Gent supporters put their faith in manager Vanhaezebrouck to deliver victory against Antwerp

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 28.August
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: GHELAMCO-arena (20000 seats)

Gent will battle it out with Antwerp in this Pro League game. Everything you should know about the fixture can be found right here!

Insights:
  • Gent have the most points from losing position (7) in Pro League
  • Antwerp have the most clean sheets (3) in Pro League

It's no vacation for neither Gent nor Antwerp 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

Only two Pro League home games for Gent so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.

The club members hope that Gent will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Europa League fixture against Omonia Nicosia.

Preceding that fixture, an unexpected home loss against Omonia Nicosia in the Europa League. The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Gent have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 5 games) they have won 1 time, drawn 0 and lost 4.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Gent as they are travelling to their away game against Anderlecht in the Pro League. That match is four days after this one.

Early season league goal statistics from Gent's 2 home games: 3 goals, 2 conceded.

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Antwerp form and stats

Antwerp are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 6 points in the bag from 2 travels in the Pro League.

This match can not go any worse than the last one, a Europa Conference League home defeat versus Istanbul Basaksehir with 1-3 on the scoreboard. Frey, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.52. Frey scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Before that game, 1-1 away against Istanbul Basaksehir in the Europa Conference League. We have checked recent matches where Antwerp have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 8 games were 4 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Union Saint-Gilloise in just three days.

3 goals so far away for Antwerp, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 2 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Antwerp have won all of the 4 latest matches versus this side. Another win today?

Top Goalscorers

GentH. Cuypers
H. Cuypers
3 goals
AntwerpM. Balikwisha
M. Balikwisha
3 goals
AntwerpM. Frey
M. Frey
3 goals

Gent missing players

Antwerp missing players

Gent Antwerp
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
4 2 0 Played P 1 2 4
2 1 0 Won W 1 2 4
2 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
8 3 0 Scored S 2 3 8
5 2 0 Conceded C 0 0 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 50%
75% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 25%
50% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 25%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 25%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 100% 75%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
7.8 6.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 2 2.5 4
4.2 6.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 6 6 6.2
1.8 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 0.5 1.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
16.5 14 0 Shots (avg) S ( 8 10 13.8
6.2 5.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4.5 4.8
32% 27% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 33% 42%
 
9 10 0 Shots against (avg) S A 14 15.5 12.5
2.2 1 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 3.5 3.8
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Antwerp have the fewest conceded goals (0) away in Pro League
  • Antwerp have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in Pro League
  • Antwerp have the most clean sheets (3) in Pro League
  • Antwerp have the the best goal difference (+3) away in Pro League
  • Gent have the most points from losing position (7) in Pro League
Gent Last season Antwerp
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
40 20   Played P   20 40
22 12   Won W   11 20
8 3   Drew D   2 7
10 5   Lost L   7 13
65 39   Scored S   27 58
35 19   Conceded C   22 48
92% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 98%
65% 75%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   60% 70%
48% 55%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   45% 50%
25% 35%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   15% 22%
10% 15%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   15% 15%
45% 50%   BTTS BTTS   55% 55%
40% 35%   Clean Sheets C S   40% 35%
22% 15%   Failed to Score F T   5% 12%
 
6 6.8   Corners for (avg) C F   4.7 5.3
4.9 4.7   Corners against (avg) C A   6.7 5.9
1.9 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.2
5 1   Red cards R C   3 7
 
14.3 15.9   Shots (avg) S (   10.6 12.4
5.4 6.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4 4.4
30% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   34% 33%
 
