Genk vs Union Saint-Gilloise fact sheet

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 12.March
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: B-Veld Racing Genk

Get ready for a show! Today's leading roles are Genk and Union Saint-Gilloise, a win is the objective and 90 minutes the length.

Insights:
  • Genk have the most scored goals (67) in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most scored goals in the second half (36) in Pro League

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Europa League game only three days ago. That game, against Union Berlin, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Union Saint-Gilloise.

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Genk form and stats

Genk have been very solid at home in the Pro League so far, with 37 points collected from 14 matches (12-1-1). This has contributed greatly to their 1st position in the table.

An away draw last time out for Genk, facing Sint-Truiden in a game that ended 2-2. The striker Samatta was announced as "man of the match" for Genk with the rating of 8.4/10. Samatta scored two goals and hit one key pass.

Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against KV Oostende.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Genk have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 4 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 0 and lost 2.

Goals are plentiful at B-Veld Racing Genk in the league this season as Genk has scored 36 goals here in 14 home games. Genk have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Union Saint-Gilloise form and stats

The visitors are W8-D3-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Pro League.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Union Berlin in their previous outing. The Europa League duel ended 3-3. The attacker Boniface got a match rating of 7.91 in that game. Boniface scored two goals.

Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against AS Eupen in the Pro League.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Union Saint-Gilloise playing away and similar expectations, we found 4 relevant matches. Results were 1 Saint-Gilloise win, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

A quick return to home after this game, as Union Saint-Gilloise are hosting Union Berlin in the Europa League only four days away.

Union Saint-Gilloise have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 30 goals from 14 away matches. Union Saint-Gilloise have conceded 21 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The most up to date archived scoreline between these teams is the Union Saint-Gilloise - Genk 1-2 played earlier this season. Head to head statistics (for the last six meetings): Genk won three games, two matches ended in a draw and Union Saint-Gilloise have one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / one.

Top Goalscorers

GenkJ. Paintsil
J. Paintsil
11 goals
GenkB. Heynen
B. Heynen
8 goals
Union Saint-GilloiseS. Adingra
S. Adingra
8 goals

Genk missing players

Union Saint-Gilloise missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Genk Union Saint-Gilloise
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 14 4 Played P 3 14 28
21 12 3 Won W 1 8 18
4 1 0 Drew D 1 3 5
3 1 1 Lost L 1 3 5
67 36 7 Scored S 6 30 57
27 10 3 Conceded C 7 21 34
96% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
79% 71% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 93% 89%
71% 71% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 71% 68%
54% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 43% 32%
25% 21% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 67% 29% 18%
64% 57% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 79% 68%
29% 36% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 29%
11% 14% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 7% 4%
 
5.6 6.2 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 5.2 5.6
4.6 4.1 4 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 4.2 4
1.7 1.6 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.7 2.4
3 1 0 Red cards R C 2 3 4
 
14.1 15.9 13.5 Shots (avg) S ( 14.3 14 14.7
5.5 6.2 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.4 4.7
43% 41% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 49% 44%
 
