On Thursday evening, Gent host Shamrock Rovers at the GHELAMCO-Arena, as both teams look for the first win of their Europa Conference League campaigns in Group F of the competition.
The home side has endured a poor start to their season all around, winning just two of their last seven matches in all competitions and suffering four defeats.
✅ 3 punten ✅ 3 youngsters✅ 3e clean sheet COBW🔵⚪️| #gntzwa #kaagent pic.twitter.com/Myao9w8VnD— KAA Gent (@KAAGent) September 11, 2022
✅ 3 punten ✅ 3 youngsters✅ 3e clean sheet COBW🔵⚪️| #gntzwa #kaagent pic.twitter.com/Myao9w8VnD
The team from Gent did get back to winning ways last time out, though, as they recorded a 2-0 league win over Zulte-Waregem.
The victory saw Gent continue their positive recent defensive form, as the home team kept a third clean sheet in their last four matches in all competitions.
Gent has already exited the Europa League at the playoffs stage. The Belgian team kicked off their Europa Conference League campaign with a 0-0 draw against Molde. The draw means the home team has won just one of their previous six games in the competition.
The visitors head into this clash in inconsistent form, having won just one of their previous three matches in all competitions.
Rovers are still on course to win the Irish top-flight title, as they are four points clear of second-place Derry City with a game in hand with the season close to completion.
Like Gent, Shamrock started the season in the Europa League, only to drop down to the Europa Conference League after suffering a play-off exit.
Rovers kicked off their Europa Conference League campaign with a goalless home draw against Swedish team Djurgarden.
The draw ended a mini two-game losing streak for the Irish team in the Europa Conference League, as they exited the competition at the play-off stage of the competition last season against Flora, suffering a 5-2 aggregate defeat.
Forebet predicts that Gent will record a narrow victory in a low-scoring game to gain an early advantage in the race for qualifying from such an open group.