All available information for the Gent - Anderlecht fixture:

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 20.March
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: GHELAMCO-arena (20000 seats)

A lot of action is expected at GHELAMCO-arena when Gent face Anderlecht in what looks to be a terrific match. Here's all you need to know!

Insights:
  • Gent is in the best form (6-0-0) in Pro League

These are hectic days for the team playing at home, as they had a game only three days ago in the Europa Conference League. This match was also played here at GHELAMCO-arena. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Anderlecht have had more rest.

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Gent form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at GHELAMCO-arena as Gent have scored 31 goals to get 30 points from 15 games. The overall stats in the Pro League are 9-3-3 (wins-draws-losses). The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Gent has won six games in a row. The Antwerp match was the last time out without a victory.

Gent's previous fixture was also a home event, the defeat 1-2 vs PAOK (in Europa Conference League). Okumu was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.14 out of 10. The defender Okumu won 14 of 18 duels.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Beerschot-Wilrijk and winning 2-0.

Goals decide football matches and Gent are scoring many of them at home; 31 on target from 15 league matches. Gent's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 16 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Anderlecht form and stats

Playing away, Anderlecht have won 7 games, drawn 5 and suffered 3 defeats in the Pro League this season.

Anderlecht had fun at their own home (GHELAMCO-arena) last time out, beating Antwerp 2-1. Zirkzee and Refaelov scored. Ashimeru got a match rating of 7.54 in that game, top player of the team. Ashimeru served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 48 successful passes (of 52 total).

Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against KV Oostende.

Anderlecht are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 28 times in 15 away games so far. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (14 so far).

Head 2 Head

The duelists have fought before this season: Anderlecht - Gent 1-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Gent victories, six draws and one Anderlecht win. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

GentT. Tissoudali
T. Tissoudali
14 goals
AnderlechtJ. Zirkzee
J. Zirkzee
13 goals
AnderlechtL. Refaelov
L. Refaelov
12 goals

Gent missing players

Anderlecht missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Gent Anderlecht
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
31 15 4 Played P 4 15 31
16 9 2 Won W 1 7 16
7 3 0 Drew D 1 5 10
8 3 2 Lost L 2 3 5
48 31 8 Scored S 3 28 65
28 16 4 Conceded C 5 14 33
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 97%
65% 87% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 84%
45% 60% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 53% 55%
23% 40% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 40% 39%
10% 13% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 13% 19%
45% 60% 25% BTTS BTTS 25% 47% 58%
39% 27% 25% Clean Sheets C S 25% 33% 29%
26% 13% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 27% 16%
 
6.3 7.2 7 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 5.4 5.7
4.8 4.7 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.6 3.8
2 1.5 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 1.7
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 6
 
15.3 17.3 14.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 13.1 14.4
5.5 6.7 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 4.9 5.1
28% 31% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 38% 41%
 
9.7 9.3 6.5 Shots against (avg) S A 9 10.5 10.3
3.5 3.7 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.2 3.5 3.5
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Gent have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Gent haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Gent is in the best form (6-0-0) in Pro League

  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 31 22 4 5 69 25 15 9 2 4 26 13 16 13 2 1 43 12 44 70
2 Club Brugge 31 18 9 4 64 35 15 8 6 1 31 15 16 10 3 3 33 20 29 63
3 Anderlecht 31 16 10 5 65 33 16 9 5 2 37 19 15 7 5 3 28 14 32 58
4 Antwerp 31 17 5 9 52 37 15 8 3 4 28 18 16 9 2 5 24 19 15 56
5 Gent 31 16 7 8 48 28 15 9 3 3 31 16 16 7 4 5 17 12 20 55
6 Mechelen 31 14 6 11 53 56 16 9 4 3 33 22 15 5 2 8 20 34 -3 48
7 Sporting Charleroi 31 13 9 9 47 42 15 5 5 5 16 16 16 8 4 4 31 26 5 48
8 Genk 31 13 6 12 58 44 16 9 3 4 34 18 15 4 3 8 24 26 14 45
9 Cercle Brugge 31 12 7 12 46 38 16 6 3 7 21 18 15 6 4 5 25 20 8 43
10 Sint-Truiden 31 12 6 13 34 38 15 5 3 7 20 21 16 7 3 6 14 17 -4 42
11 OH Leuven 31 10 10 11 46 51 16 7 4 5 25 24 15 3 6 6 21 27 -5 40
12 Kortrijk 31 9 10 12 39 41 15 5 4 6 21 20 16 4 6 6 18 21 -2 37
13 Standard Liege 31 8 9 14 30 45 16 3 5 8 14 23 15 5 4 6 16 22 -15 33
14 KV Oostende 31 9 5 17 29 58 16 5 2 9 17 35 15 4 3 8 12 23 -29 32
15 Zulte-Waregem 31 8 8 15 42 63 16 5 4 7 23 30 15 3 4 8 19 33 -21 32
16 AS Eupen 31 8 7 16 36 53 15 4 3 8 17 26 16 4 4 8 19 27 -17 31
17 RFC Seraing 31 8 2 21 27 63 15 5 2 8 15 27 16 3 0 13 12 36 -36 26
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 31 4 4 23 30 65 16 4 1 11 15 30 15 0 3 12 15 35 -35 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 31 22 4 5 69 25 15 9 2 4 26 13 16 13 2 1 43 12 44 70
2 Club Brugge 31 18 9 4 64 35 15 8 6 1 31 15 16 10 3 3 33 20 29 63
3 Anderlecht 31 16 10 5 65 33 16 9 5 2 37 19 15 7 5 3 28 14 32 58
4 Antwerp 31 17 5 9 52 37 15 8 3 4 28 18 16 9 2 5 24 19 15 56
5 Gent 31 16 7 8 48 28 15 9 3 3 31 16 16 7 4 5 17 12 20 55
6 Mechelen 31 14 6 11 53 56 16 9 4 3 33 22 15 5 2 8 20 34 -3 48
7 Sporting Charleroi 31 13 9 9 47 42 15 5 5 5 16 16 16 8 4 4 31 26 5 48
8 Genk 31 13 6 12 58 44 16 9 3 4 34 18 15 4 3 8 24 26 14 45
9 Cercle Brugge 31 12 7 12 46 38 16 6 3 7 21 18 15 6 4 5 25 20 8 43
10 Sint-Truiden 31 12 6 13 34 38 15 5 3 7 20 21 16 7 3 6 14 17 -4 42
11 OH Leuven 31 10 10 11 46 51 16 7 4 5 25 24 15 3 6 6 21 27 -5 40
12 Kortrijk 31 9 10 12 39 41 15 5 4 6 21 20 16 4 6 6 18 21 -2 37
13 Standard Liege 31 8 9 14 30 45 16 3 5 8 14 23 15 5 4 6 16 22 -15 33
14 KV Oostende 31 9 5 17 29 58 16 5 2 9 17 35 15 4 3 8 12 23 -29 32
15 Zulte-Waregem 31 8 8 15 42 63 16 5 4 7 23 30 15 3 4 8 19 33 -21 32
16 AS Eupen 31 8 7 16 36 53 15 4 3 8 17 26 16 4 4 8 19 27 -17 31
17 RFC Seraing 31 8 2 21 27 63 15 5 2 8 15 27 16 3 0 13 12 36 -36 26
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 31 4 4 23 30 65 16 4 1 11 15 30 15 0 3 12 15 35 -35 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.