Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Genk & Antwerp face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Belgian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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.
Genk form and stats
Last season, Genk's Belgian Cup journey ended in the round of 16.9-1-0 is the performance here at Luminus Arena so far in the Pro League, giving Genk a total of 28 from their 10 games here. Outstanding results!
A nice win for Genk last time playing, versus Club Brugge. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-1 with Heynen, Onuachu and Cuesta scoring for the victors. Midfielder Paintsil was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.13 (out of ten) in that game. Paintsil signed up for two assists, hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 25 successful passes (of 29 total).
Heartbreak before that as Genk lost 0-1 at Kortrijk's place.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Genk handle that role? We have found 9 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Zulte-Waregem are coming to town in three days.
Genk are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Luminus Arena in their league games, having scored an impressive 28 goals in 10 matches. From these home matches, Genk have conceded only 9 goals.
Antwerp form and stats
They also participated in Belgian Cup last season. This ended in the round of 32.The story so far for the visiting team on their Pro League travels is 4 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
Impressive finishing from Balikwisha and Janssen secured the home win 2-0 against Gent in their previous game. Midfield player Balikwisha was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.55/10. Balikwisha scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 25 successful passes (of 29 total).
Before that, Antwerp travelled to Westerlo and returned home with a draw after the Pro League game finished 3-3.Antwerp 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, 2 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of 6 matches.
Antwerp have another fixture away in just four days, a Pro League fixture against Union Saint-Gilloise. A strenuous timetable for the visiting team!
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Antwerp have scored 13 goals in 9 league games away. As opposed to that, Antwerp have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head numbers (for the last ten meetings): Genk won four games, four matches ended with a draw and Antwerp have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / two. One of the profiles has been Onuachu with 11 goals scored against Antwerp in these 10 matches.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Onuachu 14 goals |   V. Janssen 11 goals |  B. Heynen 7 goals |
Genk missing players
Antwerp missing players
| Genk | Antwerp | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 20 | 12 | Won | W | 5 | 15 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 59 | 36 | Scored | S | 19 | 48 | ||
| 23 | 12 | Conceded | C | 16 | 27 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 68% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 60% | ||
| 52% | 57% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 60% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 12% | ||
| 6.4 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 4.6 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.1 | 3.4 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 14.1 | 15.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 13.5 | ||
| 5.5 | 6.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 4.7 | ||
| 41% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 41% | ||
| 11.3 | 9.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.8 | 9.1 | ||
| 3.9 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.2 | ||
| 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 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 48 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 31 | 49 |
| 2 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 41 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 18 | 42 |
| 3 | Antwerp | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 39 |
| 4 | Club Brugge | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 34 |
| 5 | Gent | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 31 |
| 6 | Standard Liege | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 30 |
| 7 | Westerlo | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 38 | 33 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 5 | 30 |
| 8 | Sint-Truiden | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 27 |
| 9 | OH Leuven | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 26 |
| 10 | Cercle Brugge | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -1 | 26 |
| 11 | Anderlecht | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 27 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -1 | 23 |
| 12 | Sporting Charleroi | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 24 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -7 | 22 |
| 13 | Mechelen | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -8 | 19 |
| 14 | AS Eupen | 19 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 26 | 40 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 24 | -14 | 19 |
| 15 | Kortrijk | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -17 | 18 |
| 16 | KV Oostende | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 21 | 42 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 25 | -21 | 17 |
| 17 | Zulte-Waregem | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 42 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -17 | 16 |
| 18 | RFC Seraing | 19 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 18 | 35 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 20 | -17 | 14 |
