OH Leuven 1-2 Mechelen: result and report

Pro League · Saturday 3 May 2025

Result

OH Leuven 1-2 Mechelen

Pro League · Saturday 3 May 2025, 16:15 UTC · half-time 0-1

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OH Leuven 1-2 Mechelen: match report

OH Leuven were beaten by Mechelen 1-2 in the Pro League on Saturday 3 May 2025. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Rob Schoofs opened the scoring in the 45th minute. OH Leuven's goal came from Ewoud Pletinckx (89'). Mechelen scored through Rob Schoofs (45+1', penalty) and Nikola Storm (81').

Discipline: OH Leuven received 5 yellow cards; Mechelen received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game OH Leuven were 9th on 45 points from 36 and Mechelen 10th on 44 points from 36. OH Leuven went on to finish that season 11th with 45 points, and Mechelen 8th with 50.

OH Leuven lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Mechelen in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Rob Schoofs of Mechelen (7.8), ahead of Federico Ricca (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 OH Leuven wins, 2 draws and 4 for Mechelen.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Yellow card · Birger VerstraeteOH Leuven
  • 38'Yellow card · Siebe SchrijversOH Leuven
  • 45+1'Penalty goal · Rob SchoofsMechelen · 0-1
  • 55'Yellow card · Ezechiel BanzuziOH Leuven
  • 81'Goal · Nikola StormMechelen · 0-2
  • 83'Yellow card · Bas Van den EyndenMechelen
  • 89'Goal · Ewoud PletinckxOH Leuven · 1-2
  • 90+1'Yellow card · William BalikwishaOH Leuven
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Patrick PflückeMechelen
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Tobe LeysenOH Leuven

Head-to-head

10 meetings: OH Leuven 4, draws 2, Mechelen 4.

Team news

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OH Leuven line-up (4-3-1-2)

Tobe Leysen, Thibault Vlietinck, Roggerio Nyakossi, Federico Ricca, Manuel Osifo, Siebe Schrijvers, Birger Verstraete, Ezechiel Banzuzi, Youssef Maziz, Chukwubuikem Ikwuemesi, Thibaud Verlinden

Mechelen line-up (3-4-2-1)

Ortwin De Wolf, Stephen Welsh, Bas Karel Van den Eynden, Toon Raemaekers, Rafik Belghali, Fredrik Hammar, Rob Schoofs, José Marsà, Kerim Mrabti, Nikola Storm, Lion Lauberbach