The league table is allowed to rest as Gent and Club Brugge battle for Belgian Cup honors in this first Semi-finals leg of two fixtures.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Gent form and stats
Last season, Gent's Belgian Cup journey ended in the quarter-finals.7-3-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Pro League numbers at home for Gent so far this season.
The Gent crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Antwerp here at GHELAMCO-arena. Hjulsager, a natural forward, was the best performer for the side in that match, scoring a rating of 7.31 (out of 10). Hjulsager hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
In the match before that, Gent hosted KV Oostende and drew the Pro League game 1-1.This is expected to be a close game, with Gent perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Gent as a small favourite), we find four games. Gent has won one of these, drawn one and lost two.
There will be little rest for Gent after this match as they are travelling to Club Brugge for a Pro League game in only four days.
Gent have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at GHELAMCO-arena with 25 goals in 13 league matches. 15 goals have been conceded.
Club Brugge form and stats
Club Brugge was sent out of Belgian Cup in the quarter-finals last season.The story so far for the visiting team on their Pro League travels is 7 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Brugge goalkeeper Simon Mignolet is eager to challenge this, with his 222 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
It's the second away game in a row for Club Brugge, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Kortrijk last time out. Midfield player Vormer was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.72/10. Vormer hit four key passes and had 53 successful passes (of 61 total).
A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Union Saint-Gilloise in the Pro League.A new game in only four days for Club Brugge, the Pro League home match versus Gent. Busy days.
Club Brugge are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 22 times in 13 away games so far. Brugge have conceded 18 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Gent victories, two draws and five Club Brugge wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Dost 11 goals |   T. Tissoudali 10 goals |  C. De Ketelaere 10 goals |
Gent missing players
Club Brugge missing players
| Gent | Club Brugge | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 33 | 21 | Scored | S | 20 | 44 | ||
| 21 | 14 | Conceded | C | 22 | 40 | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 56% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 36% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 68% | ||
| 24% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 42% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 16% | ||
| 6.4 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 6 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.2 | 5.5 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 4 | ||
| 14.8 | 15.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.8 | 13.8 | ||
| 5.7 | 6.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 5.3 | ||
| 24% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 33% | ||
| 8.9 | 8.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.3 | 12.5 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 5 | ||
| 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 | 25 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 57 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 9 | 36 | 57 |
| 2 | Club Brugge | 25 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 46 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 16 | 48 |
| 3 | Antwerp | 24 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 44 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 18 | 47 |
| 4 | Anderlecht | 25 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 52 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 22 | 42 |
| 5 | Sporting Charleroi | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 40 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 20 | 7 | 40 |
| 6 | Gent | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 36 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 37 |
| 7 | Mechelen | 23 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 39 | 39 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 0 | 36 |
| 8 | Cercle Brugge | 25 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 35 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 34 |
| 9 | Kortrijk | 24 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 30 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 34 |
| 10 | Genk | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 45 | 36 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 9 | 32 |
| 11 | Sint-Truiden | 25 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 26 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -10 | 28 |
| 12 | Standard Liege | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 28 | 39 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 19 | -11 | 28 |
| 13 | KV Oostende | 24 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 26 | 46 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 17 | -20 | 27 |
| 14 | AS Eupen | 25 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 31 | 41 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 20 | -10 | 27 |
| 15 | OH Leuven | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 31 | 38 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 21 | -7 | 27 |
| 16 | Zulte-Waregem | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 36 | 52 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 24 | -16 | 25 |
| 17 | RFC Seraing | 25 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 26 | 50 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 29 | -24 | 23 |
| 18 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 24 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 23 | 51 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 27 | -28 | 13 |
