📊 Form Guide

Sint-Truidense VV

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Sint-Truidense VV will be hoping for a better result following a 1-0 First Division A - Play-Offs loss in their previous game against Oud-Heverlee Leuven.

In that game, Sint-Truidense VV had 64% possession and 3 shots on goal with 0 on target. At the other end, Oud-Heverlee Leuven got 19 shots at goal with 11 of them on target. Youssef Maziz (83') scored for Oud-Heverlee Leuven.

It has been seldom in recent times where Sint-Truidense VV have shown defensive steel. It will be a concern for them that Sint-Truidense VV have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 8 goals in the process. Let’s see whether or not that trend can be continued on into this next match.

KAA Gent

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KAA Gent will go into this encounter after a 3-1 First Division A - Play-Offs win to defeat KV Mechelen in their last game.

In that match, KAA Gent had 52% possession and 15 shots on goal with 5 on target. For KAA Gent, the goalscorers were Tarik Tissoudali (37'), Omri Gandelman (65') and Hyeon-Seok Hong (75'). For their opponents, Mechelen had 6 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Islam Slimani (62') was the scorer for KV Mechelen.

In their last half-dozen outings, KAA Gent have amassed the sum of 18 goals. KAA Gent have also managed to score in every single one of those games. Over that period, they have had 5 goals go into their own net.

↔️ Head to head

Looking over their past head to head meetings going back to 18/12/2021 tells us that Sint-Truidense VV have won 1 of them & KAA Gent 3, with the number of drawn results being 2.

A total of 18 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 8 of them from De Kanaries and 10 netted by De Buffalo's . That is an average goals per game value of 3.

The last league contest between these clubs was First Division A match day 23 on 01/02/2024 when it finished Sint-Truidense VV 4-1 KAA Gent.

In that match, Sint-Truidense VV had 69% possession and 22 shots on goal with 12 on target. The scorers were Kahveh Zahiroleslam (48', 68') and Aboubakary Koïta (85', 90').

On the other side, KAA Gent got 4 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target. Pieter Gerkens (35') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Nathan Verboomen.

ℹ️ Team News: Sint-Truidense VV

Shinji Okazaki (Knee injury) and Rein Van Helden (concussion) are unavailable for Sint-Truidense VV gaffer Thorsten Fink.

ℹ️ Team News: KAA Gent

From a largely available squad, there’s only the lone fitness worry for the KAA Gent gaffer Hein Vanhaezebrouck to be concerned about. Andrew Hjulsager (Knock) misses out for this game.

💭 Prediction

We’re of the opinion that Sint-Truidense VV will do well to score against this KAA Gent side who will likely score & stay on top.

Therefore, we predict a narrow 0-1 winning margin for KAA Gent at full-time.

Should be an interesting one.

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

Andre Moura, 18:00 23/04/2024