GENT v MECHELEN
Sunday 18th February 2018 – Kickoff: 1430hrs
Football – Belgium – Jupiler League Betting Tips
Following Anderlecht’s 1-0 defeat away at Sint-Truiden on Friday night, fourth placed Gent will be looking to make the most of home advantage at their GHELAMCO-arena on Sunday afternoon when they take on Jupiler League strugglers, Mechelen.
Gent could overhaul Anderlecht into third place if they take all three points here, and they bring a five match unbeaten run into today’s clash which include wins over Lokeren, runaway league leaders Club Brugge and Sint-Truiden.
Gent are also in red-hot form on home turf as well as they’ve racked up no fewer than nine straight wins on the trot within an impressive record which stands at 9-2-2 21/5 which also includes an equally impressive eight clean sheets to date. Numerous attacking outlets include Kubo (7 goals) and Yaremchuk (6 goals).
Mechelen climbed off the bottom of the Belgian top flight league table with a 1-0 home win over relegation rivals, Eupen, but they still face a nervous next few weeks as they’re only one point ahead of Eupen who have replaced them at the base of the division.
However, that win over Eupen was their only highlight from their last eight league matches, as the visitors have suffered six defeats within this sequence overall and with just one win on the road, they’ll have their work cut out to get anything out of Gent today I fear.
Mechelen bring a fairly ordinary away record of 1-4-8 9/23 with them today, and along with failing to score in 7 of their 13 away matches to date, they’ve also kept only two clean sheets which were at Antwerp and Oostende, neither of which are of Gent’s pedigree.
Pick: Gent to win @ 1.60 bwin
