Gent take on the visitors Bordeaux at the Ghelamco Arena in the first leg match of the UEFA Europa League play-offs. The match will be played in the eponymous city Ghent on Thursday, August 23rd.
Last season Gent placed 4th in the Belgian First Division A with 39 points to their credit. De Buffalo`s have had nine friendly matches this summer, won eight times and drew once. In the third qualification round of the Europa League the team beat Jagellonia from Poland (1-0 on the away field, 3-1 on the home field). In their last three matches Gent beat Eupen with a 3-2 score, Jagellonia with a 3-1 score and Wassland-Beveren with a 4-1 score.
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Bordeaux placed 5th in the Ligue 1 with 55 points to their credit last season. Les Girondins have had four friendly matches this summer, won two of them and drew also two. In the second qualification round of the Europa League the team beat Ventspils from Latvia (1-0 on the away field, 2-1 on their home field). In the third qualification round they beat Mariupol from Ukraine (3-1 on the away field, 2-1 on the home field). In their last three matches Bordeaux lost to Toulouse with a 1-2 score, beat Mariupol with a 2-1 score and lost to Strasbourg with a 0-2 score.
Gent and Bordeaux faced only once in history where the Belgian side beat Les Girondins with a 4-3 score in front of their home crowd in 2015. De Buffalo`s have been looking stable lately and the French side have had a lot of problems and scandals around them so the hosting side should get a comfortable result in the upcoming fixture.
Prediction for the match: Gent to win with 0 handicap.
