Balanced ball game between Dender and KRC Genk II expected

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Competition: Belgium Challenger Pro League
Competition: Fri 31.March
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Van Roystadion (6429 seats)

KRC Genk II have recuperated after their 1-1-fixture versus Excelsior Virton and are ready to face Dender. Here's all the facts!

Insights:
  • Dender have the most conceded goals in the first half (24) in Challenger Pro League
  • KRC Genk II have the fewest points (8) away in Challenger Pro League

Dender have had a bad season and will be relegated from Challenger Pro League. KRC Genk II are nearing the end of this stay in this division as relegation is now unavoidable.

Both teams have had a decent time to rest since their last game. Let's aim for an energetic fixture!

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Dender form and stats

With 2 Challenger Pro League wins, 0 draws and 9 defeats from their home games, Dender, who have the the worst goal difference (-11) at home in Challenger Pro League, are certainly not brimming with confidence. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Van Roystadion.

The home team returns to Van Roystadion after drawing with Standard Liege II on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. The hometeam coach Simons made a successful contribution in the game against Standard Liege II, bringing on Rajsel who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Deinze.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Dender have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 7 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 1 and lost 4.

The Dender fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 11 matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Dender with 24 goals conceded in these matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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KRC Genk II form and stats

KRC Genk II have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Challenger Pro League, after 2-2-7 (11 played).

There were no winners in Genk's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Excelsior Virton.

A 0-2 defeat away at Lommel United before that.

KRC Genk II have scored 13 goals on their travels this season, from 11 away games in the league. KRC Genk II have conceded 23 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The latest head to head match ended Dender - KRC Genk II 0-1, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Dender one win, zero draws and KRC Genk II one victory. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

KRC Genk IIV. Beniangba
V. Beniangba
6 goals
DenderS. Marzo
S. Marzo
5 goals

Dender missing players

KRC Genk II missing players

Dender KRC Genk II
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 13 3 Played P 2 13 26
7 4 1 Won W 1 3 6
5 0 0 Drew D 1 2 7
14 9 2 Lost L 0 8 13
31 16 5 Scored S 3 16 33
43 25 6 Conceded C 2 26 45
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
73% 62% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 85% 85%
42% 62% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 62% 58%
27% 38% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 46% 38%
27% 38% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 23% 19%
58% 54% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 62% 62%
15% 8% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 15% 15%
27% 38% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 23% 27%
 
4.2 5 5.7 Corners for (avg) C F 6 6.2 6.1
4.5 4.8 6.3 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.4 5
2 2.2 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 1.3 1.6
4 3 1 Red cards R C 0 2 7
 
11.3 12.1 8.7 Shots (avg) S ( 14 12.1 11.2
4.6 4.6 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 5.4 5
26% 27% 45% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 23% 25%
 
10.7 11.6 11 Shots against (avg) S A 11 14.5 12.3
4.8 5.2 6.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 6.5 5.3
Key stats in Challenger Pro League this season:
  • Dender have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Dender have the fewest matches over the total-line (11) in Challenger Pro League
  • Dender have the most conceded goals in the first half (24) in Challenger Pro League
  • Dender have the most matches under the total-line (15) in Challenger Pro League
  • Dender have the the worst goal difference (-11) at home in Challenger Pro League
  • Dender have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Dender haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • KRC Genk II have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • KRC Genk II have the fewest points (8) away in Challenger Pro League
  • KRC Genk II have the the worst goal difference (-10) away in Challenger Pro League
  • KRC Genk II haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 RWDM 22 14 4 4 41 21 11 8 2 1 25 9 11 6 2 3 16 12 20 46
2 Waasland-Beveren 22 12 7 3 52 25 11 8 2 1 29 11 11 4 5 2 23 14 27 43
3 Beerschot-Wilrijk 22 12 2 8 33 28 11 6 1 4 15 11 11 6 1 4 18 17 5 38
4 Club Brugge II 22 10 6 6 38 30 11 7 3 1 22 12 11 3 3 5 16 18 8 36
5 Lierse Kempenzonen 22 11 3 8 42 42 11 7 1 3 25 18 11 4 2 5 17 24 0 36
6 RSC Anderlecht II 22 9 7 6 42 35 11 3 5 3 18 15 11 6 2 3 24 20 7 34
7 Lommel United 22 10 2 10 33 36 11 4 1 6 13 18 11 6 1 4 20 18 -3 32
8 Deinze 22 9 3 10 29 33 11 6 1 4 22 19 11 3 2 6 7 14 -4 30
9 KRC Genk II 22 5 5 12 28 40 11 3 3 5 15 17 11 2 2 7 13 23 -12 20
10 Dender 22 5 4 13 27 40 11 2 0 9 13 24 11 3 4 4 14 16 -13 19
11 Standard Liege II 22 4 7 11 25 43 11 1 5 5 14 24 11 3 2 6 11 19 -18 19
12 Excelsior Virton 22 2 8 12 21 38 11 0 5 6 7 15 11 2 3 6 14 23 -17 14

Read more about Challenger Pro League

The First Division B is the second highest league in Belgian football. It replaced the Belgian Second Division in 2016. It has eight teams playing a league in two stages, “opening” and “closing”. Each stage has each team playing 14 fixtures and the winner of each qualify for promotion play-offs.