Football preview: Home supporters have high expectations when Gent host RFC Seraing

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 23.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: GHELAMCO-arena (20000 seats)

Welcome to GHELAMCO-arena and this game between Gent and RFC Seraing in the Pro League. Here's everything you must know!

Insights:
  • Gent have the most dropped points from leading position (10) in Pro League
  • RFC Seraing have the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in Pro League

The hosts Gent saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Pro League. That game was an away game at Union Saint-Gilloise, so at least Gent are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Gent form and stats

3 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats. That’s what Gent have to build on here at GHELAMCO-arena in the Pro League.

In their previous game, the manager Vanhaezebrouck led his Gent to a defeat away at Union Saint-Gilloise. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at GHELAMCO-arena. Defender Torunarigha got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.15/10. Torunarigha won 5 of 7 duels.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Mechelen in a game that was won 3-0.

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 11 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 9 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 8 matches were won by at least two goals.

Gent are traveling soon after this match as the Europa Conference League match at Shamrock Rovers awaits in four days.

Gent have conceded 8 in these home matches.

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RFC Seraing form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Pro League travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

This match can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus Cercle Brugge with 0-1 on the scoreboard. That defeat was their first after three consecutive league rounds winning points. Midfield player Cachbach was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.42/10. Cachbach hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 26 successful passes (of 30 total).

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Westerlo that ended 2-2.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Seraing played away with similar odds. This revealed 6 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 0 were draws and the home team won as expected 6 times.

RFC Seraing has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 12 goals from 7 games. RFC Seraing have conceded 12 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the previous three meetings): Gent won two games, one match ended with a draw and RFC Seraing have zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / one.

Top Goalscorers

GentH. Cuypers
H. Cuypers
7 goals
RFC SeraingM. Mouandilmadji
M. Mouandilmadji
6 goals
GentH. Hong
H. Hong
4 goals

Gent missing players

RFC Seraing missing players

Gent RFC Seraing
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
13 6 2 Played P 2 7 13
6 3 2 Won W 1 3 3
2 1 0 Drew D 0 1 2
5 2 0 Lost L 1 3 8
23 12 5 Scored S 3 12 13
16 8 0 Conceded C 2 12 22
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
85% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 77%
62% 67% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 71% 46%
31% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 57% 38%
8% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 8%
54% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 71% 46%
31% 33% 100% Clean Sheets C S 50% 14% 8%
15% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 46%
 
5.9 5.7 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 2.7 2.8
4 4.2 3 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6.3 5.2
1.6 1.7 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2 2.3
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
13.3 14.8 16 Shots (avg) S ( 11 7.6 8.9
4.6 5.7 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 2.6 2.3
38% 35% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 60% 67% 43%
 
10.2 9 6.5 Shots against (avg) S A 14.5 13.6 12.6
3.1 2.2 0.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 5.7 4.5
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • All of Gent's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of RFC Seraing's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Gent have created more than twice as many corners as RFC Seraing.
  • Gent have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Gent have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Gent have the most dropped points from leading position (10) in Pro League
  • Gent haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • RFC Seraing have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • RFC Seraing have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • RFC Seraing have the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in Pro League
  • RFC Seraing haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 13 11 1 1 33 12 7 6 1 0 18 6 6 5 0 1 15 6 21 34
2 Antwerp 12 10 0 2 24 11 6 6 0 0 16 5 6 4 0 2 8 6 13 30
3 Club Brugge 13 9 1 3 26 12 7 5 1 1 16 6 6 4 0 2 10 6 14 28
4 Union Saint-Gilloise 13 9 1 3 27 16 6 5 0 1 10 5 7 4 1 2 17 11 11 28
5 Standard Liege 13 7 1 5 19 17 7 4 1 2 12 7 6 3 0 3 7 10 2 22
6 Gent 13 6 2 5 23 16 6 3 1 2 12 8 7 3 1 3 11 8 7 20
7 OH Leuven 13 6 2 5 23 23 6 3 0 3 7 10 7 3 2 2 16 13 0 20
8 Westerlo 13 6 1 6 23 26 6 4 1 1 12 6 7 2 0 5 11 20 -3 19
9 Anderlecht 12 5 1 6 19 13 7 3 1 3 11 7 5 2 0 3 8 6 6 16
10 Sporting Charleroi 13 5 1 7 19 21 7 2 1 4 11 14 6 3 0 3 8 7 -2 16
11 Sint-Truiden 13 4 4 5 12 15 6 2 1 3 7 9 7 2 3 2 5 6 -3 16
12 Cercle Brugge 13 4 3 6 16 21 6 2 3 1 9 6 7 2 0 5 7 15 -5 15
13 Mechelen 13 4 2 7 19 24 7 3 1 3 13 12 6 1 1 4 6 12 -5 14
14 AS Eupen 13 4 0 9 14 27 7 2 0 5 8 14 6 2 0 4 6 13 -13 12
15 KV Oostende 12 3 2 7 13 22 6 2 0 4 6 13 6 1 2 3 7 9 -9 11
16 RFC Seraing 13 3 2 8 13 22 6 0 1 5 1 10 7 3 1 3 12 12 -9 11
17 Kortrijk 13 3 2 8 12 23 6 1 1 4 4 11 7 2 1 4 8 12 -11 11
18 Zulte-Waregem 12 2 2 8 12 26 6 1 0 5 7 18 6 1 2 3 5 8 -14 8

Read more about Pro League

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.