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Waasland-Beveren — OH Leuven: 3:0, Jupiler Pro League

Jupiler Pro League
Waasland-Beveren W16 Aug · Home Anderlecht · 1:0L22 Aug · Away Zulte Waregem · 0:4L28 Aug · Away Genk · 0:4W6 Sep · Home OH Leuven · 3:0W12 Sep · Home St. Truiden · 2:0L20 Sep · Away Kortrijk · 0:1
3:0
Finished

Kick-off was BST

OH Leuven L15 Aug · Home Club Brugge KV · 0:3L29 Aug · Home Standard Liege · 1:2L3 Sep · Away Gent · 0:1L6 Sep · Away Waasland-Beveren · 0:3D12 Sep · Home Cercle Brugge · 1:1W19 Sep · Home RAAL La Louvière · 2:0
Venue: Freethiel Stadion City: Beveren

In the Jupiler Pro League game on 6 September 2026, Waasland-Beveren beat OH Leuven 3:0. Match numbers: shots on target 7:4, corners 7:5.

Match report

Beveren end their slump with a clinical display

Vasland-Beveren secured a comfortable 3-0 victory over Ostend Leuven in the fifth round of the Jupiler Pro League on Saturday evening. The hosts had lost their last two outings and were looking to put a stop to that run, and they did so with three goals in the second half. To be fair, the result tells only part of the story — the visitors had already dropped all five points they had played for.

The breakthrough came in the 69th minute when Chris Lokesa made the difference, finishing a move that had built steadily from the middle of the park. Jearl Margaritha extended the lead in the 85th minute, and Moïse Elohim Victoire Kaboré added a late third in stoppage time. By then the match had settled into a rhythm, and Ostend's attempts to respond never really materialised.

The statistics show a fairly even contest in terms of possession — 48 per cent for the hosts against 52 per cent for the visitors — but the quality of chances told a different story. Beveren managed seven shots on target compared to four, and created four big chances while their opponents managed only one. It's a pattern you see often enough: the side that holds the ball doesn't always create the better opportunities.

There were plenty of changes across the pitch, particularly in the 72nd minute when Ostend brought on three players at once. The substitution of Chris Lokesa himself in the 78th minute was notable — he had scored and was being replaced, which suggests the manager was looking to protect his lead rather than press further. Four yellow cards were shown in total, none of which altered the course of the game.

The result leaves Vasland-Beveren on six points in 12th place, while Ostend Leuven remain bottom of the table with zero points from five matches. We had tipped the visitors for victory with 87 per cent confidence, but the match went the other way — and that's often how it is when a team has nothing left to play for and one has something to prove.

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Match highlights Waasland-Beveren — OH Leuven Pro League

Key numbers

Possession, % 48 – 52
Shots on target 7 – 4
Shots off target 2 – 8
Big chances 4 – 1

Match events

  1. 31' 0:0 Waasland-Beveren Yellow card Bruno Godeau
  2. 56' 0:0 OH Leuven Substitution Takuya Ogiwara off: Abdoul Karim Traoré
  3. 60' 0:0 Waasland-Beveren Substitution Lennart Mertens off: Moïse Elohim Victoire Kaboré
  4. 62' 0:0 Waasland-Beveren Yellow card Jearl Margaritha
  5. 68' 0:0 OH Leuven Yellow card Jamie Lawrence
  6. 69' 1:0 Waasland-Beveren Goal Chris Lokesa assist: Jearl Margaritha
  7. 72' 1:0 OH Leuven Substitution Chukwubuikem Ikwuemesi off: Robin Mirisola
  8. 72' 1:0 OH Leuven Substitution Shin Yamada off: William Balikwisha
  9. 72' 1:0 OH Leuven Substitution Oscar Gil Regaño off: Davis Opoku
  10. 78' 1:0 Waasland-Beveren Substitution Chris Lokesa off: Arno Verschueren
  11. 78' 1:0 Waasland-Beveren Substitution Christophe Janssens off: Dominic Thompson
  12. 79' 1:0 OH Leuven Yellow card Birger Verstraete
  13. 85' 2:0 Waasland-Beveren Goal Jearl Margaritha assist: Arno Verschueren
  14. 87' 2:0 OH Leuven Substitution Wouter George off: Kyan Vaesen
  15. 89' 2:0 Waasland-Beveren Substitution Christian Bruls off: Ferre Slegers
  16. 89' 2:0 Waasland-Beveren Substitution Jearl Margaritha off: Kurt Abrahams
  17. 90+1' 3:0 Waasland-Beveren Goal Moïse Elohim Victoire Kaboré assist: Dominic Thompson

