The managers J. Thorup and P. Clement 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 Club Brugge 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.
Gent form and stats
8-1-0 is the performance here at Ghelamco Arena so far in the Pro League, giving Gent a total of 25 from their 9 games here. Outstanding results!
Gent drew their last game, also a home match. Club Brugge (placed 1st) was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Heartbreak before that as Gent lost 1-2 at KV Oostende's place.
Goals are plentiful at Ghelamco Arena in the league this season as Gent has scored 24 goals here in 9 home games. From these home matches, Gent have conceded only 5 goals.
Club Brugge form and stats
Rock solid. That's the only way to describe the travels of Club Brugge so far, with 7-0-1 (wins-draws-losses) so far. Those are Pro League statistics.
Club Brugge are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Gent (placed 4th). Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Anderlecht.
The Club Brugge manager P. Clement has got the team scoring on the road, with 18 away goals in 8 league matches. Club Brugge are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 4 goals away.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Gent - Club Brugge 1-1 played earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 3 Gent victories, 2 draws and 5 Club Brugge wins. 4 of these games ended with three goals or more, 6 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Yaremchuk 10 goals |  J. David 9 goals |   H. Vanaken 9 goals |
Gent missing players
Club Brugge missing players
| Gent | Club Brugge | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 19 |
| 10 | 8 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 39 | 25 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 19 | 42 |
| 23 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 84% |
| 50% | 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 44% | 47% |
| 35% | 30% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 21% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 55% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 44% | 37% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 56% | 63% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 5.1 | 5 | 5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 9 | 8.2 | 7.2 |
| 3.9 | 3.2 | 3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3 | 3.3 |
| 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.7 | 1.5 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 149 | 89 | 22 | Total Shots | T S | 6 | 68 | 148 |
| 65 | 40 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 30 | 66 |
| 60% | 62% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 63% | 64% |
- All of Gent's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Club Brugge has the fewest conceded goals (4) away
- Club Brugge has the fewest conceded goals (7)
- Club Brugge has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4)
- Club Brugge has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4)
- Club Brugge has the fewest matches over the total-line (5)
- Club Brugge has the most clean sheets (12)
- Club Brugge has the most clean sheets (5) away
- Club Brugge has the most points (21) away
- Club Brugge has the most scored goals (18) away
- Club Brugge has the most scored goals (41)
- Club Brugge has the the best goal difference (+14) away
- Club Brugge has the the best goal difference (+34)
- Club Brugge have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Club Brugge have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Club Brugge have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Club Brugge haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Gent has the most scored goals (24) at home
- Gent have not yet lost a game at home.
- Gent have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Gent have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Gent 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 | Club Brugge | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 41 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 34 | 45 |
| 2 | Antwerp | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 38 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 37 |
| 3 | Sporting Charleroi | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 36 |
| 4 | Gent | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 38 | 22 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 35 |
| 5 | Standard Liege | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 37 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 35 |
| 6 | Zulte-Waregem | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 31 |
| 7 | Mechelen | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -1 | 31 |
| 8 | Genk | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 28 |
| 9 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 20 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 27 |
| 10 | Anderlecht | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 23 |
| 11 | Sint-Truiden | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 25 | -15 | 22 |
| 12 | Kortrijk | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 27 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -7 | 19 |
| 13 | AS Eupen | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -16 | 19 |
| 14 | KV Oostende | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 22 | 36 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 18 | -14 | 18 |
| 15 | Waasland-Beveren | 20 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -25 | 14 |
| 16 | Cercle Brugge | 20 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 18 | 44 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 27 | -26 | 11 |