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Steffen Schmidt - August 8, 2023
Gent vs Pogon Szczecin
UEFA Conference League Qualification
Date: 9 August 2023, Wednesday
Kick-off at 19:00 UK / 20:00 CET
Venue: Ghelamco Arena (Gent).
Gent showed an incredible spell of form at the beginning of their 2023/24 UEFA Conference League journey.
They notched five goals in each of the two legs of the second qualifying round tie against Slovakian side Zilina.
Hein Vanhaezebrouck’s men registered as many as 13 shots on target six days ago at Zilina. The team’s talisman Hugo Cuypers completed a brace in each of the two outings against the Slovakians.
Gent backed up such a brilliant form by beating both Kortrijk and Mechelen at the start of the new season in the Belgian First Division A.
They now have four wins in four fixtures in all competitions going into the first leg of the UEFA Conference League third qualifying round tie against Pogon Szczecin on Wednesday evening at Ghelamno Arena.
Pogon will also enter the match on a high following their perfect start to the new Ekstraklasa campaign.
The team led by Swedish manager Jens Gustafsson have picked up wins over Warta Poznan (0-1 on the road) and Widzew Lodz (2-1 at home).
Pogon did not have any troubles storming past Northern Irish side Linfield in the previous round of the Conference League qualifications, netting eight goals in two easy wins in the process.
Both Gent and Pogon are scoring at will going into their clash on Wednesday night and we have all reasons to expect an open affair packed with chances at both ends at Ghelamco Arena. In these circumstances, the Home win & Both Teams To Score pick looks very attractive at the 3.00 odds.
The Over 2.5 goals FT bet also seems decent at the 1.72 odds while Hugo Cuypers is our top recommendation for the anytime goalscorer market following his four goals in the previous round’s matchup against Zilina.
