Our prediction for this Belgium Pro League match:
Gent
Match Time & Date:
23/12/2022
20:30
Prediction: 2-1
St Liege
Gent and Standard Liege face each other at Ghelamco Arena in what is expected to be an interesting Jupiler League game. Gent aim to build on back-to-back wins over Club Brugge and Kortrijk, and they must be high on spirits ahead of Friday’s clash. Tarik Tissoudali remains on the sidelines with an ACL problem, but there are no fresh injury worries in the home team.
Meanwhile, the Red Devils failed to impress in back-to-back defeats to Eupen (0-2) and Royale Union SG (2-3), and we do not believe that they are capable of spoiling Gent’s party at Ghelamco Arena. Midfielder Philip Zinckernagel serves the last of his two-game ban, while defender Gilles Dewaele has yet to recover from an ACL injury. In their last meeting in the Belgian elite division the two teams played out a 2-2 draw, but home win should be considered this time out.
Highlighted Player (Michael Ngadeu Ngadjui):
Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui is a Cameroon international who plays for Slavia Prague as a defender. Ngadjui started his career at the youth team of Diables Rouges Maroua and in 2007 he moved to Canon Yaounde. The 190-cm tall footballer continued playing for Diables Rouges Maroua at senior level and in 2010 he joined German lower-league side Kirchhorder SC.
At the end of the 2010/2011 he moved to fellow German club SV Sandhausen II and in 2012 he signed a contract with Nurnberg. After making 54 appearances for the reserve team he moved to Romania, signing a deal with Botosani. Michal Ngadeu Ngadjui scored seven goals in 53 league games for the Romanian side before joining Slavia Prague in 2016.
The Cameroonian footballer, who was born in Bafang on November 23, 1990, won the national championship with Slavia Prague in the 2016/2017, but the capital club eventually failed to make it to the Champions League group stages. His main position is centre back, but he is used as a defensive midfielder as well.
Highlighted Team (St Liege):
Standard are a Belgian football club based in Liege. The club was founded back in 1898 and 11 years later they joined Belgian First League. Les Rouches (the Reds) immediately dropped to the lower leagues, but in 1921 they returned to the Belgian top flight. Standard won their first Belgian League trophy in 1958, but you should have in mind that they were level on points with second-placed Royal Antwerp.
In 2009 the Reds clinched their tenth domestic title, beating Anderlecht in the title game. Talented midfielder Axel Witsel scored the winner for Standard in the 1-0 triumph over their bitter rivals. Standard play their home games at Stade Maurice Dufrasne, the venue that was opened in 1909. The capacity of the stadium is 30 023.
Maurice Dufrasne was the club’s chairman from 1909 until 1931. Speaking of the club’s European success, Standard participated in the UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup final in 1982, losing to La Liga giants Barcelona in the title game.
