Genk battle against Sporting Charleroi for prestige and football prosperity.
The hosts Genk saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Europa League. This match was also played here at Luminus Arena. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Sporting Charleroi have had more rest.
Genk form and stats
Genk's first Pro League home game here at Luminus Arena ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 1 win, 2 draws and 0 defeats from 3 matches.
The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw against Olympiakos Piraeus in the Europa League last time out and are hoping for a victory here.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Cercle Brugge and winning 1-0.At Luminus Arena, Genk has the goal stats of 0-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Sporting Charleroi form and stats
Sporting Charleroi have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Pro League were 7 victories, 4 draws and 6 defeats from 17 fixtures.
Sporting Charleroi delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Standard Liege (placed 13th) in their previous match. Midfield player Ilaimaharitra was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.04/10. Ilaimaharitra scored one goal, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 47 successful passes (of 58 total).
A 0-2 defeat away at Cercle Brugge before that.{0 goals} so far away for Sporting Charleroi, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Genk have avoided defeat in the last 5 fixtures (3-2-0) versus Sporting Charleroi.Top Goalscorers
  C. Cuesta Figueroa 1 goals |  B. Heynen 1 goals |  D. Muñoz Mejía 1 goals |
Genk missing players
Sporting Charleroi missing players
| Genk | Sporting Charleroi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 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% | 67% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 5.3 | 7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 6.7 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 1.3 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 22.3 | 28 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8 | 10 |
| 5.7 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 9.3 | 5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 19 | 15 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3.3 |
| Genk | Last season | Sporting Charleroi | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 40 | 20 | Played | P | 17 | 33 | ||
| 25 | 15 | Won | W | 7 | 14 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 13 | ||
| 88 | 50 | Scored | S | 22 | 45 | ||
| 47 | 19 | Conceded | C | 25 | 47 | ||
| 98% | 95% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 94% | ||
| 85% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 59% | 61% | ||
| 72% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 59% | 61% | ||
| 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 47% | 45% | ||
| 20% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 24% | 18% | ||
| 70% | 70% | BTTS | BTTS | 59% | 58% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 35% | 27% | ||
| 12% | 10% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 21% | ||
| 5.7 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.4 | ||
| 4.6 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.2 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 13.3 | 14.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.6 | 11.8 | ||
| 5.2 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.2 | ||
| 42% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 33% | ||
| 12.1 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.2 | 11.6 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 4.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 9 |
| 2 | Gent | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | Club Brugge | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| 4 | Antwerp | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | Genk | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | Sint-Truiden | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Anderlecht | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | RWDM | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 6 |
| 9 | AS Eupen | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -4 | 4 |
| 10 | Cercle Brugge | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Sporting Charleroi | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| 12 | Mechelen | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 13 | Standard Liege | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 14 | Westerlo | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| 15 | OH Leuven | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 1 |
| 16 | Kortrijk | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -8 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Antwerp | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 69 | 34 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 47 |
| 2 | Genk | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 88 | 47 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 41 | 46 |
| 3 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 78 | 49 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 46 |
| 4 | Club Brugge | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 71 | 48 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 36 |
