Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Gent (6th, 45 pts) held a 21-point advantage over K. Beerschot V.A. (4th, 24 pts). Gent ranked just 32nd in the league on five-round form despite their 6th table position. Per game in the league, Gent were scoring 1.37 and conceding 1.1, K. Beerschot V.A. 1 and 1.94, against a competition average of 1.36 goals per team per game.
Gent carried a 5-game unbeaten run into this. K. Beerschot V.A. had gone 11 games without a win.
The head-to-head ledger counts 6 games: 3 Gent wins, 0 for K. Beerschot V.A., 3 draws, at 2.83 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 33% of the wins in this matchup.
GHELAMCO-arena in Gent, capacity 20,000, hosted the game. It was 1-1 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 3-2 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Gent: Tsuyoshi Watanabe (10'), Dante Vanzeir (67'), Dante Vanzeir (90') · K. Beerschot V.A.: Daishawn Redan (6'), Daishawn Redan (55')