On Saturday Jan 15th, in week 22, OH Leuven hosts Mechelen in a clash of the Pro League. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 4 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. OH Leuven sits at 10th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-0 shutout win against Sporting Charleroi. Casper De Norre struck first for OH Leuven in the 17th minute on a feed from Siebe Schrijvers, then Moussa Al Tamari added another in the 54th minute on a feed from Xavier Mercier At the end of 90 a dissapointed Sporting Charleroi couldn’t manage to score, and OH Leuven took the shutout win. OH Leuven is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 6th placed Mechelen, recorded a 2-0 shutout win against RFC Seraing. Ferdy Druijf struck first for Mechelen in the 58th minute, then Hugo Cuypers added another in the 64th minute In the end, RFC Seraing couldn’t muster any offence and Mechelen ran away with the shutout win. Mechelen is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
On Sep 18th, Mechelen hosted OH Leuven at the Afas-stadion Achter De Kazerne in their last match together. Mechelen won by a score of 2 to 0. Nikola Storm struck first for Mechelen in the 8th minute on a feed from Hugo Cuypers, then Kerim Mrabti added another in the 44th minute In the end, OH Leuven couldn’t muster any offence and Mechelen ran away with the shutout win.
Nikola Storm has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, the attacker has scored 4 goals for Mechelen. Mathieu Maertens has been the most prolific scorer on OH Leuven in his last 5 matches with 3 goals.