GolVolt — Gent vs Westerlo: preview, line-ups, chances

What to watch for

Facts from our data worth knowing before kick-off. After the match we check them ✓ / ✗.

Attack

Westerlo score 3.2 goals per match

Gent1.4 Westerlo3.2

Last 5 matches in all competitions. Gent score 1.4.

Defence

Westerlo concede 2.2 goals per match

Gent0.8 Westerlo2.2

Last 5 matches in all competitions. Gent concede 0.8.

Last time

Last meeting, 27 December 2025: Gent – Westerlo 2:0

WDDW

Gent are unbeaten in the last 4 meetings.

Player in form

Norman Bassette: 5 goals and 1 assist in 5 league matches

Goals5 xG2.31

Scoring more than his chances suggest (xG 2.3).

Streak

Westerlo have scored in 7 matches in a row

DWWWWDL

All competitions, friendlies excluded: 22 goals in those matches.

Player in form

Tiago Araújo: 4 assists in 5 league matches

Goals0

The most goals and assists in the squad over recent league matches.

Players to watch

Pro League, this season.

Tiago Araújo

Gent · midfielder

2goals 5assists 7.31avg rating

Last match, Lommel SK: rating 6.8.

Norman Bassette

Westerlo · forward

7goals 1assist 7.16avg rating

Last match, Anderlecht: rating 6.9.

Who is out

Injuries and suspensions

The list usually arrives about 48 hours before kick-off. There is none for this match yet.

Recent matches

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“This set-up” is Gent at home and Westerlo away, as in this match.

Gent

at home · 10

8W2D0L1.4scored per match0.4conceded per match

Westerlo

away · 10

5W0D5L1.4scored per match1.7conceded per match

Head to head

4 meetings since 2024.

Last time · 27 Dec 2025 · Pro League Gent 2:0 Westerlo Goore 18' · Paskotsi 23'

2wins

2 draws2.8 goals per match · both scored in 2 of 4

0wins

Expected lineups

For now, the last starting XI: Gent (3-4-2-1, last: Lommel SK) · Westerlo (4-2-3-1, last: Anderlecht).

DRRoef SHVan der Heyden MPPaskotsi MVVolckaert TAAraújo MDDelorge LLLopes HGGoore MSSonko AKKadri MDDean AJJungdal FFFerraro ALLapage SKKimura LFFlø CSSandra IFFofana SSSaito ISSakamoto CCCongreve NBBassette

GentWesterlo

When the provider publishes the expected XI (usually a day before the match), it replaces the last one. A player on the absence list stays on the pitch as a pale, dashed “ghost”.

Who wins?

The provider's forecast usually arrives a few days before kick-off.

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Pro analysis

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Pro extends the free match profile with its own goals model, lineup stability and results from similar fixtures. Coverage depends on the available data.

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