Gent and Omonia Nicosia will play at least 180 minutes of football to decide who advances from this Europa League Play-offs battle. Get ready for the first 90 minutes!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3700 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
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.
Gent form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Gent's two home games in the Pro League so far this season, having collected 4 points here at GHELAMCO-arena.
Gent are returning here after visiting KV Oostende and winning with a 3-1 scoreline. Hjulsager, Cuypers and Hong scored the goal(s). Hjulsager, who plays in attack, was the highest rated player for the team in that fixture, and was presented with a rating of 8.03 (out of 10). Hjulsager scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Westerlo.The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Gent home games with this odds we find 6 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 5 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 4 matches were won by at least two goals.
The manager Vanhaezebrouck will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Anderlecht in only two days.
At GHELAMCO-arena, Gent has the goal stats of 3-2 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Omonia Nicosia form and stats
Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the play-offs.Omonia Nicosia delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Ethnikos Achna in their previous game; a Cyprus Cup duel.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  H. Cuypers 3 goals |  A. Hjulsager 1 goals |  S. Marreh 1 goals |
Gent missing players
Omonia Nicosia missing players
| Gent | Omonia Nicosia | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 8 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | ||
| 40 | 18 | Scored | S | 13 | 38 | ||
| 29 | 11 | Conceded | C | 7 | 26 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 12% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 16% | ||
| 56% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 28% | ||
| 6.2 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.6 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.3 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.5 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | ||
| 13 | 13.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 9.2 | ||
| 5.5 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4.3 | ||
| 28% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 35% | ||
| 10.5 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 7.9 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Antwerp | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | Gent | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | Genk | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Anderlecht | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | OH Leuven | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | KV Oostende | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 7 | Zulte-Waregem | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Club Brugge | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Standard Liege | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Kortrijk | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| 11 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 12 | Mechelen | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Sint-Truiden | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | Sporting Charleroi | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 15 | Westerlo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 16 | AS Eupen | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 3 |
| 17 | Cercle Brugge | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 18 | RFC Seraing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 0 |
