In this week 6 match, on Sun Aug 28th, Gent will play host to Antwerp in a Pro League match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 22 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, Gent recorded a 0-2 loss against Omonia Nicosia. Charalampos Charalampous struck first for Omonia Nicosia in the 20th minute on a feed from Lecjaks, then Brandon Barker added another in the 76th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Gent couldn’t manage to score, and Omonia Nicosia took the shutout win. Gent is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while antwerp is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against AS Eupen. Lambert Boris scored the first goal for Antwerp on an own goal in the 78th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, AS Eupen couldn’t muster any offence and Antwerp ran away with the shutout win. Antwerp should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Antwerp won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Antwerp is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Balikwisha and Michael Frey each having 3 goals in their last 5. Gent’s most prolific scorer has been Hugo Cuypers. The attacker has netted three goals over the last five matches.