The Ghelamco Arena will experience some Europa Conference League play-off action on Thursday when the home side welcomes APOEL Nicosia for the first leg of the two-legged play-off, with kickoff slated for 18:00 GMT.
Key Highlights
Gent’s unbeaten opening to the Belgian Pro League season continued when they were held to a 2-2 draw against STVV on Sunday.
Gent had to come from behind in front of the home supporters after STVV went ahead in the 7th minute via Aboubakary Koita and doubled their lead in the 13th minute through a Mathias Delorge-Knieper strike.
Gent struck back in the 35th minute through Gift Orban before leveling the match in the 58th minute through Jordan Torunarigha. The Belgian Pro League side will look to extend their gorm into their clash with APOEL on Thursday.
Bet hereAPOEL opened their action in the Cypriot First Division away to AEZ, emerging 0-2 winners to start with three points on board.
Playing away from home, APOEL will look to be disciplined and aggressive in defending to ensure that they are in the tie ahead of the second leg next week.
Injury Report
Neither camp has reported new injury issues ahead of their match on Thursday.
Prediction
Genk and APOEL will fight to a draw, setting the match in a delicate balance ahead of next week’s decisive second leg.
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