Betting prediction and preview: Gent fancied to be better team when visiting Sint-Truiden

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 09.August
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stayen (14600 seats)

This is the Pro League season opener for these teams, who are finally competing for points again. Will Sint-Truiden or Gent get that important first win?

Sint-Truiden's stadium, Stayen, has a artifical turf surface. Gent have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Gent when playing on artifical turf; 1 win, 1 draw and 0 losses from two matches. They have scored 2 goals in these games and conceded 0.

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Sint-Truiden form and stats

Sint-Truiden have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and eight practice matches played. These training games have ended with 6 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Sint-Truiden scored 19 goals and let in 7 goals during these eight games.

Last season, Sint-Truiden's league statistics were 9 wins, 6 draws and 14 losses, resulting in a 12th position in the Pro League. Over these 29 matches they scored 33 goals and conceded 50. Playing at home last season Sint-Truiden managed 4-5-5 (win-draw-lost) with 17 goals and 18 conceded.

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Gent form and stats

It's a day of discovery for Gent as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Gent have played seven with the results W2-D1-L4 (win-draw-lost). In these games Gent has scored 13 goals and conceded 13 times.

Let's have a look at how Gent performed last season in the Pro League: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 16 victories, 7 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 59 and conceded 34 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 4 and lost 5 with 21/20 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Sint-Truiden, one draw and six wins for Gent. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

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Total First Half Second Half
Sint-Truiden Gent
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Sint-Truiden Last season Gent
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
29 14   Played P   14 29
9 4   Won W   5 16
6 5   Drew D   4 7
14 5   Lost L   5 6
33 17   Scored S   21 59
50 18   Conceded C   20 34
90% 86%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 97%
72% 64%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   79% 90%
55% 43%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   57% 55%
31% 21%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   36% 41%
21% 14%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   21% 28%
48% 50%   BTTS BTTS   50% 59%
24% 29%   Clean Sheets C S   36% 34%
38% 36%   Failed to Score F T   21% 10%
 
4.1 4.7   Corners for (avg) C F   4.9 4.7
6.2 6.6   Corners against (avg) C A   4.6 4.2
2.2 2.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.7
4 1   Red cards R C   1 3
 
193 106   Total Shots T S   78 216
79 41   Shots on Target S O   36 102
42% 41%   Goal Efficiency G E   58% 58%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Anderlecht 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Antwerp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 AS Eupen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Beerschot-Wilrijk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Cercle Brugge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Club Brugge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Genk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Gent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Kortrijk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 KV Oostende 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Mechelen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 OH Leuven 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Royal Excel Mouscron 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Sint-Truiden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Sporting Charleroi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Standard Liege 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Waasland-Beveren 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Zulte-Waregem 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Club Brugge 29 21 7 1 58 14 15 12 3 0 33 5 14 9 4 1 25 9 44 70
2 Gent 29 16 7 6 59 34 15 11 3 1 38 14 14 5 4 5 21 20 25 55
3 Sporting Charleroi 29 15 9 5 49 23 14 10 2 2 26 9 15 5 7 3 23 14 26 54
4 Antwerp 29 15 8 6 49 32 14 10 4 0 28 12 15 5 4 6 21 20 17 53
5 Standard Liege 29 14 7 8 47 32 15 9 4 2 24 9 14 5 3 6 23 23 15 49
6 Mechelen 29 13 5 11 46 43 15 6 4 5 25 24 14 7 1 6 21 19 3 44
7 Genk 29 13 5 11 45 42 14 8 1 5 21 18 15 5 4 6 24 24 3 44
8 Anderlecht 29 11 10 8 45 29 15 7 5 3 29 12 14 4 5 5 16 17 16 43
9 Zulte-Waregem 29 10 6 13 41 49 14 7 2 5 30 17 15 3 4 8 11 32 -8 36
10 Royal Excel Mouscron 29 9 9 11 38 40 15 6 5 4 22 17 14 3 4 7 16 23 -2 36
11 Kortrijk 29 9 6 14 40 44 15 5 3 7 24 22 14 4 3 7 16 22 -4 33
12 Sint-Truiden 29 9 6 14 33 50 14 4 5 5 17 18 15 5 1 9 16 32 -17 33
13 AS Eupen 29 8 6 15 28 51 14 4 4 6 14 19 15 4 2 9 14 32 -23 30
14 Cercle Brugge 29 7 2 20 27 54 14 5 1 8 16 23 15 2 1 12 11 31 -27 23
15 KV Oostende 29 6 4 19 29 58 15 5 3 7 20 27 14 1 1 12 9 31 -29 22
16 Waasland-Beveren 29 5 5 19 21 60 14 3 2 9 12 30 15 2 3 10 9 30 -39 20

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 Anderlecht 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Antwerp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 AS Eupen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Beerschot-Wilrijk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Cercle Brugge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Club Brugge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Genk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Gent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Kortrijk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 KV Oostende 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Mechelen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 OH Leuven 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Royal Excel Mouscron 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Sint-Truiden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Sporting Charleroi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Standard Liege 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Waasland-Beveren 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Zulte-Waregem 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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.