Gent occupies first place in the Belgian Pro League with 14 points from six matches, with a difference of three goals from Anderlecht, the second, but in seven games.
One of Gents most important points of power this season is their excellence in set-pieces, particularly attacking corners, as they are the team that scored the most goals from corners in the Belgian Pro League with four goals, equal with Club Brugge.
In order to understand the impact of the attacking corners on Gent, we should know that the team scored four goals from corners out of a total of 12 goals, with a percentage of 33%, while Club Brugge scored four goals from corners out of a total of 19 goals, with a percentage of 21%. This means that the corners have a more significant effect on Gent, despite playing only six matches, unlike Club Brugge, who played seven matches.
In this tactical analysis, we will discuss the reasons for Gents superiority in corners and their varied and different tactics, which helped them to lead the Belgian Pro League.
Far runners
They prefer to make three runners, at least, start on the edge of the box, and then they run to the box when the taker moves. This trick gives them many advantages according to the opponents reaction, and this is their point of power, as we will see below.
In the first photo, the opponent defends with five zonal players in zonal marking, highlighted in red; two players in man-marking, highlighted in green; two short-option defenders; and a rebound player. In the second photo, our three far runners, have a numerical superiority against their markers, in green, in a 3v2 situation, so they can easily manipulate these two defenders to free one of them, who is the red-highlighted player who targets the red area, as shown in the third photo.
In the same third photo, the targeted player comes free from marking, having a dynamic superiority over the zonal defenders because he comes from a far area, jumping from movement, but to make sure that he will get the ball, the attacker moves to drag the zonal defender.
In contrast, the attacker moves behind the defender to attract his attention, preventing him from stepping forward to get the ball. Still, the intelligent defender let him move to the cross, as shown in the fourth photo. Still, the ball hits his back to reach the attacker on the far post.
He kicks the ball above the crossbar, as shown below.
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