Genk vs Sint-Truiden preview: Away side in for a demanding task at Luminus Arena

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 24.Sep
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Luminus Arena (24956 seats)

A story of good and bad for these sides so far, holding positions near the median of the Pro League table. Here's the Genk - Sint-Truiden latest:

Insights:
  • Genk have the fewest conceded goals (2) in Pro League
  • Sint-Truiden have not yet lost a game away.

This ground uses grass, unlike Sint-Truiden's home ground. The latest 36 games by the away team on grass have ended with 13 wins, 9 draws and 14 losses.

The hosts Genk saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Europa Conference League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Fiorentina, was also a home game here at Luminus Arena. The away team is better rested.

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Genk form and stats

Genk have played three Pro League home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 2 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.

The home regulars witnessed a 2-2 draw versus Fiorentina in the Europa Conference League last time out and are hoping for a win here. Midfielder Khannouss was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.03 (out of ten) in that game. Khannouss served one assist, hit four key passes and had 38 successful passes (of 45 total).

In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Union Saint-Gilloise.

Betting people who prefer looking for low-scoring games might like knowing that this team have played 5 league rounds in a row with zero, one or two goals (under 2.5).

Genk are traveling soon after this match as the Pro League match at Club Brugge awaits in four days.

Genk have scored {1 goals} here in 3 league matches, a depressing statistic. Genk are not conceding a lot of goals here at Luminus Arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 3 matches.

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Sint-Truiden form and stats

Sint-Truiden are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Pro League, having played 3 games and collected 5 points (1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses).

The followers enjoyed Sint-Truiden's previous match versus Mechelen (placed 8th), a 2-0 win played at home. Those three points felt nice as this side had gone four league games without victory. Sint-Truiden goalie Suzuki was high and low in the Mechelen game, contributing seven saves towards the victory. Suzuki was the team player of the game with the player rating of 9.13. The agile goalkeeper Suzuki topped it up with a clean sheet.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Cercle Brugge.

The visiting Sint-Truiden have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 4 goals from 3 games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - three - two (Genk wins - draws - Sint-Truiden wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Sint-TruidenA. Koita
A. Koita
3 goals
GenkC. Cuesta Figueroa
C. Cuesta Figueroa
1 goals
GenkB. Heynen
B. Heynen
1 goals

Genk missing players

Sint-Truiden missing players

Genk Sint-Truiden
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
6 3 1 Played P 0 3 7
3 0 0 Won W 0 1 3
2 2 0 Drew D 0 2 2
1 1 1 Lost L 0 0 2
8 1 0 Scored S 0 4 7
2 2 1 Conceded C 0 3 6
83% 67% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 33% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 57%
17% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 14%
17% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 14%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
17% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 67% 29%
67% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 43%
33% 67% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 29%
 
6.2 8.3 7 Corners for (avg) C F 0 7 5.6
4.5 4.3 2 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3.3 4
2.5 2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.3 1.6
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
18.2 21 28 Shots (avg) S ( 0 12 13.9
5.2 4.7 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4 4
26% 7% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 25%
 
11.2 6.7 5 Shots against (avg) S A 0 15 14.1
3.3 3 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3.7 4.6
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Genk have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Genk have the fewest conceded goals (2) in Pro League
  • Genk have the most clean sheets (4) in Pro League
  • Genk have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Genk have yet to win a game at home.
  • Sint-Truiden have not yet lost a game away.
  • Sint-Truiden have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Sint-Truiden have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
  • Sint-Truiden have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Sint-Truiden 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 Gent 6 4 2 0 12 7 3 2 1 0 7 5 3 2 1 0 5 2 5 14
2 Anderlecht 7 4 2 1 9 7 3 3 0 0 5 2 4 1 2 1 4 5 2 14
3 Club Brugge 6 4 1 1 19 6 3 2 1 0 12 4 3 2 0 1 7 2 13 13
4 Cercle Brugge 7 4 0 3 8 5 3 2 0 1 4 2 4 2 0 2 4 3 3 12
5 Antwerp 6 3 2 1 13 4 2 2 0 0 7 0 4 1 2 1 6 4 9 11
6 Genk 6 3 2 1 8 2 3 0 2 1 1 2 3 3 0 0 7 0 6 11
7 Sint-Truiden 7 3 2 2 7 6 4 2 0 2 3 3 3 1 2 0 4 3 1 11
8 Mechelen 7 3 1 3 9 7 3 2 0 1 5 1 4 1 1 2 4 6 2 10
9 Union Saint-Gilloise 6 3 1 2 10 9 4 2 1 1 9 5 2 1 0 1 1 4 1 10
10 AS Eupen 7 3 1 3 10 13 4 1 1 2 6 11 3 2 0 1 4 2 -3 10
11 RWDM 6 3 1 2 7 14 3 2 0 1 3 5 3 1 1 1 4 9 -7 10
12 Standard Liege 7 1 3 3 6 7 3 0 1 2 1 3 4 1 2 1 5 4 -1 6
13 OH Leuven 7 1 3 3 9 13 4 1 2 1 6 4 3 0 1 2 3 9 -4 6
14 Sporting Charleroi 7 0 4 3 6 11 3 0 3 0 3 3 4 0 1 3 3 8 -5 4
15 Kortrijk 7 0 2 5 6 19 4 0 2 2 4 7 3 0 0 3 2 12 -13 2
16 Westerlo 7 0 1 6 7 16 4 0 0 4 3 10 3 0 1 2 4 6 -9 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.