Week 17 brings us a match on Nov 13th where Kortrijk plays host to Gent in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Pro League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 9 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. 16th placed Kortrijk is fresh off their 1-3 loss against KV Oostende. Fraser Hornby scored the first goal for KV Oostende in the 7th minute, then Massimo Bruno got the equalizer for Kortrijk in the 19th minute on a feed from Habib Keita. Kortrijk looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches, while gent sits at 6th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Club Brugge. Hugo Cuypers scored the first goal for Gent in the 9th minute, then Michael Ngadeu added another in the 29th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Club Brugge couldn’t manage to score, and Gent took the shutout win. Gent is looking for direction having 5 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Kortrijk won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Gent’s top weapon lately has been Hugo Cuypers, who has 2 goals in the last five matches. Habib Keita and Felipe Avenatti are the top scorers for Kortrijk in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats.