Pro League: Gent thought to overcome Standard Liège

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 28.November
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: GHELAMCO-arena (20000 seats)

This is the real thing, this is Pro League and this is Gent - Standard Liège. Read our full guide!

Insights:
  • Gent have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Standard Liège have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

These are busy days for the hosts, as they were in action only three days ago in the Europa Conference League. That game was an away game at Anorthosis, so at least Gent are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Gent form and stats

The overall Pro League statistics playing at home this season for Gent are 4-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).

The fans are hoping that Gent will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Europa Conference League game against Anorthosis. Defender Michael Ngadeu got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.64/10. Ngadeu won 5 of 6 duels.

In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Zulte-Waregem.

There will be little rest for Gent after this match as they are travelling to Lommel United for a Belgian Cup game in only three days.

Goals decide football matches and Gent are scoring many of them at home; 16 on target from 7 league matches. 9 goals have been conceded.

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Standard Liège form and stats

Playing away, Standard Liège have won 3 games, drawn 2 and suffered 2 defeats in the Pro League this season. Two points from the last two away games for Standard, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Impressive finishing secured the home win 1-0 against AS Eupen in their previous game. Defender Niels Nkounkou was the best team player with a rating of 8.32. Nkounkou hit two key passes and won 9 of 11 duels.

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

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Beerschot-Wilrijk in just four days.

The visiting Standard Liège have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 8 goals from 7 games. In the opposite end, Standard have conceded 11 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Gent victories, zero draws and four Standard Liège wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

GentL. Depoitre
L. Depoitre
4 goals
GentT. Tissoudali
T. Tissoudali
4 goals
Standard LiègeD. Drăguş
D. Drăguş
3 goals

Gent missing players

Standard Liège missing players

Gent Standard Liège
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 7 1 Played P 0 7 15
6 4 1 Won W 0 3 5
3 1 0 Drew D 0 2 5
6 2 0 Lost L 0 2 5
23 16 2 Scored S 0 8 17
16 9 0 Conceded C 0 11 23
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
73% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 71% 67%
47% 57% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 57% 47%
20% 43% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 43% 33%
13% 29% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
47% 57% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 57% 60%
27% 29% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 27%
33% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 13%
 
6.4 7.9 6 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3.6 4.9
4.5 4.7 2 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.9 3.9
1.9 1.9 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 4 3.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
15.5 16.7 20 Shots (avg) S ( 0 8.4 11.1
6.1 7.9 12 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2 3.5
25% 29% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 57% 33%
 
9 8.9 7 Shots against (avg) S A 0 12.7 11.5
3.6 3.9 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4.1 3.7
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • All of Gent's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Gent have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Gent have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Gent haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Standard Liège have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Standard Liège have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Standard Liège 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 Union Saint-Gilloise 15 11 1 3 40 14 7 5 0 2 17 6 8 6 1 1 23 8 26 34
2 Antwerp 15 8 3 4 26 18 7 4 2 1 12 7 8 4 1 3 14 11 8 27
3 Club Brugge 15 7 6 2 26 19 7 3 4 0 14 8 8 4 2 2 12 11 7 27
4 Mechelen 15 8 2 5 27 25 8 5 1 2 16 11 7 3 1 3 11 14 2 26
5 Sporting Charleroi 15 7 5 3 27 19 7 3 2 2 11 6 8 4 3 1 16 13 8 26
6 Anderlecht 15 5 7 3 28 21 8 3 4 1 20 12 7 2 3 2 8 9 7 22
7 Gent 15 6 3 6 23 16 7 4 1 2 16 9 8 2 2 4 7 7 7 21
8 Genk 15 6 3 6 28 25 7 3 2 2 13 9 8 3 1 4 15 16 3 21
9 AS Eupen 15 6 3 6 24 22 7 2 2 3 10 11 8 4 1 3 14 11 2 21
10 Sint-Truiden 15 6 3 6 17 21 8 2 2 4 10 14 7 4 1 2 7 7 -4 21
11 Kortrijk 15 5 6 4 18 17 7 3 3 1 10 7 8 2 3 3 8 10 1 21
12 Standard Liège 15 5 5 5 17 23 8 2 3 3 9 12 7 3 2 2 8 11 -6 20
13 KV Oostende 15 5 2 8 19 32 8 3 1 4 11 20 7 2 1 4 8 12 -13 17
14 OH Leuven 15 3 8 4 19 25 8 3 3 2 11 11 7 0 5 2 8 14 -6 17
15 RFC Seraing 15 5 1 9 19 28 7 3 1 3 11 9 8 2 0 6 8 19 -9 16
16 Zulte-Waregem 15 3 5 7 23 35 8 1 2 5 12 23 7 2 3 2 11 12 -12 14
17 Cercle Brugge 15 2 4 9 15 23 8 0 2 6 5 13 7 2 2 3 10 10 -8 10
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 15 2 3 10 15 28 8 2 0 6 5 10 7 0 3 4 10 18 -13 9

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.