Match Report
7 points and 8 places separated them: Racing Club Gent 14th with 34, Harelbeke 6th with 41. Harelbeke ranked 1st in the league on five-round form, well above their 6th table position. Per game in the league, Racing Club Gent were scoring 1.53 and conceding 2.2, Harelbeke 1.9 and 1.57, against a competition average of 1.62 goals per team per game.
Racing Club Gent had lost three in a row.
The head-to-head ledger counts 5 games: 2 Racing Club Gent wins, 2 for Harelbeke, 1 draw, at 4.2 goals per meeting. History backs the host here — 80% of the meetings won by the home side. History points to goals: 60% of the meetings had three or more, and both sides scored in 80%.
PGB-Stadion, capacity 3,000, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 2-1.