Gent will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 9 points behind KV Oostende.
- Gent have the fewest matches over the total-line (10) in Pro League
Gent and KV Oostende should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
KV Oostende are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.
Gent form and stats
Overall Pro League stats at home this season for Gent are 5-3-5 (wins-draw-losses).
The fans are hoping that Gent will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Belgian Cup game against AS Eupen (placed 14th). Before that, Gent played out a Pro League draw 1-1 when visiting Mechelen.
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Gent matches with similar probabilities have ended with two wins, two draws and zero defeats (from four games).
Gent have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at GHELAMCO-arena with 23 goals in 13 league matches. Gent have conceded 17 in these home matches.
KV Oostende form and stats
Playing away, KV Oostende have won 4 games, drawn 3 and suffered 7 defeats in the Pro League this season.
Makhtar Gueye and Brecht Capon scored in KV Oostende's previous match, the home game against Mechelen that ended 2-0. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus AS Eupen that ended 1-1.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Oostende when being an outsider away as they are today, we find six matches with the visitors losing four times, drawing one and winning one game.
The attacking power of Oostende when travelling is not overwhelming with 13 goals scored from 14 league matches away. 18 goals have been conceded by KV Oostende in these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: KV Oostende - Gent 2-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Gent won four games, two matches ended with a draw and KV Oostende has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / twoTop Goalscorers
  R. Yaremchuk 14 goals |   J. Sakala 13 goals |  M. Gueye 10 goals |
Gent missing players
KV Oostende missing players
| Gent | KV Oostende | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 29 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 41 | 23 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 13 | 45 |
| 34 | 17 | 7 | Conceded | C | 3 | 18 | 36 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 97% |
| 71% | 85% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 25% | 64% | 83% |
| 54% | 69% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 50% | 66% |
| 21% | 31% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 31% |
| 14% | 15% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| 57% | 62% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 57% | 69% |
| 29% | 23% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 21% | 21% |
| 18% | 15% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 29% | 14% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8.4 | 7.7 | 7.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 8.6 | 8.4 |
| 4.1 | 4 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
| 36% | 44% | 13% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 25% | 42% |
- Gent have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Gent have the fewest matches over the total-line (10) in Pro League
- 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 | 27 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 58 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 7 | 40 | 63 |
| 2 | Antwerp | 29 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 44 | 38 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 6 | 48 |
| 3 | Genk | 29 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 54 | 41 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 13 | 46 |
| 4 | KV Oostende | 29 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 45 | 36 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 46 |
| 5 | Anderlecht | 29 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 39 | 30 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 9 | 45 |
| 6 | Zulte-Waregem | 29 | 13 | 4 | 12 | 46 | 50 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 30 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 20 | -4 | 43 |
| 7 | OH Leuven | 29 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 46 | 46 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 28 | 0 | 43 |
| 8 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 29 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 52 | 55 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 29 | -3 | 41 |
| 9 | Mechelen | 29 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 42 | 46 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 20 | -4 | 40 |
| 10 | Standard Liege | 29 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 41 | 37 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 4 | 40 |
| 11 | Sporting Charleroi | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 41 | 38 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 27 | 3 | 39 |
| 12 | Gent | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 41 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 37 |
| 13 | Kortrijk | 29 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 36 | 42 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 13 | -6 | 36 |
| 14 | AS Eupen | 29 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 35 | 44 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 21 | -9 | 36 |
| 15 | Sint-Truiden | 29 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 35 | 44 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 26 | -9 | 31 |
| 16 | Cercle Brugge | 29 | 9 | 2 | 18 | 34 | 46 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 20 | 25 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 21 | -12 | 29 |
| 17 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 29 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 26 | 45 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 27 | -19 | 27 |
| 18 | Waasland-Beveren | 29 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 34 | 59 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 30 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 29 | -25 | 25 |