OH Leuven - Club: The Club Facts

After the last international break of the year, it's time for league soccer again! Sunday, Blauw-Zwart travels to OH Leuven for the ^15th matchday of the season. Below you will find all Club Facts to prepare you perfectly for that match!

The Match

Club begins a run of 9 official matches before the winter break. Against OH Leuven, it is the last match of the outward round this season.

The teams have already played each other 15 times in the first division. Of the last 7 away games against Leuven, Club won 4 times (last time 0-3 on 14/08/2022) and lost 3 times (last time 2-1 on 24/10/2020). Blauw-Zwart remained unbeaten each of the last 5 mutual duels against OHL.

In the previous 2 away games in Leuven, Club won by 3 goals each time. Last season it was 0-3 after goals from Nielsen, Jutglà and Lang.

FCB's top shooter is Andreas Skov Olsen with 7. This season, the Dane already contributed 19 goals (13 goals + 6 assists) in 23 official matches. The player with the most assists in the Jupiler Pro League for Club is Maxim De Cuyper with 5.

Of Club Brugge's current core, only Denis Odoi ever played for the Leuveners (2006-2009).

Opponent.

OH Leuven is in its ^8th season in the highest league, the last 4 seasons of which have been continuous. The Leuveners are in ^14th place in the rankings. Of their 7 home games, it managed 2 wins, played 2 draws and suffered 3 defeats.

Marc Brys was fired as coach after 4 seasons. Spaniard Óscar Garcia is his successor. During his first game as coach of the team, Garcia was almost able to lead his team to a stunt on the field of vice-champion Genk. Until the ^90thminute the 1-1 was on the board, but in the absolute closing stages the Limburgers were able to score 2 more goals.

The top shooter of our opponent Sunday is Hamza Mendyl with 3 goals. Assist king is Jón Dagur Thorsteinsson (3 assists). Only KAS Eupen (30) has already conceded more goals against than OHL (29) this season.

Milestones

- Hugo Vetlesen can play his 25th official match for Club Brugge.

- Simon Mignolet can play his 225th match in the Jupiler Pro League. He has already played 66 times for STVV and 158 times for Club.

- For Philip Zinckernagel it could be the 40th match in the Belgian First Division. He played 27 for Standard and 12 for Blauw-Zwart.

- Raphael Onyedika can play the 150th match of his career. He played 28 times for FC Fredericia (Den), 57 times for FC Midtjylland (Den) and 64 times for Club Brugge.

The referee

Nathan Verboomen was designated ref for the game. His assistants are Florian Lemaire and Ruben Wyns; the fourth ref is Anthony Letellier. Jonathan Lardot will assume the role of VAR along with Arthut Denil and Carlos-Manuel serra Gerreiro Alho.

The 35-year-old ref will lead a Club game for the ^20thtime. The previous 9 away games under his direction, ended in 4 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. Verboomen never before whistled a duel between OH Leuven and Club.