Soccer betting preview: Anderlecht welcomes Gent in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Date: Thu 31.October
Match begins: 20:30 (UTC)
Venue: Lotto Park (22500 seats)

Struggling Anderlecht will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Gent in the upcoming league round. It’s 11th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

The visiting Gent played their last game only four days ago, a Pro League match. That game, against Sint-Truiden, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Gent.

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Anderlecht form and stats

Anderlecht have collected 8 points from their Pro League home games so far after 2-2-2.

Anderlecht manager F. Vercauteren and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus AS Eupen (placed 14th) in the Pro League. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Sint-Truiden in a game that was won 4-1.

This is expected to be a close game, with Anderlecht perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Anderlecht as a small favourite), we find four games. Anderlecht has won 2 of these, drawn 1 and lost 1.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Cercle Brugge are coming to town in three days.

The Anderlecht fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 6 matches. Anderlecht have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Gent form and stats

0 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Gent playing as the away team in the Pro League this season.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Sint-Truiden (placed 12th) in their previous outing. The Pro League match ended in a draw 0-0. A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Wolfsburg in the Europa League.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Gent playing away and similar expectations, we found eight relevant matches. Results were 5 Gent wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

After this away game Gent return home for a Pro League game against Standard Liège. That game is only three sleeps after this.

The visitors have scored 4 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. In the opposite end, Gent have conceded 9 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between the teams: Anderlecht won 2, Gent won 4 and 4 draws. 1 game with over 2,5 goals, 9 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

GentR. Yaremchuk
R. Yaremchuk
6 goals
GentJ. David
J. David
6 goals / 4 assists
AnderlechtN. Chadli
N. Chadli
5 goals / 3 assists

Anderlecht missing players

Gent missing players

Anderlecht Gent
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs low Away Total
12 6 3 Played P 1 5 11
3 2 1 Won W 0 0 6
4 2 1 Drew D 1 3 3
5 2 1 Lost L 0 2 2
12 7 2 Scored S 0 4 22
13 5 2 Conceded C 0 9 12
67% 67% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 80% 91%
50% 50% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 80% 91%
50% 50% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 60% 55%
17% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 40% 36%
17% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 18%
50% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 0% 60% 45%
42% 50% 67% Clean Sheets C S 100% 20% 45%
42% 33% 33% Failed to Score F T 100% 40% 18%
 
5.2 5.8 6.7 Corners For (avg) C F 11 6.2 5.7
3.2 2.3 2.7 Corners Against (avg) C A 4 3.8 3.4
1.8 1.5 1.7 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 1.3
1 1 1 Red Cards R C 0 1 1
Key stats this season:
  • Anderlecht have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Gent have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Gent have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Gent have yet to win a game away.

Anderlecht
All Pro League Europa League Belgian Cup
All Home Away Home vs top
25-09-19 BC Beerschot-Wilrijk 2 - 2 Anderlecht
29-09-19 PRO Anderlecht 0 - 0 Waasland-Beveren
04-10-19 PRO Sporting Charleroi 1 - 2 Anderlecht
20-10-19 PRO Anderlecht 4 - 1 Sint-Truiden
25-10-19 PRO AS Eupen 0 - 0 Anderlecht
31-10-19 PRO Anderlecht 20:30 Gent
03-11-19 PRO Anderlecht 14:30 Cercle Brugge
08-11-19 PRO Zulte-Waregem 20:30 Anderlecht
24-11-19 PRO Anderlecht 18:00 Kortrijk
01-12-19 PRO KV Oostende 14:30 Anderlecht
Gent
All Pro League Europa League Belgian Cup
All Home Away Away vs low
03-10-19 EL Oleksandria 1 - 1 Gent
06-10-19 PRO Club Brugge 4 - 0 Gent
19-10-19 PRO Gent 2 - 0 Waasland-Beveren
24-10-19 EL Gent 2 - 2 Wolfsburg
27-10-19 PRO Sint-Truiden 0 - 0 Gent
31-10-19 PRO Anderlecht 20:30 Gent
03-11-19 PRO Gent 18:00 Standard Liège
07-11-19 EL Wolfsburg 21:00 Gent
10-11-19 PRO Genk 18:00 Gent
21-11-19 PRO Antwerp 20:30 Gent

  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 11 8 3 0 27 4 6 3 3 0 14 3 5 5 0 0 13 1 23 27
2 Standard Liège 12 7 3 2 25 10 6 5 1 0 15 3 6 2 2 2 10 7 15 24
3 Mechelen 12 7 2 3 22 18 5 3 1 1 11 10 7 4 1 2 11 8 4 23
4 Gent 11 6 3 2 22 12 6 6 0 0 18 3 5 0 3 2 4 9 10 21
5 Antwerp 11 6 2 3 23 15 5 4 1 0 14 5 6 2 1 3 9 10 8 20
6 Zulte-Waregem 12 5 4 3 20 14 6 4 1 1 15 5 6 1 3 2 5 9 6 19
7 Genk 11 6 1 4 19 15 6 5 0 1 9 5 5 1 1 3 7 7 4 19
8 Sporting Charleroi 11 5 3 3 17 13 6 3 1 2 7 8 5 2 2 1 10 5 4 18
9 Royal Excel Mouscron 12 4 4 4 14 14 6 3 2 1 8 4 6 1 2 3 6 10 0 16
10 Kortrijk 12 4 2 6 21 20 6 3 2 1 15 8 6 1 0 5 6 12 1 14
11 Anderlecht 12 3 4 5 12 13 6 2 2 2 7 5 6 1 2 3 5 8 -1 13
12 Sint-Truiden 11 3 3 5 12 22 5 1 3 1 3 3 6 2 0 4 6 16 -10 12
13 KV Oostende 12 3 2 7 15 25 6 2 1 3 9 12 6 1 1 4 6 13 -10 11
14 AS Eupen 12 2 4 6 9 24 6 0 3 3 3 10 6 2 1 3 6 14 -15 10
15 Waasland-Beveren 12 1 4 7 9 25 6 1 1 4 6 16 6 0 3 3 3 9 -16 7
16 Cercle Brugge 12 1 0 11 8 31 6 1 0 5 3 12 6 0 0 6 5 19 -23 3

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