Kortrijk delivered a 3-1 result facing OH Leuven in their previous game, a match to keep in mind. The next job is this resolute Genk team.
- Kortrijk have the fewest scored goals (14) in Pro League
- Genk have the most scored goals (45) in Pro League
Both participants have had time to rest since their last game. Let's hope for an animated fixture!
Kortrijk form and stats
With 1 Pro League win, 2 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Kortrijk are certainly not brimming with confidence.
Kortrijk are returning here after guesting OH Leuven in a Belgian Cup game and winning with a 3-1 scoreline.
Before that game, a fine away victory at RWDM. A Belgian Cup game.
Some goal stats: A review of the 10 most recent league games reveals that 8 of them had at least one goal scored by each team.
Kortrijk have scored {5 league goals} here from 9 matches, not a lot. When Kortrijk hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like RFC Seraing, AS Eupen, Mechelen, KV Oostende and Zulte-Waregem), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
Genk form and stats
The away performances of Genk have been very solid so far with 7 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat in the Pro League. The question is whether this happy travelling can continue. In general it has been a productive period now for Genk as they haven't lost any of their last 16 games.
The supporters enjoyed Genk's previous game versus Anderlecht, a Belgian Cup win (1-0) played at home.
Earlier, the Belgian Cup win away at Westerlo.
Observe that 13 of this team's 17 latest league games have ended with three goals or more.
Genk have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 20 goals from 8 away matches. Genk are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The fixture history shows this score when the participants played each other previously this season; Genk - Kortrijk 2-1. Numbers for the previous ten meetings involving these two contenders are: one win for Kortrijk, two draws and seven wins for Genk. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.
Kortrijk missing players
Genk missing players
| Kortrijk | Genk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | 5 | 2 | Scored | S | 10 | 20 | 45 |
| 33 | 18 | 7 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 94% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 76% | 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 82% |
| 59% | 44% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 76% |
| 35% | 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 50% | 53% |
| 12% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 25% | 29% |
| 59% | 44% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 62% | 71% |
| 18% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 38% | 29% |
| 29% | 56% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.4 | 6.4 |
| 6.8 | 5.8 | 6.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 5.4 | 4.7 |
| 2.4 | 2.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9.9 | 10.8 | 9.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 12 | 15.4 |
| 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5 | 6.1 |
| 25% | 15% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 50% | 44% |
| 18.1 | 16.6 | 18.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.3 | 13.8 | 10.9 |
| 5.2 | 4.9 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.6 | 3.5 |
- Genk have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Genk have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Genk have scored more than double the goals of Kortrijk.
- Genk have the fewest conceded goals (15) in Pro League
- Genk have the fewest conceded goals (7) away in Pro League
- Genk have the most points (21) away in Pro League
- Genk have the most scored goals (45) in Pro League
- Genk have the most scored goals in the first half (27) in Pro League
- Genk have the the best goal difference (+13) away in Pro League
- Genk have the the best goal difference (+30) in Pro League
- Genk haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Genk is in the best form (6-0-0) in Pro League
- Kortrijk have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Kortrijk have the fewest scored goals (14) in Pro League
- Kortrijk have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Pro League
- Kortrijk have the the worst goal difference (-19) in Pro League
| 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 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 30 | 46 |
| 2 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 36 |
| 3 | Antwerp | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 35 |
| 4 | Club Brugge | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 33 |
| 5 | Gent | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 14 | 30 |
| 6 | Westerlo | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 34 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 4 | 26 |
| 7 | Standard Liege | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 25 |
| 8 | OH Leuven | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 25 |
| 9 | Cercle Brugge | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 25 |
| 10 | Sint-Truiden | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | -2 | 23 |
| 11 | Anderlecht | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 25 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 20 |
| 12 | Sporting Charleroi | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 22 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -7 | 19 |
| 13 | Mechelen | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -6 | 18 |
| 14 | KV Oostende | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 37 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 22 | -17 | 17 |
| 15 | AS Eupen | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 24 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 24 | -14 | 16 |
| 16 | Zulte-Waregem | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -17 | 13 |
| 17 | Kortrijk | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -19 | 12 |
| 18 | RFC Seraing | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -17 | 11 |
