Struggling Kortrijk pray to pull off a surprise win when they welcome high-flying Gent in the next league match. It’s 16th vs 6th and the home supporters will have modest expectations.
- Kortrijk have the fewest scored goals (14) in Pro League
- Gent have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Pro League
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 Kortrijk and Gent.
Kortrijk form and stats
Kortrijk's struggle is real here at Guldensporenstadion with only 5 points collected from 8 Pro League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-2-5. When Kortrijk hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Antwerp, Club Brugge, Genk, Union Saint-Gilloise and Standard Liege), they have won 1 of 2 matches!
Kortrijk are returning here after visiting RWDM in a Belgian Cup game and winning with a 3-1 scoreline.
Prior to that, an away loss at KV Oostende in the Pro League.Sports gamblers, take note: A review of the 10 latest league games reveals that 8 of them had goals from both teams.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Kortrijk here at Guldensporenstadion in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (5 from 8 games). Kortrijk have conceded 14 from these games.
Gent form and stats
3 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Gent playing as the away team in the Pro League this season.
Two away matches in a row for Gent, whose manager Vanhaezebrouck could celebrate last time after the Belgian Cup win against Dessel Sport.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Club Brugge.The travelling fans enjoy Gent's attacking play in away games, having scored 12 goals in 8 league matches away. Gent have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Kortrijk have managed a sequence of 4 consecutive matches without losing (3-1-0) when facing Gent.Top Goalscorers
  H. Cuypers 9 goals |   F. Selemani 4 goals |  H. Hong 4 goals |
Kortrijk missing players
Gent missing players
| Kortrijk | Gent | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 14 | 5 | 2 | Scored | S | 7 | 12 | 28 |
| 29 | 14 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 9 | 18 |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 88% |
| 56% | 38% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 56% |
| 31% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 38% | 25% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 62% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 56% |
| 19% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 25% | 31% |
| 25% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 4.5 | 4.5 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.5 | 6.1 | 6 |
| 6.8 | 5.8 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.5 | 3.7 |
| 2.4 | 2.8 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.9 | 1.7 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9.9 | 11 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 11.8 | 13.2 |
| 3.3 | 3.9 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 3.9 | 4.7 |
| 26% | 16% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 64% | 39% | 37% |
| 18 | 16.2 | 18 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.5 | 11.1 | 9.8 |
| 4.9 | 4.4 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 4 | 3.2 |
- Gent have scored at least twice as many goals away as Kortrijk have scored home.
- Gent have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Pro League
- Gent haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Kortrijk have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Kortrijk have the fewest scored goals (14) 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 | Genk | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 28 | 43 |
| 2 | Antwerp | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 34 |
| 3 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 33 |
| 4 | Club Brugge | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 32 |
| 5 | Standard Liege | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 28 |
| 6 | Gent | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 27 |
| 7 | Sint-Truiden | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | -1 | 23 |
| 8 | Westerlo | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 28 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 21 | -2 | 23 |
| 9 | OH Leuven | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | -1 | 22 |
| 10 | Cercle Brugge | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -1 | 22 |
| 11 | Anderlecht | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 26 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 20 |
| 12 | Sporting Charleroi | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 22 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -7 | 19 |
| 13 | Mechelen | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -6 | 18 |
| 14 | KV Oostende | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -11 | 17 |
| 15 | AS Eupen | 16 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 19 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -14 | 15 |
| 16 | Kortrijk | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -15 | 12 |
| 17 | Zulte-Waregem | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -17 | 12 |
| 18 | RFC Seraing | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | -12 | 11 |
