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Pro League Matchday 11

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18:15 Sat 7 Nov · your time in 1 day 21 h
Away Mechelen

Six of the Round · Pro League

Pre-match chances
44% OH Leuven 26% draw Mechelen 30%

Pre-match result forecast (provider data).

Stadium: King Power at Den Dreef, Heverlee

What to watch for

Facts from our data worth knowing before kick-off. After the match we check them ✓ / ✗.

Last time

Last meeting, 1 February: OH Leuven – Mechelen 2:2

Mechelen are unbeaten in the last 4 meetings.

What's at stake

OH Leuven: a match about staying up

23%after a loss 12%after a win

Relegation risk: 23% after a defeat, 12% after a win (10,000 simulations of the rest of the season).

Player in form

Davis Opoku: 3 goals and 2 assists in 5 league matches

Goals3

The most goals and assists in the squad over recent league matches.

Streak

OH Leuven unbeaten in 5 matches

All competitions, friendlies excluded: 2 wins and 3 draws. Last defeat: 6 September, 0:3 against SK Beveren.

Rest

OH Leuven: 3 more days of rest

OH Leuven6 Mechelen3

Since their last match: OH Leuven 6 days, Mechelen 3 days.

Streak

Mechelen unbeaten in 4 matches

All competitions, friendlies excluded: 3 wins and 1 draw. Last defeat: 11 September, 0:1 against Anderlecht.

Players to watch

Pro League, this season.

Wouter George

OH Leuven · midfielder

2goals 3assists 7.08avg rating

Last match, Sint-Truiden: 1 assist, rating 6.9.

Myron van Brederode

Mechelen · forward

4goals 0assists 7.26avg rating

Last match, KV Kortrijk: 1 goal, rating 7.9.

Who is out

Injuries and suspensions

OH Leuven

  • Birger VerstraeteSuspended · until 23 Nov
  • Abdoul Karim TraoréInjured · return date unknown
  • Noë DussenneInjured · return date unknown
  • Thibaud VerlindenInjured · return date unknown
  • Óscar GilInjured · return date unknown

Mechelen

  • Ian StruyfInjured · until 16 Nov
  • Keano VanrafelghemInjured · until 18 Nov
  • Adeshina AyodeleInjured · until 1 May
  • Leo HjeldeInjured · until 1 May
  • Bouke BoersmaInjured · return date unknown
  • Dikeni SalifouInjured · return date unknown

Recent matches

Bar height is the goal difference. Hover or tap a bar for the details.

“This set-up” is OH Leuven at home and Mechelen away, as in this match.

OH Leuven

at home · 10

2W2D6L1.0scored per match1.7conceded per match

Mechelen

away · 10

1W4D5L0.9scored per match2.2conceded per match

Per match, the last 5 matches in all competitions: corners 5.0 · 5.0; cards 3.0 · 2.4

Head to head

31 meetings since 2011. The last 5 below.

Last time · 1 Feb 2026 · Pro League OH Leuven 2:2 Mechelen Schrijvers 33' (k) · Ikwuemesi 52' · Servais 61' · Vanrafelghem 79'
1wins

3 draws2.4 goals per match · both scored in 4 of 5

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Expected lineups

The data provider's expected XI.

Official around 17:15, Sat 7 Nov

OH LeuvenMechelen

When the clubs announce the official lineups (usually an hour before kick-off), they replace the expected ones.

Out

OH Leuven: Birger Verstraete, Abdoul Karim Traoré, Noë Dussenne, Thibaud Verlinden, Óscar GilMechelen: Ian Struyf, Keano Vanrafelghem, Adeshina Ayodele, Leo Hjelde, Bouke Boersma, Dikeni Salifou

Coaches

Timmy SimonsOH Leuven Frederik VanderbiestMechelen

Full squads (43 players)

OH Leuven

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

Squad

Mechelen

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

Squad

Player intelligence

Player comparison

Who wins?

The data provider's forecast, not GolVolt's. It says how often a match like this ends each way.

44%OH Leuven
26%draw
30%Mechelen

Out of 20 matches like this, OH Leuven win 9, 5 end level and Mechelen win 6.

OH Leuven have the higher chance, mostly thanks to playing at home. By Volt (strength from league results) Mechelen rate higher: 40.9 and 46.4.

Likeliest scores

The five likeliest from the score grid.

  1. 1:112%
  2. 1:010%
  3. 2:19%
  4. 0:18%
  5. 0:07%

How many goals?

The forecast, and under it what happened in each club's last 10 matches.

  • 2+ goals74% OH Leuven 9 of 10 · Mechelen 7 of 10
  • 3+ goals50% OH Leuven 6 of 10 · Mechelen 5 of 10
  • 4+ goals28% OH Leuven 2 of 10 · Mechelen 5 of 10
  • 5+ goals15% OH Leuven 0 of 10 · Mechelen 2 of 10
Goals at both ends

Chance that each side scores: 54%.

What this match changes in the season

Relegation risk after each result.

Club today after a defeat after a draw after a win
OH Leuven today 18%
after a defeat
23%
after a draw
19%
after a win
12%
Mechelen today 4%
after a defeat
7%
after a draw
5%
after a win
2%

OH Leuven: 11 percentage points of relegation risk between a win and a defeat.

From 10,000 simulations of the rest of the season. How we count

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Volt matchup

40.9 46.4
OH LeuvenMechelen
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  • XI stability
  • Matches with this profile

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Match sheet

Kick-off
Saturday 7 November, 18:15Your time · in 1 day 21 h
Where to watch
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Stadium
King Power at Den Dreef Heverlee · show map
Rest
OH Leuven 6 days · Mechelen 3 days Both last played: Pro League
Table
14. OH Leuven (9 pts) and 10. Mechelen (12 pts) Matchday 11 of 34
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