Gent manager Vanhaezebrouck looking for three points in Anderlecht showdown

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 05.March
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: GHELAMCO-arena (20000 seats)

Gent have delivered really well so far this season, sitting at 5th place in the table. Anderlecht have an outlook both ways from their 9th position.

Insights:
  • Anderlecht have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Gent form and stats

7-3-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Pro League numbers at home for Gent so far this season.

No payout for Gent in their previous match, an away game at Club Brugge that ended in defeat 0-2. Okumu, defender, was given a rating of 8.0/10 in that game, top of the team. Okumu won 1 of 2 duels.

Before that match, a home victory hosting Qarabag (after extra-time, 5-3 on penalties) in the Europa Conference League. The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Gent handle that role? We have found 6 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Gent, as the Europa Conference League home game vs Istanbul Basaksehir is only four days away.

Gent have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at GHELAMCO-arena with 22 goals in 13 league matches.

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Anderlecht form and stats

As the visiting team in Pro League matches, Anderlecht have produced an overall stat of 5-3-5 so far.

Anderlecht delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Standard Liege (placed 7th) in their previous game. Attacker Slimani got a player rating of 7.84 in the game. "Man of the match" Slimani scored two goals.

Before that, the victory at home hosting Ludogorets (after extra-time, 3-0 on penalties) in the Europa Conference League (2-1). We have checked recent matches where Anderlecht have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 6 games were 1 victory, 1 draw and 4 defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Anderlecht are hosting Villarreal in the Europa Conference League only four days away.

Anderlecht find the net regularly in their away games. 17 goals from 13 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Anderlecht have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Gent have managed a sequence of 11 consecutive matches without losing (4-7-0) when playing Anderlecht.

The former H2H meeting ended Anderlecht - Gent 0-1, played this season.

Top Goalscorers

GentH. Cuypers
H. Cuypers
15 goals
GentH. Hong
H. Hong
5 goals
GentL. Depoitre
L. Depoitre
5 goals

Gent missing players

Anderlecht missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Gent Anderlecht
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 5 Played P 4 13 27
12 7 1 Won W 0 5 10
6 3 3 Drew D 2 3 6
9 3 1 Lost L 2 5 11
46 22 6 Scored S 3 17 40
32 13 5 Conceded C 5 17 37
93% 85% 60% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 92% 93%
85% 85% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 69% 70%
56% 54% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 54% 56%
30% 15% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 31% 44%
15% 15% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 15% 19%
48% 54% 40% BTTS BTTS 75% 46% 52%
37% 46% 60% Clean Sheets C S 25% 38% 26%
22% 15% 40% Failed to Score F T 25% 23% 30%
 
6 6.5 7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 4.1 5.4
4.1 4.2 5 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 4.6 4.2
1.4 1.5 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2 2
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
13.4 15.2 14.2 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 9.9 12.3
4.7 5.3 5.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3.7 4.4
36% 32% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 39% 35%
 
