Read our prediction for Chelsea vs Gent below. This preview was written by a sport journalist who is specialised in betting tips and predictions.
Chelsea vs Gent Prediction & Betting tips
The Europa Conference League starts a new season, quite late compared to the previous seasons, but in a new format just like its bigger sisters, the Europa League and the Champions League. In this competition, the main favorite seems to be Chelsea, the team I will write about today as well, going to meet Gent from Belgium in the debut round at home. The two teams have never met before, Thursday night’s confrontation being a first. The match will start at 20:00, and the host of this meeting will be the Stamford Bridge stadium in London.
Chelsea:
Chelsea is going through a very good period, having four consecutive victories in the last four matches, three in the Premier League and one in the EFL Cup where in the second round they beat Barrow with a score of 5-0 and qualified for the last eight of the final. In the most recent match, Chelsea beat Brighton 4-2 at home, in the 6th round of the Premier League. Chelsea is in 4th place in the ranking with 13 accumulated points, and the only defeat in the six stages was the one in the first round when they lost 2-0 at home against Manchester City. Chelsea did not qualify directly for the Europa Conference League group, having to play in the play-off with Servette, the team they eliminated after 2-0 at home and 2-1 away defeat. Chelsea will also play the next match at home, their opponent will be Nottingham, in a match from the 7th round of the Premier League. In the Europa Conference League, the next opponent will be Panathinaikos.
Gent:
On the other hand, Gent is the 3rd place team in the Jupiler Pro League, Belgium, and in the nine matches played in the championship up to this moment, they have five wins, one draw and three defeats. In the match played over the weekend, Gent won 3-0 against Leuven at home. Gent needed three preliminary rounds to qualify for the main group of the Europa Conference League, and in the play-off they eliminated Partizan after a double victory, 1-0 away and 1-0 at home. For Gent, the away match with St. Truiden and in the Europa Conference League, the next opponent will be Molde.
Chelsea vs Gent head to head matches
Today will be first meeting between Chelsea and Gent
* Our advice is: Chelsea WIN
* Selection odd for this bet is: 1.30
* This analyis is from our perspective and we highly recommend to inform also yourself about all details that can be decisive in your choise to bet!
