Preview: AA Gent - Anderlecht

SUNDAY, 20 JANUARY 2019, 09:53 - lajoya
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GAMES The winter break is also over for Anderlecht today. Purple-white resumes with an away match at AA Gent, which counts three points less and is ranked seventh. It is to see if Fred Rutten has succeeded in in the past two weeks to regain and gain confidence in the team.


At his press conference on Friday, Rutten was clear: the result is currently the most important thing and in an away match the main goal is not to entertain the fans. We should not expect a whirling Anderlecht, but that makes sense. Rome was not built in one day either. Rutten mainly wants to get points in Ghent.

To achieve that he may go for a 4-3-3. Sebastiaan Bornauw and Adrien Trebel are out. Kara Mbodj and Edo Kayembe are therefore allowed to expect a place in the starting eleven. Furthermore, you have to look out for whom Rutten posts as an attacking midfielder. Does Ryota Morioka get the trust? Does he opt for the young, light-footed Yari Verschaeren? Or does the coach put newcomer Peter Zulj already in the basis after just one training session?

At AA Gent, reserve goalkeeper Yannick Thoelen was hit by a personal drama last week. His daughter died two hours after birth. Yet he is in the selection for today. The new striker Alexander Sorloth immediately starts in the base.

Kick-off: 6 pm
Stadium: Ghelamco Arena
Referee: Jonathan Lardot

::: AA GHENT:::

Possible line-up: Kaminski, Souquet, Plastun, Bronn, Asare, Esiti, Odjidja, Dejaegere, Sorloth, Yaremchuk, Dompé
Substitutes: Thoelen, Coosemans, Derijck, B. Verstraete, Smith, Limbombe, Kvilitaia, David

Injured: Azango, Chakvetadze
Suspended: Rosted
Risk of yellow suspension: Esiti, Yaremchuk

::: ANDERLECHT:::

Possible line-up:Didillon, Appiah, Kara, Milic, Cobbaut, Kums, Kayembe, Morioka, Najar, Dimata, Amuzu
Substitutes: Boeckx, Saelemaekers, Sanneh, Lawrence, Obradovic, Gerkens, Zulj, Verschaeren, Bakkali, Saief, Doku, Santini

Injured: Bornauw, Makarenko, Sambi Lokonga, Sowah, Trebel
Suspended: No one
Risk of yellow suspension: Bakkali, Najar, Saelemaekers

Last years:
2017-2018: 1-0
2017-2018: 0-0
2016-2017: 0-0
2016-2017: 2-3
2015-2016: 1-1



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