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FC Slovan Liberec vs KAA Gent, Europe 2020-21 GROUP STAGE

UEFA Europa League · 2020-21
FC Slovan Liberec
1 – 0
Full Time
KAA Gent
Thu 22 Oct 2020 · 19:00 UTC Stadion u Nisy HT 45+2' · FT 45+6'
Y 34' Sulayman Marreh
Michal Beran 45' Y
Y 68' Roman Yaremchuk
Y 89' Andreas Hanche-Olsen

Overview

Match Preview

FC Slovan Liberec vs KAA Gent — Europe at Stadion u Nisy.

Match Details

  • Referee Manuel Schuttengruber
  • Referee Robert Steinacher
  • Referee Roland Brandner
  • Referee Christopher Jager

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Olympique Lyonnais 8 21
2 Aston Villa FC 8 21
3 FC Midtjylland 8 19
4 Real Betis Balompie 8 17
5 FC Porto 8 17
6 Sporting Clube de Braga 8 17
7 SC Freiburg 8 17
8 AS Roma 8 16
9 KRC Genk 8 16
10 Bologna FC 1909 8 15
11 VfB Stuttgart 8 15
12 Ferencvarosi TC 8 15
13 Nottingham Forest FC 8 14
14 FC Viktoria Plzen 8 14
15 FK Crvena Zvezda 8 14
16 RC Celta de Vigo 8 13
17 PAOK Thessaloniki FC 8 12
18 Lille OSC 8 12
19 Fenerbahce SK 8 12
20 Panathinaikos AO 8 12
21 Celtic FC 8 11
22 PFK Ludogorets 1945 Razgrad 8 10
23 GNK Dinamo Zagreb 8 10
24 SK Brann 8 9
25 BSC Young Boys 8 9
26 SK Sturm Graz 8 7
27 FCSB Bukarest 8 7
28 Go Ahead Eagles 8 7
29 Feyenoord Rotterdam 8 6
30 FC Basel 1893 8 6
31 FC Red Bull Salzburg 8 6
32 Rangers FC 8 4
33 OGC Nice 8 3
34 FC Utrecht 8 1
35 Malmo FF 8 1
36 Maccabi Tel Aviv FC 8 1

Head-to-Head

2
FC Slovan Liberec 2 games · Avg 2.0 goals KAA Gent
Last 5 meetings
2020-10-22 FC Slovan Liberec 1–0 KAA Gent

Recent Form

FC Slovan Liberec
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
22 Oct KAA Gent H 1–0 W
01 Oct APOEL FC H 1–0 W
24 Sep FCSB Bukarest A 2–0 W
17 Sep FK Riteriai A 5–1 W
KAA Gent
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
22 Oct FC Slovan Liberec A 0–1 L
17 Oct Cercle Brugge KSV A 2–5 L
04 Oct Beerschot VA H 5–1 W
29 Sep FK Dynamo Kyiv A 0–3 L
26 Sep Oud-Heverlee Leuven H 2–3 L
23 Sep FK Dynamo Kyiv H 1–2 L

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)
50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Welcome to Stadion u Nisy that hosts another battle between FC Slovan Liberec and KAA Gent.
  • 5' It’s high time Pavel Hoftych made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 10' It looks surprising KAA Gent does not make any changes. Tim Kleindienst has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 15' Filip Nguyen needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
  • 20' KAA Gent is showing some good football. However, KAA Gent are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 25' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
  • 29' GOAL! Abdulla Yusuf scores on 29. Assisted by Martin Koscelnik
  • 34' KAA Gent receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 34.
  • 39' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering FC Slovan Liberec that had 9 games and scored 13 goals.
  • 44' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
  • 45' A meaty challenge results in booking for Michal Beran on 45.
  • 50' KAA Gent seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
  • 55' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 57' Another change for FC Slovan Liberec made on 57 minute. Michal Beran leaves to be changed by Michal Sadilek.
  • 58' Another change for FC Slovan Liberec made on 58 minute. Abdulla Yusuf leaves to be changed by Michael Rabusic.
  • 63' FC Slovan Liberec is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 68' KAA Gent player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
  • 68' Jan Matousek has so much to prove this time. He replaces Jakub Pesek on 68 minute.
  • 73' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 76' Another change for KAA Gent made on 76 minute. Tim Kleindienst leaves to be changed by Laurent Depoitre.
  • 77' Franck Gniangbo has so much to prove this time. He replaces Jordan Botaka on 77 minute.
  • 79' Time for substitution for FC Slovan Liberec. Jakub Hromada is replaced by Matej Chalus.
  • 84' It looks like no one’s ball. FC Slovan Liberec is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 87' Another change for KAA Gent made on 87 minute. Nurio Fortuna leaves to be changed by Ihor Plastun.
  • 89' KAA Gent player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
  • With this win, FC Slovan Liberec is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

Lineups

FC Slovan Liberec Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Pavel Hoftych

KAA Gent Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Wim De Decker

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.47 FC Slovan Liberec xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.64 KAA Gent xG
I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 65% + Under — clean sheet likely 63%

Match Result

✓ Correct
FC Slovan Liberec58% Draw27% KAA Gent15%
Actual: FC Slovan Liberec win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes37% 0% No63%
Avg goals/match: 2.11
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 86%
14%
± 1.5 62%
38%
± 2.5 35%
65%
± 3.5 17%
83%
± 4.5 7%
93%

Double Chance

FC Slovan Liberec or Draw
85%
Draw or KAA Gent
42%
FC Slovan Liberec or KAA Gent
73%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
FC Slovan Liberec37% Draw51% KAA Gent12%
Actual: FC Slovan Liberec win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 0
Actual
0 – 0
14.4%
2 – 0
12.6%
1 – 1
12.1%
2 – 1
8.2%
0 – 1
6.6%
3 – 0
6.1%
3 – 1
4.1%
1 – 2
3.5%
2 – 2
2.7%
0 – 2
2.3%
4 – 0
2.3%

Asian Handicap — FC Slovan Liberec

Handicap FC Slovan Liberec covers Push KAA Gent covers
-2.5 12% — 88%
-2 12% 17% 71%
-1.5 29% — 71%
-1 29% 27% 44%
-0.5 56% — 44%
+0.5 85% — 15%
+1 85% 11% 4%
+1.5 96% — 4%
+2 96% 3% 1%
+2.5 99% — 1%

Clean Sheet

FC Slovan Liberec keeps clean sheet
53% ✓
KAA Gent keeps clean sheet
24% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.