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Matchday

Pro League 25/26 · 14 Sep 2025

Royal Antwerp FC 1–2 KAA Gent

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Aug 2025; the outlined result is what happened.

Expected xG
1.5 – 1.2
Actual xG
1.2 – 1.6
Goals
1 – 2

Footybot made Royal Antwerp FC favourites at 45%.

KAA Gent won a close one on the chances: 1.6 xG to 1.2.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Michał Skóraś, 67.5 in 77′.

Well above their usual level: Davy Roef +13.3, Zeno Van Den Bosch +9.3, Daam Foulon +8.7.

Well below it: Siebe Van der Heyden −14.5, Wilfried Kanga −9.5, Leonardo Lopes −8.1.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Royal Antwerp FC

30 Aug 2025L 0–2at KVC Westerlo Pro League
24 Aug 2025W 2–1v KV Mechelen Pro League
17 Aug 2025D 1–1at RC Sporting Charleroi Pro League
10 Aug 2025W 3–1v Oud-Heverlee Leuven Pro League
3 Aug 2025D 1–1at KRC Genk Pro League

KAA Gent

31 Aug 2025D 1–1v Club Brugge KV Pro League
16 Aug 2025D 1–1at KV Mechelen Pro League
9 Aug 2025L 2–3v Royale Union Saint-Gilloise Pro League
2 Aug 2025W 1–0v RAAL La Louvière Pro League
27 Jul 2025L 1–3at Sint-Truidense VV Pro League

Head to head

No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.

Royal Antwerp FC

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Boubakar Kouyaté Defender10000.02100.0–
Rosen Bozhinov Defender90100.1764.4+8.3
Mukhammadali Urinboev Midfielder45000.0857.6–
Zeno Van Den Bosch Defender80000.0254.7+9.3
Daam Foulon Midfielder8001–53.7+8.7
Dennis Praet Midfielder90000.0849.7+2.7
Andreas Verstraeten Midfielder1000–46.5–
Mahamadou Diawara Midfielder61000.0243.2–
Vincent Janssen Forward9000–41.3−5.4
Yuto Tsunashima Defender4500–41.2−4.2
Yannick Thoelen Goalkeeper9000–41.1–
Isaac Babadi Midfielder66000.0340.4–
Gyrano Kerk Forward87000.4039.3−1.5
Thibo Somers Midfielder90000.2237.8−8.0
Marwan Al-Sahafi Forward2400–34.0–
Youssef Hamdaoui Midfielder29000.1729.2–

KAA Gent

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Michał Skóraś Midfielder77100.1067.5–
Davy Roef Goalkeeper9000–62.7+13.3
Tibe De Vlieger Midfielder800–57.0–
Abdelkahar Kadri Midfielder8901–50.2–
Omri Gandelman Midfielder90011.0947.3–
Matisse Samoise Defender90100.3246.3−4.6
Atsuki Ito Midfielder9000–44.9−7.5
Jean-Kévin Duverne Defender6900–44.5–
Leonardo Lopes Midfielder9000–43.9−8.1
Mathias Delorge Midfielder2100–43.3–
Siebe Van der Heyden Defender9000–41.1−14.5
Samuel Kotto Defender1400–39.7–
Wilfried Kanga Forward90000.1039.4−9.5
Franck Surdez Forward1300–37.7–