Our prediction for this Europa Conference League match:
Gent
Match Time & Date:
27/07/2023
20:00
Prediction: 2-0
Zilina
After defeating Waregem 4-2 in their last warm-up game, Gent will look to make a flying start to their Conference League qualifying campaign when they face Zilina on Thursday. Experienced forward Laurent Depoitre is still part of the team, with the club chiefs adding the likes of Pieter Gerkens, Keegan Jelacic, Ismael Kandouss, and Tsuyoshi Watanabe to the squad earlier this summer. Anyhow, Hein Vanhaezebrouck’s troops can’t afford any complacency in the first leg.
The Slovaks, on the other hand, faced no difficulties in the double-header with Levadia, but they will have a mountain to climb in the Ghelamco Arena showdown. Considering that Gent are a real force to be reckoned with at home, anything but a routine home triumph would be a big surprise. With no fresh injury worries to report, Jaroslav Hynek is unlikely to make changes to the team that defeated Levadia in the reverse fixture.
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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