📏 Form Guide

KAA Gent

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KAA Gent won’t want a repeat of their last result here after the 0-3 First Division A - Play-Offs loss in their previous game against Antwerp.

In that game, KAA Gent had 48% possession and 16 shots at goal with 7 on target. For their opponents, Royal Antwerp got 7 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Tjaronn Chery (34', 42') and Gyrano Kerk (59') scored for Antwerp.

Their most recent results shine a light on the fact that there is much work to be done by the KAA Gent backline. KAA Gent have seen an unforgivable 18 goals go past their goalkeeper over the course of their previous 6 matches.

KRC Genk

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

In that game, KRC Genk had 45% possession and 10 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. For their opponents, Club Brugge got 13 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Hugo Vetlesen (32') and Ferrán Jutglà (66') scored for Club Brugge.

In 5 of the past 6 clashes featuring KRC Genk, a notably low volume of goals have been scored between them and opposing teams. The overall average number of goals per game during that period comes to a paltry 1.67, with the average goals for Blauw-Wit equalling 0.33. Previous results aside, time will tell if that trend will persist here in this game.

👥 Head to head

Looking over their prior head-to-head clashes going back to 08/10/2023 shows us that KAA Gent have won 1 of these games and Genk 2, with the number of drawn games being 3.

A total of 13 goals were scored between them in this period, with 4 of them from De Buffalo's and 9 netted by Blauw-Wit. That’s an average goals per game of 2.17.

The previous league contest featuring these clubs was First Division A - Play-Offs match day 1 on 30/03/2025 when the final score was KRC Genk 4-0 KAA Gent.

In that game, KRC Genk managed 51% possession and 15 shots on goal with 8 of them on target. The goals were scored by Konstantinos Karetsas (38'), Tolu Arokodare (50') and Hyeon-gyu Oh (88', 91').

KAA Gent had 11 shots on goal with 3 of them on target.

The referee was Jan Boterberg.

📰 Team News: KAA Gent

Davy Roef (Broken hand), Hugo Gambor (Hamstring injury), Hélio Varela (Elbow injury) and Max Dean (Cruciate ligament tear) will be missing for KAA Gent manager Danijel Milićević.

In our view, De Buffalo's may well employ a 3-4-1-2 system for this game with Tom Vandenberghe, Matisse Samoise, Samuel Kotto, Archie Brown, Noah Fadiga, L. da Silva, Mathias Delorge, Tiago Araújo, Omri Gandelman, Dante Vanzeir and Aimé Omgba.

🗞️ Team News: Genk

We reckon that Blauw-Wit seem most likely to make use of a 4-2-3-1 lineup, choosing Mike Penders, Zakaria El Ouahdi, Mujaid Sadick, Yaimar Medina, Joris Kayembe Ditu, Nikolas Sattlberger, Josue Kongolo, Jarne Steuckers, Patrik Hrosovsky, C. Bonsu Baah and Tolu Arokodare.

✨ Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that KAA Gent certainly have the ability to score against this KRC Genk lineup, but a single goal may not quite be enough.

Therefore, we think that it’s going to be a tight encounter finishing with a 1-2 winning score for KRC Genk when all is said and done. Hopefully this is a good one.

Peter Guest, 16:01 18/05/2025