Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Westerlo & Genk face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Belgian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
These are full days for the team playing at home, as they had a match only three days ago in the Pro League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Union Saint-Gilloise.
Westerlo form and stats
Westerlo participated in Belgian Cup the last season, where they reached the round of 16.Westerlo have played 7 Pro League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Westerlo shared the glory with Union Saint-Gilloise in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Defender Seigers got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.85/10. Seigers won 2 of 6 duels.
Before that game, the home loss against Sint-Truiden with the scoreline 2-3.The match schedule is unforgiving for Westerlo as they have a new game in only three days, a Pro League match thankfully also at home. KV Oostende are visiting.
On the other hand, Westerlo have conceded 9 goals.
Genk form and stats
Genk's mission in Belgian Cup last season failed in the round of 16.Genk have been very strong on the road so far with a massive 18 points collected from 7 Pro League games. 6 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat is the record so far.
Genk had fun at their own home (Het Kuipje) last time out, beating Sporting Charleroi 4-1. Onuachu scored. It's hard not to mention Onuachu's lethal finishing against Sporting Charleroi. four goals were a big reason for the important victory. The attacker Onuachu got a match rating of 9.52 in that game. Onuachu scored four goals, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 24 successful passes (of 26 total).
A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs Mechelen.The schedule is very tough for Genk now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Pro League game at Anderlecht is waiting in only four days.
Genk are a potent attacking force on the road with their 18 goals in 7 league games.
Head 2 Head
Genk have not lost in the last 7 matches (6-1-0) against Westerlo.Top Goalscorers
  E. Onuachu 12 goals |   L. Foster 6 goals |  B. Heynen 6 goals |
Westerlo missing players
Genk missing players
| Westerlo | Genk | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 9 | 19 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 47 | 28 | Scored | S | 34 | 66 | ||
| 41 | 18 | Conceded | C | 12 | 26 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 60% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 83% | 76% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 58% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 32% | ||
| 60% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 64% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 16% | ||
| 4.3 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 6.6 | ||
| 5.9 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 11.2 | 11.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 15.3 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 5.9 | ||
| 43% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 39% | ||
| 12.5 | 9.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 10.3 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 3.5 | ||
| 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 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 28 | 43 |
| 2 | Antwerp | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 34 |
| 3 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 33 |
| 4 | Club Brugge | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 32 |
| 5 | Standard Liège | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 28 |
| 6 | Gent | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 27 |
| 7 | Sint-Truiden | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | -1 | 23 |
| 8 | Westerlo | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 28 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 21 | -2 | 23 |
| 9 | OH Leuven | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | -1 | 22 |
| 10 | Cercle Brugge | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -1 | 22 |
| 11 | Anderlecht | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 26 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 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 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -11 | 17 |
| 15 | AS Eupen | 16 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 19 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -14 | 15 |
| 16 | Kortrijk | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -15 | 12 |
| 17 | Zulte-Waregem | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -17 | 12 |
| 18 | RFC Seraing | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | -12 | 11 |
