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Antwerp vs Leuven Prediction & Betting tips
We close match day fourteen with a game between Antwerp and OH Leuven. Who can connect with the top?
Royal Antwerp:
In group J, Antwerp, LASK and Tottenham each scored six points. If Antwerp still wanted to have a chance of a European wintering, there could not be lost against the direct competitor. Ivan Leko’s troops also seemed to have understood this message. The players went back into the dressing room with a 0-0 draw. Despite an eager start, Antwerp played far too little. Still, both teams got plenty of opportunities. After the opening goal, the home team could no longer make a fist. Antwerp took full control of the match, but had to keep an eye out.
For the first time this season, Dieumerci Mbokani had to sit on the bench at Royal Antwerp FC. A player with a record of merit such as Dieumerci Mbokani has for Antwerp, you cannot easily put him on the bank. Ivan Leko did it against LASK Linz in the Europa League and it turned out to be an important 0-2 victory. The Antwerp coach gave two reasons why he left his experienced striker on the bench. One reason lay with his replacement, Cristian Benavente. “You play the way you train and Cristian was doing well in training. That’s why we worked with him towards this duel, “said the Croat.
Great news for Antwerp defender Abdoulaye Seck. He is included in the team of the week of the Europa League. He is in good company, because Winks (Tottenham) and Nicolas Pépé (Arsenal) are also present. Antwerp beat LASK Linz 0-2 on Thursday evening in the Europa League.
OH Leuven:
No victory for Sascha Kotysch and Marc Brys against ex-team STVV. OHL has already mastered several top teams this season, but this time not all points remained with Den Dreef. However, OH Leuven seemed to attract the party after Eppiah’s goal. “After the 2-1 we had three chances of 3-1. It is a pity that we pass that up, because they were really great opportunities. Now we lose two more points. The result of the entire match is correct. If you get three giant chances at 2-1, you have to make 3-1, “Brys concluded.
OHL offensively has a few players who can make a difference and there is actually one more. A 22-year-old Belgian youth international, also with English roots, that OHL rents from Leicester. His name: Joshua Eppiah. It was largely a dream debut, because after ten minutes Eppiah had already scored. “It was my first professional race. I’m happy for myself, but if I were really happy, it would be quite selfish, “Eppiah refers to the result.
Frédéric Duplus broke his shin last Monday in a duel with STVV player Durkin. In itself a heavy verdict for the captain and one of the strongholds of OHL, but the dreaded long inactivity will last twice as long, namely six months instead of three. “A huge downer,” says coach Marc Brys. Frédéric Duplus is, besides Kenneth Schuermans, the second fixed value in the back who has to stay on the side for a long time. The captain had already been operated on and was given a metal pin next to the shin. So there awaits him an even longer rehabilitation than previously feared.
Antwerp vs Leuven head to head matches
06.01.19 CF Antwerp Leuven 1 : 0
21.01.17 PL Antwerp Leuven 2 : 0
18.11.16 PL Leuven Antwerp 0 : 0
16.10.16 PL Antwerp Leuven 2 : 1
18.09.16 PL Leuven Antwerp 1 : 1
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| Prediction: | Antwerp to win |
| Selection odds: | 1,60 |
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