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The third matchday in the Jupiler League sees the top game between Antwerp and Ghent. A judgment that currently only applies on paper. The home side won the domestic cup against the champions from Bruges shortly before the start of the season, but the start of the new season failed.
Against the lightweights of Cercle Bruges and Mouscron no victory was achieved on the first two match days. In the most recent match against the green and whites from Bruges, it even went bankrupt.
The runner-up’s debut was even worse: Despite a similarly easy schedule with games against Kortrijk and St. Truiden, they posted two defeats. For the match in the Bosuil Stadium between Antwerp and Ghent, the forecast of reasonable odds includes a goal celebration on both sides.
Antwerp:
As mentioned, the 120-year-old club was able to celebrate before the start of the season: In the final of the Belgian Cup, Bruges was beaten 1-0. It was the first game for coach Ivan Leko after taking the job in May.
The Croat is very familiar with Belgian football, as Leko has already sat in the coaching chair at Leuven, St. Truiden and Bruges. The 42-year-old also won the championship with the latter team. For the fourth of the previous year, winning the cup was the first title in 28 years, which is why the joy was particularly great.
Perhaps a little too extensive: The following start of the season was mediocre. The four-time Belgian champions separated from Mouscron with 1: 1, although they were the better team. Last weekend there was even a bankruptcy at Cercle Bruges.
The Antwerp team have already come under pressure, which is why an offensive team can be expected against Gent. Under no circumstances should the mini-crisis grow into a complete false start.
In the attack, the hopes are once again on Dieumerci Mbokani. The Congolese already played in the Premier League and, looking back on the last two seasons, had a goal rate of around 50 percent!
Together with Jonathan David, who was still tying his football boots for the upcoming opponent, the 34-year-old grabbed the top scorer’s crown last season. In view of the potential for development of the oldest club in the country and equally of the upcoming opponent, the odds for a draw at Antwerp against Ghent are of interest.
The guests in particular would be satisfied with it at the moment, as the series of defeats would have stopped and this with an opponent who can still be described as a top team despite all the current problems.
Gent:
Gent were the only club in the Jupiler League that came close to Bruges in terms of play last season. At the end of the season, the Buffalo showed a considerable point gap on the Clement-Elf, but Ghent’s appearances were particularly appealing offensively – in the end, no team had more goals on their account.
But now the situation has changed: With Jonathan David, the best player in the squad has migrated to the mastiffs from Lille for more than 30 million euros. A painful loss that was noticeable on the first day of the match when Ghent surprisingly lost out at St. Truiden.
The next disillusionment followed last weekend in a 2-1 draw against Kortrijk. A team that previously embarrassed itself against Waasland-Beveren with a clear home bankruptcy. The Danish coach Jess Thorup cannot be satisfied with the start.
How much the offensive has been disappointing so far can be seen from the fact that the two previous goals of the season were scored by Igor Plastun. A defender who had exactly one goal in his previous two seasons.
Antwerp vs Gent head to head matches
24.11.19 JL Gent Antwerp 1 : 1
21.11.19 JL Antwerp Gent 3 : 2
16.05.19 JL Antwerp Gent 1 : 2
13.04.19 JL Gent Antwerp 1 : 2
25.11.18 JL Gent Antwerp 0 : 0