Beerschot-Wilrijk vs KRC Genk II preview: Away side will have a strenuous 90 minutes at Olympisch Stadion

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Competition: Belgium First Division B
Competition: Fri 27.January
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Olympisch Stadion (12771 seats)

A win is the only result that will be enough for the Beerschot-Wilrijk supporters in this Olympisch Stadion battle with KRC Genk II, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the First Division B standings.

Insights:
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have the most clean sheets (5) at home in First Division B
  • KRC Genk II have the fewest scored goals in the first half (8) in First Division B

For KRC Genk II it's their last days at this level as relegation is a fact.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a First Division B game only three days ago. That game, against Dender, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for KRC Genk II.

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Beerschot-Wilrijk form and stats

Beerschot-Wilrijk have played 9 First Division B games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-1-3 (wins-draws-losses). There’s a good atmosphere here at Olympisch Stadion after three straight home wins.

The regulars are hoping that Beerschot-Wilrijk will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the game against Waasland-Beveren (placed 1st).

A defeat was the result before that one, 2-3 away at Deinze.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Beerschot-Wilrijk home games with this odds we find 5 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 1 match were won by at least two goals.

Beerschot-Wilrijk has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Beerschot-Wilrijk have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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KRC Genk II form and stats

There's been little loot from KRC Genk II's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 9 away games in the First Division B. KRC Genk II only have 1 win to counter their 6 defeats and 2 draws.

It's the second away game in a row for Genk, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Dender (placed 9th) last time out.

A 1-2 loss hosting Club Brugge II before that.

KRC Genk II have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 10 goals have been scored. The KRC Genk II manager Somers has some worries about the defense as 20 goals have been conceded in these travels. Genk has visited these top teams three times, and 2 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

The newest recorded meeting between these squads is the KRC Genk II - Beerschot-Wilrijk 1-2 played not long ago this season. One of the players to grab the headlines has been Baeten with 2 goals scored against KRC Genk II in these 1 meetings.

Top Goalscorers

Beerschot-WilrijkT. Baeten
T. Baeten
10 goals
Beerschot-WilrijkT. Verlinden
T. Verlinden
4 goals

Beerschot-Wilrijk missing players

KRC Genk II missing players

Beerschot-Wilrijk KRC Genk II
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 9 3 Played P 3 9 18
11 5 2 Won W 0 1 4
2 1 1 Drew D 1 2 3
6 3 0 Lost L 2 6 11
30 12 5 Scored S 3 10 21
24 8 1 Conceded C 8 20 33
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
84% 67% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 83%
58% 33% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 67% 61%
26% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 44% 33%
16% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 22% 22%
58% 33% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 67% 56%
26% 56% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 17%
16% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 22% 33%
 
6.5 6.8 7 Corners for (avg) C F 2.7 7.1 6.3
3.5 3.8 2 Corners against (avg) C A 8.7 5.2 4.8
1.9 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.3 1.5
2 2 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
14.3 15.8 15.3 Shots (avg) S ( 6.7 12.1 11.1
5.9 6.4 6.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 5.4 4.8
27% 21% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 20% 24%
 
8.7 9.2 7.3 Shots against (avg) S A 20.3 13.9 11.7
3.7 4.1 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8.7 6.7 5.4
Key stats in First Division B this season:
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have the most clean sheets (5) at home in First Division B
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk 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 (5) away in First Division B
  • KRC Genk II have the fewest scored goals in the first half (8) in First Division B
  • KRC Genk II have the the worst goal difference (-10) away in First Division B
  • 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 Waasland-Beveren 19 11 5 3 43 19 10 7 2 1 24 9 9 4 3 2 19 10 24 38
2 RWDM 19 11 4 4 35 19 10 7 2 1 22 8 9 4 2 3 13 11 16 37
3 Beerschot-Wilrijk 19 11 2 6 30 24 9 5 1 3 12 8 10 6 1 3 18 16 6 35
4 Lierse Kempenzonen 18 9 3 6 38 39 9 6 1 2 23 16 9 3 2 4 15 23 -1 30
5 Lommel United 19 10 0 9 30 31 9 4 0 5 12 15 10 6 0 4 18 16 -1 30
6 Club Brugge II 18 8 5 5 35 28 9 5 3 1 20 12 9 3 2 4 15 16 7 29
7 RSC Anderlecht II 19 7 6 6 34 30 10 3 4 3 16 13 9 4 2 3 18 17 4 27
8 Deinze 19 7 3 9 24 29 9 5 1 3 18 15 10 2 2 6 6 14 -5 24
9 Dender 19 5 3 11 24 33 10 2 0 8 13 23 9 3 3 3 11 10 -9 18
10 Standard Liege II 18 4 4 10 20 36 9 1 3 5 12 22 9 3 1 5 8 14 -16 16
11 KRC Genk II 18 4 3 11 21 33 9 3 1 5 11 13 9 1 2 6 10 20 -12 15
12 Excelsior Virton 19 2 8 9 20 33 9 0 5 4 6 11 10 2 3 5 14 22 -13 14

Read more about First Division B

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.