International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Crvena Zvezda and Gent are looking forward to this Europa League fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1700 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Crvena Zvezda form and stats
Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the group stage.Crvena Zvezda have been very solid at home in the Super Liga so far, with 19 points collected from 7 matches (6-1-0). This has contributed greatly to their 2nd position in the table. 2W-0D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Europa League for Crvena Zvezda. Crvena haven’t lost a league-game in 14 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Backa Topola, 144 days ago.
Happy days for Crvena Zvezda in their previous game, a Super Liga match away at Radnik Surdulica that ended with a 4-1 victory. Ahead of that match, Crvena won a home game hosting Slovan Liberec (5-1).
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Crvena matches with similar probabilities have ended with one win, one draw and one defeat (from three games).
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Inija are coming to town in three days.
With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Crvena is on fire here. A stunning 23 from 7 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Crvena have only let in 2 goals at home.
Gent form and stats
Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the 16th finals.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Gent so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 2-0-4 (win-draw-lose).
Gent play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 4-1 victory visiting Waasland-Beveren. A loss against Hoffenheim was the result prior to that, in a Europa League home game.
It's hard not to mention Roman Yaremchuk's lethal finishing against Waasland-Beveren. three goals were a big reason for the important victory.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Gent when being an outsider away as they are today, we find two matches with the visitors losing one time, drawing one and winning zero games.
After this away game Gent return home for a Pro League game against Anderlecht. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Gent has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 9 goals from 6 games. Gent have conceded 11 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Ivanić 6 goals |  A. Katai 6 goals |   R. Yaremchuk 6 goals |
Crvena Zvezda missing players
Gent missing players
| Crvena Zvezda | Gent | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 20 | 12 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 8 | 15 | ||
| 64 | 42 | Scored | S | 16 | 38 | ||
| 14 | 5 | Conceded | C | 23 | 46 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 84% | ||
| 68% | 85% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 76% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 38% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 32% | ||
| 40% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 76% | ||
| 56% | 69% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 12% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 12% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 378 | 207 | Total Shots | T S | 125 | 184 | ||
| 154 | 94 | Shots on Target | S O | 60 | 93 | ||
| 42% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 30% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hoffenheim | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | Crvena Zvezda | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Slovan Liberec | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 3 |
| 4 | Gent | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Crvena Zvezda | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 34 | 35 |
| 2 | Vojvodina | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 15 | 29 |
| 3 | Partizan | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 17 | 26 |
| 4 | Spartak Subotica | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 23 |
| 5 | Vozdovac | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 23 |
| 6 | Proleter Novi Sad | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 23 |
| 7 | Cukaricki | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 22 |
| 8 | Radnicki Nis | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -1 | 21 |
| 9 | Mladost Lucani | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -2 | 21 |
| 10 | Metalac GM | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 15 | -4 | 20 |
| 11 | Backa Topola | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 18 |
| 12 | Javor Ivanjica | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -2 | 18 |
| 13 | Inija | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -10 | 15 |
| 14 | Novi Pazar | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 19 | -12 | 15 |
| 15 | Radnik Surdulica | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | -4 | 14 |
| 16 | Napredak | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -11 | 10 |
| 17 | Rad Beograd | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 19 | -17 | 9 |
| 18 | Zlatibor Cajetina | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -17 | 9 |
| 19 | Backa Palanka | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | -9 | 7 |
| 20 | Macva Sabac | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | -21 | 5 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sporting Charleroi | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 2 | Standard Liege | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 21 |
| 3 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 21 |
| 4 | Club Brugge | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 15 | 20 |
| 5 | Anderlecht | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 20 |
| 6 | Antwerp | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 20 |
| 7 | Genk | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 19 |
| 8 | OH Leuven | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 18 |
| 9 | KV Oostende | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 |
| 10 | Cercle Brugge | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 15 |
| 11 | Kortrijk | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -1 | 14 |
| 12 | Gent | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 12 |
| 13 | AS Eupen | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | -6 | 11 |
| 14 | Sint-Truiden | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | -8 | 9 |
| 15 | Mechelen | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -6 | 8 |
| 16 | Zulte-Waregem | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -13 | 7 |
| 17 | Waasland-Beveren | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -13 | 4 |
| 18 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -11 | 3 |