Konyaspor vs Gent: Preview and Prediction

Konyaspor vs Gent
UEFA Europa League
Date: Thursday 8th December, 2016
Kick-off: 16:00 UK
Venue: Konya Buyuksehir Torku Arena, Konya.

Gent will have a great opportunity to surpass Sporting Braga in the second position and secure the knockout phase of the competition since they will be travelling to Konya in the last match, while the Portuguese team will have to face so far impeccable Shakhtar Donetsk at the same time. The calculation is simple for Hein Vanhaezebrouck; Gent needs three points against Konya and Shakhtar Donetsk to avoid a defeat in Braga.

Gent have been pretty solid recently, especially at the back. The good defensive line helped the team to remain undefeated in the last six matches in all competitions, which climbed Gent to 5th position in First Division A. The Europa League’s knockout phase would be the icing on the cake for Vanhaezebrouck and his men.

Konya have also raised their game significantly over the last couple of matches, but they just do not have any motivation ahead of the last round of the group stage in Europa League since Aykut Kocaman’s men have lost all hopes for catching the top two positions. Konya took a very important victory over Alanyaspor in Super Lig last weekend when Jagos Vukovic scored the winner in the fifth minute of the stoppage time.

Konyaspor vs Gent: Head-to-Head Stats

Gent have won the first match in the second round of the group phase with 2 – 0 at GHELAMCO-arena. Kenny Seif and Renato Neto finished the job for the Belgians in the first half.

Konyaspor vs Gent: Prediction

The away win is priced up at 10/11 odds which will be our number one betting prediction for the match. You can alternatively back Kalifa Coulibaly, who already scored as many as seven goals in Europa League this season, to score anytime at sky high 21/10 odds!