St. Truiden vs Leuven prediction and betting tips on May 17, 2024
Game Prediction
St. Truiden and Leuven will play a match of the 39th round of the Belgian Pro League (the Conference League group) on May 17, 2024. Both clubs do not claim leadership in this group, so they can simply play out the rest of the season.
Key statistics and trends:
- St. Truiden had not won in 6 matches in a row before the victory over Mechelen.
- Leuven has won an away game only once since October – that happened in February on the Westerlo field, but it surprised everyone with a 1-0 success in the battle against Gent in the previous round.
- The most popular score between the clubs is a 1-1 draw (3 times).
- St. Truiden scored 45% of goals between the 76th and the 90th minutes of the confrontations – the best result in the entire championship.
St. Truiden – the shape of the team and its analysis: weak results due to lack of tournament tasks
On the whole, “the Canaries” spent a fairly typical season, remaining among the middle peasants who have no ambitions for anything special. Speaking about 30 matches of the standard draw, the club managed to get 40 points and finish in 9th position. It was possible to try to catch up with Genk after that, but it was not possible to achieve victories – the team played draws at most. Still, it woke up in the game against Mechelen – the opponent was beaten with a 2-1 score.
Leuven – the shape of the team and its analysis: the main thing was to take 12th place
“OHL” does not set itself any more global goals than simply remaining in the Jupiler League for the next season. As a result, the goal at the end of the main draw was to finish no lower than 12th position, so as not to get involved in the struggle for survival among a quartet of outsiders. And according to additional indicators, the team, having taken equal points, managed to shift Charleroi to 13th place. Due to the higher mentioned courage, it got the points, including the victory over Standard. Still, a 1-0 success on the field of Gent, the leader of the group, was actually a sensation.
St. Truiden: team news
Thorsten Fink was left without Okazaki and Steuckers.
Leuven: team news
Ndri, Kiyine, Vlietinck, Tiedemann, Kento are injured.
St. Truiden vs Leuven: possible starting line-ups
Saint-Truiden (possible line-up): Suzuki – Godeau, Smets, Van Helden – Bocat, Koita, Bertaccini, Ito, Delorge-Knieper, Ananou – Zahiroleslam.
Leuven (possible line-up): Prevost – Ricca, Russo, Schingtienne – Sagrado, Maziz, Schrijvers, Ezechiel Banzuzi, Akimoto – Maertens, Mueanta.
Previous head-to-head matches
Leuven has not lost 5 head-to-head matches in a row – 3 draws, 2 wins, including in October.
Free prediction for the match St. Truiden vs Leuven on May 17:
The guests have got into good shape in recent matches. They are at least capable of not losing (odds: 1.79).