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Silkeborg will host Gent at the JYSK Park on Thursday in the first leg of their 2024-25 UEFA Europa Conference League third-round qualifying clash. The home side have had a largely positive start to their league campaign and will be looking to carry that momentum onto the continental stage this week.
They began their quest for continental football in the Europa League qualifiers last month, facing Molde who they lost to 4-3 on aggregate and will now be targeting a spot in the group stages of the Europa Conference League.
Gent, meanwhile, have struggled to impress in the new Jupiler Pro League campaign and will hope they can find better luck elsewhere this week. They were drawn against Vikingur in the previous round of the qualifiers, picking up a comfortable 4-1 victory in the first leg.
They then confirmed a spot in round three of the qualifiers with a 3-0 win in the second leg, with three different players getting on the scoresheet including new signing Max Dean who netted from the spot on his club debut.
Silkeborg vs Gent Head-to-Head and Key Numbers
- Thursday's game will mark the first-ever meeting between Silkeborg and Gent.
- The hosts have had three meetings against Belgian opposition in European competition. They have won just one of those games and lost the other two.
- The Buffalos were the second-highest-scoring side in the Jupiler Pro League last season with a goal tally of 81.
- Silkeborg are without a clean sheet in their last four games across all competitions.
- Gent have kept clean sheets in each of their last three competitive games on the road.
Silkeborg vs Gent Prediction
Silkeborg are on a run of back-to-back victories after losing three of their four games prior. They have won four of their last five competitive home games and will be hopeful of a positive result this week.
Gent's latest result ended a run of three consecutive victories and they will be looking to bounce back here. They have won their last six away matches and should extend that streak on Thursday.
Prediction: Silkeborg 1-2 Gent
Silkeborg vs Gent Betting Tips
Tip 1 - Result: Gent to win
Tip 2 - Goals - Over/under 2.5 - Over 2.5 goals (Three of the visitors' last four matches have produced more than 2.5 goals)
Tip 3 - Both teams to score: YES (Both sides have found the back of the net in six of the visitors' last seven matchups)
