On Sun Sep 11th, Gent hosts Zulte-Waregem 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 17 degrees, which is great football weather. In their last match, 7th placed Gent, recorded a 1-2 loss against Sporting Charleroi. Hong Hyeon-seok struck first for Gent in the 22nd minute on a feed from Samoise, but Ryota Morioka got the equalizer for Sporting Charleroi in the 37th minute Finally they completed the comback victory in the 73rd minute on a goal by Adem Zorgane to cap off a wild match. Gent is looking for direction having 3 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches, while zulte-Waregem is fresh off their 1-3 loss against Union Saint-Gilloise. Teddy Teuma struck first for Union Saint-Gilloise in the 38th minute on a penalty, then Simon Adingra added another in the 70th minute on a feed from José Rodríguez. Zulte-Waregem looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10.
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.
Alexander Drambayev and Jelle Vossen are the top scorers for Zulte-Waregem in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. Gent hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Sven Kums and Hugo Cuypers, and they each have 1 goal.