026/27)
KV Mechelen 1 games · 0 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Jasper Vergoote

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Club Brugge KV	2	6
2	Royal Antwerp FC	2	6
3	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise	2	4
4	SV Zulte-Waregem	2	4
5	Sporting du Pays de Charleroi	1	3
6	KAA Gent	1	3
7	RSC Anderlecht	1	3
8	KRC Genk	2	3
9	Cercle Brugge KSV	2	2
10	K. Sint-Truidense VV	2	2
11	Royal Standard de Liège	1	1
12	Lommel SK	1	1
13	SK Beveren	1	0
14	UR La Louviere Centre	1	0
15	KV Mechelen	1	0
16	KVC Westerlo	2	0
17	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	2	0
18	KV Kortrijk	2	0

Head-to-Head

Oud-Heverlee Leuven 11 games · Avg 2.7 goals KV Mechelen

Last 5 meetings

2025-01-31 Oud-Heverlee Leuven 1–0 KV Mechelen 2024-10-05 KV Mechelen 5–0 Oud-Heverlee Leuven 2024-03-17 Oud-Heverlee Leuven 1–0 KV Mechelen 2023-09-23 KV Mechelen 1–2 Oud-Heverlee Leuven 2023-04-08 Oud-Heverlee Leuven 4–1 KV Mechelen

Recent Form

Oud-Heverlee Leuven

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
31 Jan	KV Mechelen	H	1–0	W
26 Jan	KAA Gent	H	0–0	D
19 Jan	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise	A	0–1	L
11 Jan	KRC Genk	A	0–2	L
27 Dec	Beerschot VA	H	2–0	W
22 Dec	Cercle Brugge KSV	A	0–1	L

KV Mechelen

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
31 Jan	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	A	0–1	L
26 Jan	RSC Anderlecht	A	1–4	L
18 Jan	KRC Genk	H	1–2	L
12 Jan	Cercle Brugge KSV	A	0–1	L
26 Dec	Royal Standard de Liège	H	0–0	D
20 Dec	KVC Westerlo	A	1–1	D

Season Stats

Oud-Heverlee Leuven		KV Mechelen
#17	Position	#15
0	Points	0
2	Played	1
0 / 0 / 2	W / D / L	0 / 0 / 1
1	Scored	0
6	Conceded	2
-5	GD	-2
0.00	PPG	0.00
0%	Win %	0%

Key Stats

55% Both Teams to Score
H2H (11 games)

55% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
Oud-Heverlee Leuven this season

0% Clean Sheets
KV Mechelen this season

Oud-Heverlee Leuven are 17th (0 pts). KV Mechelen are 15th (0 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Oud-Heverlee Leuven

0-15

–/–

16-30

–/2

31-45

1/–

46-60

–/2

61-75

–/–

76+

–/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' That's the starting whistle at Den Dreef. Ninety minutes of football awaits between Oud-Heverlee Leuven and KV Mechelen.
1' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Ezechiel Banzuzi.
6' Stefan Mitrovic adds to his 0 season tally! Oud-Heverlee Leuven lead 1-0 — and this changes everything.
11' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
16' Belgium international Rob Schoofs has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
21' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
26' It’s high time made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
31' KV Mechelen come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
35' The referee calls foul for Ahmed Touba. He receives a card.
36' It’s a booking for Oud-Heverlee Leuven player. Birger Verstraete gets a card.
40' The referee shows KV Mechelen player a card on 40.
44' It’s gonna be a card for Ezechiel Banzuzi.
49' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering KV Mechelen that had 223 games and scored 299 goals.
51' A change in the KV Mechelen ranks — Bill Antonio exits the field as Geoffry Hairemans enters on 51.
56' Rob Schoofs picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
61' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. KV Mechelen needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
62' Fresh legs for KV Mechelen! Patrick Pflucke comes on to replace Ahmed Touba.
65' Wouter George is replacing Konan N'Dri for the Oud-Heverlee Leuven side.
70' The crowd applauds Keano Vanrafelghem as he leaves the pitch. Bilal Bafdili steps in for KV Mechelen.
75' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Thibault Vlietinck made 351 appearances and scored 3 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
77' Another substitution for Oud-Heverlee Leuven to replace Stefan Mitrovic by Youssef Maziz on 77 minute.
79' Another change for KV Mechelen made on 79 minute. Rafik Belghali leaves to be changed by Petter Dahl.
81' Manuel Osifo is replacing Thibault Vlietinck for the Oud-Heverlee Leuven side.
86' Konan N'Dri has been relatively quiet despite scoring 14 goals in his last 199 appearances.
89' The referee shows KV Mechelen player a card on 89.
90' Tobe Leysen catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 90.
Oud-Heverlee Leuven celebrates a vital win. Three points that could prove pivotal come season's end.

