Antwerp vs Gent betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Date: Sun 25.August
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Bosuilstadion (16649 seats)

It's early days in the Pro League and the teams are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Antwerp form and stats

As mentioned below, Antwerp are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 games. Antwerp has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Bosuilstadion. We remember; it was Sporting Charleroi.

Antwerp's last game was hosting Sint-Truiden and winning 2-0. A Europa League defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Viktoria Plzen.

This is expected to be a close game, with Antwerp perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Antwerp as a small favourite), we find nine games. Antwerp has won 2 of these, drawn 5 and lost 2.

Antwerp has scored 6 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 2 home games.

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Gent form and stats

The season is young and Gent have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.

Gent are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the Pro League against KV Oostende. That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus AEK Larnaca 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 nine relevant matches. Results were 5 Gent wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

It's early days yet, but Gent has scored 2 and conceded 3 goals from their travels so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Antwerp 2 wins, 3 draws and Gent 1 victory. As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 3 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

D. Mbokani
5 goals / 3 assists
L. Refaelov
4 goals / 1 assists
R. Yaremchuk
2 goals

Antwerp missing players

Gent missing players

Antwerp Gent
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs top Away Total
4 2 0 Played 0 2 4
3 2 0 Won 0 0 2
0 0 0 Drew 0 1 1
1 0 0 Lost 0 1 1
11 6 0 Scored 0 2 10
4 1 0 Conceded 0 3 4
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 0% 100% 100%
75% 50% 0% Over 2.5 0% 50% 50%
50% 50% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 25%
50% 50% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 25%
75% 50% 0% BTTS 0% 100% 75%
25% 50% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 25%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
6.2 5.5 0 Corners For (avg) 0 6.5 6
4 4 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 3.5 3.2
0.8 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 1.5 0.8
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Antwerp Last season Gent
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
40 20 6 Played 4 20 40
18 8 1 Won 2 8 18
9 6 3 Drew 1 4 6
13 6 2 Lost 1 8 16
51 27 7 Scored 9 33 63
50 24 9 Conceded 8 32 60
90% 90% 83% Over 0.5 100% 95% 95%
75% 75% 67% Over 1.5 100% 95% 88%
50% 50% 50% Over 2.5 100% 75% 72%
20% 20% 33% Over 3.5 75% 45% 35%
10% 10% 17% Over 4.5 50% 15% 15%
55% 65% 67% BTTS 100% 65% 68%
32% 25% 33% Clean Sheets 0% 20% 18%
22% 20% 17% Failed To Score 0% 20% 20%
 
5.5 6.3 5.5 Corners For (avg) 4 5.2 6.2
4.3 4.5 5.3 Corners Against (avg) 5 5.2 4.9
2.9 2.8 2.7 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.8 2 1.8
3 3 0 Red Cards 1 7 8
Key stats last season:
  • Gent have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Antwerp
All Pro League Europa League UEFA Europa League Play-offs Club Friendlies Belgian Cup
All Home Away
04-08-19 PRO Antwerp 4 - 1 Waasland-Beveren
08-08-19 EL Antwerp 1 - 0 Viktoria Plzen
11-08-19 PRO Sporting Charleroi 2 - 1 Antwerp
15-08-19 EL Viktoria Plzen 1 - 0 Antwerp
18-08-19 PRO Antwerp 2 - 0 Sint-Truiden
22-08-19 EL AZ 18:30 Antwerp
25-08-19 PRO Antwerp 12:30 Gent
29-08-19 EL Antwerp 18:00 AZ
01-09-19 PRO Zulte-Waregem 18:00 Antwerp
15-09-19 PRO Anderlecht 12:30 Antwerp
Gent
All Pro League Europa League Club Friendlies Belgian Cup
All Home Away
04-08-19 PRO Gent 6 - 1 AS Eupen
08-08-19 EL AEK Larnaca 1 - 1 Gent
11-08-19 PRO Royal Excel Mouscron 2 - 1 Gent
15-08-19 EL Gent 3 - 0 AEK Larnaca
18-08-19 PRO Gent 2 - 0 KV Oostende
22-08-19 EL Gent 18:30 Rijeka
25-08-19 PRO Antwerp 12:30 Gent
29-08-19 EL Rijeka 18:00 Gent
31-08-19 PRO Gent 18:00 Cercle Brugge
15-09-19 PRO Gent 16:00 Mechelen

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Club Brugge 4 3 1 0 11 1 2 1 1 0 6 0 2 2 0 0 5 1 10 10
2 Mechelen 4 3 1 0 8 2 2 2 0 0 6 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 6 10
3 Standard Liège 4 3 0 1 11 3 2 2 0 0 8 1 2 1 0 1 3 2 8 9
4 Antwerp 4 3 0 1 11 4 2 2 0 0 6 1 2 1 0 1 5 3 7 9
5 Gent 4 2 1 1 10 4 2 2 0 0 8 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 6 7
6 Kortrijk 4 2 1 1 9 6 2 1 1 0 5 3 2 1 0 1 4 3 3 7
7 Royal Excel Mouscron 4 2 1 1 4 5 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 2 4 -1 7
8 Genk 4 2 0 2 7 6 2 1 0 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 5 3 1 6
9 KV Oostende 4 2 0 2 5 6 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 -1 6
10 Zulte-Waregem 4 2 0 2 5 7 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 1 0 1 2 4 -2 6
11 Sporting Charleroi 4 1 2 1 5 6 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 1 1 2 4 -1 5
12 Sint-Truiden 4 1 0 3 2 10 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 8 -8 3
13 Anderlecht 4 0 2 2 3 6 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 2 4 -3 2
14 AS Eupen 4 0 2 2 3 11 2 0 1 1 2 5 2 0 1 1 1 6 -8 2
15 Waasland-Beveren 4 0 1 3 3 12 2 0 0 2 1 7 2 0 1 1 2 5 -9 1
16 Cercle Brugge 4 0 0 4 3 11 2 0 0 2 1 5 2 0 0 2 2 6 -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 D P
1 Genk 30 18 9 3 63 31 15 9 4 2 26 12 15 9 5 1 37 19 32 63
2 Club Brugge 30 16 8 6 64 32 15 10 2 3 36 14 15 6 6 3 28 18 32 56
3 Standard Liège 30 15 8 7 49 35 15 10 4 1 32 17 15 5 4 6 17 18 14 53
4 Anderlecht 30 15 6 9 49 34 15 8 6 1 27 12 15 7 0 8 22 22 15 51
5 Gent 30 15 5 10 53 45 15 9 2 4 26 21 15 6 3 6 27 24 8 50
6 Antwerp 30 14 7 9 39 34 15 6 4 5 22 20 15 8 3 4 17 14 5 49
7 Sint-Truiden 30 12 11 7 47 36 15 8 5 2 27 16 15 4 6 5 20 20 11 47
8 Kortrijk 30 12 7 11 44 42 15 6 3 6 24 25 15 6 4 5 20 17 2 43
9 Sporting Charleroi 30 12 6 12 43 43 15 7 3 5 22 18 15 5 3 7 21 25 0 42
10 Royal Excel Mouscron 30 11 7 12 33 33 15 7 4 4 17 10 15 4 3 8 16 23 0 40
11 Zulte-Waregem 30 8 9 13 49 60 15 5 5 5 29 27 15 3 4 8 20 33 -11 33
12 AS Eupen 30 10 2 18 34 57 15 6 0 9 20 28 15 4 2 9 14 29 -23 32
13 Cercle Brugge 30 7 7 16 35 59 15 6 3 6 23 27 15 1 4 10 12 32 -24 28
14 Waasland-Beveren 30 5 12 13 37 50 15 3 7 5 17 22 15 2 5 8 20 28 -13 27
15 KV Oostende 30 6 9 15 29 52 15 4 4 7 15 24 15 2 5 8 14 28 -23 27
16 Lokeren 30 5 5 20 28 53 15 5 3 7 16 24 15 0 2 13 12 29 -25 20

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