In this week 16 match on the 6th of November, Gent will play host to Club Brugge in a clash of the Pro League. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, Gent recorded a 1-1 draw against OH Leuven. Hugo Cuypers struck first for Gent in the 42nd minute, then Mario González tied it up for OH Leuven in the 73rd minute squeezing out at least the one point for OH Leuven. Gent is looking for direction having 5 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while club Brugge is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Bayer Leverkusen. Neither Bayer Leverkusen nor Club Brugge could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 16 and 8 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Club Brugge should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Gent won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Club Brugge’s most prolific scorer has been Hans Vanaken. The midfielder has netted three goals over the last five matches. For Gent, their top scorers are Hong Hyeon-seok and Laurent Depoitre, each having 2 goals in their last five matches.