Gent vs Molde -Gent slipped up last week in Dublin, playing only a 1-1 stalemate away at the rock-bottomed Shamrock Rovers. The Belgian outfit thus failed to take advantage of Molde’s surprising home defeat to Djurgaarden in the other game in Group F.
Gent now enter the final day with a two-point deficit to second-placed Molde. The direct clash between these two rivals will thus determine the second team to qualify for the knockout stage of the Conference League from this group.
The team led by Hein Vanhaezebrouck are not quite enjoying their best form these days. They have only won three of the previous ten games in all competitions.
Gent will enter this tie off the back of two separate 1-1 stalemates to the likes of Shamrock Rovers and OH Leuven. Molde, on the other side, continued their dominance in the elite tier of Norwegian football by beating Viking 1-4 on the road on Sunday.
Erling Moe’s men have been by far the best team in their domestic league this season. They are 18 points clear atop the Eliteserien standings with two games left to play.
This means Moe can shift the full focus towards the Conference League success and there are no doubts the visitors will be up for a big result in Belgium on Thursday evening.
Gent vs Molde – Betting Analysis
This will only be the second head to head encounter between Gent and Molde. The first one, surprisingly, offered no goals back in early-September on the Norwegian soil.
It is very interesting to see Gent as the 1.95 favorites by the bookmakers although Molde have shown much better football both domestically and in Conference League so far in the season.
The visitors will enter this tie in much higher spirits and on the back of eight wins in the previous nine outings in all competitions.
Gent, on the other side, won only three of the last ten outings across competitions, a streak that involves back-to-back 1-1 stalemates to Shamrock Rovers and OH Leuven. We’ll, take Molde to win & Over 2.5 goals FT pick at the 5.50 odds, while we also fancy their top scorer David Datro Fofana to score anytime at the 3.75 odds.
Gent vs Molde – Head To Head
Our Prediction: Home Win
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