📏 Form Guide

KAA Gent

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KAA Gent will be hoping to bounce back here after the 4-1 First Division A - Play-Offs defeat last time out to Club Brugge.

In that match, KAA Gent managed 34% possession and 8 attempts at goal with 4 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for KAA Gent was Omri Gandelman (33'). Club Brugge had 31 attempts at goal with 16 of them on target. Romeo Vermant (45', 50') and Christos Tzolis (57', 60') scored for Club Brugge.

It has been a rare occasion in recent games where KAA Gent have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The facts show that KAA Gent have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 matches, letting in 18 goals during that time.

Antwerp

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Following on from being defeated in their last game at the hands of RSC Anderlecht in First Division A - Play-Offs action, Antwerp and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that game, Antwerp had 59% possession and 12 shots on goal with 3 on target. The scorer for Antwerp was Michel-Ange Balikwisha (88'). Anderlecht had 8 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Keisuke Goto (55'), Nathan De Cat (69') and Samuel Edozie (86') scored for RSC Anderlecht.

In the course of their 6 previous matches, Andries Ulderink's Antwerp have fired home 5 times thus giving them a goals per game average of 0.83.

👥 Head to head

A review of their prior head to head clashes dating back to 07/01/2023 shows that KAA Gent have won 2 of these games and Antwerp 1, with the number of drawn games being 3.

A combined sum of 10 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 5 of them for De Buffalo's and 5 netted by The Great Old. That is an average goals per game value of 1.67.

The last league encounter between the two was First Division A - Play-Offs match day 3 on 13/04/2025 when it finished Antwerp 0-1 KAA Gent.

On that occasion, Antwerp managed 67% possession and 16 shots at goal with 4 on target.

On the other side, KAA Gent got 17 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. Noah Fadiga (22') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Nathan Verboomen.

📰 Team News: KAA Gent

Sven Kums (Calf strain), Davy Roef (Broken hand), Hugo Gambor (Hamstring injury), Hélio Varela (Elbow injury) and Max Dean (Cruciate ligament tear) aren’t available for KAA Gent gaffer Danijel Milićević.

It’s our opinion that De Buffalo's look set to opt for a 3-4-1-2 formation in the match, handing starts to Tom Vandenberghe, Tsuyoshi Watanabe, Samuel Kotto, Archie Brown, Noah Fadiga, Omri Gandelman, Mathias Delorge, Tiago Araújo, Dante Vanzeir, Atsuki Ito and Hyllarion Goore.

📰 Team News: Antwerp

Antwerp boss Andries Ulderink has to currently contend with reduced team options. Toby Alderweireld (Hamstring muscle injury), Björn Engels (Achilles heel problems), Vincent Janssen (Meniscus tear), Jelle Bataille (Achilles tendon problems) and Anthony Valencia (Cruciate ligament tear) are not ready for selection.

We are inclined to think that The Great Old seem most likely to utilise a 4-2-3-1 formation with a starting lineup of Senne Lammens, Semm Renders, Christopher Scott, Zeno Van Den Bosch, Olivier Deman, Dennis Praet, Mahamadou Doumbia, Gyrano Kerk, Tjaronn Chery, M. Ange Balikwisha and Mohamed Bayo.

💡 Prediction

We’ve got the feeling that Antwerp and KAA Gent could well end up finding themselves level here, with both teams capable of netting.

Little in this one, and it’s almost too close to call. We therefore see a 1-1 score draw at the end of this one.

Andre Moura, 11:01 11/05/2025