Antwerp 2-0 Gent: result and report
Pro League · Saturday 7 January 2023
Result
Antwerp 2-0 Gent
Pro League · Saturday 7 January 2023, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Antwerp 2-0 Gent: match report
Antwerp defeated Gent 2-0 in the Pro League on Saturday 7 January 2023. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Michel-Ange Balikwisha opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Antwerp's goals came from Michel-Ange Balikwisha (10') and Vincent Janssen (64', penalty). Gent did not score.
Discipline: Antwerp received 2 yellow cards; Gent received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Antwerp were 3rd on 36 points from 18 and Gent 5th on 31 points from 18. Antwerp went on to finish that season 2nd with 83 points, and Gent 4th with 72.
Antwerp lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Gent in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Michel-Ange Balikwisha of Antwerp (7.8), ahead of Jean Butez (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Antwerp wins, 2 draws and 1 for Gent.
Going into the match Antwerp's last five read D-D-D-L-L and Gent's D-W-W-D-W.
Key events
- 10'Goal · Michel-Ange Balikwisha
- 44'Yellow card · Paul Nardi
- 57'Yellow card · J. Ekkelenkamp
- 64'Penalty goal · Vincent Janssen
- 68'Yellow card · J. Bataille
Head-to-head
Team news
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- Björn Engels
- Tarik Tissoudali
- Darko Lemajic
- Faris Haroun
- Koji Miyoshi
- Andreas Hanche-Olsen
- Sam Vines
- Alhassan Yusuf
- Christopher Scott
Antwerp line-up (4-2-3-1)
Jean Butez, Jelle Bataille, Toby Alderweireld, Willian Pacho, Gastón Ávila, Calvin Stengs, Arthur Vermeeren, Arbnor Muja, Jurgen Ekkelenkamp, Michel-Ange Balikwisha, Vincent Janssen
Gent line-up (3-4-1-2)
Paul Nardi, Joseph Okumu, Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui, Jordan Torunarigha, Andrew Hjulsager, Sven Kums, Julien De Sart, Alessio Castro-Montes, Hyun-seok Hong, Hugo Cuypers, Ibrahim Salah