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UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2015/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS KAA Gent Stadium - Ghent Wednesday 4 November 2015 20.45CET (20.45 local time) KAA Gent Group H - Matchday 4 Valencia CF Last updated 09/03/2016 00:20CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Squad list 6 Head coach 8 Match officials 9 Fixtures and results 10 Match-by-match lineups 13 Group Standings 15 Team facts 17 Legend 19 1 KAA Gent - Valencia CF Wednesday 4 November 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit KAA Gent Stadium, Ghent Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Feghouli 15, S. 20/10/2015 GS Valencia CF - KAA Gent 2-1 Valencia Mitrović 72 (og); Foket 40 UEFA Intertoto Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-0 23/07/2005 R3 Valencia CF - KAA Gent Valencia Villa 6, Kluivert 78 agg: 2-0 17/07/2005 R3 KAA Gent - Valencia CF 0-0 Ghent Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA KAA Gent 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 1 4 Valencia CF 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 4 1 KAA Gent - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Intertoto Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-1 Kaklamanos 41; Dely 27/07/2002 R3 KAA Gent - Málaga CF Ghent agg: 1-4 Valdés 90+2 Dely Valdés 18, 81, 20/07/2002 R3 Málaga CF - KAA Gent 3-0 Malaga Canabal 32 Valencia CF - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Jonas 10, Soldado 13, 35, 39, Pablo 23/11/2011 GS Valencia CF - KRC Genk 7-0 Valencia Hernández 68, Aritz Aduriz 70, Costa 81 13/09/2011 GS KRC Genk - Valencia CF 0-0 Genk UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Juan Mata 1, Pablo 3-0 25/02/2010 R32 Valencia CF - Club Brugge KV Valencia Hernández 96 ET, agg 3-1 (aet) 117 ET 18/02/2010 R32 Club Brugge KV - Valencia CF 1-0 Bruges Kouemaha 56 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 04/12/2008 GS Valencia CF - Club Brugge KV 1-1 Valencia Žigić 60; Alcaraz 18 2 KAA Gent - Valencia CF Wednesday 4 November 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit KAA Gent Stadium, Ghent UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Wilhelmsson 24; 24/11/2004 GS RSC Anderlecht - Valencia CF 1-2 Brussels Corradi 19, Di Vaio 48 14/09/2004 GS Valencia CF - RSC Anderlecht 2-0 Valencia Vicente 16, Baraja 45 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Brylle Larsen 33, 61, 3-1 16/03/1983 QF RSC Anderlecht - Valencia CF Brussels De Groote 38; Ribes agg: 5-2 49 Solsona 42; 02/03/1983 QF Valencia CF - RSC Anderlecht 1-2 Valencia Vercauteren 4, Coeck 55 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA KAA Gent 2 0 2 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 3 2 8 Valencia CF 7 5 1 1 5 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 12 6 3 3 21 9 3 KAA Gent - Valencia CF Wednesday 4 November 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit KAA Gent Stadium, Ghent Match background Valencia CF will go in search of the win that could secure qualification for the UEFA Champions League knockout rounds when they visit KAA Gent on matchday four. • Valencia's 2-1 home victory against Gent last time out gave them a five-point advantage over Hein Vanhaezebrouck's men in Group H and means they can guarantee a last-16 berth if they win in Belgium and Olympique Lyonnais fail to beat leaders FC Zenit in the other game in the section. Previous meetings • The clubs have met previously in the 2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup when Valencia won the second leg 2-0 at Mestalla through goals from David Villa and Patrick Kluivert, following a goalless draw in Belgium. • The lineups for that meeting in Ghent – at Gent's former home, the Jules Ottenstadion – on 17 July 2005 were: Gent: Herpoel, Smoje, Lombaerts, Laybutt, Håkonsen, Cooreman, Mamouni, Vrancken (Tracjev 73), Boussoufa (Diop 86), Aliyu Datti (De Beule 86), Zoko (Mladenović 75). Valencia: Cañizares, Ruz, Ayala, Moretti, Carboni, Rufete (Juanlu 86), Albelda, Albiol, Fábio Aurélio (Vicente 60), Di Vaio (Villa 66). Kluivert. Match background Gent • The tournament newcomers will be out of the running for the last 16 if they lose to Valencia. • Gent are still looking for their first win in the UEFA Champions League group stage at the fourth attempt, though they did earn a point from their opening home game in Group H – the 1-1 draw with Lyon on matchday one. • Gent's only previous home game against Spanish opposition was a 1-1 home draw with Málaga CF in the 2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup, which completed their 4-1 aggregate defeat. Alexandros Kaklamanos gave Gent a first-half lead but Julio Dely Valdés equalised two minutes into added time. Valencia • Nuno Espírito Santo's team are looking to reach