A home victory is expected from this fixture if the league table is a guide to future results. The Gent fans are confident that the contrast between 6th and Sint-Truiden's 13th position in the table will be revealed on the grass.
- Gent have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sint-Truiden have the fewest scored goals in the second half (11) in Pro League
14-7-24 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Sint-Truiden when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 45 matches are 48-82 (scored/conceded).
It's no vacation for neither Gent nor Sint-Truiden as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Gent form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at GHELAMCO-arena as Gent have scored 20 goals to get 19 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the Pro League are 6-1-2 (wins-draws-losses). Gent has recorded two wins in a row here at GHELAMCO-arena, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
No payout for Gent in their previous match, an away game at Mechelen that ended in defeat 3-4. A goal frenzy last time out for Gent, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Mechelen. Fun stuff to watch! The versatile forward Depoitre bested all teammates in that match and managed a match rating of 8.34 out of 10. Depoitre scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Genk.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Standard Liege are coming to town in four days.
The Gent manager Vanhaezebrouck has got the team scoring with 20 from 9 home games in the league. On the other hand, Gent have conceded 10 goals.
Sint-Truiden form and stats
4 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses. That’s the product of Sint-Truiden playing as the away team in the Pro League this season. It's looking increasingly bleak for Sint-Truiden who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Antwerp was the last time a defeat was avoided.
Two away games in a row for Sint-Truiden, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus Anderlecht in the Pro League. Cacace got a match rating of 7.43 in that game, top player of the team. Cacace hit one key pass.
A 1-2 loss hosting Cercle Brugge before that.The attacking power of Sint-Truiden when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 9 league matches away. Sint-Truiden have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The teams involved played each other previously this season: Sint-Truiden - Gent 2-1. Gent-Sint-Truiden H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Gent five wins, Sint-Truiden three wins, two draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  T. Tissoudali 9 goals |  L. Depoitre 5 goals |  J. De Sart 3 goals |
Gent missing players
Sint-Truiden missing players
| Gent | Sint-Truiden | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 9 | 6 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 31 | 20 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 19 |
| 21 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 11 | 29 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 89% | 95% |
| 68% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 56% | 79% |
| 47% | 56% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 58% |
| 26% | 44% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 16% |
| 16% | 22% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 5% |
| 47% | 56% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 63% |
| 32% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 44% | 21% |
| 26% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 21% |
| 7.1 | 8 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 4.2 | 4.8 |
| 4.5 | 4.6 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.3 | 4.6 |
| 1.8 | 1.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 16.1 | 16.6 | 20 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 9.4 | 11.4 |
| 6.4 | 7.7 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.7 | 4 |
| 25% | 29% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 21% | 25% |
| 9.6 | 9.2 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 12.3 | 11.8 |
| 3.4 | 3.6 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.4 | 4 |
- Gent have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Gent have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sint-Truiden have scored away.
- Gent haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Sint-Truiden have the fewest scored goals (7) away in Pro League
- Sint-Truiden have the fewest scored goals in the second half (11) in Pro League
| 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 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 47 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 29 | 43 |
| 2 | Club Brugge | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 39 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 39 |
| 3 | Anderlecht | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 41 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 17 | 34 |
| 4 | Antwerp | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 33 |
| 5 | Sporting Charleroi | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 32 |
| 6 | Gent | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 31 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 30 |
| 7 | Mechelen | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 33 | 34 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 19 | -1 | 30 |
| 8 | Kortrijk | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 28 |
| 9 | AS Eupen | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 25 |
| 10 | Standard Liege | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 16 | -10 | 23 |
| 11 | Genk | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 31 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 1 | 22 |
| 12 | Cercle Brugge | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | -1 | 22 |
| 13 | Sint-Truiden | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -10 | 21 |
| 14 | KV Oostende | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 21 | 39 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -18 | 20 |
| 15 | OH Leuven | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 17 | -9 | 20 |
| 16 | RFC Seraing | 19 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 23 | 38 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 24 | -15 | 19 |
| 17 | Zulte-Waregem | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 43 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 18 | -16 | 17 |
| 18 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -17 | 9 |