Eupen vs Oud-Heverlee Leuven Prediction: A high goal scoring expected

In the fifth round of the Belgian Jupiler Pro League, the match between Eupen and Oud-Heverlee Leuven will take place at Kehrwegstadion.

The previous games that AS Eupen played resulted in a win for them in three of them against Olympique Marseille, Genk, and Kortrijk, a loss for them in one game against Club Brugge, and a draw in one game against Westerlo. Eupen was only able to score seven goals while allowing nine against them. During the current season of the league, Eupen has scored an average of 1.5 goals per match. In terms of disciplinary actions, the host team was given seven yellow cards but no red cards, which resulted in a total of 12.50 fouls committed across all of their matches. The rating that Eupen's team receives after each encounter is 6.71 on average. This season, Eupen has only managed to hold control of the ball for an average of 36.75% of each game.

Antwerp and Oud-Heverlee Leuven battled to a 1-1 draw in the previous matchup for Oud-Heverlee Leuven in the First Division A. During that match, Oud-Heverlee Leuven had 39% of the ball and 10 shots on goal, with only 2 of those shots finding the back of the net. Richie Sagrado was the only player for Oud-Heverlee Leuven to get his name on the scoresheet when he scored in the 82nd minute. Royal Antwerp had a total of 13 shots on goal, only four of which were successful. However, Antwerp got on the board in the 34th minute thanks to a goal by Vincent Janssen. Recently, Oud-Heverlee Leuven has been effective while moving the ball forward, as seen by the fact that they have scored 11 goals in their last six matches. Oud-Heverlee Leuven have had their own problems at the back, conceding goals in five of those same matches, and their manager Marc Brys will undoubtedly view that as a positive indicator. Coming into this matchup, Oud-Heverlee Leuven had not been victorious on the road in either of the previous two league contests.

Eupen and Oud-Heverlee Leuven have played each other a total of 23 times throughout the course of the previous seasons, with Eupen taking home 5 victories and Oud-Heverlee Leuven taking home 10 victories. A total of eight of the games played ended in ties. In the head-to-head matchups between the two teams, Eupen scored 30 goals, while Oud-Heverlee Leuven managed to score 38 goals.

Since the host team is in superior shape right now, I anticipate that they will prevail over Oud-Heverlee Leuven, just as they have in the teams' previous contests against one another. Furthermore, if we are to draw any conclusions from their prior encounters, we can assume that this game will have a high number of goals scored; therefore, we should wager on the goals market.