Early odds line movement insinuate Gent advantage when welcoming Kortrijk

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Fri 14.January
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: GHELAMCO-arena (20000 seats)

Gent have excelled Kortrijk so far, but every match starts at 0-0. Here's all the intelligence you need ahead of kickoff:

Insights:
  • Gent have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Kortrijk have the most matches under the total-line (11) in Pro League

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Gent form and stats

Gent have performed here at GHELAMCO-arena this season with 7 wins from 10 Pro League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 2. There’s a good atmosphere here at GHELAMCO-arena after three straight home wins.

Gent shared the glory with Union Saint-Gilloise in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Kums (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.03/10. Kums hit three key passes and had 64 successful passes (of 69 total).

Ahead of that match, Gent won a home game hosting Standard Liege (3-1).

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (22 in 10 games), Gent's attacking play is working. Gent's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Kortrijk form and stats

The visitors are W4-D4-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Pro League. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Kortrijk, as they have won on their previous two travels.

198 minutes! That's how long the Kortrijk goalkeeper Marko Ilic and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Kortrijk are travelling again after losing away to Anderlecht in their previous match (0-3).

Prior to that result Kortrijk won their away game at RFC Seraing in the Pro League. The scoreline was 2-0.

Kortrijk have scored 14 goals on their travels this season, from 11 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Kortrijk have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Kortrijk - Gent 1-0. Gent-Kortrijk H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Gent five wins, Kortrijk five wins, zero draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

GentT. Tissoudali
T. Tissoudali
10 goals
KortrijkF. Selemani
F. Selemani
9 goals
GentL. Depoitre
L. Depoitre
6 goals

Gent missing players

Kortrijk missing players

Gent Kortrijk
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
21 10 4 Played P 4 11 20
10 7 3 Won W 1 4 8
4 1 0 Drew D 1 4 7
7 2 1 Lost L 2 3 5
33 22 7 Scored S 2 14 26
22 11 4 Conceded C 5 12 22
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 90% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 91% 85%
48% 60% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 27% 35%
24% 40% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 20%
14% 20% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
48% 60% 50% BTTS BTTS 25% 45% 50%
33% 30% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 36% 35%
29% 10% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 18% 15%
 
6.9 7.7 8 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 4 4.6
4.6 4.7 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 7.5 6.4 6
1.9 1.7 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 5 3.7 3.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
15.3 15.7 17 Shots (avg) S ( 9 10.5 11.1
6 7.3 8.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.6 3.9
26% 30% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 35% 34%
 
9.7 9.7 10.8 Shots against (avg) S A 18.8 16.5 15.1
3.1 3.3 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 4.2 3.6
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.
  • Kortrijk have the most matches under the total-line (11) in Pro League
  • Kortrijk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 21 15 2 4 50 20 11 7 1 3 23 11 10 8 1 1 27 9 30 47
2 Club Brugge 21 11 7 3 41 28 10 5 5 0 22 12 11 6 2 3 19 16 13 40
3 Anderlecht 21 10 8 3 50 26 10 5 4 1 25 14 11 5 4 2 25 12 24 38
4 Antwerp 20 11 4 5 37 24 10 6 2 2 21 12 10 5 2 3 16 12 13 37
5 Gent 21 10 4 7 33 22 10 7 1 2 22 11 11 3 3 5 11 11 11 34
6 Mechelen 21 10 3 8 37 37 11 7 2 2 23 15 10 3 1 6 14 22 0 33
7 Sporting Charleroi 20 9 5 6 38 29 10 4 2 4 13 12 10 5 3 2 22 17 9 32
8 Kortrijk 20 8 7 5 26 22 9 4 3 2 12 10 11 4 4 3 14 12 4 31
9 Genk 21 8 5 8 40 33 10 4 3 3 20 15 11 4 2 5 20 18 7 29
10 OH Leuven 21 6 8 7 29 34 11 4 3 4 14 17 10 2 5 3 15 17 -5 26
11 Cercle Brugge 21 7 4 10 28 28 11 3 2 6 12 14 10 4 2 4 16 14 0 25
12 AS Eupen 21 7 4 10 30 36 10 3 3 4 13 17 11 4 1 6 17 19 -6 25
13 Sint-Truiden 21 7 3 11 22 31 11 3 2 6 14 18 10 4 1 5 8 13 -9 24
14 KV Oostende 21 7 2 12 23 43 11 4 1 6 13 27 10 3 1 6 10 16 -20 23
15 Standard Liege 19 6 5 8 22 34 9 2 3 4 9 13 10 4 2 4 13 18 -12 23
16 Zulte-Waregem 21 6 5 10 31 45 11 3 2 6 17 27 10 3 3 4 14 18 -14 23
17 RFC Seraing 21 6 1 14 23 42 10 4 1 5 13 16 11 2 0 9 10 26 -19 19
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 20 2 3 15 15 41 11 2 0 9 5 20 9 0 3 6 10 21 -26 9

Read more about Pro League

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.