National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Genk or Anderlecht that keep their silverware dream alive.
Genk form and stats
Last season their Belgian Cup adventure ended in the round of 16.Genk have been outstanding at home so far in the Pro League with 8 wins, 1 draw and only 0 losses.
Genk are returning here after visiting Anderlecht and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Arteaga and Onuachu scored the goal(s). The goalie Vandevoordt was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.22 out of ten. Vandevoordt topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that one, a nice away victory at Westerlo. A Belgian Cup match.
Goals are plentiful at Luminus Arena in the league this season as Genk has scored 25 goals here in 9 home games. Genk have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Anderlecht form and stats
Anderlecht was sent out of Belgian Cup in the final last season.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Anderlecht so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-4 (win-draw-lose).
Anderlecht have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 183 minutes ago. Hadj was the goal scorer.
Home advantage was not enough for Anderlecht in their previous game as they lost hosting Genk, 0-2. Verschaeren, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.6. Verschaeren hit one key pass and had 20 successful passes (of 24 total).
Preceding that, 2-2 away against Lierse Kempenzonen (after extra-time, 8-9 on penalties) in the Belgian Cup.
Anderlecht have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league. Anderlecht have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - one - four (Genk wins - draws - Anderlecht wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Onuachu 13 goals |  B. Heynen 6 goals |  J. Paintsil 6 goals |
Genk missing players
Anderlecht missing players
| Genk | Anderlecht | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 21 | 10 | Won | W | 5 | 8 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 10 | ||
| 69 | 32 | Scored | S | 19 | 33 | ||
| 23 | 11 | Conceded | C | 14 | 29 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 64% | ||
| 76% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 48% | ||
| 56% | 58% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 64% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 32% | ||
| 6.4 | 7.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 6.3 | ||
| 5 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.7 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.1 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 14.4 | 16.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.9 | 12.5 | ||
| 5.6 | 6.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.6 | ||
| 43% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 28% | ||
| 10.5 | 8.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.3 | 12.6 | ||
| 3.5 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 3.8 | ||
| 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 | OH Leuven | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 25 |
| 8 | Standard Liège | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 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 |
