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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2020/21 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS KAA Gent Stadium - Ghent Thursday 26 November 2020 18.55CET (18.55 local time) KAA Gent Group L - Matchday 4 FK Crvena zvezda Last updated 26/02/2021 12:11CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Team facts 5 Squad list 7 Fixtures and results 9 Match-by-match lineups 13 Match officials 15 Legend 16 1 KAA Gent - FK Crvena zvezda Thursday 26 November 2020 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit KAA Gent Stadium, Ghent Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Kanga 12, Katai 59; 05/11/2020 GS FK Crvena zvezda - KAA Gent 2-1 Belgrade Odjidja-Ofoe 31 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA KAA Gent 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 FK Crvena zvezda 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 KAA Gent - Record versus clubs from opponents' country KAA Gent have not played against a club from their opponents' country FK Crvena zvezda - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FK Crvena zvezda - K. 1-1 Drulic 18; Radzinski 02/10/1997 R1 Belgrade Beerschot AC agg: 3-4 67 E. Kovács 17, K. Beerschot AC - FK Crvena Hofmans 57, Dauwe 18/09/1997 R1 3-2 Ekeren zvezda 70; Ognjenovic 60, Stanković 63 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Luís Oliveira 3, RSC Anderlecht - FK Crvena 15/04/1992 R3 (GS) 3-2 Brussels Bosman 44, Degryse zvezda 83; Pancev 5, Cula 82 Ratkovic 19, Ivić 67, FK Crvena zvezda - RSC 12/12/1991 R3 (GS) 3-2 Budapest Pancev 85; Lamptey Anderlecht 33, Nilis 54 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Brylle Larsen 12, 4-0 Ceulemans 46, 04/11/1987 R2 Club Brugge - FK Crvena zvezda Bruges agg: 5-3 Radovanovic 47 (og), Beyens 88 Radovanovic 52, Cvetkovic 74, 21/10/1987 R2 FK Crvena zvezda - Club Brugge 3-1 Belgrade Stojković 89 (P); Beyens 40 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FK Crvena zvezda - RSC 1-2 Savić 45; Hofkens 33, 17/03/1982 QF Belgrade Anderlecht agg: 2-4 Vercauteren 59 2 KAA Gent - FK Crvena zvezda Thursday 26 November 2020 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit KAA Gent Stadium, Ghent European Champions Clubs' Cup RSC Anderlecht - FK Crvena Hofkens 28, Lozano 03/03/1982 QF 2-1 Brussels zvezda 63; Djurovski 53 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA KAA Gent 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 FK Crvena zvezda 5 3 1 1 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 9 3 1 5 15 19 3 KAA Gent - FK Crvena zvezda Thursday 26 November 2020 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit KAA Gent Stadium, Ghent Match background Without a point from their opening three Group L fixtures, Gent are in urgent need of a win as they play host to a Crvena zvezda side that got the better of them in Belgrade on Matchday 3. • The Serbian champions followed up a 5-1 home success against Slovan Liberec by beating Gent 2-1 at the Stadion Rajko Mitić on 5 November. Guélor Kanga gave Crvena zvezda an early lead that Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe cancelled out before Aleksandar Katai struck a 59th-minute winner to inflict a third successive defeat on the Belgian side following their losses against Liberec (0-1 a) and section leaders Hoffenheim (1-4 h). Previous meetings • While Gent had never faced Serbian opposition until Matchday 3, Crvena zvezda have taken on Belgian teams eight times in the past, all in the 1980s and '90s. Their four games in Belgium all ended in defeat, most recently 3-2 at Germinal Ekeren in the 1997/98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round with current Crvena zvezda coach Dejan Stanković scoring the visitors' second goal. Form guide Gent • Runners-up in the abbreviated 2019/20 Belgian First Division A behind Club Brugge, Gent also reached the UEFA Europa League round of 32, where they went out to Roma (0-1 a, 1-1 h) having come through three qualifying rounds before finishing top of a section including Wolfsburg, St-Étienne and Olexandriya. • Gent are competing in Europe for the sixth successive season, extending the longest sequence in the club's history. They entered the 2020/21 UEFA Champions League under new coach Wim De Decker in the third qualifying round, where they overcame Rapid Wien 2-1 at home, but were then beaten home and away by Dynamo Kyiv in the play-offs (1-2 h, 0-3 a), which booked them a fourth participation in the UEFA Europa League group stage. They have reached the knockout phase twice, in 2016/17 and last season, having missed the cut on their first appearance in 2010/11. • Gent were undefeated in 13 European home games against foreign opposition (W8 D5), winning five out of seven last season, before the recent losses against Dynamo Kyiv