Wednesday , 30 September 2026

KAA Gent vs Royal Antwerp FC, Jupiler League 2026 CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND

Jupiler Pro League · 2026
KAA Gent
0 – 3
Full Time
Royal Antwerp FC
Sun 11 May 2025 · 11:30 UTC Ghelamco Arena HT 45' · FT 45'
Y 18' Olivier Deman
Y 45' Mahamadou Doumbia
Archie Brown 52' Y
Matisse Samoise 57' Y
Noah Fadiga 64' R

Overview

Match Preview

KAA Gent vs Royal Antwerp FC — Jupiler League at Ghelamco Arena.

Match Details

  • Referee Lothar D'Hondt
5 games this season 🟨 4.2/game ⚽ 9.4 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 7 19
2 KAA Gent 7 19
3 Club Brugge KV 7 18
4 Sporting du Pays de Charleroi 7 18
5 RSC Anderlecht 7 13
6 SV Zulte-Waregem 7 11
7 Royal Standard de Liège 7 11
8 KVC Westerlo 7 10
9 KRC Genk 7 9
10 SK Beveren 7 9
11 K. Sint-Truidense VV 7 8
12 Lommel SK 7 8
13 Royal Antwerp FC 7 7
14 UR La Louvière Centre 7 4
15 Oud-Heverlee Leuven 7 4
16 Cercle Brugge KSV 7 3
17 KV Mechelen 7 3
18 KV Kortrijk 7 3

Head-to-Head

4
6
10
KAA Gent 20 games · Avg 2.1 goals Royal Antwerp FC
Last 5 meetings
2025-05-11 KAA Gent 0–3 Royal Antwerp FC 2025-04-13 Royal Antwerp FC 0–1 KAA Gent 2025-03-09 Royal Antwerp FC 0–1 KAA Gent 2024-09-01 KAA Gent 1–1 Royal Antwerp FC 2024-02-25 KAA Gent 2–2 Royal Antwerp FC

Recent Form

KAA Gent
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
11 May Royal Antwerp FC H 0–3 L
01 May Club Brugge KV A 1–4 L
27 Apr RSC Anderlecht H 0–1 L
23 Apr RSC Anderlecht A 0–5 L
20 Apr Club Brugge KV H 0–5 L
13 Apr Royal Antwerp FC A 1–0 W
Royal Antwerp FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
11 May KAA Gent A 3–0 W
01 May RSC Anderlecht H 1–3 L
27 Apr KRC Genk A 1–0 W
23 Apr KRC Genk H 1–1 D
20 Apr RSC Anderlecht A 0–0 D
13 Apr KAA Gent H 0–1 L

Season Stats

KAA Gent Royal Antwerp FC
#2 Position #13
19 Points 7
7 Played 7
6 / 1 / 0 W / D / L 2 / 1 / 4
13 Scored 11
4 Conceded 15
+9 GD -4
2.71 PPG 1.00
86% Win % 29%

Key Stats

45% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)
40% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
43% Clean Sheets
KAA Gent this season
14% Clean Sheets
Royal Antwerp FC this season

KAA Gent are 2nd (19 pts). Royal Antwerp FC are 13th (7 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

KAA Gent
0-15
1/1
16-30
1/–
31-45
4/2
46-60
2/1
61-75
–/–
76+
4/–
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Royal Antwerp FC
0-15
–/2
16-30
2/1
31-45
1/1
46-60
1/4
61-75
2/2
76+
5/5
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

