Gent vs RFC Seraing pre-match info: Away team face a demanding 90 minutes at GHELAMCO-arena

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Fri 18.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: GHELAMCO-arena (20000 seats)

Gent are pursuing the top league spots while RFC Seraing are more worried about staying out of trouble and relegation. Expected home win or surprise away points?

Insights:
  • Gent have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • RFC Seraing have the fewest scored goals in the second half (14) in Pro League

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Gent form and stats

When playing at home in the Pro League, Gent have managed 7 wins, 3 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 13 games.

Gent are returning here after visiting AS Eupen and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Depoitre scored the goal(s). Midfield player Castro-Montes got a match rating of 8.43 in that game, the max score being 10. Castro-Montes hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Club Brugge with a 2-1 scoreline.

Gent have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at GHELAMCO-arena with 25 goals in 13 league matches. Gent have conceded 15 in these home matches.

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RFC Seraing form and stats

RFC Seraing have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Pro League, after 2-0-11 (13 played). Bitter travels for RFC Seraing as they have lost five games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the OH Leuven match.

The attacking players of Seraing have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 303 minutes.

RFC Seraing might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Antwerp proved too strong as RFC Seraing slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Stade du Pairay.

Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Sporting Charleroi's place.

The visitors have scored 11 goals from 13 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. RFC Seraing have conceded 31 goals in these games. Seraing has visited these top teams five times, and 4 of 5 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

Here's what happened when the participants faced each other earlier this campaign; RFC Seraing - Gent 0-0. Head-2-head stats last two meetings: one - one - zero (Gent wins - draws - RFC Seraing wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

GentT. Tissoudali
T. Tissoudali
11 goals
RFC SeraingG. Mikautadze
G. Mikautadze
8 goals
GentL. Depoitre
L. Depoitre
7 goals

Gent missing players

RFC Seraing missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Gent RFC Seraing
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 4 Played P 5 13 27
12 7 2 Won W 0 2 7
7 3 2 Drew D 0 0 2
8 3 0 Lost L 5 11 18
39 25 8 Scored S 5 11 26
27 15 4 Conceded C 14 31 53
89% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
63% 85% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 81%
44% 54% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 69% 59%
22% 38% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 31% 33%
11% 15% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 15% 19%
48% 62% 75% BTTS BTTS 60% 46% 41%
33% 23% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 15%
30% 15% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 54% 52%
 
6.5 7.3 7.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4 4.5
4.9 4.8 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6.2 5.2
2.1 1.7 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.4 2.2 2.1
2 0 0 Red cards R C 2 2 3
 
15.1 16.9 21 Shots (avg) S ( 9 9.6 10.9
5.4 6.5 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.6 2.6 3.4
27% 29% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 32% 28%
 
