Our prediction for this Belgium Pro League match:
All eyes will be on Planet Group Arena when Gent and Genk lock horns in an eagerly-awaited Jupiler League game. Gent did well to hold St. Gilloise to a goalless draw at the weekend and, no doubt, they would be happy with one point from Sunday’s clash as well. Experienced midfielder Sven Kums should be recalled to the starting XI, while both Andrew Hjulsager and Aime Omgba remain on the sidelines with injuries.
Thorsten Fink’s troops, on the other hand, are leading the chase for the Jupiler League trophy, but seeing that they struggled defensively in a 3-2 win over ten-man St. Truiden, we believe that there is a big value in betting on draw. Both Nikolas Sattlberger and Luca Oyen are out of contention with injuries for the visiting side, while defender Carlos Cuesta will be assessed ahead of the kick-off.
Highlighted Player (Patrik Hrosovsky):
Born in Prievidza, Czechoslovakia, Patrik Hrosovsky is a midfielder who plays for Viktoria Plzen. Patrik Hrosovsky started his youth career at his hometown club Prievidza and he played for the youth team of Trencin as well before joining Viktoria Plzen.
The Slovakian footballer has been playing for the Viktorka ever since, but it has to be noted that he played for the likes of Sokolov, Usti nad Labem and Znojmo on loan as well. Patrik Hrosovsky made his Slovakia debut on November 19, 2014 in a friendly game against Finland.
His main position is central midfield, but he is capable of playing as both defensive midfielder and attacking midfielder as well. Hrosovsky has yet to find the net with the Slovakia national football team, but he found the net for the U21 team in a 7-1 win over Luxembourg at the 2015 European Championship. He has a contract with Viktoria Plzen which expires on June 30, 2019.
Highlighted Team (Gent):
Gent are a Belgian football club that plays their home games at Ghelamco Arena. The venue has been the club’s home ground since 2013 and the capacity of the stadium is 20 000. De Buffalo’s participate in the Belgian Pro League and they clinched their first domestic trophy in the 2014/2015 season.
Gent finished the regular part of the season in second place in the standings, but they eventually climbed to the top position in the table in the play-off. The club won their third Belgian Cup trophy in 2010 and it has to be noted that they defeated Club Brugge in the Belgian Super Cup in 2015. Laurent Depoitre scored the winner for Gent three minutes before the final whistle.
A number of top-class players were part of the team in the past and the likes of Victor Fernandez, Johan Boskamp, Bob Peeters, Trond Sollied and Michel Preud’homme are some of notable footballers who played for Gent in the past.