Week 22 brings us a match on Jan 14th, where Gent will host Kortrijk at Ghelamco-arena in a clash of the Pro League. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 3 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Gent is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Union Saint-Gilloise. Neither Union Saint-Gilloise nor Gent could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 6 and 8 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. With 20 points in their last 10 matches Gent should be reasonably happy with their performance, while kortrijk sits at 8th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-0 shutout win against RFC Seraing. Ante Palaversa struck first for Kortrijk in the 54th minute on a feed from Kristof D’Haene, then Faïz Selemani added another in the 59th minute on a penalty At the end of 90 a dissapointed RFC Seraing couldn’t manage to score, and Kortrijk took the shutout win. Kortrijk is looking for direction having 4 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Guldensporenstadion, Kortrijk was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Faïz Selemani scored the first goal for Kortrijk in the 9th minute on a penalty, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Gent couldn’t manage to score, and Kortrijk took the shutout win.
Both Kevin Vandendriessche and Kristof D’Haene have been the hottest scorers for Kortrijk in the last five each having scored 2 goals. Tarik Tissoudali has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, the attacker has scored four goals for Gent.