The home fans look for a win in this match, as the home advantage might do the trick against a struggling visitor. Kortrijk are in 8th position while the guesting Gent worry at 14th.
- All of Kortrijk's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Gent have the most scored goals in the first half (7) in Pro League
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!
Kortrijk form and stats
Kortrijk have collected 4 points from their Pro League home games so far after 1-1-1.
Kortrijk faced defeat in their previous match, away at OH Leuven (1-2). The forward Faïz Selemani outshone all teammates in that fixture and managed a match rating of 7.55 out of 10. Selemani scored one goal, hit the woodwork once and hit two key passes.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Mechelen.Kortrijk have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Guldensporenstadion with 5 goals in 3 league matches. Kortrijk have conceded 4 in these home matches.
Gent form and stats
No Pro League points yet away for Gent, from their first 2 matches. Gent has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Gent's previous game was their home loss versus Sporting Charleroi (2-3). Midfielder Alessio Castro-Montes was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.34. Castro-Montes scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and had 29 successful passes (of 35 total). Gent were so close to getting something from the game against Sporting Charleroi, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal five minutes into overtime.
Prior to that match, a home win 6-1 against Club Brugge.Gent have another fixture that requires travelling in just four days, a Pro League match versus Anderlecht. A hard itinerary for the visitors!
It's early days yet, but Gent has scored 1 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Head to head numbers (for the prior ten meetings): Kortrijk won three games, one match ended with a tie and Gent managed six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
  F. Selemani 4 goals |  P. Guèye 2 goals |  T. Chevalier 2 goals |
Kortrijk missing players
Gent missing players
| Kortrijk | Gent | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 83% |
| 43% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 14% | 33% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 43% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 17% |
| 4.1 | 3.7 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| 5.4 | 4.3 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 3.5 | 4.3 |
| 3.9 | 2.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 9.7 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 18 | 15.5 | 17.5 |
| 4.4 | 4.7 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 3 | 6.2 |
| 29% | 36% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 17% | 35% |
- All of Kortrijk's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Gent have lost all their away matches so far.
- Gent have the fewest points (0) away in Pro League
- Gent have the fewest scored goals (1) away in Pro League
- Gent have the most scored goals in the first half (7) in Pro League
- Gent haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Kortrijk 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 | Club Brugge | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 14 |
| 2 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| 3 | Sporting Charleroi | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 13 |
| 4 | Standard Liège | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 13 |
| 5 | Genk | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | AS Eupen | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 7 | Anderlecht | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 8 | Kortrijk | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| 9 | RFC Seraing | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 9 |
| 10 | KV Oostende | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -6 | 9 |
| 11 | Antwerp | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 12 | Cercle Brugge | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| 13 | Zulte-Waregem | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | -3 | 8 |
| 14 | Gent | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 15 | Sint-Truiden | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 7 |
| 16 | OH Leuven | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 7 |
| 17 | Mechelen | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -7 | 7 |
| 18 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -9 | 1 |