The Gent & Club Brugge bosses Vanhaezebrouck and Hoefkens are both fearing and looking forward to this important match in the top regions of the Pro League positions.
- Gent have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Pro League
- Club Brugge have won significantly less corners away then at home.
The hosts Gent saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Europa Conference League. This match was also played here at GHELAMCO-arena. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Club Brugge have had more rest.
Gent form and stats
When playing at home in the Pro League, Gent have managed 4 wins, 1 draw and suffered 2 defeats from 7 games. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at GHELAMCO-arena.
Gent's previous match was a Europa Conference League game also played at their own stadium, ending 4-0 vs Molde. The home team hope to to build on that result. Kums (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 9.15/10. Kums scored one goal, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 67 successful passes (of 75 total).
Preceding that game was the away draw at OH Leuven that finished 1-1.Gent are traveling soon after this match as the Belgian Cup match at Dessel Sport awaits in three days.
On the other hand, Gent have conceded 9 goals.
Club Brugge form and stats
4 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of Club Brugge playing as the away team in the Pro League this season.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Bayer Leverkusen in their previous outing. The Champions League duel ended 0-0. Mignolet (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.33. Mignolet topped it up with a clean sheet.
A home win before that, celebrating 4-2 vs KV Oostende.Goal-happy betting people should observe that 9 of this team's 12 most recent league matches have ended with three or more goals.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Belgian Cup trip to Patro Eisden.
Club Brugge has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 12 goals from 7 games. As opposed to that, Brugge have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Gent-Club Brugge H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Gent five wins, Club Brugge four wins, one draw. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  H. Cuypers 8 goals |   A. Olsen 6 goals |
Gent missing players
Club Brugge missing players
| Gent | Club Brugge | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 26 | 14 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 12 | 32 |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 8 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 87% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 93% |
| 60% | 71% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 71% | 73% |
| 27% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 29% | 33% |
| 7% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| 60% | 71% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 43% | 47% |
| 27% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 43% | 40% |
| 13% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 14% | 13% |
| 6.1 | 6.1 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.3 | 6.5 |
| 3.7 | 4 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 3.9 | 3.3 |
| 1.7 | 1.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13.3 | 15 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 11.7 | 16.3 |
| 4.7 | 5.7 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 3 | 3.9 |
| 37% | 35% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 57% | 55% |
| 9.9 | 8.4 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.5 | 11.7 | 10.7 |
| 3.2 | 2.3 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.9 | 4.1 |
- All of Gent's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Club Brugge have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Club Brugge haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Gent have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Gent have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Gent have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Pro League
- 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 | Genk | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 25 | 40 |
| 2 | Antwerp | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 33 |
| 3 | Club Brugge | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 32 |
| 4 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 32 |
| 5 | Standard Liege | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 25 |
| 6 | Gent | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 24 |
| 7 | OH Leuven | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 22 |
| 8 | Westerlo | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 27 | 29 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 20 | -2 | 22 |
| 9 | Sint-Truiden | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -2 | 20 |
| 10 | Anderlecht | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 19 |
| 11 | Cercle Brugge | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -2 | 19 |
| 12 | Sporting Charleroi | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -4 | 19 |
| 13 | Mechelen | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -6 | 17 |
| 14 | KV Oostende | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -13 | 14 |
| 15 | Kortrijk | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -13 | 12 |
| 16 | AS Eupen | 15 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 17 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -16 | 12 |
| 17 | RFC Seraing | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | -11 | 11 |
| 18 | Zulte-Waregem | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -17 | 11 |
