The magic of the cup as Gent greet Djurgården visitors in Europa Conference League tie

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Djurgården have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 14-5-11 (win-draw-loss) from 30 matches.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Djurgården, who are travelling more than 1500 kilometers to play this game.

Gent have less rest than Djurgården in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Pro League game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Cercle Brugge, was also a home game here at GHELAMCO-arena. The away team is better rested.

Gent form and stats

Gent was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the Europa Conference League. PAOK was too strong.

When playing at home in the Pro League, Gent have managed 2 wins, 1 draw and suffered 2 defeats from 5 games.

The Gent regulars got no joy from their last match, also played here at GHELAMCO-arena: A 3-4 defeat against Cercle Brugge. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? The attacker Depoitre won the honour of being "man of the match" for Gent with the rating of 7.9/10. Depoitre scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, served one assist and hit one key pass.

A Pro League defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Genk.

There will be little rest for Gent after this match as they are travelling to AS Eupen for a Pro League game in only three days.

The Gent fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 5 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Gent defense is not exactly impregnable. 8 goals conceded from 5 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

Djurgården form and stats

4 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Djurgården playing as the away team in the Allsvenskan this season. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Europa Conference League stats, they have 6 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss both home and away.

There might be some fixture complaints from Djurgården as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 0-3 against Degerfors. Lofgren, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.31. Lofgren won 3 of 4 duels.

Before that, Djurgården secured a home win against IFK Göteborg with the score 3-0.

A new game in only three days for Djurgården, the Allsvenskan home match versus Häcken. Busy days.

Djurgården are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 12 times in 13 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

V. Edvardsen 9 goals

H. Cuypers 7 goals

J. Asoro 6 goals

Gent missing players

Djurgården missing players