Genk look to Luminus Arena supporters for inspiration before Anderlecht match

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 03.Sep
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Luminus Arena (24956 seats)

Genk receive Anderlecht for another exciting Pro League game here at Luminus Arena.

Insights:
  • Genk have the fewest conceded goals (1) in Pro League
  • Anderlecht is in the best form (4-0-1) in Pro League

Genk have less rest than Anderlecht in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Europa Conference League game only three days ago. That game was an away game at Adana Demirspor, so at least Genk are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Genk form and stats

When playing at home in the Pro League, Genk have managed 0 wins, 1 draw and suffered 1 defeat from 2 games.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Maarten Vandevoordt not having conceded a league goal in 268 minutes.

The supporters are hoping that Genk will fight back in this game, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Europa Conference League fixture against Adana Demirspor. Goalkeeper Vandevoordt got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.03 out of ten. Vandevoordt saved a penalty.

Preceding that match, a home win against Adana Demirspor in the Europa Conference League. The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Genk have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 7 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 1 and lost 3.

At Luminus Arena, Genk has the goal stats of 0-1 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.

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Anderlecht form and stats

Anderlecht are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Pro League, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).

Anderlecht are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the game against Sporting Charleroi (placed 12th). Amuzu came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Sporting Charleroi last time out, making the manager Riemer feel like a tactical genius. Leoni got a match rating of 7.83 in that game, top player of the team. Leoni scored one goal and hit two key passes.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Westerlo.

We have checked recent matches where Anderlecht have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 7 games were 1 victory, 1 draw and 5 defeats.

{1 goals} so far away for Anderlecht, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 2 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the former ten meetings between these two sides are: six wins for Genk, one draw and three wins for Anderlecht. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

AnderlechtK. Dolberg
K. Dolberg
2 goals
GenkC. Cuesta Figueroa
C. Cuesta Figueroa
1 goals
GenkB. Heynen
B. Heynen
1 goals

Genk missing players

Anderlecht missing players

Genk Anderlecht
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
4 2 1 Played P 1 2 5
2 0 0 Won W 1 1 4
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 1 1 Lost L 0 1 1
5 0 0 Scored S 1 1 6
1 1 1 Conceded C 0 2 4
75% 50% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
25% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 60%
25% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 40%
25% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 40%
75% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 40%
50% 100% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 20%
 
6.8 9 7 Corners for (avg) C F 1 2 3.4
3.2 3 2 Corners against (avg) C A 6 4.5 4.8
1 0.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 5 4 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
22.5 25.5 28 Shots (avg) S ( 9 8.5 13.2
6 5 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.5 4.6
21% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 20% 26%
 
8.8 6 5 Shots against (avg) S A 14 13 13.2
3 2.5 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4 3.8
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Anderlecht is in the best form (4-0-1) in Pro League
  • Genk have the fewest conceded goals (1) in Pro League
Genk Last season Anderlecht
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
40 20   Played P   16 33
25 15   Won W   7 13
8 3   Drew D   3 7
7 2   Lost L   6 13
88 50   Scored S   22 49
47 19   Conceded C   18 41
98% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 91%
85% 80%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   62% 67%
72% 75%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   44% 48%
50% 50%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   25% 39%
20% 20%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 18%
70% 70%   BTTS BTTS   44% 48%
20% 25%   Clean Sheets C S   44% 33%
12% 10%   Failed to Score F T   19% 27%
 
5.7 6.2   Corners for (avg) C F   4.1 5.4
4.6 4   Corners against (avg) C A   4.5 4.1
1.9 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 1.9
5 1   Red cards R C   3 5
 
13.3 14.8   Shots (avg) S (   10.4 12.7
5.2 6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.9 4.6
42% 42%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 32%
 
12.1 9.8   Shots against (avg) S A   12.9 11.4
4.2 3.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.2 4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Anderlecht 5 4 0 1 6 4 3 3 0 0 5 2 2 1 0 1 1 2 2 12
2 Club Brugge 4 3 1 0 14 2 2 1 1 0 8 2 2 2 0 0 6 0 12 10
3 Gent 4 3 1 0 9 5 2 1 1 0 5 4 2 2 0 0 4 1 4 10
4 AS Eupen 5 3 1 1 9 9 3 1 1 1 5 8 2 2 0 0 4 1 0 10
5 Union Saint-Gilloise 4 3 0 1 8 5 2 2 0 0 7 1 2 1 0 1 1 4 3 9
6 Cercle Brugge 5 3 0 2 5 2 2 1 0 1 2 1 3 2 0 1 3 1 3 9
7 Antwerp 4 2 1 1 8 2 2 2 0 0 7 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 6 7
8 Genk 4 2 1 1 5 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 5 0 4 7
9 Mechelen 5 2 1 2 8 5 2 1 0 1 4 1 3 1 1 1 4 4 3 7
10 Sint-Truiden 5 2 1 2 4 5 3 1 0 2 1 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 -1 7
11 RWDM 4 2 0 2 4 12 2 1 0 1 1 4 2 1 0 1 3 8 -8 6
12 Sporting Charleroi 5 0 3 2 3 6 2 0 2 0 2 2 3 0 1 2 1 4 -3 3
13 Standard Liege 5 0 2 3 2 5 2 0 0 2 0 2 3 0 2 1 2 3 -3 2
14 OH Leuven 5 0 2 3 5 12 2 0 1 1 2 3 3 0 1 2 3 9 -7 2
15 Westerlo 5 0 1 4 6 11 3 0 0 3 3 7 2 0 1 1 3 4 -5 1
16 Kortrijk 5 0 1 4 4 14 3 0 1 2 2 5 2 0 0 2 2 9 -10 1

Read more about Pro League

The First Division A is the top league of the football pyramid in Belgium, founded in 1895. It was earlier known as the Belgian Pro League. The season runs from July to May with 16 teams each playing 30 fixtures. The top six in the league table then play a championship playoff, the bottom team is relegated and places #7 to #15 have a Europa League playoff.