Pro League: Gent expected to win home against Zulte-Waregem

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Date: Sat 07.December
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ghelamco Arena (20000 seats)

Gent perform at a high level so far being 4th in the table. Zulte-Waregem can look both up and down from their 6th position.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Gent and Zulte-Waregem.

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Gent form and stats

7-1-0 is the performance here at Ghelamco Arena so far in the Pro League, giving Gent a total of 22 from their 8 games here. Outstanding results!

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Thomas Kaminski not having conceded a league goal in 180 minutes.

Gent's previous game was a Pro League match also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Zulte-Waregem (placed 6th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Prior to that, an away loss at Sporting Charleroi in the Belgian Cup.

Gent are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Ghelamco Arena in their league games, having scored an impressive 22 goals in 8 matches. Gent have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Zulte-Waregem form and stats

3 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Zulte-Waregem playing as the away team in the Pro League this season.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Zulte-Waregem, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-2 versus Gent (placed 4th). Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against Sint-Truiden in the Belgian Cup.

Zulte-Waregem are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 8 games (in the league). Zulte-Waregem have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Gent and Zulte-Waregem have met before this season: Gent - Zulte-Waregem 2-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 6 - 3 - 1 (Gent wins - draws - Zulte-Waregem wins). As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

GentR. Yaremchuk
R. Yaremchuk
10 goals
GentJ. David
J. David
9 goals
Zulte-WaregemC. Larin
C. Larin
7 goals

Gent missing players

Zulte-Waregem missing players

Gent Zulte-Waregem
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 9 1 Played P 1 9 18
10 8 1 Won W 0 3 8
5 1 0 Drew D 0 3 4
3 0 0 Lost L 1 3 6
37 24 3 Scored S 0 9 26
20 5 0 Conceded C 4 12 21
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 94%
94% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 89%
50% 44% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 33% 39%
39% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 22% 28%
22% 22% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
50% 44% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 33%
44% 56% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 39%
11% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 44% 33%
 
5.2 5.2 7 Corners For (avg) C F 2 4 4.2
3.8 3.2 4 Corners Against (avg) C A 4 5.1 4.7
1.6 1.1 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 2 1.7
2 1 0 Red Cards R C 1 3 3
 
151 91 11 Total Shots T S 0 65 113
69 44 10 Shots on Target S O 0 28 52
54% 55% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 32% 50%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • All of Gent's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Gent has the most scored goals (22) at home
  • Gent has the most scored goals in the first half (20)
  • Gent have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Gent have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Gent have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Zulte-Waregem have scored away.
  • Gent have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Gent haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Club Brugge 16 12 3 1 36 6 9 6 3 0 20 3 7 6 0 1 16 3 30 39
2 Antwerp 18 10 4 4 37 24 8 7 1 0 20 8 10 3 3 4 17 16 13 34
3 Standard Liège 17 10 3 4 33 17 9 7 1 1 20 6 8 3 2 3 13 11 16 33
4 Gent 17 9 5 3 35 20 8 7 1 0 22 5 9 2 4 3 13 15 15 32
5 Sporting Charleroi 16 9 4 3 26 16 8 5 1 2 10 8 8 4 3 1 16 8 10 31
6 Zulte-Waregem 17 8 4 5 26 19 9 5 1 3 17 9 8 3 3 2 9 10 7 28
7 Mechelen 17 8 3 6 27 26 8 3 2 3 14 16 9 5 1 3 13 10 1 27
8 Royal Excel Mouscron 17 5 7 5 23 22 8 4 3 1 13 7 9 1 4 4 10 15 1 22
9 Genk 16 6 3 7 21 22 9 5 1 3 12 11 7 1 2 4 9 11 -1 21
10 Sint-Truiden 16 6 3 7 16 26 7 2 3 2 5 6 9 4 0 5 11 20 -10 21
11 Anderlecht 17 5 6 6 21 21 9 3 4 2 12 9 8 2 2 4 9 12 0 21
12 AS Eupen 17 4 4 9 14 29 8 1 3 4 6 12 9 3 1 5 8 17 -15 16
13 Kortrijk 17 4 3 10 23 30 9 3 2 4 17 15 8 1 1 6 6 15 -7 15
14 KV Oostende 17 4 3 10 20 33 9 3 2 4 14 17 8 1 1 6 6 16 -13 15
15 Waasland-Beveren 18 2 5 11 14 37 9 1 2 6 8 23 9 1 3 5 6 14 -23 11
16 Cercle Brugge 17 2 2 13 15 39 8 2 1 5 7 15 9 0 1 8 8 24 -24 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.