KAA Gent vs Charleroi Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

KAA Gent

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KAA Gent will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following a 2-1 First Division A victory over KV Kortrijk.

In that game, KAA Gent had 43% possession and 15 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for KAA Gent was Hugo Cuypers (7', 69'). For their opponents, Kortrijk got 12 shots on goal with 5 on target. Massimo Bruno (74') scored for KV Kortrijk.

An interesting theme in recent KAA Gent games is the number of results with a nil in them.

From their previous 6 matches before this one, in as many as 5 of them a wager on "Both Teams to Score" would've lost.

Looking at their past form shows that KAA Gent:

• have not beaten Charleroi in their last 3 league games.
• are undefeated in their previous 5 league matches at home.

Charleroi

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Charleroi come into this game after a 2-1 First Division A win vs Cercle Brugge in their previous game.

In that game, Charleroi had 58% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. For Charleroi, the goalscorers were Isaac Mbenza (44') and Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh (51'). Cercle Brugge got 12 shots on goal with 3 on target. Charles Vanhoutte (27') was the scorer for Cercle Brugge.

Looking at their form, and Charleroi have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, conceding 11 goals in all. At the back, Charleroi have seen their frailties exposed. While that may be of interest, we will just have to wait and see whether the trend shall persist here in this match.

↔️ Head to head

Looking over their prior head to head meetings going back to 10/04/2021 tells us that KAA Gent have won 2 of them & Charleroi 3, with the number of drawn games being 1.

A sum of 19 goals were produced between them in this period, with 11 of them from De Buffalo's and 8 coming from Les Zèbres. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.17.

The last league fixture between the two was First Division A match day 7 on 04/09/2022 when the final score was Charleroi 2-1 KAA Gent.

In that match, Charleroi had 56% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. The goalscorers were Ryota Morioka (37') and Adem Zorgane (73').

At the other end, KAA Gent got 9 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target. Hyeon-Seok Hong (22') scored.

The match was refereed by Lothar D'hondt.

📰 Team News: KAA Gent

Núrio Fortuna (Hamstring Injury), Jordan Torunarigha (Ankle Injury), Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe (Knee Surgery), Matisse Samoise (Hamstring Injury), Tarik Tissoudali (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) and Andrew Hjulsager (Hamstring Injury) are unavailable for KAA Gent boss Hein Vanhaezebrouck.

🗞️ Team News: Charleroi

From a largely healthy squad, there is only the lone fitness issue for the Charleroi boss Felice Mazzù to contend with. Nadhir Benbouali (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) won’t be playing here.

✨ Prediction

It looks to us that KAA Gent can get the win and a possible clean sheet when they play Charleroi, who may well struggle getting goals.

We’re predicting a comfortable 2-0 margin for KAA Gent by the time that the referee blows the final whistle.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 00:41 15/01/2023