Struggling Waasland-Beveren will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Gent in the upcoming league round. It's 16th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Relegation threatens Waasland-Beveren who should definitely be looking for some points here. Gent is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.
Waasland-Beveren form and stats
With 3 Pro League wins, 2 draws and 9 defeats from their home games, Waasland-Beveren, who have the most conceded goals (60) in Pro League, are certainly not brimming with confidence. There's also a terrible streak running regardless of playing venue as Waasland-Beveren have lost seven games in a row. Three consecutive losses here at Kunstrasenplatz Jean-Löring-Sportpark is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.
T. Dierckx was the last player to score a league goal for Waasland-Beveren and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Waasland-Beveren haven't scored in 307 minutes.
No payout for Waasland-Beveren in their previous match, an away game at Royal Excel Mouscron that ended in defeat 0-1. Preceding that match was a defeat to Anderlecht (0-3).
Waasland-Beveren aren't scoring a lot here at Kunstrasenplatz Jean-Löring-Sportpark in the league, with only 12 goals from 14 games. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Waasland-Beveren with 30 goals conceded in these matches.
Gent form and stats
Playing away, Gent, who have the most scored goals (59) in Pro League, have won 5 games, drawn 4 and suffered 5 defeats in the Pro League this season.
Gent's previous game was their home loss versus Sporting Charleroi (1-4). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Cercle Brugge wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.
Gent are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 21 times in 14 away games so far. Gent have conceded 20 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Gent - Waasland-Beveren 2-0. Last ten meetings between the teams: Waasland-Beveren won one, Gent won nine and zero draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. David 18 goals |  R. Yaremchuk 10 goals |  L. Depoitre 8 goals |
Waasland-Beveren missing players
Gent missing players
| Waasland-Beveren | Gent | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 29 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 16 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 21 | 12 | 3 | Scored | S | 6 | 21 | 59 |
| 60 | 30 | 12 | Conceded | C | 5 | 20 | 34 |
| 97% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 93% | 97% |
| 79% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 79% | 90% |
| 55% | 71% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 57% | 55% |
| 38% | 43% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 36% | 41% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 21% | 28% |
| 48% | 57% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 50% | 59% |
| 10% | 7% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 36% | 34% |
| 45% | 36% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 21% | 10% |
| 3.9 | 4.6 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 4.9 | 4.7 |
| 5.8 | 4.6 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 4.6 | 4.2 |
| 2 | 1.8 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.9 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 172 | 77 | 11 | Total Shots | T S | 26 | 78 | 216 |
| 70 | 40 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 13 | 36 | 102 |
| 30% | 30% | 150% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 58% | 58% |
- Gent has the most scored goals (59)
- Gent has the most scored goals in the first half (30)
- Gent have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Gent have scored more than double the goals of Waasland-Beveren.
- Waasland-Beveren has the fewest points (11) at home
- Waasland-Beveren has the fewest scored goals (12) at home
- Waasland-Beveren has the fewest scored goals (21)
- Waasland-Beveren has the fewest scored goals in the second half (10)
- Waasland-Beveren has the most conceded goals (30) at home
- Waasland-Beveren has the most conceded goals (60)
- Waasland-Beveren has the the worst goal difference (-18) at home
- Waasland-Beveren has the the worst goal difference (-39)
- Waasland-Beveren have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Waasland-Beveren have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Waasland-Beveren haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Waasland-Beveren is in the worst form (0-0-6)
| 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 Liège | 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 |