11.4 8.5 9.5 Shots against (avg) S A 11.7 9.3 9.1
3.6 2.4 1.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 3.1 3.3
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Genk have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Genk have the most points (37) at home in Pro League
  • Genk have the most scored goals (36) at home in Pro League
  • Genk have the most scored goals (67) in Pro League
  • Genk have the most scored goals in the first half (39) in Pro League
  • Genk have the the best goal difference (+26) at home in Pro League
  • Genk have the the best goal difference (+40) in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most scored goals in the second half (36) in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise 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 Genk 28 21 4 3 67 27 14 12 1 1 36 10 14 9 3 2 31 17 40 67
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 28 18 5 5 57 34 14 10 2 2 27 13 14 8 3 3 30 21 23 59
3 Antwerp 28 17 6 5 51 24 14 11 2 1 33 9 14 6 4 4 18 15 27 57
4 Club Brugge 28 12 10 6 47 35 14 7 6 1 29 15 14 5 4 5 18 20 12 46
5 Gent 28 13 6 9 47 32 14 8 3 3 23 13 14 5 3 6 24 19 15 45
6 Standard Liege 28 13 6 9 46 36 14 8 2 4 27 14 14 5 4 5 19 22 10 45
7 Westerlo 28 12 6 10 53 47 14 7 3 4 35 22 14 5 3 6 18 25 6 42
8 Cercle Brugge 28 10 10 8 40 38 14 6 6 2 25 16 14 4 4 6 15 22 2 40
9 Sporting Charleroi 27 11 5 11 35 37 13 6 1 6 18 17 14 5 4 5 17 20 -2 38
10 OH Leuven 28 9 9 10 43 41 14 5 5 4 22 19 14 4 4 6 21 22 2 36
11 Anderlecht 28 10 6 12 40 38 14 5 3 6 23 20 14 5 3 6 17 18 2 36
12 Sint-Truiden 28 9 9 10 28 32 14 4 4 6 13 17 14 5 5 4 15 15 -4 36
13 Mechelen 27 8 6 13 37 51 14 6 5 3 27 23 13 2 1 10 10 28 -14 30
14 Kortrijk 28 7 6 15 33 51 14 3 4 7 13 25 14 4 2 8 20 26 -18 27
15 AS Eupen 28 7 5 16 35 55 14 4 3 7 17 23 14 3 2 9 18 32 -20 26
16 Zulte-Waregem 28 5 8 15 37 61 14 3 4 7 23 35 14 2 4 8 14 26 -24 23
17 KV Oostende 28 6 5 17 29 57 14 5 1 8 16 24 14 1 4 9 13 33 -28 23
18 RFC Seraing 28 5 4 19 25 54 14 1 3 10 7 21 14 4 1 9 18 33 -29 19

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Genk 28 21 4 3 67 27 14 12 1 1 36 10 14 9 3 2 31 17 40 67
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 28 18 5 5 57 34 14 10 2 2 27 13 14 8 3 3 30 21 23 59
3 Antwerp 28 17 6 5 51 24 14 11 2 1 33 9 14 6 4 4 18 15 27 57
4 Club Brugge 28 12 10 6 47 35 14 7 6 1 29 15 14 5 4 5 18 20 12 46
5 Gent 28 13 6 9 47 32 14 8 3 3 23 13 14 5 3 6 24 19 15 45
6 Standard Liege 28 13 6 9 46 36 14 8 2 4 27 14 14 5 4 5 19 22 10 45
7 Westerlo 28 12 6 10 53 47 14 7 3 4 35 22 14 5 3 6 18 25 6 42
8 Cercle Brugge 28 10 10 8 40 38 14 6 6 2 25 16 14 4 4 6 15 22 2 40
9 Sporting Charleroi 27 11 5 11 35 37 13 6 1 6 18 17 14 5 4 5 17 20 -2 38
10 OH Leuven 28 9 9 10 43 41 14 5 5 4 22 19 14 4 4 6 21 22 2 36
11 Anderlecht 28 10 6 12 40 38 14 5 3 6 23 20 14 5 3 6 17 18 2 36
12 Sint-Truiden 28 9 9 10 28 32 14 4 4 6 13 17 14 5 5 4 15 15 -4 36
13 Mechelen 27 8 6 13 37 51 14 6 5 3 27 23 13 2 1 10 10 28 -14 30
14 Kortrijk 28 7 6 15 33 51 14 3 4 7 13 25 14 4 2 8 20 26 -18 27
15 AS Eupen 28 7 5 16 35 55 14 4 3 7 17 23 14 3 2 9 18 32 -20 26
16 Zulte-Waregem 28 5 8 15 37 61 14 3 4 7 23 35 14 2 4 8 14 26 -24 23
17 KV Oostende 28 6 5 17 29 57 14 5 1 8 16 24 14 1 4 9 13 33 -28 23
18 RFC Seraing 28 5 4 19 25 54 14 1 3 10 7 21 14 4 1 9 18 33 -29 19

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