Pick 1 :

Gameday in Gent for the 1/8 final between KAA Gent & Cercle.

Gent is without Kums suspended. Tissoudali, Lemajic & Hance-Olsen are injured.

Cercle is without Sousa, Utkus, Torres & Heitor.

In domestic league Gent is ranked 5 with 9 wins, 3 draws & 5 losses for 32 goals scored & 18 goals conceded.

Cercle is ranked 9 with 7 wins, 4 draws & 6 losses for 24 goals scored & 24 goals conceded.

Very good value here on Gent that I rate much stronger and they also have more motivation. Cercle on their side is doing great this season but I still rate them as a team who is overperforming. The very good news for them is that Ueda is able to play as he was at the WC.

In front Gent will be able to count on the young Salah who did great before the WC Cup, next to him Cuypers. In the midfield Odidja to lead the offense.

I expect a solid performance by Gent who puts importance for the Cup.

Pick 2 :

Gameday in Heverlee for the 1/8 final between OHL & KV Kortrijk.

OHL is without Schrijvers.

KV Kortrijk is without d'Haene suspended. Henen & Vandendriessche are injured.

In Domestic League OHL is ranked 8 with 7 wins, 4 draws & 6 losses for 30 goals scored & 26 goals conceded.

KVK is ranked 17 with 3 wins, 3 draws & 11 losses for 14 goals scored & 33 goals conceded.

KVK is going to use this game to build a chemistry but of course they can't put importance in the domestic league because they are in a really bad position and they got already few inside crisis this season. They got new coach one month ago so we will see what he will offer with his team, maybe key player will finally be used at his good position.

OHL is going with a good line up with Mathieu Maertens, Al Tamari, Mendyl, Keita etc.

I expect 2-1 or 3-1.