Pro League preview and statistics: Gent - AS Eupen at GHELAMCO-arena

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 24.Sep
Match begins: 17:15 (UTC)
Venue: GHELAMCO-arena (20000 seats)

Gent have performed excellent football so far, proven by 1st position in the table. AS Eupen have a view both direction in the table from their 10th place.

Insights:
  • Gent have the most points from losing position (8) in Pro League
  • AS Eupen have won significantly more corners away than at home.

Gent have less rest than AS Eupen in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Europa Conference League game only three days ago. That game was an away game at Zorya, so at least Gent are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Gent form and stats

Gent have collected seven points from their first three Pro League games here at GHELAMCO-arena, a promising start.

The Gent coach Vanhaezebrouck and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Zorya in the Europa Conference League. Watanabe was "man of the match" with a rating of 6.81 out of 10. The defender Watanabe won 1 of 1 duels.

1-1 away at OH Leuven before that.

Gent are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 9 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 8, drew 1 and lost 0.

The manager Vanhaezebrouck will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Antwerp in only three days.

Gent can score goals in their home matches. After 3 league matches they have found the net 7 times. Gent have conceded 5 from these games.

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AS Eupen form and stats

AS Eupen have six points from their first three away games in the Pro League, meaning two victories and a loss.

AS Eupen's previous game was their home loss versus Standard Liege (1-3). Midfield player Baiye was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.61/10. Baiye hit one key pass and had 43 successful passes (of 48 total).

Prior to that match, the Eupen manager Kohfeldt faced defeat when travelling to Mechelen and losing 0-1.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where AS Eupen played away with similar odds. This revealed 10 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 1 time, 1 were draw and the home team won as expected 8 times.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far AS Eupen have scored 4 goals in 3 league games away. AS Eupen are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 2 times in 3 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Gent have been victorious in all of the 4 most recent matches versus this opponent. Another win today?

Top Goalscorers

GentH. Cuypers
H. Cuypers
3 goals
GentG. Orban
G. Orban
2 goals
GentH. Hong
H. Hong
2 goals

Gent missing players

AS Eupen missing players

Gent AS Eupen
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
6 3 1 Played P 0 3 7
4 2 0 Won W 0 2 3
2 1 1 Drew D 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 1 3
12 7 2 Scored S 0 4 10
7 5 2 Conceded C 0 2 13
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
83% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 33% 71%
67% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 71%
50% 67% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 71%
17% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 14%
83% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 57%
17% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 14%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 29%
 
8 6.3 7 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5 4.1
4.5 4.3 2 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6 5.6
2 1.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.3 1.4
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
16.8 16.7 19 Shots (avg) S ( 0 9.7 11.4
4.7 4.3 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.7 3.9
43% 54% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 36% 37%
 
12.7 12.7 14 Shots against (avg) S A 0 21 19.3
3.7 4.3 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4.3 5.1
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • AS Eupen have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • AS Eupen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • All of Gent's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Gent have not yet lost a game.
  • Gent have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Gent have the most points from losing position (8) in Pro League
  • Gent have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Gent haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Gent 6 4 2 0 12 7 3 2 1 0 7 5 3 2 1 0 5 2 5 14
2 Anderlecht 7 4 2 1 9 7 3 3 0 0 5 2 4 1 2 1 4 5 2 14
3 Club Brugge 6 4 1 1 19 6 3 2 1 0 12 4 3 2 0 1 7 2 13 13
4 Cercle Brugge 7 4 0 3 8 5 3 2 0 1 4 2 4 2 0 2 4 3 3 12
5 Antwerp 6 3 2 1 13 4 2 2 0 0 7 0 4 1 2 1 6 4 9 11
6 Genk 6 3 2 1 8 2 3 0 2 1 1 2 3 3 0 0 7 0 6 11
7 Sint-Truiden 7 3 2 2 7 6 4 2 0 2 3 3 3 1 2 0 4 3 1 11
8 Mechelen 7 3 1 3 9 7 3 2 0 1 5 1 4 1 1 2 4 6 2 10
9 Union Saint-Gilloise 6 3 1 2 10 9 4 2 1 1 9 5 2 1 0 1 1 4 1 10
10 AS Eupen 7 3 1 3 10 13 4 1 1 2 6 11 3 2 0 1 4 2 -3 10
11 RWDM 6 3 1 2 7 14 3 2 0 1 3 5 3 1 1 1 4 9 -7 10
12 Standard Liege 7 1 3 3 6 7 3 0 1 2 1 3 4 1 2 1 5 4 -1 6
13 OH Leuven 7 1 3 3 9 13 4 1 2 1 6 4 3 0 1 2 3 9 -4 6
14 Sporting Charleroi 7 0 4 3 6 11 3 0 3 0 3 3 4 0 1 3 3 8 -5 4
15 Kortrijk 7 0 2 5 6 19 4 0 2 2 4 7 3 0 0 3 2 12 -13 2
16 Westerlo 7 0 1 6 7 16 4 0 0 4 3 10 3 0 1 2 4 6 -9 1

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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.