Week 3 brings us a match on Aug 7th where Gent hosts Westerlo at Ghelamco-arena in a clash of the Pro League. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 21 degrees, which is great football weather. Gent sits at 14th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Sint-Truiden. Hugo Cuypers scored the first goal for Gent in the 12th minute, then Daichi Hayashi tied it up for Sint-Truiden in the 83rd minute on a feed from Stan Van Dessel earning them at least the one point. Gent looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches, while westerlo is fresh off their 0-2 loss against OH Leuven. Jón Dagur Þórsteinsson scored the first goal for OH Leuven in the 13th minute, then Raphael Holzhauser added another in the 77th minute on a penalty kick In the end, Westerlo was frustrated by OH Leuven’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. OH Leuven ended the match with the shutout victory. Westerlo is looking for direction having 1 win and 1 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.
Lyle Foster and Vetokele are the top scorers for Westerlo in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. Michael Ngadeu and Darko Lemajić are the top scorers for Gent in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.