Gent expected to challenge Beerschot-Wilrijk at their own home

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 13.March
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Olympisch Stadion (12771 seats)

Both Beerschot-Wilrijk and Gent are itching for points in this game, even with the away team carrying a 36 point edge in the league table.

Insights:
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Pro League

Gent could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Europa Conference League game only three sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at PAOK. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Beerschot-Wilrijk form and stats

Beerschot-Wilrijk's results here at Olympisch Stadion in the Pro League have been very modest with 4 victories, 1 draw and 10 defeats. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Beerschot-Wilrijk with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Kortrijk game, 27 days ago, have they avoided a loss.

In their previous game, the manager Vanderidt led his Beerschot-Wilrijk to a defeat away at Antwerp. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Olympisch Stadion. Dom (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.24/10. Dom scored one goal and hit one key pass.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Standard Liege (0-1).

With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Beerschot-Wilrijk defense is not exactly impregnable. 28 goals conceded from 15 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Gent form and stats

6-4-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Gent in their Pro League matches away. Gent have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of five victories in a row regardless of arena.

Sart got a match rating of 7.24 in that game, top player of the team. Sart hit one key pass.

Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Zulte-Waregem in the Pro League.

A quick return to home after this game, as Gent are hosting PAOK in the Europa Conference League only four days away.

It's not easy to score on Gent as they have only conceded 12 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

These opponents have battled before this season: Gent - Beerschot-Wilrijk 2-2. Beerschot-Wilrijk-Gent H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Beerschot-Wilrijk zero wins, Gent three wins, two draws. four of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

GentT. Tissoudali
T. Tissoudali
14 goals
GentL. Depoitre
L. Depoitre
9 goals
Beerschot-WilrijkJ. Dom
J. Dom
5 goals

Beerschot-Wilrijk missing players

Gent missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Beerschot-Wilrijk Gent
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
30 15 4 Played P 5 15 30
4 4 0 Won W 3 6 15
4 1 0 Drew D 1 4 7
22 10 4 Lost L 1 5 8
30 15 0 Scored S 4 15 46
63 28 12 Conceded C 2 12 28
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 80% 90%
73% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 20% 40% 63%
57% 53% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 33% 47%
37% 27% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 7% 23%
27% 20% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 10%
47% 27% 0% BTTS BTTS 20% 33% 47%
10% 13% 0% Clean Sheets C S 60% 47% 37%
47% 60% 100% Failed to Score F T 40% 40% 27%
 
5.6 6.2 6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.6 5.7 6.4
5.8 5.1 6.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.8 4.8
2.4 1.8 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.4 2
9 4 1 Red cards R C 2 3 3
 
11.8 12.3 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 12.8 13.3 15.3
4 4.3 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.3 5.5
25% 23% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 23% 28%
 