KAA Gent
Josue Vergara 3 G
Tiago Araujo 2 G 2 A
Momodou Lamin Sonko 2 G 1 A
Ibrahima Cisse 2 G
Royal Antwerp FC
Michael Frey 4 G
Anthony Valencia 3 G
Snayder Porozo 2 G
Rein Van Helden 1 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against KAA Gent and Royal Antwerp FC has kicked off!
  • 5' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
  • 10' Royal Antwerp FC have won 444 goals from 308 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 15' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 18' Olivier Deman has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 18.
  • 23' Royal Antwerp FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 28' Over 28 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
  • 33' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
  • 34' Tjaronn Chery puts Royal Antwerp FC on the lead.
  • 39' Both keepers have barely been tested. KAA Gent and Royal Antwerp FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
  • 42' Assisted by Mohamed Bayo with the perfectly-timed delivery and Tjaronn Chery makes no mistake. 0-2!
  • 45' The referee calls foul for Mahamadou Doumbia. He receives a card.
  • 50' KAA Gent are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Royal Antwerp FC's shape.
  • 52' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Archie Brown.
  • 57' Controversy at the stadium! Matisse Samoise argues furiously but the card stands.
  • 58' KAA Gent manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Hyllarion Goore is hanging Omri Gandelman on the field on 58 minute.
  • 59' The Netherlands forward Gyrano Kerk breaks the deadlock on 59 minutes. 0-3!
  • 64' Controversy at the stadium! Noah Fadiga argues furiously but the card stands.
  • 69' KAA Gent are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Royal Antwerp FC backline.
  • 72' The Royal Antwerp FC manager makes a substitution. Jairo Riedewald departs to be replaced by Kobe Corbanie.
  • 74' KAA Gent make a change. Dante Vanzeir trudges off to be replaced by Momodou Lamin Sonko on 74 minutes.
  • 76' Another substitution for Royal Antwerp FC to replace Sem Renders by Christopher Scott on 76 minute.
  • 81' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His KAA Gent side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 84' A tactical swap from KAA Gent — Tibe De Vlieger on, Mathias Delorge off on 84 minutes.
  • 89' Fresh legs for Royal Antwerp FC! Kadan Young comes on to replace Gyrano Kerk.
  • 0-3 the final result. KAA Gent will be bitterly disappointed.

Lineups

KAA Gent Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Danijel Milicevic

Royal Antwerp FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Andries Ulderink

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Dieumerci Mbokani 4
Tjaronn Chery 3
Michael Frey 3
Roman Yaremchuk 2
Sven Kums 2
Lior Refaelov 2
Vincent Janssen 2
Dylan Bronn 2

Head to Head

2025-05-11 KAA Gent 0–3 Royal Antwerp FC 2025-04-13 Royal Antwerp FC 0–1 KAA Gent 2025-03-09 Royal Antwerp FC 0–1 KAA Gent 2024-09-01 KAA Gent 1–1 Royal Antwerp FC 2024-02-25 KAA Gent 2–2 Royal Antwerp FC

KAA Gent Form

2025-05-11 KAA Gent 0–3 Royal Antwerp FC L 2025-05-01 Club Brugge KV 4–1 KAA Gent L 2025-04-27 KAA Gent 0–1 RSC Anderlecht L 2025-04-23 RSC Anderlecht 5–0 KAA Gent L 2025-04-20 KAA Gent 0–5 Club Brugge KV L 2025-04-13 Royal Antwerp FC 0–1 KAA Gent W

Royal Antwerp FC Form

2025-05-11 KAA Gent 0–3 Royal Antwerp FC W 2025-05-01 Royal Antwerp FC 1–3 RSC Anderlecht L 2025-04-27 KRC Genk 0–1 Royal Antwerp FC W 2025-04-23 Royal Antwerp FC 1–1 KRC Genk D 2025-04-20 RSC Anderlecht 0–0 Royal Antwerp FC D 2025-04-13 Royal Antwerp FC 0–1 KAA Gent L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
1 / 4
1.76 KAA Gent xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.25 Royal Antwerp FC xG
I would bet for: Both teams to score 59% + Over 2.5 goals 57%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
KAA Gent45% Draw27% Royal Antwerp FC28%
Actual: Royal Antwerp FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes59% 0% No41%
Avg goals/match: 3.01
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 93%
7%
± 1.5 80%
20%
± 2.5 57%
43%
± 3.5 35%
65%
± 4.5 19%
81%

Double Chance

KAA Gent or Draw
72%
Draw or Royal Antwerp FC
55%
KAA Gent or Royal Antwerp FC
73%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
KAA Gent35% Draw44% Royal Antwerp FC21%
Actual: Royal Antwerp FC win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 0–3 not predicted
0 – 3
Actual
1 – 1
11.7%
2 – 1
9.2%
1 – 0
7.9%
2 – 0
7.6%
0 – 0
6.7%
1 – 2
6.5%
2 – 2
5.7%
3 – 1
5.4%
0 – 1
5.3%
3 – 0
4.3%
0 – 2
3.8%
3 – 2
3.4%

Asian Handicap — KAA Gent

Handicap KAA Gent covers Push Royal Antwerp FC covers
-2.5 12% — 88%
-2 12% 15% 73%
-1.5 27% — 73%
-1 27% 21% 52%
-0.5 48% — 52%
+0.5 74% — 26%
+1 74% 15% 11%
+1.5 89% — 11%
+2 89% 7% 4%
+2.5 96% — 4%

Clean Sheet

KAA Gent keeps clean sheet
29% ✓
Royal Antwerp FC keeps clean sheet
18% ✗

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