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- Gent have the most points from losing position (11) in Pro League
- Genk have the most points (10) away in Pro League
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Gent form and stats
When playing at home in the Pro League, Gent have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 0 defeats from 4 games. Two home wins in a row for Gent bring valid hopes of a third.
Gent's previous fixture was a Europa Conference League game also played at their own arena, finishing 2-0 against Maccabi Tel Aviv. The home team are looking to repeat that performance. Tissoudali, who plays in attack, was the champion player for the team in that fixture, receiving a rating of 9.4 (out of 10). Tissoudali scored two goals and hit one key pass.
Preceding that game was the away draw at RWDM that finished 1-1.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Gent handle that role? We have found 5 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
Goals decide football matches and Gent are scoring many of them at home; 9 on target from 4 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 6 goals have been conceded.
Genk form and stats
3 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. That’s the product of Genk, who have the most points (10) away in Pro League, playing as the away team in the Pro League this season. With three draws in a row for Genk the feeling in the team is perhaps one of both relief and disappointment.
Two away matches in a row for Genk, whose manager Vrancken could celebrate last time after the Europa Conference League win against Cukaricki. Midfielder Heynen was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.85. Heynen scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
A draw for Genk before that, at their own venue hosting Westerlo (3-3).Genk are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats. From a total of 8 matches.
The Genk defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average ({1 goals} in 4 games).
Head 2 Head
Gent-Genk H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Gent five wins, Genk four wins, one draw. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  H. Cuypers 3 goals |  G. Orban 2 goals |  H. Hong 2 goals |
Gent missing players
Genk missing players
| Gent | Genk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 78% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 67% |
| 56% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 33% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 11% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 78% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 25% | 44% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 75% | 44% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 6.1 | 5.5 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.8 | 5.4 |
| 4.9 | 5 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.5 | 6 | 5 |
| 1.7 | 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 15.4 | 15.8 | 19 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 15 | 17.8 |
| 5 | 4.8 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.5 | 5.4 |
| 33% | 47% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 36% | 31% |
| 13 | 14 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 21.5 | 16.5 | 12.4 |
| 3.6 | 4 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4 |
- All of Gent's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Genk have not yet lost a game away.
- Genk have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Genk have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Genk have the fewest conceded goals (1) away in Pro League
- Genk have the most clean sheets (3) away in Pro League
- Genk have the most points (10) away in Pro League
- Genk have the the best goal difference (+7) away in Pro League
- Genk have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Genk haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Gent have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Gent have not yet lost a game.
- Gent have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Gent have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Gent have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in Pro League
- Gent have the most points from losing position (11) in Pro League
- Gent haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 19 |
| 2 | Gent | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 19 |
| 3 | Anderlecht | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 18 |
| 4 | Club Brugge | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 16 |
| 5 | Antwerp | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 14 |
| 6 | Genk | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 7 | Sint-Truiden | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 13 |
| 8 | Cercle Brugge | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 9 | RWDM | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 12 |
| 10 | Mechelen | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
| 11 | Standard Liège | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 12 | AS Eupen | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -6 | 10 |
| 13 | OH Leuven | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 9 |
| 14 | Sporting Charleroi | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -6 | 7 |
| 15 | Kortrijk | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 13 | -13 | 5 |
| 16 | Westerlo | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -9 | 3 |
