Waasland-Beveren hosts Oud-Heverlee Leuven in round 4 of the Belgian Jupiler League. The match will be played on Saturday, August 29th at Freethiel Stadion (Beveren)
Beveren quickly fell apart against Zulte in Waregem, losing to Frank Dury's team with a 1-4 score. After a difficult home match with Standard Liege, Niki Hayen's team could not fully recover and showed a faded game against the club from Waregem. Now there is much more time to recover, but the opponent is quite strong, and it is obvious to me that Hayen's men will experience problems with Leuven amid the decline in results and game shape. De Mey, Sula, Faucher, and Wiegel will not be able to help the hosts.
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Mark Bris's men suffered their first defeat in the championship (they lost to Charleroi with a 1-3 score at home), but Leuven fought with dignity until the 80th minute, when it conceded the third goal. Nevertheless, two points scored at the start of the championship may be a good result for them, because Heverlee Leuven plays in the top division only by the decision of the federation, and its squad is not so powerful. Nevertheless, the visitors scored in every league match, which was not surprising. In principle, Bris inculcates an attacking game style in all of his teams. Duplus, Maertens, Tshimanga, Kehli, Henry, Schuermans, and Keita will not play for the visitors due to injuries.
I think this confrontation will be quite grudge - two former coaches of St. Truiden, who coached the team last season, will meet in a face-to-face dispute. Both mentors have always relied on the attack, but now they work in teams that do not have a powerful attacking resource. In general, I prefer to bet on Leuven because it leaves a pleasant impression physically and looks like a more organized team that can give a fight to any club. I think the visitors will at least not lose.
Prediction for the match: Leuven to win with +0.5 handicap
