Pro League preview and statistics: Gent - Kortrijk at GHELAMCO-arena

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Date: Sat 28.September
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: GHELAMCO-arena (20000 seats)

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The home fans are optimistic that the difference between 5th and 12th place in the table will show on the pitch.

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.

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Gent form and stats

When playing at home in the Pro League, Gent, who have the most scored goals (14) at home in Pro League, have managed 4 wins, 0 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 4 games. Gent has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at GHELAMCO-arena. We remember; it was AS Eupen.

A good away victory last time out for Gent, who won 4-0 against Eendracht Aalst. A 2-2 draw away in the Pro League before that, with Zulte-Waregem the opponent.

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 nine games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 8 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 6 matches were won by at least two goals.

With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Gent is on fire here. A stunning 14 from 4 league matches. Gent are not conceding a lot of goals here at GHELAMCO-arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 4 matches.

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Kortrijk form and stats

Playing away, Kortrijk have won 1 game, drawn 0 and suffered 3 defeats in the Pro League this season. Kortrijk has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Two travels in a row for Kortrijk, whose manager Y. Vanderhaeghe could celebrate last time after the Belgian Cup win against RFC Seraing. The game before that, in the Pro League, was lost at home, a 2-3 defeat against Mechelen.

You'll want to know how Kortrijk managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found four similar matches resulting in 1 away win, 1 draw and 2 home wins.

Kortrijk find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 5 goals from 4 away fixtures in the league. In the opposite end, Kortrijk have conceded 7 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Gent-Kortrijk H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Gent 6 wins, Kortrijk 1 win, 3 draws. 6 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

R. Yaremchuk
5 goals
J. David
5 goals / 3 assists
I. Mboyo
4 goals / 1 assists

Gent missing players

Kortrijk missing players

Gent Kortrijk
Total Home Home vs low Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
7 4 3 Played P 2 4 8
4 4 3 Won W 0 1 2
2 0 0 Drew D 0 0 2
1 0 0 Lost L 2 3 4
18 14 11 Scored S 1 5 14
8 3 3 Conceded C 4 7 15
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 75% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 75% 75%
43% 50% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 50%
29% 50% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 25%
71% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 75% 88%
29% 50% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 25% 12%
 
5.3 5.5 5 Corners For (avg) C F 4 3.2 4.8
3.1 3 2.7 Corners Against (avg) C A 6.5 5.2 3.8
0.9 0.5 0.3 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.5 1.8 1.4
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 1 1 1
Key stats This season:
  • All of Gent's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Kortrijk's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Gent have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Gent have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Gent have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Kortrijk have scored away.
  • Gent have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Gent have won all their home matches so far.
  • Gent haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Kortrijk have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Kortrijk have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Kortrijk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Gent
All Pro League Europa League Club Friendlies Belgian Cup
All Home Away
01-09-19 PRO Gent 3 - 2 Cercle Brugge
15-09-19 PRO Gent 3 - 0 Mechelen
19-09-19 EL Gent 3 - 2 Saint-Etienne
22-09-19 PRO Zulte-Waregem 2 - 2 Gent
25-09-19 BC Eendracht Aalst 0 - 4 Gent
28-09-19 PRO Gent 18:00 Kortrijk
03-10-19 EL Oleksandria 16:55 Gent
06-10-19 PRO Club Brugge 12:30 Gent
19-10-19 PRO Gent 18:30 Waasland-Beveren
24-10-19 EL Gent 16:55 Wolfsburg
Kortrijk
All Pro League Club Friendlies UEFA Europa League Play-offs Belgian Cup
All Home Away
25-08-19 PRO Standard Liege 2 - 1 Kortrijk
31-08-19 PRO Kortrijk 2 - 2 KV Oostende
15-09-19 PRO Royal Excel Mouscron 2 - 0 Kortrijk
20-09-19 PRO Kortrijk 2 - 3 Mechelen
25-09-19 BC RFC Seraing 1 - 3 Kortrijk
28-09-19 PRO Gent 18:00 Kortrijk
05-10-19 PRO Kortrijk 18:30 Sint-Truiden
19-10-19 PRO Kortrijk 18:00 Zulte-Waregem
26-10-19 PRO Antwerp 18:00 Kortrijk
29-10-19 PRO Kortrijk 19:30 AS Eupen

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Standard Liège 8 6 0 2 20 6 4 4 0 0 13 2 4 2 0 2 7 4 14 18
2 Club Brugge 7 5 2 0 16 3 4 2 2 0 9 2 3 3 0 0 7 1 13 17
3 Antwerp 7 5 0 2 16 8 3 3 0 0 9 2 4 2 0 2 7 6 8 15
4 Royal Excel Mouscron 8 4 3 1 11 8 4 3 1 0 6 1 4 1 2 1 5 7 3 15
5 Gent 7 4 2 1 18 8 4 4 0 0 14 3 3 0 2 1 4 5 10 14
6 Mechelen 8 4 2 2 14 11 3 2 1 0 8 4 5 2 1 2 6 7 3 14
7 Genk 8 4 1 3 13 10 4 3 0 1 6 4 4 1 1 2 7 6 3 13
8 Zulte-Waregem 8 3 3 2 10 10 4 2 1 1 7 5 4 1 2 1 3 5 0 12
9 Sporting Charleroi 7 3 2 2 11 10 4 2 1 1 5 6 3 1 1 1 6 4 1 11
10 Sint-Truiden 8 3 2 3 8 11 4 1 2 1 3 3 4 2 0 2 5 8 -3 11
11 KV Oostende 8 3 1 4 11 16 4 2 0 2 6 8 4 1 1 2 5 8 -5 10
12 Kortrijk 8 2 2 4 14 15 4 1 2 1 9 8 4 1 0 3 5 7 -1 8
13 Anderlecht 8 1 2 5 6 11 4 1 1 2 3 4 4 0 1 3 3 7 -5 5
14 Cercle Brugge 8 1 0 7 7 19 4 1 0 3 2 7 4 0 0 4 5 12 -12 3
15 Waasland-Beveren 8 0 3 5 5 19 4 0 1 3 2 12 4 0 2 2 3 7 -14 3
16 AS Eupen 8 0 3 5 4 19 4 0 2 2 3 8 4 0 1 3 1 11 -15 3

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