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Gent welcome Dender to Planet Group Arena for a Belgian Jupiler League matchday two fixture on Sunday. The hosts are coming off a comfortable 3-0 away victory over Faroese outfit Vikingur in the second leg of their UEFA Conference League second-round qualification tie on Thursday.
All three goals came in the second half, with Stefan Mitrovic, Mathias Fernandez-Pardo and Max Dean all scoring to help the Buffalos progress with a 7-1 aggregate victory.
Wouter Vrancken's side will turn their focus back to the league, where their opening game saw them claim a 1-0 away victory over Kortrijk.
Dender, meanwhile, started life back in the top flight with an impressive goalless draw at home to Royal Union.
The stalemate left them in eighth spot on one point while Gent are fourth with three points to their name.
Gent vs Dender Head-to-Head and Key Numbers
- Both sides have one win apiece in their last four head-to-head games while two games ended in stalemates.
- This will be their first meeting since April 2009 when they shared the spoils in a 1-1 draw en route to Dender's relegation.
- Gent have won 10 of their last 11 games across competitions.
- Four of Dender's last five games have seen one side keep a clean sheet.
- Gent have made a three-game winning start to the season across competitions, scoring eight goals and conceding just one.
- Gent have kept a clean sheet in four of their last five games.
Gent vs Dender Prediction
Gent have made an emphatic start to the campaign as they seek to build on last season's disappointing seventh-placed finish. They have won their last six games on the bounce, stretching back to the end of last season and will be heavily fancied to make it seven in a row.
Dender, for their part, have returned to the top flight for the first time since 2009. They did so by finishing as runners-up in the Challenger Pro League last term and won five of their last six games. They proved their defensive nous to secure a point against Royal Union despite facing a barrage of shots at their goal in their curtain-raiser.
Gent have been impressive so far and we are tipping the East Flanders outfit to claim a comfortable victory in addition to a clean sheet.
Prediction: Gent 3-0 Dender
Gent vs Dender Betting Tips
Tip 1 - Gent to win
Tip 2 - Both teams to score: No
Tip 3 - Over 2.5 goals
Tip 4 - Halftime/Fulltime result: Gent/Gent
