Look at this engaging match in the Pro League. KV Oostende is in the 5th spot from featuring in three matches. They welcome Gent who are placed 6th from three fixtures.
- Gent have the most dropped points from leading position (4) in Pro League
Both teams have had a decent time to rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's trust this will be an in-your-face match!
KV Oostende form and stats
KV Oostende have only played one Pro League game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 5 wins, 3 draws and 9 defeats from 17 matches.
A strong away win for KV Oostende against Sporting Charleroi the last match, as D'Haese, Matam and Batzner were on target. Midfielder D'Haese was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.84 (out of ten) in that game. D'Haese scored one goal.
Ahead of that match, KV Oostende won a home game hosting Mechelen (2-1).KV Oostende has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Gent form and stats
One match played away so far in the Pro League for Gent and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 7 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses from 17 games.
Gent had fun at their own home (DIaz Arena) last time out, beating Westerlo 2-1. Cuypers and Marreh scored. Castro-Montes got a match rating of 7.42 in that game, top player of the team. Castro-Montes hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
A 2-2 draw at Standard Liege's stadium before that.Gent have the goal stats of 2-2 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings involving these sides: KV Oostende won three, Gent triumphed in five and we saw two draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Atanga 2 goals |   H. Cuypers 2 goals |  T. Matam 1 goals |
KV Oostende missing players
Gent missing players
| KV Oostende | Gent | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5.3 | 6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 12 | 8.3 |
| 8.3 | 9 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 10 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 25 | 17.7 |
| 5 | 8 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 7 | 6 |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 29% | 28% |
| 16 | 19 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 8 | 9.3 |
| 5 | 8 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 2 |
- Gent have the most dropped points from leading position (4) in Pro League
- Gent have the most points from losing position (4) in Pro League
| KV Oostende | Last season | Gent | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 20 | 40 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 10 | 22 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 34 | 19 | Scored | S | 26 | 65 | ||
| 61 | 37 | Conceded | C | 16 | 35 | ||
| 94% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 74% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 55% | 65% | ||
| 53% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 48% | ||
| 29% | 47% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 25% | ||
| 12% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 5% | 10% | ||
| 44% | 59% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 45% | ||
| 21% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 45% | 40% | ||
| 41% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 30% | 22% | ||
| 5.4 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.9 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.9 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 5 | ||
| 11.9 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.7 | 14.3 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5.4 | ||
| 29% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 30% | ||
| 13 | 11.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.7 | 10.5 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Antwerp | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | Genk | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Anderlecht | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | OH Leuven | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | KV Oostende | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Gent | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Zulte-Waregem | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Club Brugge | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Standard Liege | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Kortrijk | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| 11 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 12 | Mechelen | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Sint-Truiden | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | Sporting Charleroi | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 15 | Westerlo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 16 | AS Eupen | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 3 |
| 17 | Cercle Brugge | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 18 | RFC Seraing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 34 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 78 | 27 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 46 | 13 | 51 | 77 |
| 2 | Club Brugge | 34 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 72 | 37 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 36 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 21 | 35 | 72 |
| 3 | Anderlecht | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 72 | 36 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 41 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 17 | 36 | 64 |
| 4 | Antwerp | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 55 | 38 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 17 | 63 |
| 5 | Gent | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 56 | 30 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 37 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 26 | 62 |
| 6 | Sporting Charleroi | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 55 | 46 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 30 | 9 | 54 |
| 7 | Mechelen | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 57 | 61 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 24 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 37 | -4 | 52 |
| 8 | Genk | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 66 | 47 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 39 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 29 | 19 | 51 |
| 9 | Sint-Truiden | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 42 | 40 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 51 |
| 10 | Cercle Brugge | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 49 | 46 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 26 | 3 | 45 |
| 11 | OH Leuven | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 47 | 58 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 33 | -11 | 41 |
| 12 | KV Oostende | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 34 | 61 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 37 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 24 | -27 | 37 |
| 13 | Kortrijk | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 43 | 48 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 24 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 24 | -5 | 37 |
| 14 | Standard Liege | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 32 | 51 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 25 | -19 | 36 |
| 15 | AS Eupen | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 37 | 61 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 29 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 32 | -24 | 32 |
| 16 | Zulte-Waregem | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 42 | 69 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 32 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 37 | -27 | 32 |
| 17 | RFC Seraing | 34 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 30 | 68 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 30 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 38 | -38 | 28 |
| 18 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 34 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 33 | 76 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 16 | 33 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 43 | -43 | 16 |
