Challenger Pro League: KRC Genk II - Lommel United preview and all the data

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Competition: Belgium Challenger Pro League
Competition: Fri 21.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: B-Veld Racing Genk

Challenger Pro League: KRC Genk II are 12 points short of Lommel United, but are psyched to go full force. Let's get started!

Insights:
  • KRC Genk II have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Lommel United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

For KRC Genk II relegation is already certain this season. Only divine intervention and/or time travel can save them and neither look likely. Lommel United are nearing the end of this stay in this division as relegation is now unavoidable.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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KRC Genk II form and stats

When playing at home in the Challenger Pro League, KRC Genk II have managed 3 wins, 3 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 11 games.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 301 minutes without scoring a league goal. Mpie was the last player to find the net.

The Genk coach Somers and his side return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Standard Liège II.

Ahead of that match, KRC Genk II lost 0-4 at home to Dender.

The KRC Genk II fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 11 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the KRC Genk II defense is not exactly impregnable. 17 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Lommel United form and stats

As the visiting team in Challenger Pro League matches, Lommel United have produced an overall stat of 6-1-4 so far.

The club members enjoyed Lommel's previous match versus Deinze, a 4-1 win played at home.

Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Excelsior Virton.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by Lommel United in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Lommel United, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

Lommel United are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 20 times in 11 away games so far. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Lommel struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 18 goals conceded from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these teams get together this campaign, as the statistics show this recent match: Lommel United - KRC Genk II 2-0. Last three meetings featuring these contenders: Genk won zero, Lommel United triumphed in three and we saw zero draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, one match with under 2,5 goals. Vinicius loves to face KRC Genk II and have scored 3 goals in these matches.

Top Goalscorers

KRC Genk IIV. Beniangba
V. Beniangba
6 goals
Lommel UnitedR. Belghali
R. Belghali
6 goals

KRC Genk II missing players

Lommel United missing players

KRC Genk II Lommel United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
29 14 3 Played P 5 14 29
6 3 2 Won W 4 7 14
8 5 1 Drew D 0 2 3
15 6 0 Lost L 1 5 12
33 17 7 Scored S 9 22 43
50 23 3 Conceded C 2 20 41
93% 93% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
79% 86% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 79% 79%
55% 57% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 64% 55%
38% 36% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 36% 31%
17% 14% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 21% 17%
55% 57% 67% BTTS BTTS 20% 43% 48%
17% 14% 33% Clean Sheets C S 60% 36% 28%
34% 36% 33% Failed to Score F T 20% 21% 24%
 
6 5.9 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4.1 4.9
5 4.6 7 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 5.1 5.6
1.8 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.3 2.3
7 5 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.7 10.4 11.3 Shots (avg) S ( 7.4 8.1 10.4
4.8 4.6 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 4 4.8
24% 26% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 47% 39% 31%
 
11.5 9.9 9.7 Shots against (avg) S A 7 9.9 10.2
4.9 3.9 4.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.8 3.8 4.5
Key stats in Challenger Pro League this season:
  • KRC Genk II have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Lommel United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Lommel United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 Liège 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

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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.