Lineups

Oud-Heverlee Leuven Lineups

Starting XI

77
Thibault Vlietinck ↓ Manuel Osifo 81'
8
Siebe Schrijvers
14
Federico Ricca
5
Takuma Ominami
4
Birger Verstraete
1
Tobe Leysen
23
Stefan Mitrovic ↓ Youssef Maziz 77'
30
Takahiro Akimoto
11
Konan N'Dri ↓ Wouter George 65'
9
Lequincio Zeefuik ↓ Ewoud Pletinckx 65'
6
Ezechiel Banzuzi

Bench

KV Mechelen Lineups

Starting XI

20
Lion Lauberbach
1
Ortwin De Wolf
19
Kerim Mrabti
16
Rob Schoofs
33
Fredrik Hammar ↓ Nikola Storm 62'
4
Toon Raemaekers
6
Ahmed Touba ↓ Patrick Pflucke 62'
3
Jose Marsa
38
Bill Antonio ↓ Geoffry Hairemans 51'
17
Rafik Belghali ↓ Petter Dahl 79'
27
Keano Vanrafelghem ↓ Bilal Bafdili 70'

Bench

14
Benito Raman
7
Geoffry Hairemans ↑ 51'
21
Stephen Welsh
77
Patrick Pflucke ↑ 62'
11
Nikola Storm ↑ 62'
35
Bilal Bafdili ↑ 70'
32
Aziz Ouattara
10
Petter Dahl ↑ 79'
22
Nacho Miras

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Mousa Ta'mari	2
Mathieu Maertens	2
Kerim Mrabti	2
Nathaniel Opoku	2
Casper De Norre	2
Chukwubuikem Ikwuemesi	1
Stefan Mitrovic	1
David Hubert	1

Head to Head

Oud-Heverlee Leuven Form

2025-01-31 Oud-Heverlee Leuven 1–0 KV Mechelen W 2025-01-26 Oud-Heverlee Leuven 0–0 KAA Gent D 2025-01-19 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 1–0 Oud-Heverlee Leuven L 2025-01-11 KRC Genk 2–0 Oud-Heverlee Leuven L 2024-12-27 Oud-Heverlee Leuven 2–0 Beerschot VA W 2024-12-22 Cercle Brugge KSV 1–0 Oud-Heverlee Leuven L

KV Mechelen Form

2025-01-31 Oud-Heverlee Leuven 1–0 KV Mechelen L 2025-01-26 RSC Anderlecht 4–1 KV Mechelen L 2025-01-18 KV Mechelen 1–2 KRC Genk L 2025-01-12 Cercle Brugge KSV 1–0 KV Mechelen L 2024-12-26 KV Mechelen 0–0 Royal Standard de Liège D 2024-12-20 KVC Westerlo 1–1 KV Mechelen D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.1 Oud-Heverlee Leuven xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

0.35 KV Mechelen xG

I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 81% + Under — clean sheet likely 79%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Oud-Heverlee Leuven56% Draw32% KV Mechelen12%

Actual: Oud-Heverlee Leuven win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes21% 0% No79%

Avg goals/match: 1.45

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	74%	26%
± 1.5	43%	57%
± 2.5	19%	81%
± 3.5	7%	93%
± 4.5	2%	98%

Double Chance

Oud-Heverlee Leuven or Draw

87%

Draw or KV Mechelen

44%

Oud-Heverlee Leuven or KV Mechelen

68%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Oud-Heverlee Leuven32% Draw61% KV Mechelen7%

Actual: Oud-Heverlee Leuven win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

0 – 0

25.8%

1 – 0

Actual

2 – 0

13.4%

1 – 1

9.7%

0 – 1

6.7%

2 – 1

5.2%

3 – 0

4.8%

3 – 1

2.1%

1 – 2

1.5%

4 – 0

1.4%

0 – 2

1.2%

2 – 2

Asian Handicap — Oud-Heverlee Leuven

Handicap	Oud-Heverlee Leuven covers	Push	KV Mechelen covers
-2.5	7%	—	93%
-2	7%	16%	77%
-1.5	23%	—	77%
-1	23%	30%	47%
-0.5	53%	—	47%
+0.5	90%	—	10%
+1	90%	8%	2%
+1.5	98%	—	2%
+2	98%	1%	0%
+2.5	100%	—	0%

Clean Sheet

Oud-Heverlee Leuven keeps clean sheet

70% ✓

KV Mechelen keeps clean sheet

34% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.