First Division B fixture forecast and news & stats for the KRC Genk II vs Waasland-Beveren duel

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Competition: Belgium First Division B
Competition: Fri 03.February
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: B-Veld Racing Genk

A quick glance at the First Division B standings imply an advantage to Waasland-Beveren when they go to KRC Genk II. But; let's wait before we hand out the points!

Insights:
  • KRC Genk II have the fewest points from losing position (1) in First Division B
  • Waasland-Beveren have the most scored goals (45) in First Division B

Genk have had a bad season and will be relegated from First Division B.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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KRC Genk II form and stats

KRC Genk II have played 9 First Division B games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-1-5 (wins-draws-losses).

KRC Genk II faced defeat in their previous match, away at Beerschot-Wilrijk (2-3). A disaster for the home team in their last match (vs Beerschot-Wilrijk) as a comfortable lead 2-0 was completely ruined into a loss 2-3. The defeat against Beerschot-Wilrijk was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored six minutes into stoppage time (by Sanusi).

In the game before, an away victory match versus Dender with a 1-0 scoreline.

KRC Genk II has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. On the other hand, KRC Genk II have conceded 13 goals. When Genk hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Dender, Standard Liege II and Excelsior Virton), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.

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Waasland-Beveren form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their First Division B travels is 4 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats. Waasland-Beveren has drawn their two previous away games.

Waasland-Beveren are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Standard Liege II (placed 10th). An inspired comeback made the scores level in Waasland-Beveren's duel with Standard Liege II. It looked bad at 0-2 but the team were not done and fought back to 2-2 after Barry found the equalizer.

Before that, Waasland-Beveren secured a home win against Beerschot-Wilrijk with the score 2-0.

Take note that 12 of this team's 16 most recent league games have ended with three or more goals.

The Waasland-Beveren manager Decker has got the team scoring on the road, with 21 away goals in 10 league matches. 12 goals have been conceded by Waasland-Beveren in these games.

Head 2 Head

The fixture history shows this score when the participants faced each other previously this season; Waasland-Beveren - KRC Genk II 3-0. Barry loves to play against Genk and have scored 2 goals in these games.

Top Goalscorers

Waasland-BeverenT. Barry
T. Barry
14 goals
Waasland-BeverenK. Hoggas
K. Hoggas
6 goals

KRC Genk II missing players

Waasland-Beveren missing players

KRC Genk II Waasland-Beveren
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 9 3 Played P 3 10 20
4 3 1 Won W 1 4 11
3 1 0 Drew D 2 4 6
12 5 2 Lost L 0 2 3
23 11 3 Scored S 5 21 45
36 13 5 Conceded C 2 12 21
95% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 90% 95%
84% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 80% 85%
63% 56% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 70% 70%
37% 22% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 60% 50%
26% 22% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 25%
58% 44% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 60% 60%
16% 22% 33% Clean Sheets C S 67% 30% 35%
32% 44% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 20% 10%
 
6.3 5.6 6.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 6.1 4.9
4.9 4.3 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 4.7 5.2
1.5 1.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2.1 2.3
4 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11.1 10 9.3 Shots (avg) S ( 10 12.2 12.2
4.8 4.1 2.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 5.7 5.8
25% 30% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 37% 39%
 
12.1 9.6 9.7 Shots against (avg) S A 12 11 9.6
5.6 4.2 4.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 4.6 4
Key stats in First Division B this season:
  • KRC Genk II have the fewest points from losing position (1) in First Division B
  • Waasland-Beveren have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Waasland-Beveren have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (11) in First Division B
  • Waasland-Beveren have the most clean sheets (7) in First Division B
  • Waasland-Beveren have the most scored goals (45) in First Division B
  • Waasland-Beveren have the most scored goals in the second half (25) in First Division B
  • Waasland-Beveren have the the best goal difference (+24) in First Division B
  • Waasland-Beveren have the the best goal difference (+9) away in First Division B
  • Waasland-Beveren have won significantly more corners away than at home.

  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 20 12 4 4 37 20 10 7 2 1 22 8 10 5 2 3 15 12 17 40
2 Waasland-Beveren 20 11 6 3 45 21 10 7 2 1 24 9 10 4 4 2 21 12 24 39
3 Beerschot-Wilrijk 20 12 2 6 33 26 10 6 1 3 15 10 10 6 1 3 18 16 7 38
4 Lommel United 20 10 1 9 31 32 10 4 1 5 13 16 10 6 0 4 18 16 -1 31
5 RSC Anderlecht II 20 8 6 6 37 31 10 3 4 3 16 13 10 5 2 3 21 18 6 30
6 Lierse Kempenzonen 19 9 3 7 39 41 10 6 1 3 24 18 9 3 2 4 15 23 -2 30
7 Club Brugge II 19 8 5 6 36 30 9 5 3 1 20 12 10 3 2 5 16 18 6 29
8 Deinze 20 8 3 9 26 30 10 6 1 3 20 16 10 2 2 6 6 14 -4 27
9 Dender 20 5 4 11 25 34 10 2 0 8 13 23 10 3 4 3 12 11 -9 19
10 Standard Liege II 19 4 5 10 22 38 10 1 4 5 14 24 9 3 1 5 8 14 -16 17
11 KRC Genk II 19 4 3 12 23 36 9 3 1 5 11 13 10 1 2 7 12 23 -13 15
12 Excelsior Virton 20 2 8 10 21 36 10 0 5 5 7 14 10 2 3 5 14 22 -15 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.