On Saturday Feb 12th, AS Eupen hosts Gent at Stadion Am Kehrweg in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Pro League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 0 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, AS Eupen recorded a 1-4 loss against Anderlecht. Joshua Zirkzee scored the first goal for Anderlecht in the 3rd minute, then Christian Kouamé added another in the 7th minute. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 5 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 6th placed Gent, recorded a 2-1 win against Club Brugge. Andrew Hjulsager struck first for Gent in the 36th minute on a feed from Tarik Tissoudali, then Tarik Tissoudali added another in the 67th minute. Gent is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches.
On Oct 17th, Gent hosted AS Eupen at the Ghelamco-arena in their last match together. Gent was victorious by a score of 2 to 0. Tarik Tissoudali struck first for Gent in the 42nd minute, then Laurent Depoitre added another in the 71st minute In the end, AS Eupen couldn’t muster any offence and Gent ran away with the shutout win.
Andrew Hjulsager has been the most prolific scorer on Gent in the last 5 matches with 2 goals. AS Eupen is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Julien Ngoy and Smail Prevljak each only have 1 goal in their last five.