and Hoffenheim, the latter defeat only their second in ten UEFA Europa League group stage home matches (W5 D3). Crvena zvezda • The 2019/20 season brought Crvena zvezda their 30th national title, completing a hat-trick of Serbian Super Liga successes. The Belgrade giants reached the UEFA Champions League group stage for the second successive season, again finishing in fourth place, behind Bayern München, Tottenham Hotspur and Olympiacos. • The 1990/91 European champions' bid to return to the UEFA Champions League group stage this season under new head coach Stanković ended in the third qualifying round with a penalty shoot-out defeat in Cyprus against Omonoia, but a 2-1 win at Ararat-Armenia in the UEFA Europa League play-offs ensured a fourth successive autumn of European group stage football. In 2017/18 Crvena zvezda reached the UEFA Europa League proper for the first time and finished runners-up in their group to Arsenal before losing to CSKA Moskva (0-0 h, 0-1 a) in the round of 32. • Crvena zvezda posted clean sheets in all three of their away fixtures in the 2017/18 UEFA Europa League group stage (W1 D2), but their seven group games on the road since then, six in the UEFA Champions League plus the Matchday 1 fixture at Hoffenheim (0-2), have all ended in defeat, with 29 goals conceded and just two scored. Links and trivia • Milan Borjan, Crvena zvezda's Canadian goalkeeper, is one appearance short of his 50th in UEFA club competition. • Crvena zvezda striker El Fardou Ben Nabouhane and Gent skipper Odjidja-Ofoe were team-mates at Olympiacos in the first half of 2017/18. • Crvena zvezda are one of six former European Cup winners in this season's UEFA Europa League group stage, the others being Benfica (Group D), PSV Eindhoven (E), Celtic and AC Milan (H), and Feyenoord (K). 4 KAA Gent - FK Crvena zvezda Thursday 26 November 2020 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit KAA Gent Stadium, Ghent Team facts KAA Gent Formed: 1864 Nickname: De Buffalos (The Buffalos) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • UEFA Intertoto Cup: (2006), (2007) Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League titles: 1 (2015) Belgian Cup: 3 (2010) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2019/20: round of 32 2018/19: play-offs 2017/18: third qualifying round 2016/17: round of 16 2015/16: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2014/15: did not take part in UEFA competition 2013/14: did not take part in UEFA competition 2012/13: third qualifying round 2011/12: did not take part in UEFA competition 2010/11: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 5-0: Gent v Viitorul Constanța 28/07/16, UEFA Europa League third qualifying round first leg • Biggest away win 0-4 twice, most recently v Shkëndija 25/08/16, play-off second leg • Heaviest home defeat 1-7: Gent v Roma 06/08/09, UEFA Europa League third qualifying round second leg 0-6: Gent v Ajax 12/09/00, UEFA Cup first round first leg • Heaviest away defeat 7-1: Paris Saint-Germain v Gent 01/08/01, UEFA Intertoto Cup semi-final second leg UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 5-0: Gent v Viitorul Constanța (see above) • Biggest away win 0-4: Shkëndija v Gent (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 1-7: Gent v Roma (see above) 0-6: Gent v Ajax (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: Shakhtar Donetsk v Gent 20/10/16, group stage FK Crvena zvezda Formed: 1945 Nickname: Crveno-beli (Red-and-Whites) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • European Cup (1): 1991 • UEFA Cup: (1979) 5 KAA Gent - FK Crvena zvezda Thursday 26 November 2020 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit KAA Gent Stadium, Ghent • UEFA Super Cup: (1991) • European/South American Cup (1): 1991 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 31 (2020) Yugoslavian/Serbian Cup: 24 (2012) Ten-year record (UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2019/20: UEFA Champions League group stage 2018/19: UEFA Champions League group stage 2017/18: round of 32 2016/17: play-offs (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2015/16: first qualifying round 2014/15: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2013/14: third qualifying round 2012/13: play-offs 2011/12: play-offs 2010/11: third qualifying round Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 9-1: Crvena zvezda v Stade Dudelange 02/10/57, European Cup preliminary round second leg • Biggest away win 2-7: Komloi BSK v Crvena zvezda 15/09/71, European Cup Winners' Cup first round first leg 1-6: Avenir Beggen v Crvena zvezda 22/10/74, European Cup Winners' Cup second round first leg 0-5 twice, most recently v Dundalk 07/09/88, European Cup first round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-6: Crvena zvezda v Bayern München 26/11/19, UEFA Champions