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Leuven vs Charleroi Prediction & Betting tips
With OH Leuven and Charleroi, two teams will face each other on Saturday-evening that have not yet lost this season. The home team drew twice, the visitors could already cheer twice. Who will continue his series?
Oud-Heverlee:
Marc Brys made no fewer than six changes in Genk in comparison with the OHL team from a week earlier against Eupen. He could hardly do otherwise, because almost half the team is injured. Schuermans is the most serious victim and is sidelined for a year with a torn Achilles tendon. So it was improvising in the Luminus Arena. In addition to acquisitions Daniel Iversen and Thibault Vlietinck, who had only trained twice, promises Isaac Asante and Daan Vekemans also appeared at the kick-off.
Anyone who saw the set-up of OHL immediately thought of a famous panning, but the people of Leuven resisted wonderfully. Brys has succeeded in forging a solid block, it was striking how his men laid their heads for it from start to finish. This was not least true for the youngsters. Only after a strong shot from Ito, brand new goalkeeper Iversen had to turn around in the end, equalizing Henry after a brilliant lob from Sowah. However, there was not much reason to celebrate for the French striker. He dropped out with an ankle injury. Another player who has been sidelined for a long time can now miss OHL as a toothache.
OH Leuven has had a top transfer. Kristiyan Malinov leaves CSKA Sofia and starts playing football at Den Dreef. The Bulgarian international can play in all positions in midfield. KV Mechelen and Beerschot were after Kristiyan Malinov, but the thirteen-time Bulgarian international chooses OH Leuven. He will sign a contract with the merger club until mid-2023. “Malinov links running ability and football insight with an unyielding mentality,” says Wim De Corte. “We are therefore happy that he chose us while there was a lot of interest from other clubs.”
Sporting Charleroi:
Many top teams have started the competition weak, but Charleroi has already scored a six out of six and has not yet scored a goal. Charleroi could count on its secret weapon, Kaveh Rezaei, this weekend. Rezaei was not allowed to play against Club Brugge and Karim Belhocine did not change his winning team against Ostend. Yet he managed to vibrate the nets during his raid.
Ostend had started very well and the Zebras were lagging behind. Little by little, Charleroi came into the game. And in the end Ostend was there for the effort. Nicolas Penneteau saw that too: “ They gave us a lot of trouble in the first half but we were able to keep playing our game and hurt them at the right times and I think based on what we showed after the break , our victory is deserved. ‘
“It’s always a good signal to be able to win tough games like this,” added the Zebras goalkeeper, who has still not conceded a goal in the league this season. “We played an incredible game and we didn’t want to concede a goal, so hats off to the whole team,” said Nicolas Penneteau.
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