Pro League: Gent believed to win home fixture against Sint-Truiden

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 30.July
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: GHELAMCO-arena (20000 seats)

After the first game it's Gent - Sint-Truiden 1-1 in points. Who will prevail in this second Pro League match of the season?

It should be mentioned that Sint-Truiden play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Sint-Truiden on grass are 13 victories, 8 draws and 16 defeats from 37 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 41-53. You can compare this with overall results below.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Gent form and stats

The previous season, Gent's league stats were 18 wins, 8 draws and 8 losses, producing 5th place in the Pro League. From these 34 matches they scored 56 goals and conceded 30. Playing as the home side in the former season Gent managed 11-3-3 (win-draw-lost) with 37 goals and 16 conceded.

Gent shared the glory with Standard Liege in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2.

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Sint-Truiden form and stats

Let's have a look at how Sint-Truiden performed last season in the Pro League: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 15 victories, 6 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 42 and conceded 40 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 3 and lost 6 with 16/17 goals scored/conceded.

Sint-Truiden delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Union Saint-Gilloise (placed 7th) in their previous game. The attacker Hayashi got a match rating of 7.45 in that game. Hayashi scored one goal and hit two key passes.

Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against Standard Liege.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Gent victories, two draws and three Sint-Truiden wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

GentT. Tissoudali
T. Tissoudali
1 goals
GentD. Lemajić
D. Lemajić
1 goals
Sint-TruidenD. Hayashi
D. Hayashi
1 goals

Gent missing players

Sint-Truiden missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Gent Sint-Truiden
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
12 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
2 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 5
2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
25 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 11
7 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 1
29% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 100%
 
8 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 15
4 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 3
Gent Last season Sint-Truiden
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
40 20   Played P   17 34
22 12   Won W   8 15
8 3   Drew D   3 6
10 5   Lost L   6 13
65 39   Scored S   16 42
35 19   Conceded C   17 40
92% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   88% 94%
65% 75%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   59% 76%
48% 55%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   29% 47%
25% 35%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   12% 18%
10% 15%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 6%
45% 50%   BTTS BTTS   35% 53%
40% 35%   Clean Sheets C S   47% 32%
22% 15%   Failed to Score F T   29% 21%
 
6 6.8   Corners for (avg) C F   3.8 4.7
4.9 4.7   Corners against (avg) C A   4.7 4.6
1.9 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.8 2.4
5 1   Red cards R C   4 4
 
14.3 15.9   Shots (avg) S (   10.4 12.1
5.4 6.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.5 3.9
30% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   27% 31%
 
10.5 10.3   Shots against (avg) S A   12.2 11.4
3.9 4.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.1 3.4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sporting Charleroi 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
2 OH Leuven 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Zulte-Waregem 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Gent 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
5 Standard Liege 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Sint-Truiden 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Union Saint-Gilloise 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
8 Anderlecht 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Antwerp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Cercle Brugge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Club Brugge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Genk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 KV Oostende 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Mechelen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Westerlo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 AS Eupen 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
17 Kortrijk 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 RFC Seraing 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
Last season 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 34 24 5 5 78 27 17 10 3 4 32 14 17 14 2 1 46 13 51 77
2 Club Brugge 34 21 9 4 72 37 17 10 6 1 36 16 17 11 3 3 36 21 35 72
3 Anderlecht 34 18 10 6 72 36 17 10 5 2 41 19 17 8 5 4 31 17 36 64
4 Antwerp 34 19 6 9 55 38 17 9 4 4 30 19 17 10 2 5 25 19 17 63
5 Gent 34 18 8 8 56 30 17 11 3 3 37 16 17 7 5 5 19 14 26 62
6 Sporting Charleroi 34 15 9 10 55 46 17 7 5 5 24 16 17 8 4 5 31 30 9 54
7 Mechelen 34 15 7 12 57 61 17 10 4 3 36 24 17 5 3 9 21 37 -4 52
8 Genk 34 15 6 13 66 47 17 10 3 4 39 18 17 5 3 9 27 29 19 51
9 Sint-Truiden 34 15 6 13 42 40 17 7 3 7 26 23 17 8 3 6 16 17 2 51
10 Cercle Brugge 34 12 9 13 49 46 17 6 4 7 23 20 17 6 5 6 26 26 3 45
11 OH Leuven 34 10 11 13 47 58 17 7 4 6 25 25 17 3 7 7 22 33 -11 41
12 KV Oostende 34 10 7 17 34 61 17 5 3 9 19 37 17 5 4 8 15 24 -27 37
13 Kortrijk 34 9 10 15 43 48 17 5 4 8 23 24 17 4 6 7 20 24 -5 37
14 Standard Liege 34 9 9 16 32 51 17 3 5 9 15 26 17 6 4 7 17 25 -19 36
15 AS Eupen 34 8 8 18 37 61 17 4 4 9 18 29 17 4 4 9 19 32 -24 32
16 Zulte-Waregem 34 8 8 18 42 69 17 5 4 8 23 32 17 3 4 10 19 37 -27 32
17 RFC Seraing 34 8 4 22 30 68 17 5 3 9 16 30 17 3 1 13 14 38 -38 28
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 34 4 4 26 33 76 17 4 1 12 16 33 17 0 3 14 17 43 -43 16

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 Sporting Charleroi 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
2 OH Leuven 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Zulte-Waregem 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Gent 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
5 Standard Liege 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Sint-Truiden 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Union Saint-Gilloise 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
8 Anderlecht 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Antwerp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Cercle Brugge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Club Brugge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Genk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 KV Oostende 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Mechelen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Westerlo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 AS Eupen 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
17 Kortrijk 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 RFC Seraing 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0

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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.