GolVolt — Gent vs KV Kortrijk: preview, line-ups, chances

What to watch for

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

What's at stake

KV Kortrijk: a match about staying up

62%after a loss 48%after a win

Relegation risk: 62% after a defeat, 48% after a win (10,000 simulations of the rest of the season).

Defence

KV Kortrijk concede 1.8 goals per match

Gent0.8 KV Kortrijk1.8

Last 5 matches in all competitions. Gent concede 0.8.

Last time

Last meeting, 16 March 2025: Gent – KV Kortrijk 1:2

Attack

Gent score 1.4 goals per match

Gent1.4 KV Kortrijk0.4

Last 5 matches in all competitions. KV Kortrijk score 0.4.

What's at stake

Gent: a match for Europe

71%after a loss 83%after a win

Chances of Europe: 71% after a defeat, 83% after a win (10,000 simulations of the rest of the season).

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.

Jamie Roche

KV Kortrijk · midfielder

1goal 0assists 6.84avg rating

Last match, SK Beveren: 1 goal, rating 7.7.

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

Bar height is the goal difference. Hover or tap a bar for the details.

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

Gent

at home · 10

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

KV Kortrijk

away · 10

3W1D6L1.0scored per match1.8conceded per match

Head to head

2 meetings since 2024.

Last time · 16 Mar 2025 · Pro League Gent 1:2 KV Kortrijk Fadiga 90+3' · Ambrose 45+5' · Ilaimaharitra 70'

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0 draws2.0 goals per match · both scored in 1 of 2

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Expected lineups

For now, the last starting XI: Gent (3-4-2-1, last: Lommel SK) · KV Kortrijk (5-4-1, last: Standard Liège).

Official around 15:00, Sun 8 Nov

DRRoef SHVan der Heyden MPPaskotsi MVVolckaert TAAraújo MDDelorge LLLopes HGGoore MSSonko AKKadri MDDean MIIlic MAAnderson JNNdjeungoue HCMurray-Campbell ADDrouhin MFFofana TAAmbrose APPhilips BLLambert JLVan Landschoot GKKoyalipou

GentKV Kortrijk

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”.

Coaches

Rik DemilGent

Who wins?

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

What this match changes in the season

Each club's chance in its part of the table, after each result.

today after a defeat after a draw after a win

Gent European-place chance today 80%

after a defeat: 71%
after a draw: 77%
after a win: 83%

KV Kortrijk relegation risk today 58%

after a defeat: 62%
after a draw: 56%
after a win: 48%

KV Kortrijk: 14 percentage points of relegation risk between a win and a defeat.

From 10,000 simulations of the rest of the season. How we count

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

Pro analysis

GolVolt Pro

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

Volt matchup

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