KV Oostende stubborn opponents but Gent expect victory

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 23.April
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: GHELAMCO-arena (20000 seats)

Gent are stalking the top league places while KV Oostende are more nervous about escaping relegation. Who will get the points?

Insights:
  • KV Oostende have the most matches over the total-line (25) in Pro League

For Oostende it's their last days at this level as relegation is a fact.

There have been little to rest for the team playing at home, as they had a Europa Conference League game only three days earlier. That game was an away game at West Ham United, so at least Gent are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Gent form and stats

When playing at home in the Pro League, Gent have managed 9 wins, 4 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 16 games.

The regulars hope that Gent will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-4 away loss in the Europa Conference League fixture against West Ham United. Cuypers, a natural forward, was the top performer for the team in that fixture, collecting a rating of 7.44 (out of 10). Cuypers scored one goal and had 19 successful passes (of 22 total).

Preceding that game was the away draw at Mechelen that finished 1-1.

The Gent fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 27 goals in 16 league matches. Gent have only conceded 14 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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KV Oostende form and stats

There's been little loot from KV Oostende's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 16 away games in the Pro League. KV Oostende only have 1 win to counter their 10 defeats and 5 draws. The loyal fans travelling with their beloved KV Oostende have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone 14 consecutive matches without winning on the road.

Arase was the last player to score for the away team. KV Oostende haven't scored a league goal in the last 230 minutes.

KV Oostende failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs OH Leuven (placed 11th) that ended with defeat 0-4. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against OH Leuven was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind. Attacker Atanga got a player rating of 7.05 in the game. "Man of the match" Atanga hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Sint-Truiden wasn't a success with a 0-5 loss.

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 19 of this club's 22 latest league matches have ended with three or more goals.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Oostende have scored 17 goals in 16 league games away. KV Oostende are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 17 goals in these matches. KV Oostende has visited these top teams five times, and 4 of 5 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these sides meet on the pitch this campaign, as the fixture list show this recent match: KV Oostende - Gent 1-3. Gent-KV Oostende H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Gent six wins, KV Oostende three wins, one draw. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

GentH. Cuypers
H. Cuypers
19 goals
GentG. Orban
G. Orban
9 goals
KV OostendeT. Ambrose
T. Ambrose
7 goals

Gent missing players

KV Oostende missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Gent KV Oostende
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 5 16 33
16 9 5 Won W 0 1 6
8 4 0 Drew D 0 5 6
9 3 0 Lost L 5 10 21
63 27 12 Scored S 2 17 35
36 14 2 Conceded C 14 42 75
94% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
85% 81% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 94% 88%
55% 50% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 75% 76%
30% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 44% 36%
18% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 25% 15%
48% 50% 40% BTTS BTTS 20% 56% 58%
39% 50% 60% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 9%
18% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 80% 44% 36%
 
6.2 6.8 8.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.1 4.6
3.9 4 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 6 6 5.6
1.3 1.4 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.6 2.1 2.2
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 3 9
 
13.8 15.4 17.6 Shots (avg) S ( 9 11.3 12.4
4.9 5.1 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.4 3.9 4.7
39% 33% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 27% 23%
 
