Evenly matched teams: Gent vs Anderlecht match preview

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Date: Sun 19.May
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: GHELAMCO-arena (20000 seats)

The managers J. Thorup and K. Belhocine are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Pro League league table.

It's no vacation for neither Gent nor Anderlecht as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Gent form and stats

9 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Gent have to build on here at GHELAMCO-arena. The home stadium (GHELAMCO-arena) is supposed to be a fortress, but for Gent it's been a house of straw as the last five games here have all been lost. Can they turn things around?

Gent are returning here after visiting Antwerp in a Pro League game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. In the game before, an away victory match versus Standard Liège with a 3-2 scoreline.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Gent have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found two matches with the results: Won 2 Drawn 0 Lost 0.

Gent have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at GHELAMCO-arena with 26 goals in 15 matches. Gent have conceded 21 in these home matches.

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Anderlecht form and stats

The visitors are W7-D0-L8 on the road this term.

Anderlecht's last game was the home draw against Genk (1-1). Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Antwerp that ended 1-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Anderlecht in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Anderlecht, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Anderlecht are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 22 away goals from 15 games. As opposed to that, Anderlecht have seen the ball go into their own net 22 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Anderlecht - Gent 0-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 3 wins for Gent, 4 draws and 3 wins for Anderlecht. Over 2,5 goals: 1 time; under 2,5 goals: 9 games.

Top Goalscorers

I. Santini
16 goals / 3 assists
L. Dimata
13 goals / 4 assists
J. David
11 goals / 6 assists

Gent missing players

Anderlecht missing players

Gent Anderlecht
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs top Away Total
39 19 6 Played 6 19 39
17 9 1 Won 0 7 16
6 2 0 Drew 0 1 9
16 8 5 Lost 6 11 14
61 28 4 Scored 2 23 56
59 27 14 Conceded 14 32 51
95% 95% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 92%
87% 79% 67% Over 1.5 67% 79% 79%
72% 68% 67% Over 2.5 67% 68% 56%
36% 26% 33% Over 3.5 17% 21% 21%
15% 16% 17% Over 4.5 17% 16% 15%
67% 68% 50% BTTS 33% 63% 62%
18% 16% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 11% 23%
21% 21% 50% Failed To Score 67% 26% 23%
 
6.2 7.2 5.3 Corners For (avg) 2.7 4.1 4.8
4.7 4.1 5.2 Corners Against (avg) 6.2 5.9 4.8
1.8 1.6 2 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.5 2.2 2
8 1 1 Red Cards 1 3 5
Key stats this season:
  • Anderlecht have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Anderlecht haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

Gent
All Pro League Europa League Club Friendlies Belgian Cup
All Home Away
03-04-19 PRO Gent 1 - 2 Standard Liège
06-04-19 PRO Genk 2 - 1 Gent
13-04-19 PRO Gent 1 - 2 Antwerp
21-04-19 PRO Anderlecht 0 - 0 Gent
27-04-19 PRO Gent 0 - 1 Genk
01-05-19 BC Gent 1 - 2 Mechelen
05-05-19 PRO Gent 0 - 1 Club Brugge
10-05-19 PRO Standard Liège 2 - 3 Gent
16-05-19 PRO Antwerp 1 - 2 Gent
19-05-19 PRO Gent 16:00 Anderlecht
Anderlecht
All Pro League Champions League Europa League Club Friendlies Belgian Cup
All Home Away
30-03-19 PRO Genk 3 - 0 Anderlecht
04-04-19 PRO Anderlecht 2 - 3 Club Brugge
07-04-19 PRO Anderlecht 1 - 2 Antwerp
12-04-19 PRO Standard Liège 5 - 0 Anderlecht
21-04-19 PRO Anderlecht 0 - 0 Gent
28-04-19 PRO Club Brugge 1 - 0 Anderlecht
05-05-19 PRO Anderlecht 2 - 1 Standard Liège
12-05-19 PRO Antwerp 1 - 1 Anderlecht
16-05-19 PRO Anderlecht 1 - 1 Genk
19-05-19 PRO Gent 16:00 Anderlecht

  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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