Our prediction for this Europa Conference League match:
Gent
Match Time & Date:
25/07/2024
20:00
Prediction: 3-1
Vikingur
Gent will be aiming to make a flying start to their Conference League campaign when they take on Vikingur in their opener. Gent were struggling in preseason, with the team losing their last three warm-up games, but they will not have a better chance than this to return to winning ways. Summer signings Andri Gudjohnsen and Max Dean should play some part in Thursday’s encounter. Boss Wouter Vrancken has no injury worries ahead of the Conference League clash.
The Faroese, on the other hand, booked their spot in the second qualifying round by beating FK Liepaja in the double-header. Vikingur, though, are not considered good travellers and we do not believe that they are capable of spoiling Gent’s party Planet Group Arena. It has to be noted that both Stefan Purtic and Cheikh Diouf are only one yellow card away from suspension, speaking of the visiting team.
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.
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