Gent will take to the Ghelamco Arena on Thursday to take on visitors Pogon Szczecin in the first leg of the Europa Conference League’s third qualifying round with kick-off slated for 17:00 GMT. Both sides will look to get a good result in the first leg, ahead of the second installment of the tie next week.
Key Highlights
Gent have got off to a flying start in the Belgian Pro League with two wins out of the opening two rounds of fixtures. They opened the season with a five-goal thriller at home to Kortrijk, with the game ending 3-2 in favor of Gent. The second match in the Pro League came away to Mechelen, with Gent running away 0-1 winners.
In the second qualifying round, Gent faced MSK Zilina over two legs. In the home leg at the Ghelamco Arena, Gent won 5-1 before prevailing away to Zilina 2-5, thus proceeding with a healthy 2-10 aggregate scoreline.
Pogon Szczecin have also perfectly started their Ekstraklasa campaign with two wins out of two. They won 0-1 away to Warta Poznan in the opening match before beating Widzew Lodz 2-1 in the second match.
Bet hereInjury Report
No new injury reports have emanated from either camp ahead of the match.
Prediction
KAA Gent are favorites to win the first leg and establish an aggregate lead ahead of the second leg next week.
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