the round of 16 for the first time since the club's last participation in the UEFA Champions League in 2012/13. • With their 1-0 victory at Lyon on matchday two, Valencia have won six of their last nine away games in UEFA competition. • Valencia drew 0-0 at KRC Genk on their last visit to Belgium for a UEFA Champions League group stage fixture in 2011/12. Sofiane Feghouli, Daniel Parejo and Pablo Piatti all played that night. • Their record in Belgium is W1 D2 L2. Coach and player links • As an Everton FC player, Valencia assistant coach Phil Neville lost a UEFA Cup first round tie against R. Standard de Liège in 2008/09. • Matthew Ryan played for Club Brugge KV between 2013 and 2015, winning the Belgian Cup last season. He saved a penalty from Nicklas Pedersen in a 3-1 victory for Brugge at Gent in December 2013 – although Pedersen did score against him twice that season. Ryan's overall record against Gent was W1 D2 L1. • As a Malmö FF player, Erik Johansson suffered defeats both away (0-5) and at home (0-2) against Club Atlético de Madrid on matchdays three and four of last season's UEFA Champions League. • Valencia's Zakaria Bakkali, who is not in the UEFA Champions League squad, is from Belgium and spent three years at the academy at Standard. He is a Belgium Under-21 colleague of Matz Sels, Hannes Van der Bruggen and Benito Raman and played for the senior Belgium side against Andorra on 13 October alongside Laurent Depoitre. Match facts Gent • Depoitre and Kenneth Saief will incur a suspension with their next bookings. Brecht Dejaegere is available after serving a two-match ban. • Gent have lost only two of their 18 games this season, both defeats coming in the UEFA Champions League. • Vanhaezebrouck's side had conceded a goal in seven successive matches – since 23 September, when they beat KAS Eupen 3-0 in the Belgian Cup – before Saturday's 2-0 win at Oud-Heverlee Leuven. • Uroš Vitas – who has had ankle and hamstring injuries this term – made his first appearance of the season on 27 October, coming on as a late substitute in the 2-1 success at KSC Lokeren OV. 4 KAA Gent - Valencia CF Wednesday 4 November 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit KAA Gent Stadium, Ghent Valencia • Valencia have scored just 11 goals in ten Liga encounters this season, three of them coming in the space of 17 minutes in Saturday's 3-0 derby win at home to Levante UD. • Belgian forward Zakaria Bakkali, who won his first cap earlier this month, scored his first goal for Valencia against Levante. • Rodrigo sustained a knee injury in the 2-1 defeat at Atlético on 25 October and will be out for three months. • Ryan (knee) and Aymen Abdennour (hamstring) have returned to training following absences of two and one month respectively. • Diego Alves (knee) is not due back until December. • Feghouli and Abdennour are among 37 nominees for the 2015 African Footballer of the Year award. The recipient will be announced on 22 December. 5 KAA Gent - Valencia CF Wednesday 4 November 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit KAA Gent Stadium, Ghent Squad list KAA Gent Current season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Matz Sels BEL 26/02/1992 23 - - - 3 - 14 - 3 - 3 - 20 Yannick Thoelen BEL 18/07/1990 25 - - - - - - - - - - - 25 Brian Vandenbussche BEL 24/09/1981 34 - - - - - - - - - 28 - Defenders 3 Uroš Vitas SRB 06/07/1992 23 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 4 Rafinha BRA 29/06/1982 33 - - - 2 - 6 - 2 - 18 1 5 Erik Johansson SWE 30/12/1988 26 - - - - - 7 - 5 - 15 - 13 Stefan Mitrović SRB 22/05/1990 25 - - - 3 - 8 1 3 - 3 - 21 Nana Asare GHA 11/07/1986 29 - - - 3 - 13 - 3 - 9 2 23 Lasse Nielsen DEN 08/01/1988 27 - - - 3 - 14 - 5 - 13 - Midfielders 7 Kalifa Coulibaly MLI 21/08/1991 24 - - - 1 - 7 1 1 - 1 - 8 Thomas Matton BEL 24/10/1985 30 - - - 3 1 6 4 3 1 3 1 10 Renato Neto BRA 27/09/1991 24 - - - 3 - 14 1 3 - 19 - 12 Marko Poletanović SRB 20/07/1993 22 - - - - - 1 - - - 13 - 14 Sven Kums BEL 26/02/1988 27 - - - 3 - 14 6 3 - 13 - 15 Kenneth Saief ISR 17/12/1993 21 * - - 2 - 7 1 2 - 2 - 17 Hannes Van der Bruggen BEL 01/04/1993 22 - - - - - 5 - - - 3 - 19 Brecht Dejaegere BEL 29/05/1991 24 - - - 1 - 10 1 1 - 1 - 32 Thomas Foket BEL 25/09/1994 21 - - - 2 1 14 - 2 1 3 1 77 Danijel Milicevic SUI 05/01/1986 29 - - - 3 1 11 2 3 1 3 1 Forwards 9 Laurent Depoitre BEL 07/12/1988 26 * - - 3 - 14 6 3 - 3 - 26 Benito Raman BEL 07/11/1994 20 - - - 2 - 10 2 2 - 3 - 27 Moses Simon NGA 12/07/1995 20 - - - 2 - 11 - 2 - 6 3 28 Nicklas Pedersen DEN 10/10/1987 28 - - - 1 - 4 - 1 - 4 - Coach - Hein Vanhaezebrouck BEL 16/02/1964 51 - - - 3 - - - 3 - 5 - 6 KAA Gent - Valencia CF Wednesday 4 November 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit KAA Gent Stadium, Ghent Valencia CF Current season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA No.