Europa Conference League: Get ready for the second leg of the Gent - Qarabağ clash

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Competition: Europe Europa Conference League
Competition: Thu 23.February
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: GHELAMCO-arena (20000 seats)

It's time to decide the outcome of the Europa Conference League Knockout Round Play-offs meeting between Gent and Qarabağ. Get ready for the match with this full betting preview!

It's quite the trip for Qarabağ when visiting Gent as the cities are 4200 kilometers apart.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Gent and Qarabağ.

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Gent form and stats

Gent have reached this Europa Conference League stage through battling and winning against Shamrock Rovers, Djurgården and Molde. Last season, Gent's Europa Conference League journey ended in the 8th finals against PAOK.

When playing at home in the Pro League, Gent have managed 7 wins, 3 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 13 games. On the other hand, in the Europa Conference League, Gent has performed like this (both home and away): 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses.

The Gent supporters enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host OH Leuven and win 2-0. Nardi, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.33 out of 10 in that game. Nardi topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that game, a loss in the away fixture against Qarabağ in the Europa Conference League. The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Gent have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 5 games) they have won 2 times, drawn 0 and lost 3.

The manager Vanhaezebrouck will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Club Brugge in only three days.

Gent have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at GHELAMCO-arena with 22 goals in 13 league matches.

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Qarabağ form and stats

They also participated in Europa Conference League last season. This ended in the knockout round play-offs, when Olympique Marseille drew the shortest straw.

Qarabağ have been very strong on the road so far with a massive 32 points collected from 12 Premier League games. 10 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats is the record so far.

Two away games in a row for Qarabağ, whose coach Qurbanov could celebrate last time after the win against Zira.

Before that game, the victory at home hosting Gent in the Europa Conference League (1-0).

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Neftci in just four days.

The Qarabağ manager Qurbanov has got the team scoring on the road, with 29 away goals in 12 league matches. Qarabağ are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only {4 away goals} have been conceded so far.

Head 2 Head

Here's the end result when the squads played each other earlier this campaign; Qarabağ - Gent 1-0.

Top Goalscorers

QarabağM. Gurbanli
M. Gurbanli
17 goals
GentH. Cuypers
H. Cuypers
15 goals
QarabağR. Şeydayev
R. Şeydayev
15 goals

Gent missing players

Qarabağ missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Gent Qarabağ
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 11   Played P   14 25
12 7   Won W   8 14
5 2   Drew D   2 7
8 2   Lost L   4 4
49 19   Scored S   25 43
27 6   Conceded C   13 20
92% 82%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 88%
84% 73%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 68%
56% 45%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   57% 52%
40% 18%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   29% 32%
24% 9%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   14% 8%
32% 27%   BTTS BTTS   29% 40%
48% 64%   Clean Sheets C S   57% 52%
28% 27%   Failed to Score F T   21% 20%
 
6.7 6.6   Corners for (avg) C F   5.8 6.3
3.8 3.6   Corners against (avg) C A   2.4 2.5
1.4 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.7
3 0   Red cards R C   0 1
 
14.6 16.4   Shots (avg) S (   13.8 13.7
5.4 5.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.8 5.7
36% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 31%
 
