Soccer match preview: Home supporters have high expectations when Gent host Sint-Truiden

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 20.Aug
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: GHELAMCO-arena (20000 seats)

This promises to be another engrossing meeting at GHELAMCO-arena in the Pro League. Gent is in 2nd position and host Sint-Truiden in 6th position. Learn more about the game here!

Insights:
  • Gent have the most points from losing position (6) in Pro League
  • Sint-Truiden have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Pro League

It should be mentioned that Sint-Truiden play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Sint-Truiden on grass are 15 victories, 7 draws and 14 defeats from 36 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 39-42. You can compare this with overall results below.

Not a lot of time to rest for the home side, as they were involved in a Europa Conference League game only three days back. That game was an away game at Pogoń Szczecin, so at least Gent are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Gent form and stats

Gent have only played one Pro League game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 9 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats from 17 matches.

The supporters are hoping that Gent will fight back in this game, putting things right after the 1-2 away defeat in the Europa Conference League fixture against Pogoń Szczecin.

In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting Westerlo.

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

At GHELAMCO-arena, Gent has the goal stats of 3-2 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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Sint-Truiden form and stats

A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Pro League, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 5 wins, 5 draws and 7 defeats from 17 matches.

This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus Anderlecht with 0-1 on the scoreboard. The attacker Steuckers got a match rating of 7.55 in that game. Steuckers hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 56 successful passes (of 65 total).

Prior to that result Sint-Truiden won their away game at Kortrijk. The scoreline was 1-0.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Sint-Truiden has managed {1 goals} and let in 0 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Gent five wins, three draws and Sint-Truiden two victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

GentH. Cuypers
H. Cuypers
3 goals
GentG. Orban
G. Orban
1 goals
GentT. Watanabe
T. Watanabe
1 goals

Gent missing players

Sint-Truiden missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Gent Sint-Truiden
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 0 1 3
3 1 0 Won W 0 1 2
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
7 3 0 Scored S 0 1 2
3 2 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
67% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 100% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 33%
 
6.7 7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 14 7.7
5.3 5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 1
1.7 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 2.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15.3 17 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 14 13
5 4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4 4
47% 75% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 25% 17%
 
13 10 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 8 8
3.3 3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 1 2.3
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Gent have the most points from losing position (6) in Pro League
  • Sint-Truiden have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Pro League
Gent Last season Sint-Truiden
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
40 20   Played P   17 34
21 11   Won W   5 11
9 5   Drew D   5 9
10 4   Lost L   7 14
81 36   Scored S   17 37
44 20   Conceded C   21 40
95% 90%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   88% 91%
88% 85%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 68%
62% 60%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   41% 44%
38% 25%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   18% 18%
15% 10%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 6%
55% 60%   BTTS BTTS   47% 44%
35% 40%   Clean Sheets C S   29% 26%
15% 10%   Failed to Score F T   35% 38%
 
5.9 6.4   Corners for (avg) C F   3.4 3.8
4.1 4   Corners against (avg) C A   5.5 4.4
1.3 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 1.7
3 0   Red cards R C   3 7
 
14 15.8   Shots (avg) S (   9.6 11
5 5.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.1 2.5
40% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   49% 44%
 
