National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Gent or Standard Liège that keep their silverware dream alive.
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
Gent participated in Belgian Cup the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals.The home supporters can't complain about results here at GHELAMCO-arena as Gent have scored 22 goals to get 22 points from 10 games. The overall stats in the Pro League are 7-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).
A nice win for Gent last time playing, versus Sint-Truiden. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with Depoitre and Tissoudali scoring for the victors. The gifted forward Bezus bettered all teammates in that fixture and got a match rating of 8.05 out of 10. Bezus signed up for two assists and hit three key passes.
Prior to that, an away loss at Mechelen in the Pro League.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 eight matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won six, drew one and lost one.
There will be little rest for Gent after this match as they are travelling to Union Saint-Gilloise for a Pro League game in only four days.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (22 in 10 games), Gent's attacking play is working. On the other hand, Gent have conceded 11 goals.
Standard Liège form and stats
Standard's mission in Belgian Cup last season failed in the final.Playing away, Standard Liège have won 4 games, drawn 2 and suffered 4 defeats in the Pro League this season.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Standard, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus OH Leuven. Fai, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.53. Fai scored one goal, hit three key passes and won 1 of 4 duels.
Preceding that game was the away Pro League victory against Antwerp with the score of 3-2.You'll want to know how Standard managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found four similar matches resulting in zero away wins, one draw and three home wins.
A quick return to home after this game, as Standard are hosting Zulte-Waregem in the Pro League only four days away.
Standard find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. Standard struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 18 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the prior ten meetings involving these two participants are: seven wins for Gent, zero draws and three wins for Standard Liège. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  T. Tissoudali 10 goals |  L. Depoitre 6 goals |  J. De Sart 3 goals |
Gent missing players
Standard Liège missing players
| Gent | Standard Liège | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Won | W | 6 | 10 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 41 | 27 | Scored | S | 18 | 37 | ||
| 22 | 13 | Conceded | C | 20 | 39 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 64% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 76% | ||
| 40% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 40% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 8% | ||
| 6.5 | 6.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.6 | 2.7 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 15.2 | 15.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 11.1 | ||
| 6.2 | 6.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4.3 | ||
| 27% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 33% | ||
| 9.5 | 9.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 11 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.1 | ||
| 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 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 50 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 30 | 46 |
| 2 | Club Brugge | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 41 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 40 |
| 3 | Antwerp | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 37 |
| 4 | Anderlecht | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 43 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 17 | 35 |
| 5 | Gent | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 33 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 |
| 6 | Sporting Charleroi | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 32 |
| 7 | Kortrijk | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 31 |
| 8 | Mechelen | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 35 | 37 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 22 | -2 | 30 |
| 9 | Genk | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 36 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 3 | 26 |
| 10 | AS Eupen | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 30 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 17 | -4 | 25 |
| 11 | KV Oostende | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 23 | 39 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -16 | 23 |
| 12 | Standard Liège | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 18 | -8 | 23 |
| 13 | OH Leuven | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 17 | -8 | 23 |
| 14 | Cercle Brugge | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 26 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | -2 | 22 |
| 15 | Sint-Truiden | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -11 | 21 |
| 16 | Zulte-Waregem | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 30 | 45 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 18 | -15 | 20 |
| 17 | RFC Seraing | 20 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 23 | 40 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 24 | -17 | 19 |
| 18 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 19 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 34 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -19 | 9 |