Match-goers haven’t enjoyed many victories this season, with Zulte-Waregem struggling in the 15th spot. The visiting Gent will hope to defend their higher league position in this one.
- Zulte-Waregem have the most conceded goals (33) in Pro League
- Gent have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in Pro League
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.
Zulte-Waregem form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Pro League this season. Zulte-Waregem have only managed 1 win, 2 draws and 4 losses from their games here.
Zulte-Waregem shared the glory with AS Eupen in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Zinho Gano, who usually plays near the opponent's goal, was the best player for the team in that match, and was presented with a rating of 7.62 (out of 10).
Preceding that match was the home game against Genk that was lost 2-6.Zulte-Waregem have proved capable of finding the net in their games here with 11 goals in 7 league matches. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Zulte-Waregem have allowed the opposition to score 21 goals here. Zulte-Waregem have allowed more than three conceded goals on average in their home matches so far.
Gent form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Gent so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-4 (win-draw-lose).
Gent aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 191 league minutes without a goal. T. Tissoudali was the last player to find the net.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to RFC Seraing (placed 16th) in their previous outing. The Pro League match ended in a draw 0-0. Sinan Bolat (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 7.64. Bolat stopped the opponent with two saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Partizan in the Europa Conference League.The attacking power of Gent when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 7 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Gent as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Zulte-Waregem-Gent H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Zulte-Waregem three wins, Gent five wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  J. Vossen 10 goals |  Z. Gano 7 goals |   T. Tissoudali 4 goals |
Zulte-Waregem missing players
Gent missing players
| Zulte-Waregem | Gent | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 22 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 21 |
| 33 | 21 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 86% | 93% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 43% | 71% |
| 79% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 29% | 43% |
| 57% | 71% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 21% |
| 21% | 29% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 86% | 86% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 29% | 43% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 29% | 29% |
| 7% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 57% | 36% |
| 4 | 4 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 5 | 6.4 |
| 6.9 | 6.4 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.3 | 4.5 |
| 2.3 | 2.3 | 5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.4 | 10.3 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 13.9 | 15.3 |
| 4.4 | 4.3 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.1 | 6 |
| 36% | 37% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 17% | 25% |
| 15.9 | 15.4 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 9.3 | 9.1 |
| 6.1 | 5.3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
- All of Zulte-Waregem's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Gent have the fewest conceded goals (6) away in Pro League
- Gent have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in Pro League
- Gent have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Zulte-Waregem have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Zulte-Waregem have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Zulte-Waregem have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Gent have scored away.
- Zulte-Waregem have the most conceded goals (21) at home in Pro League
- Zulte-Waregem have the most conceded goals (33) in Pro League
- Zulte-Waregem have the most conceded goals in the second half (22) in Pro League
- Zulte-Waregem have the the worst goal difference (-10) at home in Pro League
- Zulte-Waregem 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 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 20 | 31 |
| 2 | Antwerp | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 27 |
| 3 | Club Brugge | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 25 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 27 |
| 4 | Mechelen | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 23 |
| 5 | Sporting Charleroi | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 23 |
| 6 | Genk | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 21 |
| 7 | AS Eupen | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 21 |
| 8 | Anderlecht | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 21 |
| 9 | Kortrijk | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 20 |
| 10 | Gent | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
| 11 | Sint-Truiden | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -5 | 18 |
| 12 | KV Oostende | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -7 | 17 |
| 13 | Standard Liege | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | -7 | 17 |
| 14 | OH Leuven | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 14 | -4 | 17 |
| 15 | Zulte-Waregem | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | -11 | 14 |
| 16 | RFC Seraing | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 18 | -11 | 13 |
| 17 | Cercle Brugge | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | -7 | 10 |
| 18 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 18 | -15 | 6 |