Pro League match preview: Kortrijk versus Gent

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Date: Sun 01.December
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Guldensporenstadion (9399 seats)

The visiting Gent side should be favourites in this visit to Kortrijk, as the away team holds a 14 point advantage from their 16 league games this season.

It's no vacation for neither Kortrijk nor Gent 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.

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Kortrijk form and stats

When playing at home in the Pro League, Kortrijk have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 8 games. With Kortrijk having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager Y. Vanderhaeghe.

The Kortrijk crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Gent here at Guldensporenstadion in a Pro League match. Preceding that game was the away draw at Anderlecht that finished 0-0.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (17 in 8 games), Kortrijk's attacking play is working. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 13 goals have been conceded.

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Gent form and stats

Gent have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Pro League, after 1-4-3 (8 played).

Gent play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Kortrijk (placed 13th). Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Saint-Etienne.

Gent are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 8 games (in the league). Gent have conceded 15 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Gent - Kortrijk 2-0 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 1 - 3 - 6 (Kortrijk wins - draws - Gent wins). As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

GentR. Yaremchuk
R. Yaremchuk
9 goals
GentJ. David
J. David
9 goals
KortrijkI. Mboyo
I. Mboyo
6 goals

Kortrijk missing players

Gent missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Kortrijk Gent
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 9 1 Played P 1 9 17
4 3 0 Won W 0 2 9
3 2 1 Drew D 1 4 5
10 4 0 Lost L 0 3 3
23 17 1 Scored S 3 13 35
30 15 1 Conceded C 3 15 20
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 94%
94% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 94%
65% 67% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 56% 53%
41% 56% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 44% 41%
12% 22% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 22% 24%
59% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 56% 53%
18% 22% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 41%
29% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 22% 12%
 
5 6.3 10 Corners For (avg) C F 5 5.1 5.2
4.1 3 3 Corners Against (avg) C A 4 4.3 3.7
1.6 1.4 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 2.1 1.6
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 2
 
102 69 8 Total Shots T S 0 68 143
55 35 4 Shots on Target S O 0 29 62
42% 49% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 45% 56%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • All of Kortrijk's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Gent have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Kortrijk have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Kortrijk have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Kortrijk have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Kortrijk haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Kortrijk is in the worst form (0-1-4)

Kortrijk
All Pro League UEFA Europa League Play-offs Belgian Cup
All Home Away Home vs top
29-10-19 PRO Kortrijk 1 - 2 AS Eupen
02-11-19 PRO Club Brugge 3 - 0 Kortrijk
09-11-19 PRO Kortrijk 1 - 3 Waasland-Beveren
24-11-19 PRO Anderlecht 0 - 0 Kortrijk
01-12-19 PRO Kortrijk 20:00 Gent
04-12-19 BC Kortrijk 20:00 AS Eupen
07-12-19 PRO Mechelen 18:00 Kortrijk
13-12-19 PRO Kortrijk 20:30 Royal Excel Mouscron
21-12-19 PRO AS Eupen 20:00 Kortrijk
26-12-19 PRO Kortrijk 14:30 Cercle Brugge
Gent
All Pro League Europa League Belgian Cup
All Home Away Away vs low
10-11-19 PRO Genk 0 - 2 Gent
21-11-19 PRO Antwerp 3 - 2 Gent
24-11-19 PRO Gent 1 - 1 Antwerp
28-11-19 EL Saint-Etienne 0 - 0 Gent
01-12-19 PRO Kortrijk 20:00 Gent
04-12-19 BC Sporting Charleroi 20:45 Gent
07-12-19 PRO Gent 20:00 Zulte-Waregem
12-12-19 EL Gent 21:00 Oleksandria
15-12-19 PRO KV Oostende 20:00 Gent
22-12-19 PRO Gent 14:30 Club Brugge

  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 Standard Liège 17 10 3 4 33 17 9 7 1 1 20 6 8 3 2 3 13 11 16 33
3 Sporting Charleroi 16 9 4 3 26 16 8 5 1 2 10 8 8 4 3 1 16 8 10 31
4 Antwerp 17 9 4 4 33 24 8 7 1 0 20 8 9 2 3 4 13 16 9 31
5 Gent 16 8 5 3 33 20 8 7 1 0 22 5 8 1 4 3 11 15 13 29
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 16 4 3 9 23 28 8 3 2 3 17 13 8 1 1 6 6 15 -5 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 17 2 5 10 14 33 8 1 2 5 8 19 9 1 3 5 6 14 -19 11
16 Cercle Brugge 17 2 2 13 15 39 8 2 1 5 7 15 9 0 1 8 8 24 -24 8

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 Club Brugge 16 12 3 1 36 6 9 6 3 0 20 3 7 6 0 1 16 3 30 39
2 Standard Liège 17 10 3 4 33 17 9 7 1 1 20 6 8 3 2 3 13 11 16 33
3 Sporting Charleroi 16 9 4 3 26 16 8 5 1 2 10 8 8 4 3 1 16 8 10 31
4 Antwerp 17 9 4 4 33 24 8 7 1 0 20 8 9 2 3 4 13 16 9 31
5 Gent 16 8 5 3 33 20 8 7 1 0 22 5 8 1 4 3 11 15 13 29
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 16 4 3 9 23 28 8 3 2 3 17 13 8 1 1 6 6 15 -5 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 17 2 5 10 14 33 8 1 2 5 8 19 9 1 3 5 6 14 -19 11
16 Cercle Brugge 17 2 2 13 15 39 8 2 1 5 7 15 9 0 1 8 8 24 -24 8

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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.