Belgium - Pro LeagueStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Gent and Oud-Heverlee Leuven, taking place on Thursday, 21 December 2023, at Ghelamco Arena in Ghent.
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Gent, Recent FormThe 2-0 away defeat to Club Brugge will not have sat easily with the Gent squad, who would not have been pleased to squander all three points. They came away from that fixture with 47% of the possession and clocked up 8 attempts on goal with 2 on target. By comparison, Club Brugge managed 13 attempts on goal, with 4 on target.
They have circumvented their opponent's defence to score 11 times in their last 6 league games but unfortunately haven't managed to lock things down at their end, conceding 7 goals in these games and, in the process, missing out on some valuable points. Their goal scoring streak at home now stands at 15 games in a row, but so far this season they have conceded at least 1 goal in 15 of their 18 games overall.
They have been performing well at Ghelamco Arena recently and are unbeaten in their last 9 home games.
Goalscorer Tarik Tissoudali will be planning to get himself on the scoresheet once more, having notched up 4 goals in his last 6 league matches for Gent.
Oud-Heverlee Leuven, Recent FormWith Cercle Brugge sitting a clear 14 places above them in the table, Oud-Heverlee Leuven won't feel totally dejected with their 2-1 home defeat by them last time out. Their share of possession in that meeting was 46%, while racking up 9 shots along the way, 3 of which were on target. Cercle Brugge had 12 shots on goal with 5 on target.
Having scored just 3 goals in their last 6 games, it will be glaringly obvious to their manager Óscar García where he needs to focus his attentions if they are going to get more points on the table. However, he will still have one eye on his defence which has shipped 10 in the same period. They have scored in 5 of their last 6 away games, but so far this season they have conceded a goal at least once in 16 of their 18 games overall.
Results wise, their recent poor run of form has left them without a win in 7 games.
With 2 goals scored in his last 6 away games for Oud-Heverlee Leuven, Jonatan Braut Brunes will be looking to add more goals against Gent in this match.
In the most recent meeting between these teams, they both managed to find the net, but the game finished in a 1-1 draw.
The OHL defence has struggled against Gent in past meetings, having conceded 1 or more goals in each of their last 15 games. During the last 2 times these two teams have met in the league at Ghelamco Arena, OHL have been unable to break through the Gent defence and find the back of the net. In their past 5 meetings, De Buffalo's' defence has been pretty stingy, only conceding 2 goals, so OH Leuven will have to take their chances when they come. We have seen plenty of goals from De Buffalo's when they play at home against OH Leuven. In their last 3 league matches they have scored a total of 9 goals, which is an average of 3 goals per game.
OH Leuven has a poor track record in the league when they visit Gent, losing in their last 2 games.
Gent manager Hein Vanhaezebrouck has some team selection issues to consider ahead of this match. Archie Brown (Knock), Laurent Depoitre (Achilles tendon) and Paul Nardi (Broken ankle) are all currently out of contention for this game.
Óscar García has a number of injury concerns in his OH Leuven squad to contend with: Alexandro Calut (Knock), Sofian Kiyine (Knock), Mathieu Maertens (Knock), Federico Ricca (Hamstring) and Thibault Vlietinck (Achilles tendon)
Gent Playing at home | Oud-Heverlee Leuven Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 2.1 | Goals scored | 1.1 |
| 1.1 | Goals conceded | 2.6 |
| 39' | Time first goal scored | 40' |
| 39' | Time first goal conceded | 21' |
| 1.3 | Yellow cards | 2.6 |
| 0.2 | Red cards | 0.1 |
| 3.4 | Subs used | 4.1 |
| 4-0 | Biggest victory | 2-1 |
| - | Biggest defeat | 5-1 |
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