9.9 8.9 10.2 Shots against (avg) S A 14.2 13.3 11.4
3.5 2.9 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4 3.8
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Anderlecht have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Genk 27 21 3 3 65 25 14 12 1 1 36 10 13 9 2 2 29 15 40 66
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 27 17 5 5 55 33 13 9 2 2 25 12 14 8 3 3 30 21 22 56
3 Antwerp 27 16 6 5 46 24 13 10 2 1 28 9 14 6 4 4 18 15 22 54
4 Club Brugge 27 12 10 5 47 32 14 7 6 1 29 15 13 5 4 4 18 17 15 46
5 Gent 27 12 6 9 46 32 13 7 3 3 22 13 14 5 3 6 24 19 14 42
6 Westerlo 27 12 6 9 53 45 14 7 3 4 35 22 13 5 3 5 18 23 8 42
7 Standard Liege 27 12 6 9 44 36 13 7 2 4 25 14 14 5 4 5 19 22 8 42
8 Cercle Brugge 27 9 10 8 37 37 13 5 6 2 22 15 14 4 4 6 15 22 0 37
9 Anderlecht 27 10 6 11 40 37 14 5 3 6 23 20 13 5 3 5 17 17 3 36
10 Sporting Charleroi 26 10 5 11 34 37 13 6 1 6 18 17 13 4 4 5 16 20 -3 35
11 Sint-Truiden 27 9 8 10 26 30 13 4 3 6 11 15 14 5 5 4 15 15 -4 35
12 OH Leuven 27 8 9 10 39 39 13 4 5 4 18 17 14 4 4 6 21 22 0 33
13 Mechelen 26 8 6 12 37 46 14 6 5 3 27 23 12 2 1 9 10 23 -9 30
14 Kortrijk 27 7 6 14 33 50 13 3 4 6 13 24 14 4 2 8 20 26 -17 27
15 AS Eupen 27 7 5 15 34 53 14 4 3 7 17 23 13 3 2 8 17 30 -19 26
16 Zulte-Waregem 27 5 8 14 35 57 14 3 4 7 23 35 13 2 4 7 12 22 -22 23
17 KV Oostende 27 5 5 17 26 57 13 4 1 8 13 24 14 1 4 9 13 33 -31 20
18 RFC Seraing 27 5 4 18 24 51 14 1 3 10 7 21 13 4 1 8 17 30 -27 19

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Genk 27 21 3 3 65 25 14 12 1 1 36 10 13 9 2 2 29 15 40 66
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 27 17 5 5 55 33 13 9 2 2 25 12 14 8 3 3 30 21 22 56
3 Antwerp 27 16 6 5 46 24 13 10 2 1 28 9 14 6 4 4 18 15 22 54
4 Club Brugge 27 12 10 5 47 32 14 7 6 1 29 15 13 5 4 4 18 17 15 46
5 Gent 27 12 6 9 46 32 13 7 3 3 22 13 14 5 3 6 24 19 14 42
6 Westerlo 27 12 6 9 53 45 14 7 3 4 35 22 13 5 3 5 18 23 8 42
7 Standard Liege 27 12 6 9 44 36 13 7 2 4 25 14 14 5 4 5 19 22 8 42
8 Cercle Brugge 27 9 10 8 37 37 13 5 6 2 22 15 14 4 4 6 15 22 0 37
9 Anderlecht 27 10 6 11 40 37 14 5 3 6 23 20 13 5 3 5 17 17 3 36
10 Sporting Charleroi 26 10 5 11 34 37 13 6 1 6 18 17 13 4 4 5 16 20 -3 35
11 Sint-Truiden 27 9 8 10 26 30 13 4 3 6 11 15 14 5 5 4 15 15 -4 35
12 OH Leuven 27 8 9 10 39 39 13 4 5 4 18 17 14 4 4 6 21 22 0 33
13 Mechelen 26 8 6 12 37 46 14 6 5 3 27 23 12 2 1 9 10 23 -9 30
14 Kortrijk 27 7 6 14 33 50 13 3 4 6 13 24 14 4 2 8 20 26 -17 27
15 AS Eupen 27 7 5 15 34 53 14 4 3 7 17 23 13 3 2 8 17 30 -19 26
16 Zulte-Waregem 27 5 8 14 35 57 14 3 4 7 23 35 13 2 4 7 12 22 -22 23
17 KV Oostende 27 5 5 17 26 57 13 4 1 8 13 24 14 1 4 9 13 33 -31 20
18 RFC Seraing 27 5 4 18 24 51 14 1 3 10 7 21 13 4 1 8 17 30 -27 19

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The First Division A is the top league of the football pyramid in Belgium, founded in 1895. It was earlier known as the Belgian Pro League. The season runs from July to May with 16 teams each playing 30 fixtures. The top six in the league table then play a championship playoff, the bottom team is relegated and places #7 to #15 have a Europa League playoff.