Statistics

48 Possession, % 52
7 Shots on target 4
2 Shots off target 8
4 Big chances 1
102 Attacks 88
7 Corners 5
14 Fouls 11
11 Free kicks 14
5 Offsides 1
2 Yellow cards 2
0 Red cards 0
8 Goal kicks 7
18 Throw-ins 23
All statistics
16/3743% Aerial duels 21/3757%
65 Backward passes 58
4 Blocked shots 2
34 Clearances 27
7/2330% Crosses 7/2726%
6/2524% Dribbles 1/714%
94 Failed passes 92
4 Goalkeeper saves 4
18 Interceptions 8
9 Key passes 10
29/7240% Long passes 29/6148%
84 Passes into the final third 80
232 Passes in the opposition half 252
194 Passes in own half 211
0.54 Shot accuracy 0.29
4 Shots from outside the box 4
9 Shots inside the box 10
11/1669% Tackles 16/2467%
403 Total passes 436

Line-ups

Waasland-Beveren

Starting XI
# Player number
1 Johannes Schenk 1
4 Christophe Janssens 4
21 Laurent Jans 21
31 Bruno Godeau 31
35 Yoni Gomes 35
5 K. Lokesa 5
17 Jearl Erwin Margaritha 17
18 Sieben Dewaele 18
44 Cheick Oumar Conde 44
22 Christian Brüls 22
92 Lennart Mertens 92
Substitutes
# Player number
84 Joshua Lusamba Tshiola 84
2 Dominic Thompson 2
48 Yannick Thomas Robatch 48
8 F. Sleegers 8
10 Guillaume Luc De Schryver 10
14 Leandro Kuavita 14
24 Arno Verschueren 24
9 Moise Kaboré 9
34 Kurt Chad Abrahams 34
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OH Leuven

Starting XI
# Player number
1 Dani van den Heuvel 1
3 Noë Georges Dussenne 3
5 Jamie Lawrence 5
28 Ewoud Pletinckx 28
4 Birger Verstraete 4
6 Wouter George 6
8 Siebe Schrijvers 8
19 Chukwubuikem Ikwuemesi 19
26 Takuya Ogiwara 26
27 Óscar Gil Regaño 27
20 Shin Yamada 20
Substitutes
# Player number
61 Owen Jochmans 61
30 Alessandro Fontanarosa 30
34 Rogério Nyakossi 34
99 Davis Opoku 99
24 Łukasz Łakomy 24
48 Bryang William Kayo 48
9 A. K. Traoré 9
17 Kyan Vaesen 17
18 Robin Mirisola 18
21 William Balikwisha 21
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Match prediction: Waasland-Beveren — OH Leuven

Win: OH Leuven

Confidence 87%

Reasoning

  • Васланд-Беверен — 12. place, 3 points after 4 games (1 wins, 3 losses)
  • ОХ Лёвен — 17. place, 0 points after 4 games (0 wins, 4 losses)
  • Васланд-Беверен, last 5 games: 2 wins, 3 losses
  • ОХ Лёвен, last 5 games: 0 wins, 5 losses
  • Head-to-head: 1 games, Васланд-Беверен — 0, ОХ Лёвен — 1
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W16 Aug · Home Anderlecht · 1:0L22 Aug · Away Zulte Waregem · 0:4L28 Aug · Away Genk · 0:4W6 Sep · Home OH Leuven · 3:0W12 Sep · Home St. Truiden · 2:0L20 Sep · Away Kortrijk · 0:1

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L15 Aug · Home Club Brugge KV · 0:3L29 Aug · Home Standard Liege · 1:2L3 Sep · Away Gent · 0:1L6 Sep · Away Waasland-Beveren · 0:3D12 Sep · Home Cercle Brugge · 1:1W19 Sep · Home RAAL La Louvière · 2:0

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