9.6 9.4   Shots against (avg) S A   11.9 11
3.4 3.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.1 3.4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Union Saint-Gilloise 3 3 0 0 8 1 2 2 0 0 7 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 7 9
2 Gent 3 3 0 0 7 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 4 9
3 Club Brugge 3 2 1 0 7 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 6 0 6 7
4 Antwerp 3 2 0 1 7 1 2 2 0 0 7 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 6 6
5 Genk 3 2 0 1 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 5 0 4 6
6 Sint-Truiden 3 2 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 6
7 Anderlecht 3 2 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 2 0 6
8 RWDM 3 2 0 1 3 5 2 1 0 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 -2 6
9 AS Eupen 3 1 1 1 3 7 2 0 1 1 2 7 1 1 0 0 1 0 -4 4
10 Cercle Brugge 3 1 0 2 2 2 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
11 Sporting Charleroi 3 0 2 1 2 4 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 2
12 Mechelen 3 0 1 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 -2 1
13 Standard Liege 3 0 1 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 -2 1
14 Westerlo 3 0 1 2 3 6 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 -3 1
15 OH Leuven 3 0 1 2 3 8 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 2 6 -5 1
16 Kortrijk 3 0 0 3 2 10 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 9 -8 0
Last season 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 34 23 6 5 78 37 17 14 1 2 44 15 17 9 5 3 34 22 41 75
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 34 23 6 5 70 41 17 13 2 2 33 16 17 10 4 3 37 25 29 75
3 Antwerp 34 22 6 6 59 26 17 13 2 2 36 11 17 9 4 4 23 15 33 72
4 Club Brugge 34 16 11 7 61 36 17 10 6 1 40 15 17 6 5 6 21 21 25 59
5 Gent 34 16 8 10 64 38 17 9 4 4 28 16 17 7 4 6 36 22 26 56
6 Standard Liege 34 16 7 11 58 45 17 10 3 4 34 17 17 6 4 7 24 28 13 55
7 Westerlo 34 14 9 11 61 53 17 8 4 5 40 26 17 6 5 6 21 27 8 51
8 Cercle Brugge 34 13 11 10 50 46 17 8 7 2 31 18 17 5 4 8 19 28 4 50
9 OH Leuven 34 13 9 12 56 48 17 7 5 5 29 24 17 6 4 7 27 24 8 48
10 Sporting Charleroi 34 14 6 14 45 52 17 7 2 8 23 27 17 7 4 6 22 25 -7 48
11 Anderlecht 34 13 7 14 49 46 17 6 4 7 27 23 17 7 3 7 22 23 3 46
12 Sint-Truiden 34 11 9 14 37 40 17 6 4 7 20 19 17 5 5 7 17 21 -3 42
13 Mechelen 34 11 7 16 49 63 17 7 6 4 29 27 17 4 1 12 20 36 -14 40
14 Kortrijk 34 8 7 19 37 61 17 4 5 8 16 29 17 4 2 11 21 32 -24 31
15 AS Eupen 34 7 7 20 40 75 17 4 4 9 22 33 17 3 3 11 18 42 -35 28
16 Zulte-Waregem 34 6 9 19 50 78 17 3 4 10 27 46 17 3 5 9 23 32 -28 27
17 KV Oostende 34 7 6 21 37 76 17 5 1 11 18 33 17 2 5 10 19 43 -39 27
18 RFC Seraing 34 5 5 24 28 68 17 1 4 12 8 29 17 4 1 12 20 39 -40 20

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 Union Saint-Gilloise 3 3 0 0 8 1 2 2 0 0 7 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 7 9
2 Gent 3 3 0 0 7 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 4 9
3 Club Brugge 3 2 1 0 7 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 6 0 6 7
4 Antwerp 3 2 0 1 7 1 2 2 0 0 7 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 6 6
5 Genk 3 2 0 1 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 5 0 4 6
6 Sint-Truiden 3 2 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 6
7 Anderlecht 3 2 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 2 0 6
8 RWDM 3 2 0 1 3 5 2 1 0 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 -2 6
9 AS Eupen 3 1 1 1 3 7 2 0 1 1 2 7 1 1 0 0 1 0 -4 4
10 Cercle Brugge 3 1 0 2 2 2 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
11 Sporting Charleroi 3 0 2 1 2 4 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 2
12 Mechelen 3 0 1 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 -2 1
13 Standard Liege 3 0 1 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 -2 1
14 Westerlo 3 0 1 2 3 6 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 -3 1
15 OH Leuven 3 0 1 2 3 8 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 2 6 -5 1
16 Kortrijk 3 0 0 3 2 10 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 9 -8 0

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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.