Gent - Kortrijk. 5th spot versus 15th spot. The ball is round - get a full game guide here!
- Gent have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Kortrijk have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Pro League
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Gent and Kortrijk.
Gent form and stats
The story so far in the Pro League for Gent at their home stadium (GHELAMCO-arena) is 5 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Gent are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 199 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Salah).
The supporters are hoping that Gent will fight back in this match, putting things right after the 0-4 away loss in the Belgian Cup fixture against Union Saint-Gilloise.
Prior to that, an away loss at Antwerp in the Pro League.The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Gent home games with this odds we find 12 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 9 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 7 matches were won by at least two goals.
It should be taken into account that a look at the 12 most recent league matches reveals that 9 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Gent, as the Pro League home game vs Sporting Charleroi is only four days away.
Gent have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at GHELAMCO-arena with 16 goals in 9 league matches.
Kortrijk form and stats
Playing away, Kortrijk have won 3 games, drawn 1 and suffered 5 defeats in the Pro League this season.
This match can not go any worse than the previous one, a Belgian Cup home defeat versus Mechelen with 0-1 on the scoreboard.
Preceding that game was the away Pro League victory against OH Leuven with the score of 3-2.You'll want to know how Kortrijk managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found 5 similar matches resulting in 0 away wins, 0 draws and 5 home wins.
Goal-happy betting people should observe that 9 of this club's 12 most recent league fixtures have ended with at least three goals.
After this away game Kortrijk return home for a Pro League game against RFC Seraing. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Kortrijk have scored 12 goals in 9 league games away. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Kortrijk have conceded 17 goals in these games. Kortrijk has visited these top teams three times, and 3 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
Gent and Kortrijk have met before this season: Kortrijk - Gent 0-4. Previous ten meetings with these participants: Gent won five, Kortrijk triumphed in four and we saw one draw. six games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  H. Cuypers 9 goals |   F. Avenatti Dovillabichus 5 goals |  H. Hong 4 goals |
Gent missing players
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| Gent | Kortrijk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 32 | 16 | 7 | Scored | S | 3 | 12 | 18 |
| 20 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 6 | 17 | 35 |
| 95% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 84% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 74% |
| 53% | 56% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 78% | 58% |
| 26% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 44% | 37% |
| 5% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 22% | 16% |
| 47% | 56% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 78% | 58% |
| 37% | 44% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 21% |
| 21% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 26% |
| 6.4 | 6.7 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 4.7 | 4.8 |
| 3.7 | 3.6 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 10 | 7.4 | 6.6 |
| 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.2 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 13.7 | 15.3 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.7 | 9.4 | 10.6 |
| 4.7 | 5.4 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 3 | 3.7 |
| 36% | 33% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 44% | 26% |
| 9.4 | 7.6 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 25 | 19.3 | 17.8 |
| 3.2 | 2.1 | 1.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 5.4 | 5.2 |
- Gent have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Kortrijk have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Kortrijk have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Kortrijk have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Pro League
- Kortrijk haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 48 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 31 | 49 |
| 2 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 41 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 18 | 42 |
| 3 | Antwerp | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 39 |
| 4 | Club Brugge | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 34 |
| 5 | Gent | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 31 |
| 6 | Standard Liege | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 30 |
| 7 | Westerlo | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 38 | 33 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 5 | 30 |
| 8 | Sint-Truiden | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 27 |
| 9 | OH Leuven | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 26 |
| 10 | Cercle Brugge | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -1 | 26 |
| 11 | Anderlecht | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 27 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -1 | 23 |
| 12 | Sporting Charleroi | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 24 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -7 | 22 |
| 13 | Mechelen | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -8 | 19 |
| 14 | AS Eupen | 19 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 26 | 40 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 24 | -14 | 19 |
| 15 | Kortrijk | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -17 | 18 |
| 16 | KV Oostende | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 21 | 42 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 25 | -21 | 17 |
| 17 | Zulte-Waregem | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 42 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -17 | 16 |
| 18 | RFC Seraing | 19 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 18 | 35 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 20 | -17 | 14 |