15.1 12.8 14.5 Shots against (avg) S A 8.8 10 9.7
5.8 4.6 6.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.3 3.5
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Pro League
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have the fewest points (13) at home in Pro League
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have the most conceded goals in the first half (35) in Pro League
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 30 21 4 5 65 24 15 9 2 4 26 13 15 12 2 1 39 11 41 67
2 Club Brugge 30 17 9 4 61 34 15 8 6 1 31 15 15 9 3 3 30 19 27 60
3 Antwerp 30 17 5 8 51 35 15 8 3 4 28 18 15 9 2 4 23 17 16 56
4 Anderlecht 30 15 10 5 63 32 15 8 5 2 35 18 15 7 5 3 28 14 31 55
5 Gent 30 15 7 8 46 28 15 9 3 3 31 16 15 6 4 5 15 12 18 52
6 Mechelen 29 14 5 10 51 49 15 9 3 3 31 20 14 5 2 7 20 29 2 47
7 Sporting Charleroi 30 13 8 9 45 40 15 5 5 5 16 16 15 8 3 4 29 24 5 47
8 Genk 30 13 6 11 58 43 15 9 3 3 34 17 15 4 3 8 24 26 15 45
9 Cercle Brugge 30 11 7 12 44 38 15 5 3 7 19 18 15 6 4 5 25 20 6 40
10 Sint-Truiden 30 11 6 13 33 38 15 5 3 7 20 21 15 6 3 6 13 17 -5 39
11 Kortrijk 30 9 10 11 39 39 15 5 4 6 21 20 15 4 6 5 18 19 0 37
12 OH Leuven 29 9 10 10 40 47 14 6 4 4 19 20 15 3 6 6 21 27 -7 37
13 Standard Liege 30 8 9 13 30 44 15 3 5 7 14 22 15 5 4 6 16 22 -14 33
14 KV Oostende 30 9 5 16 28 55 15 5 2 8 16 32 15 4 3 8 12 23 -27 32
15 AS Eupen 30 8 7 15 36 50 15 4 3 8 17 26 15 4 4 7 19 24 -14 31
16 Zulte-Waregem 30 7 8 15 39 63 15 4 4 7 20 30 15 3 4 8 19 33 -24 29
17 RFC Seraing 30 7 2 21 26 63 15 5 2 8 15 27 15 2 0 13 11 36 -37 23
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 30 4 4 22 30 63 15 4 1 10 15 28 15 0 3 12 15 35 -33 16

Table
  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 30 21 4 5 65 24 15 9 2 4 26 13 15 12 2 1 39 11 41 67
2 Club Brugge 30 17 9 4 61 34 15 8 6 1 31 15 15 9 3 3 30 19 27 60
3 Antwerp 30 17 5 8 51 35 15 8 3 4 28 18 15 9 2 4 23 17 16 56
4 Anderlecht 30 15 10 5 63 32 15 8 5 2 35 18 15 7 5 3 28 14 31 55
5 Gent 30 15 7 8 46 28 15 9 3 3 31 16 15 6 4 5 15 12 18 52
6 Mechelen 29 14 5 10 51 49 15 9 3 3 31 20 14 5 2 7 20 29 2 47
7 Sporting Charleroi 30 13 8 9 45 40 15 5 5 5 16 16 15 8 3 4 29 24 5 47
8 Genk 30 13 6 11 58 43 15 9 3 3 34 17 15 4 3 8 24 26 15 45
9 Cercle Brugge 30 11 7 12 44 38 15 5 3 7 19 18 15 6 4 5 25 20 6 40
10 Sint-Truiden 30 11 6 13 33 38 15 5 3 7 20 21 15 6 3 6 13 17 -5 39
11 Kortrijk 30 9 10 11 39 39 15 5 4 6 21 20 15 4 6 5 18 19 0 37
12 OH Leuven 29 9 10 10 40 47 14 6 4 4 19 20 15 3 6 6 21 27 -7 37
13 Standard Liege 30 8 9 13 30 44 15 3 5 7 14 22 15 5 4 6 16 22 -14 33
14 KV Oostende 30 9 5 16 28 55 15 5 2 8 16 32 15 4 3 8 12 23 -27 32
15 AS Eupen 30 8 7 15 36 50 15 4 3 8 17 26 15 4 4 7 19 24 -14 31
16 Zulte-Waregem 30 7 8 15 39 63 15 4 4 7 20 30 15 3 4 8 19 33 -24 29
17 RFC Seraing 30 7 2 21 26 63 15 5 2 8 15 27 15 2 0 13 11 36 -37 23
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 30 4 4 22 30 63 15 4 1 10 15 28 15 0 3 12 15 35 -33 16

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The First Division A is the top league of the football pyramid in Belgium, founded in 1895. It was earlier known as the Belgian Pro League. The season runs from July to May with 16 teams each playing 30 fixtures. The top six in the league table then play a championship playoff, the bottom team is relegated and places #7 to #15 have a Europa League playoff.