9.1 8.6   Shots against (avg) S A   7.6 6.4
3.3 2.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   2.5 2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Genk 26 20 3 3 62 25 13 11 1 1 33 10 13 9 2 2 29 15 37 63
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 26 17 5 4 53 29 13 9 2 2 25 12 13 8 3 2 28 17 24 56
3 Antwerp 26 16 5 5 45 23 13 10 2 1 28 9 13 6 3 4 17 14 22 53
4 Club Brugge 26 11 10 5 45 32 13 6 6 1 27 15 13 5 4 4 18 17 13 43
5 Gent 26 12 6 8 46 30 13 7 3 3 22 13 13 5 3 5 24 17 16 42
6 Standard Liege 26 12 5 9 42 34 13 7 2 4 25 14 13 5 3 5 17 20 8 41
7 Westerlo 26 11 6 9 49 43 13 6 3 4 31 20 13 5 3 5 18 23 6 39
8 Cercle Brugge 26 9 9 8 35 35 13 5 6 2 22 15 13 4 3 6 13 20 0 36
9 Anderlecht 26 10 5 11 38 35 13 5 2 6 21 18 13 5 3 5 17 17 3 35
10 Sint-Truiden 26 9 8 9 26 29 13 4 3 6 11 15 13 5 5 3 15 14 -3 35
11 OH Leuven 26 8 8 10 38 38 12 4 4 4 17 16 14 4 4 6 21 22 0 32
12 Sporting Charleroi 25 9 5 11 33 37 12 5 1 6 17 17 13 4 4 5 16 20 -4 32
13 Mechelen 25 7 6 12 35 46 14 6 5 3 27 23 11 1 1 9 8 23 -11 27
14 Kortrijk 26 7 5 14 30 47 13 3 4 6 13 24 13 4 1 8 17 23 -17 26
15 AS Eupen 26 7 4 15 32 51 13 4 2 7 15 21 13 3 2 8 17 30 -19 25
16 Zulte-Waregem 26 5 7 14 32 54 13 3 3 7 20 32 13 2 4 7 12 22 -22 22
17 KV Oostende 26 5 5 16 26 54 13 4 1 8 13 24 13 1 4 8 13 30 -28 20
18 RFC Seraing 26 5 4 17 24 49 13 1 3 9 7 19 13 4 1 8 17 30 -25 19
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Qarabağ 23 19 4 0 57 13 11 9 2 0 28 9 12 10 2 0 29 4 44 61
2 Sabah 23 16 5 2 50 16 12 8 3 1 23 6 11 8 2 1 27 10 34 53
3 Neftci 23 15 3 5 41 21 12 9 1 2 26 11 11 6 2 3 15 10 20 48
4 Zira 23 9 5 9 25 31 12 5 3 4 15 21 11 4 2 5 10 10 -6 32
5 Qabala 23 8 7 8 26 26 12 5 3 4 11 12 11 3 4 4 15 14 0 31
6 Turan 23 7 5 11 19 27 11 3 1 7 11 17 12 4 4 4 8 10 -8 26
7 Sumqayt 23 4 6 13 15 38 11 3 5 3 9 15 12 1 1 10 6 23 -23 18
8 Kapaz 23 3 8 12 22 43 12 3 4 5 14 17 11 0 4 7 8 26 -21 17
9 Kesl FK 23 3 7 13 19 37 11 2 4 5 9 14 12 1 3 8 10 23 -18 16
10 Sebail 23 4 4 15 17 39 11 4 1 6 10 13 12 0 3 9 7 26 -22 16

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 Qarabağ 23 19 4 0 57 13 11 9 2 0 28 9 12 10 2 0 29 4 44 61
2 Sabah 23 16 5 2 50 16 12 8 3 1 23 6 11 8 2 1 27 10 34 53
3 Neftci 23 15 3 5 41 21 12 9 1 2 26 11 11 6 2 3 15 10 20 48
4 Zira 23 9 5 9 25 31 12 5 3 4 15 21 11 4 2 5 10 10 -6 32
5 Qabala 23 8 7 8 26 26 12 5 3 4 11 12 11 3 4 4 15 14 0 31
6 Turan 23 7 5 11 19 27 11 3 1 7 11 17 12 4 4 4 8 10 -8 26
7 Sumqayt 23 4 6 13 15 38 11 3 5 3 9 15 12 1 1 10 6 23 -23 18
8 Kapaz 23 3 8 12 22 43 12 3 4 5 14 17 11 0 4 7 8 26 -21 17
9 Kesl FK 23 3 7 13 19 37 11 2 4 5 9 14 12 1 3 8 10 23 -18 16
10 Sebail 23 4 4 15 17 39 11 4 1 6 10 13 12 0 3 9 7 26 -22 16

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