Charleroi and OH Leuven kick off their Jupiler Pro League campaigns looking to translate pre-season goal-scoring form into early league points.
Mario Kohnen enters his first full season as Charleroi coach with the explicit goal of moving past a disappointing 2025/26 campaign. Currently 7th on zero points with 34 games remaining, the hosts are looking to improve on a pre-season that ended with a narrow 3-2 defeat to Rayo Vallecano.
OH Leuven sit 3rd in the early standings and remain in the title race as the season begins. Manager Timmy Simons oversaw a chaotic pre-season finale, including a 3-6 loss to Lille and a 4-4 draw with Heerenveen, suggesting a side that is potent in attack but struggling for defensive cohesion.
How the public market prices this match, shown next to our model. For context only — it never changes a signal.
Elo is overall team strength. xG is the goals an average team would score from the same chances.
One strength number built from every result a team has had. Higher means stronger.
Charleroi are the stronger side — 83 rating points clear of OH Leuven.
Per-game averages this season. Use the buttons to split the goals by venue.
Both teams across every game this season.
Whole season, home and away combined — Charleroi 7 games, OH Leuven 7 games.
Pro League (Belgium) standings · both teams highlighted in context.