9.5 8.8 8 Shots against (avg) S A 14.6 15.2 13.3
3.3 2.9 2.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5.4 5.1
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • KV Oostende have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • KV Oostende have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • KV Oostende have the fewest matches under the total-line (8) in Pro League
  • KV Oostende have the fewest points (8) away in Pro League
  • KV Oostende have the most conceded goals (42) away in Pro League
  • KV Oostende have the most matches over the total-line (25) in Pro League
  • KV Oostende have the the worst goal difference (-25) away in Pro League
  • KV Oostende 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 33 23 5 5 76 35 17 14 1 2 44 15 16 9 4 3 32 20 41 74
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 33 22 6 5 66 39 17 13 2 2 33 16 16 9 4 3 33 23 27 72
3 Antwerp 33 21 6 6 58 26 17 13 2 2 36 11 16 8 4 4 22 15 32 69
4 Gent 33 16 8 9 63 36 16 9 4 3 27 14 17 7 4 6 36 22 27 56
5 Club Brugge 33 15 11 7 54 36 16 9 6 1 33 15 17 6 5 6 21 21 18 56
6 Standard Liege 33 16 7 10 56 42 17 10 3 4 34 17 16 6 4 6 22 25 14 55
7 Westerlo 33 14 8 11 60 52 17 8 4 5 40 26 16 6 4 6 20 26 8 50
8 Cercle Brugge 33 12 11 10 47 44 17 8 7 2 31 18 16 4 4 8 16 26 3 47
9 Sporting Charleroi 33 14 5 14 43 50 16 7 1 8 21 25 17 7 4 6 22 25 -7 47
10 Anderlecht 33 13 7 13 47 43 16 6 4 6 25 20 17 7 3 7 22 23 4 46
11 OH Leuven 33 12 9 12 53 46 16 6 5 5 26 22 17 6 4 7 27 24 7 45
12 Sint-Truiden 33 11 9 13 37 39 16 6 4 6 20 18 17 5 5 7 17 21 -2 42
13 Mechelen 33 10 7 16 46 61 17 7 6 4 29 27 16 3 1 12 17 34 -15 37
14 Kortrijk 33 8 7 18 35 57 16 4 5 7 14 25 17 4 2 11 21 32 -22 31
15 AS Eupen 33 7 7 19 40 68 17 4 4 9 22 33 16 3 3 10 18 35 -28 28
16 Zulte-Waregem 33 6 9 18 48 75 16 3 4 9 25 43 17 3 5 9 23 32 -27 27
17 KV Oostende 33 6 6 21 35 75 17 5 1 11 18 33 16 1 5 10 17 42 -40 24
18 RFC Seraing 33 5 4 24 27 67 16 1 3 12 7 28 17 4 1 12 20 39 -40 19

Table
  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 33 23 5 5 76 35 17 14 1 2 44 15 16 9 4 3 32 20 41 74
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 33 22 6 5 66 39 17 13 2 2 33 16 16 9 4 3 33 23 27 72
3 Antwerp 33 21 6 6 58 26 17 13 2 2 36 11 16 8 4 4 22 15 32 69
4 Gent 33 16 8 9 63 36 16 9 4 3 27 14 17 7 4 6 36 22 27 56
5 Club Brugge 33 15 11 7 54 36 16 9 6 1 33 15 17 6 5 6 21 21 18 56
6 Standard Liege 33 16 7 10 56 42 17 10 3 4 34 17 16 6 4 6 22 25 14 55
7 Westerlo 33 14 8 11 60 52 17 8 4 5 40 26 16 6 4 6 20 26 8 50
8 Cercle Brugge 33 12 11 10 47 44 17 8 7 2 31 18 16 4 4 8 16 26 3 47
9 Sporting Charleroi 33 14 5 14 43 50 16 7 1 8 21 25 17 7 4 6 22 25 -7 47
10 Anderlecht 33 13 7 13 47 43 16 6 4 6 25 20 17 7 3 7 22 23 4 46
11 OH Leuven 33 12 9 12 53 46 16 6 5 5 26 22 17 6 4 7 27 24 7 45
12 Sint-Truiden 33 11 9 13 37 39 16 6 4 6 20 18 17 5 5 7 17 21 -2 42
13 Mechelen 33 10 7 16 46 61 17 7 6 4 29 27 16 3 1 12 17 34 -15 37
14 Kortrijk 33 8 7 18 35 57 16 4 5 7 14 25 17 4 2 11 21 32 -22 31
15 AS Eupen 33 7 7 19 40 68 17 4 4 9 22 33 16 3 3 10 18 35 -28 28
16 Zulte-Waregem 33 6 9 18 48 75 16 3 4 9 25 43 17 3 5 9 23 32 -27 27
17 KV Oostende 33 6 6 21 35 75 17 5 1 11 18 33 16 1 5 10 17 42 -40 24
18 RFC Seraing 33 5 4 24 27 67 16 1 3 12 7 28 17 4 1 12 20 39 -40 19

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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.