📏 Form Guide

Oud-Heverlee Leuven

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Oud-Heverlee Leuven go into this game coming off the back of a 1-1 Pro League Play Offs stalemate against Charleroi.

In that game, Oud-Heverlee Leuven managed 37% possession and 11 shots on goal with 2 on target. The only player to score for Oud-Heverlee Leuven was Christ Souanga (20'). Charleroi had 22 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. Aurélien Scheidler (48') was the scorer for Charleroi.

It has been a rare occasion in recent games where Oud-Heverlee Leuven have kept a clean sheet. The reality is that Oud-Heverlee Leuven have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 matches, shipping 10 goals in the process.

KRC Genk

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In their last game, Genk drew 0-0 in the Pro League Play Offs match with Antwerp.

In that game, KRC Genk managed 63% possession and 34 attempts on goal with 13 of them on target. On the other side, Royal Antwerp got 13 shots on goal with 1 of them on target.

A sequence of outstanding showings from the KRC Genk defensive players has seen the number of goals they’ve conceded standing at 4 from their last 6 fixtures combined. Over that same period, their own attack force has managed to score 5. That kind of trend won’t necessarily be continued into this game, of course.

↔️ Head to head

Inspecting their prior head to head clashes dating back to 31/01/2024 shows us that Oud-Heverlee Leuven have won 2 of them & Genk 3, with the tally of drawn matches being 1.

15 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 7 of them from OHL and 8 netted by Blauw-Wit. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.5.

The last league game featuring these sides was Pro League Play Offs match day 32 on 12/04/2026 which finished with the scoreline of KRC Genk 0-0 Oud-Heverlee Leuven.

In that game, KRC Genk had 44% possession and 16 shots on goal with 6 on target.

Oud-Heverlee Leuven got 7 shots on goal with 1 of them on target.

The referee was Wim Smet.

📰 Team News: Oud-Heverlee Leuven

Availability isn’t a big problem, with just the lone fitness concern for the Oud-Heverlee Leuven boss Felice Mazzù to be concerned with thanks to an almost full-strength group. Noë Dussenne (minor knock) will miss out.

We think that OHL will probably line up in a 3-4-2-1 formation for the game, handing starts to Tobe Leysen, Christ Souanga, Ewoud Pletinckx, Takuma Ominami, Davis Opoku, Wouter George, Siebe Schrijvers, Henok Teklab, Abdoul Karim Traoré, William Balikwisha and Kyan Vaesen.

📋 Team News: Genk

We reckon that Blauw-Wit seem most likely to elect for a 4-2-3-1 formation, choosing L. Kiaba Brughmans, Zakaria El Ouahdi, Matte Smets, Josue Kongolo, Joris Kayembe Ditu, Nikolas Sattlberger, Bryan Heynen, Junya Ito, Robin Mirisola, Ayumu Yokoyama and Aaron Bibout.

💭 Prediction

We’re of the view that Oud-Heverlee Leuven may not find it easy to register a score against this KRC Genk side who we think should be able to grind out a win.

That’s why we have predicted a narrow 0-1 win for KRC Genk at the end of the 90.

Let’s see how it plays out.

Peter Guest, 01:02 23/05/2026