OH Leuven vs Francs Borains Prediction

Two teams heading in different directions

OH Leuven's last seven Jupiler Pro League matches read win, draw, then a run of defeats to Beveren, Gent, Standard, Club Brugge and Charleroi. Over their last 20 matches in all competitions they've won just five, lost ten, with more goals conceded than scored.

OH Leuven: 20 completed matches; Francs Borains: 20 completed matches.

OH Leuven

20 matches

Win

25% 5 / 20

Draw

30% 6 / 20

Loss

45% 9 / 20

Scored

35

Conceded

37

Difference

-2

Francs Borains

20 matches

Win

60% 12 / 20

Draw

5% 1 / 20

Loss

35% 7 / 20

Scored

44

Conceded

29

Difference

+15

Francs Borains, by contrast, have won 13 of their last 20 games, including four wins in their last six competitive outings in the Challenger Pro League and a cup win over Diegem Sport. They've scored freely too, with 45 goals in that sample against 26 conceded.

Francs Borains arrive with far more momentum than a straightforward look at the league table would suggest.

They've met before, and it went badly for the home side

These two clubs have only faced each other once on record, back in a 2022 Cup tie, and it finished 5-0 to Francs Borains. OH Leuven were the home side that day too, for what it's worth.

That's a single result from a different season with different squads, so it shouldn't carry much weight on its own. But it does show this fixture has thrown up a shock before.

A cup tie that could go either way

Put the pieces together and this doesn't look like a routine step for the home side. OH Leuven are out of form domestically, while Francs Borains are playing with real confidence a level down. Add in a previous meeting that ended emphatically in the underdog's favour, and there's enough here to expect a proper contest rather than a formality.

Cup matches also tend to bring changes to team selection, which adds another layer of unpredictability on top of the form picture.