10.5 10.3   Shots against (avg) S A   15.2 13
3.9 4.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   6 5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Genk 5 4 0 1 15 8 3 3 0 0 9 4 2 1 0 1 6 4 7 12
2 Antwerp 4 4 0 0 8 2 2 2 0 0 5 2 2 2 0 0 3 0 6 12
3 Club Brugge 5 3 1 1 10 6 3 2 1 0 6 4 2 1 0 1 4 2 4 10
4 Anderlecht 4 3 0 1 8 2 2 2 0 0 5 1 2 1 0 1 3 1 6 9
5 Sporting Charleroi 5 3 0 2 8 6 2 1 0 1 4 4 3 2 0 1 4 2 2 9
6 OH Leuven 5 3 0 2 9 8 2 1 0 1 2 3 3 2 0 1 7 5 1 9
7 Gent 4 2 2 0 8 5 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 5 3 3 8
8 Mechelen 5 2 1 2 9 8 3 2 0 1 8 6 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 7
9 Union Saint-Gilloise 4 2 1 1 4 5 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 1 4 -1 7
10 Westerlo 5 2 0 3 11 11 2 2 0 0 6 2 3 0 0 3 5 9 0 6
11 KV Oostende 5 2 0 3 6 8 3 1 0 2 3 5 2 1 0 1 3 3 -2 6
12 Sint-Truiden 5 1 3 1 3 5 2 0 1 1 1 4 3 1 2 0 2 1 -2 6
13 Kortrijk 5 1 1 3 3 6 2 0 1 1 0 2 3 1 0 2 3 4 -3 4
14 Standard Liege 5 1 1 3 8 12 3 1 1 1 5 5 2 0 0 2 3 7 -4 4
15 Zulte-Waregem 5 1 1 3 5 9 3 1 0 2 4 7 2 0 1 1 1 2 -4 4
16 Cercle Brugge 5 1 1 3 2 6 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 3 1 6 -4 4
17 RFC Seraing 5 1 0 4 4 8 2 0 0 2 0 2 3 1 0 2 4 6 -4 3
18 AS Eupen 5 1 0 4 6 12 3 1 0 2 3 5 2 0 0 2 3 7 -6 3
Last season 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 34 24 5 5 78 27 17 10 3 4 32 14 17 14 2 1 46 13 51 77
2 Club Brugge 34 21 9 4 72 37 17 10 6 1 36 16 17 11 3 3 36 21 35 72
3 Anderlecht 34 18 10 6 72 36 17 10 5 2 41 19 17 8 5 4 31 17 36 64
4 Antwerp 34 19 6 9 55 38 17 9 4 4 30 19 17 10 2 5 25 19 17 63
5 Gent 34 18 8 8 56 30 17 11 3 3 37 16 17 7 5 5 19 14 26 62
6 Sporting Charleroi 34 15 9 10 55 46 17 7 5 5 24 16 17 8 4 5 31 30 9 54
7 Mechelen 34 15 7 12 57 61 17 10 4 3 36 24 17 5 3 9 21 37 -4 52
8 Genk 34 15 6 13 66 47 17 10 3 4 39 18 17 5 3 9 27 29 19 51
9 Sint-Truiden 34 15 6 13 42 40 17 7 3 7 26 23 17 8 3 6 16 17 2 51
10 Cercle Brugge 34 12 9 13 49 46 17 6 4 7 23 20 17 6 5 6 26 26 3 45
11 OH Leuven 34 10 11 13 47 58 17 7 4 6 25 25 17 3 7 7 22 33 -11 41
12 KV Oostende 34 10 7 17 34 61 17 5 3 9 19 37 17 5 4 8 15 24 -27 37
13 Kortrijk 34 9 10 15 43 48 17 5 4 8 23 24 17 4 6 7 20 24 -5 37
14 Standard Liege 34 9 9 16 32 51 17 3 5 9 15 26 17 6 4 7 17 25 -19 36
15 AS Eupen 34 8 8 18 37 61 17 4 4 9 18 29 17 4 4 9 19 32 -24 32
16 Zulte-Waregem 34 8 8 18 42 69 17 5 4 8 23 32 17 3 4 10 19 37 -27 32
17 RFC Seraing 34 8 4 22 30 68 17 5 3 9 16 30 17 3 1 13 14 38 -38 28
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 34 4 4 26 33 76 17 4 1 12 16 33 17 0 3 14 17 43 -43 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.