National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Gent or Heur Tongeren that keep their silverware dream alive.
Gent have less rest than Heur Tongeren in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Pro League game only three days ago. That game was an away game at Anderlecht, so at least Gent are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Gent form and stats
Gent was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the Belgian Cup.When playing at home in the Pro League, Gent have managed 4 wins, 2 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 11 games.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Sint-Truiden that ended 1-1.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Pro League game versus AS Eupen in only four days. This game is also played here at GHELAMCO-arena.
A decent goal production from Gent in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 11 league matches. Gent's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 15 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Heur Tongeren form and stats
They also participated in Belgian Cup last season. This ended in the 2nd round.When we have look at the Belgian Cup statistics, we find 3W-1D-0L. This is both home and away. Heur Tongeren seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Tongeren are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found 52 matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were 20 wins, ten draws and 22 defeats. Of the defeats, twelve games were lost by at least two goals margin.
The schedule is very tough for Heur Tongeren now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Division 3: Group B game at Pepingen-Halle is waiting in only four days.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  R. Yaremchuk 10 goals |  O. Bukari 4 goals |  S. Kums 3 goals |
Gent missing players
Heur Tongeren missing players
| Gent | Heur Tongeren | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 31 | 15 | Scored | S | 21 | 46 | ||
| 39 | 18 | Conceded | C | 18 | 29 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 56% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 85% | 72% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 56% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 9% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.4 | 7.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 15 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 8 | ||
| 29% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 38% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Club Brugge | 25 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 53 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 7 | 35 | 57 |
| 2 | Genk | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 49 | 33 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 43 |
| 3 | Antwerp | 25 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 41 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 43 |
| 4 | Anderlecht | 25 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 34 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 38 |
| 5 | Standard Liège | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 36 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 38 |
| 6 | Sporting Charleroi | 25 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 38 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 26 | 4 | 37 |
| 7 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 25 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 46 | 48 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 28 | -2 | 37 |
| 8 | KV Oostende | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 36 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 36 |
| 9 | OH Leuven | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 40 | 41 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 24 | -1 | 36 |
| 10 | Mechelen | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 38 | 42 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 17 | -4 | 33 |
| 11 | Zulte-Waregem | 25 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 38 | 45 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 17 | -7 | 33 |
| 12 | Gent | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 34 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 32 |
| 13 | AS Eupen | 25 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 30 | 40 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 18 | -10 | 31 |
| 14 | Sint-Truiden | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 33 | 37 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 23 | -4 | 30 |
| 15 | Kortrijk | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 29 | 37 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -8 | 30 |
| 16 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 21 | -11 | 26 |
| 17 | Cercle Brugge | 25 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 30 | 44 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 20 | -14 | 22 |
| 18 | Waasland-Beveren | 25 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 32 | 54 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 27 | -22 | 21 |