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Leicester City’s sister club OH Leuven will have to earn promotion the hard way after their most recent defeat.

Leuven, owned by King Power, sealed a place in a promotion play-off when they finished top of the Belgian second tier’s opening tournament in November.

But they could have claimed automatic promotion to the top flight, where the likes of Anderlecht, Standard Liege and Club Brugge play, if they had also finished top in the closing tournament.

However, their 5-3 defeat to Union Saint-Gilloise on Friday means their hopes of flying straight up to the top division are over, with one game remaining in the regular season.

Leuven will now begin preparing for a two-legged promotion play-off next month, with games played on March 8 and March 14.

They will face either Westerlo or Beerschot-Wilrijk depending on the results of this weekend’s games.

City have a loanee at Leuven, with Kamal Sowah coming to the end of his second full campaign at the club.

The 20-year-old Ghanaian, who can play on the right wing, as a number 10, or as a defensive midfielder, has scored five goals and provided three assists in 27 games for the club.