9.6 9.3 8 Shots against (avg) S A 17.2 15.2 13
3.4 3.7 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.6 5.9 5.4
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • All of RFC Seraing's away-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 at home as RFC Seraing have scored away.
  • Gent haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • RFC Seraing have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • RFC Seraing have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • RFC Seraing have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • RFC Seraing have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Pro League
  • RFC Seraing have the fewest scored goals (11) away in Pro League
  • RFC Seraing have the fewest scored goals in the second half (14) in Pro League
  • RFC Seraing have the most conceded goals (31) away in Pro League
  • RFC Seraing have the the worst goal difference (-20) away in Pro League
  • RFC Seraing 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 Union Saint-Gilloise 26 19 3 4 59 21 13 9 1 3 26 12 13 10 2 1 33 9 38 60
2 Antwerp 27 16 5 6 47 28 13 7 3 3 25 15 14 9 2 3 22 13 19 53
3 Anderlecht 27 13 9 5 58 32 13 6 5 2 30 18 14 7 4 3 28 14 26 48
4 Club Brugge 26 13 9 4 47 32 13 6 6 1 25 14 13 7 3 3 22 18 15 48
5 Gent 27 12 7 8 39 27 13 7 3 3 25 15 14 5 4 5 14 12 12 43
6 Sporting Charleroi 26 12 7 7 42 33 13 5 4 4 16 13 13 7 3 3 26 20 9 43
7 Mechelen 25 13 3 9 45 41 14 9 2 3 29 18 11 4 1 6 16 23 4 42
8 OH Leuven 26 9 9 8 39 42 13 6 3 4 19 20 13 3 6 4 20 22 -3 36
9 Genk 25 10 5 10 48 38 12 6 3 3 26 16 13 4 2 7 22 22 10 35
10 Cercle Brugge 27 10 5 12 38 34 13 4 2 7 15 16 14 6 3 5 23 18 4 35
11 Kortrijk 26 8 10 8 31 32 13 4 4 5 14 17 13 4 6 3 17 15 -1 34
12 Sint-Truiden 26 9 4 13 29 37 13 4 2 7 17 20 13 5 2 6 12 17 -8 31
13 Standard Liege 25 7 8 10 29 40 13 2 5 6 13 21 12 5 3 4 16 19 -11 29
14 KV Oostende 27 8 4 15 27 52 13 4 1 8 15 32 14 4 3 7 12 20 -25 28
15 AS Eupen 27 7 6 14 32 46 13 3 3 7 13 22 14 4 3 7 19 24 -14 27
16 Zulte-Waregem 27 6 8 13 37 56 14 3 4 7 19 30 13 3 4 6 18 26 -19 26
17 RFC Seraing 27 7 2 18 26 53 14 5 2 7 15 22 13 2 0 11 11 31 -27 23
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 25 3 4 18 25 54 13 3 1 9 11 24 12 0 3 9 14 30 -29 13

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 Union Saint-Gilloise 26 19 3 4 59 21 13 9 1 3 26 12 13 10 2 1 33 9 38 60
2 Antwerp 27 16 5 6 47 28 13 7 3 3 25 15 14 9 2 3 22 13 19 53
3 Anderlecht 27 13 9 5 58 32 13 6 5 2 30 18 14 7 4 3 28 14 26 48
4 Club Brugge 26 13 9 4 47 32 13 6 6 1 25 14 13 7 3 3 22 18 15 48
5 Gent 27 12 7 8 39 27 13 7 3 3 25 15 14 5 4 5 14 12 12 43
6 Sporting Charleroi 26 12 7 7 42 33 13 5 4 4 16 13 13 7 3 3 26 20 9 43
7 Mechelen 25 13 3 9 45 41 14 9 2 3 29 18 11 4 1 6 16 23 4 42
8 OH Leuven 26 9 9 8 39 42 13 6 3 4 19 20 13 3 6 4 20 22 -3 36
9 Genk 25 10 5 10 48 38 12 6 3 3 26 16 13 4 2 7 22 22 10 35
10 Cercle Brugge 27 10 5 12 38 34 13 4 2 7 15 16 14 6 3 5 23 18 4 35
11 Kortrijk 26 8 10 8 31 32 13 4 4 5 14 17 13 4 6 3 17 15 -1 34
12 Sint-Truiden 26 9 4 13 29 37 13 4 2 7 17 20 13 5 2 6 12 17 -8 31
13 Standard Liege 25 7 8 10 29 40 13 2 5 6 13 21 12 5 3 4 16 19 -11 29
14 KV Oostende 27 8 4 15 27 52 13 4 1 8 15 32 14 4 3 7 12 20 -25 28
15 AS Eupen 27 7 6 14 32 46 13 3 3 7 13 22 14 4 3 7 19 24 -14 27
16 Zulte-Waregem 27 6 8 13 37 56 14 3 4 7 19 30 13 3 4 6 18 26 -19 26
17 RFC Seraing 27 7 2 18 26 53 14 5 2 7 15 22 13 2 0 11 11 31 -27 23
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 25 3 4 18 25 54 13 3 1 9 11 24 12 0 3 9 14 30 -29 13

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