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OH Leuven Edges Out Dender in Thrilling Encounter
OH Leuven secured a 4-3 victory over Dender in a thrilling match at the King Power at Den Dreef Stadion in Heverlee, Belgium. The game, part of the Conference League Play-off group stage in the Jupiler Pro League and officiated by Massimiliano Ledda, was a back-and-forth affair.
Dender took an early lead with a goal from M. Berte in the 3rd minute. However, OH Leuven responded with three consecutive goals in the 22nd, 33rd, and 39th minutes, scored by C. Ikwuemesi, W. Balikwisha, and S. Schrijvers respectively. Dender pulled one back through R. Kvet in the 58th minute, and A. Scheidler added two late goals (74th and 90th minutes) to keep the game tense until the very end. Despite Dender’s late comeback attempt, C. Ikwuemesi secured the win for OH Leuven with his second goal in the 83rd minute.
The match saw a closely contested possession battle, with Dender slightly edging out OH Leuven (52%), and a high number of shots on goal for both teams. OH Leuven registered 16 shots (6 on target), while Dender managed 14 (7 on target). The game featured a total of 19 fouls and one yellow card for each team.
Substitutions oh leuven: at minute 47 E. Pletinckx came in and H. Kurucay went out., at minute 62 T. Vlietinck came in and O. Gil went out., at minute 69 T. Verlinden came in and W. Balikwisha went out., at minute 69 L. Zeefuik came in and S. Mitrovic went out., at minute 85 R. Nyakossi came in and M. Osifo went out.
Substitutions dender: at minute 58 L. Hens came in and M. Viltard went out., at minute 59 A. Scheidler came in and B. Nsimba went out., at minute 59 J. Pupe came in and B. Goncalves went out., at minute 78 D. Sylla came in and F. Ferraro went out., at minute 79 D. Acquah came in and M. Berte went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
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