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KAA Gent vs VfL Wolfsburg, Europe 2019-20 GROUP STAGE

UEFA Europa League · 2019-20
KAA Gent
2 – 2
Full Time
VfL Wolfsburg
Thu 24 Oct 2019 · 16:55 UTC GHELAMCO-arena HT 45' · FT 45'
Elisha Owusu 17' Y
Y 19' Wout Weghorst
Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe 28' Y
Y 33' William
Nana Asare 37' Y
Michael Ngadeu 54' Y
Y 57' Kevin Mbabu

Overview

Match Preview

KAA Gent vs VfL Wolfsburg — Europe at GHELAMCO-arena.

Match Details

  • Referee Sergey Ivanov
  • Referee Aleksey Lunev
  • Referee Roman Usachev
  • Referee Mikhail Vilkov
4 games this season 🟨 1.5/game ⚽ 5.3 goals/game

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

1
1
KAA Gent 2 games · Avg 4.0 goals VfL Wolfsburg
Last 5 meetings
2019-10-24 KAA Gent 2–2 VfL Wolfsburg

Recent Form

KAA Gent
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
24 Oct VfL Wolfsburg H 2–2 D
19 Oct KV RS Waasland-SK Beveren H 2–0 W
06 Oct Club Brugge KV A 0–4 L
03 Oct FK Oleksandriya A 1–1 D
28 Sep KV Kortrijk H 2–0 W
22 Sep SV Zulte-Waregem A 2–2 D
VfL Wolfsburg
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
24 Oct KAA Gent A 2–2 D
19 Oct RB Leipzig A 1–1 D
06 Oct 1. FC Union Berlin H 1–0 W
03 Oct AS Saint-Étienne A 1–1 D
28 Sep 1. FSV Mainz 05 A 1–0 W
23 Sep TSG 1899 Hoffenheim H 1–1 D

Key Stats

100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)
100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for KAA Gent to score. At the same time, VfL Wolfsburg does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
  • 3' Goal! Wout Weghorst scores his 102 goal in 471 matches.
  • 8' Renato Steffen needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
  • 13' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
  • 17' Elisha Owusu was booked on 17.
  • 19' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Wout Weghorst.
  • 24' What a strike from Joao Victor! The score is 0-2.
  • 28' The referee shows KAA Gent player a Yellow card on 28.
  • 33' The referee shows VfL Wolfsburg player a Yellow card on 33.
  • 37' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Nana Asare.
  • 41' What a strike from Roman Yaremchuk! The score is 1-2.
  • 46' Kevin Mbabu is replacing William for the VfL Wolfsburg side.
  • 51' KAA Gent is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 54' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Michael Ngadeu.
  • 57' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Kevin Mbabu.
  • 60' Another substitution for KAA Gent to replace Elisha Owusu by Roman Bezus on 60 minute.
  • 65' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 66' The supporters are chanting for Lukas Nmecha. He replaces Josip Brekalo on 66 minute.
  • 71' VfL Wolfsburg is showing some good football. However, VfL Wolfsburg are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 73' The KAA Gent manager makes a substitution. Laurent Depoitre departs to be replaced by Giorgi Kvilitaia.
  • 78' 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.
  • 79' Jerome Roussillon has so much to prove this time. He replaces Renato Steffen on 79 minute.
  • 84' Supporters expect more eagerness from Jeffrey Bruma, as he is very good at scoring at GHELAMCO-arena with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 87' Another substitution for KAA Gent to replace Sven Kums by Jean-Luc Dompe on 87 minute.
  • Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 2-2.

Lineups

KAA Gent Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Jess Thorup

VfL Wolfsburg Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Oliver Glasner

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
1.55 KAA Gent xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.27 VfL Wolfsburg xG
I would bet for: KAA Gent or VfL Wolfsburg 73% + Both teams to score 57%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
KAA Gent43% Draw27% VfL Wolfsburg30%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes57% 0% No43%
Avg goals/match: 2.82
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 92%
8%
± 1.5 77%
23%
± 2.5 53%
47%
± 3.5 31%
69%
± 4.5 16%
84%

Double Chance

KAA Gent or Draw
70%
Draw or VfL Wolfsburg
57%
KAA Gent or VfL Wolfsburg
73%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
KAA Gent31% Draw46% VfL Wolfsburg23%
Actual: VfL Wolfsburg win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
12.6%
2 – 1
8.7%
1 – 0
8.3%
0 – 0
7.8%
1 – 2
7.2%
2 – 0
7%
0 – 1
6.6%
2 – 2
Actual
0 – 2
4.7%
3 – 1
4.5%
3 – 0
3.6%
1 – 3
3.1%

Asian Handicap — KAA Gent

Handicap KAA Gent covers Push VfL Wolfsburg covers
-2.5 9% — 91%
-2 9% 13% 78%
-1.5 22% — 78%
-1 22% 21% 58%
-0.5 42% — 58%
+0.5 70% — 30%
+1 70% 17% 13%
+1.5 87% — 13%
+2 87% 9% 5%
+2.5 95% — 5%

Clean Sheet

KAA Gent keeps clean sheet
29% ✓
VfL Wolfsburg keeps clean sheet
22% ✓

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