Victories have not come easily for Excelsior Virton so far, and that also applies to KRC Genk II. These struggling sides have a chance to get some crucial points here.
- Excelsior Virton have the fewest scored goals (21) in Challenger Pro League
- KRC Genk II have the fewest points (8) away in Challenger Pro League
Excelsior Virton have had a bad season and will be relegated from Challenger Pro League. For Genk it's their last days at this level as relegation is a fact.
Both sides have had a decent time to rest since their last game. Let's aim for an enthusiastic match!
Excelsior Virton form and stats
With 0 Challenger Pro League wins, 5 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Excelsior Virton are certainly not brimming with confidence. The Excelsior Virton manager Jeunechamps might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
Excelsior shared the glory with Standard Liège II in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Abdallah was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Standard Liège II after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?
Prior to that, an away loss at Deinze.The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Excelsior Virton here at Stade Yvan Georges in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 11 games). 15 goals have been conceded. Excelsior Virton has at home met teams with this table position (low), four times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 4 of 4 times.
KRC Genk II form and stats
KRC Genk II have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Challenger Pro League, after 2-2-7 (11 played).
Genk might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Deinze proved too strong as KRC Genk II slumped to a 0-2 defeat in front of their own fans.
A 2-3 loss hosting Lommel United before that.The visiting KRC Genk II have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 13 goals from 11 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. The Genk manager Somers has some worries about the defense as 23 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
The latest registered match involving both these sides is the KRC Genk II - Excelsior Virton 1-1 played earlier this season. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's one Excelsior Virton victory, one draw and one KRC Genk II win. Over/under statistics; zero of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Anne 9 goals |  V. Beniangba 6 goals | H. Abdallah 5 goals |
Excelsior Virton missing players
KRC Genk II missing players
| Excelsior Virton | KRC Genk II | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 31 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 17 | 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 9 | 17 |
| 29 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 16 | 35 |
| 50 | 19 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 27 | 55 |
| 94% | 87% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 93% | 94% |
| 68% | 47% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 25% | 73% | 81% |
| 48% | 27% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 53% | 55% |
| 29% | 13% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 40% | 39% |
| 6% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 19% |
| 61% | 40% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 53% | 55% |
| 13% | 20% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 20% | 16% |
| 32% | 53% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 35% |
| 3.9 | 3.3 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.2 | 6.1 | 6.1 |
| 4.7 | 4 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 5.4 | 4.9 |
| 2.5 | 2.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 8.6 | 8.3 | 6.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 10.9 | 11.3 |
| 3.5 | 2.8 | 1.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.9 | 5.2 |
| 25% | 15% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 22% | 22% |
| 10.3 | 9.1 | 12.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.8 | 13.1 | 11.7 |
| 4.5 | 3.9 | 4.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 5.9 | 5.1 |
- Excelsior Virton have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Excelsior Virton have the fewest clean sheets (4) in Challenger Pro League
- Excelsior Virton have the fewest points (5) at home in Challenger Pro League
- Excelsior Virton have the fewest scored goals (21) in Challenger Pro League
- Excelsior Virton have the fewest scored goals (7) at home in Challenger Pro League
- Excelsior Virton have the fewest scored goals in the second half (15) in Challenger Pro League
- KRC Genk II have the fewest points (8) away in Challenger Pro League
- KRC Genk II have the the worst goal difference (-10) away in Challenger 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 | RWDM | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 41 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 20 | 46 |
| 2 | Waasland-Beveren | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 52 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 27 | 43 |
| 3 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 33 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 38 |
| 4 | Club Brugge II | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 38 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 36 |
| 5 | Lierse Kempenzonen | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 42 | 42 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 24 | 0 | 36 |
| 6 | RSC Anderlecht II | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 42 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 20 | 7 | 34 |
| 7 | Lommel United | 22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 33 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 18 | -3 | 32 |
| 8 | Deinze | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 29 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -4 | 30 |
| 9 | KRC Genk II | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 28 | 40 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 23 | -12 | 20 |
| 10 | Dender | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 27 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 16 | -13 | 19 |
| 11 | Standard Liège II | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 43 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -18 | 19 |
| 12 | Excelsior Virton | 22 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 38 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 23 | -17 | 14 |
