Cercle Brugge hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 8 points and a 16th position in the Pro League table. Visiting Genk holds 9th place with 21 pts.
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.
Cercle Brugge form and stats
With 2 Pro League wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats from their home games, Cercle Brugge, who have the most conceded goals (39) in Pro League, are certainly not brimming with confidence.
Cercle Brugge's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Genk (placed 9th). Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Standard Liège (1-2).
Cercle Brugge have scored 7 league goals here from 8 matches, not a lot. Cercle Brugge have conceded 15 from these games.
Genk form and stats
There's been little loot from Genk's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 7 away games in the Pro League. Genk only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 2 draws.
Genk play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Cercle Brugge (placed 16th). Preceding that game, the 3-3 draw paying a visit to Antwerp.
Genk find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 9 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Genk have conceded 11 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Cercle Brugge and Genk have met before this season: Cercle Brugge - Genk 1-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 2 Cercle Brugge victories, 1 draw and 7 Genk wins. 3 of these games ended with three goals or more, 7 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Samatta 7 goals |   S. Peeters 5 goals |  P. Onuachu 5 goals |
Cercle Brugge missing players
Genk missing players
| Cercle Brugge | Genk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | 6 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 16 | 8 | 4 | Scored | S | 4 | 11 | 23 |
| 41 | 17 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 12 | 23 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 89% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 82% |
| 72% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 62% | 59% |
| 39% | 22% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 38% | 29% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 56% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 62% | 59% |
| 6% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 12% | 18% |
| 28% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 25% | 24% |
| 4 | 4.3 | 7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.6 | 5.5 |
| 5.1 | 5.1 | 6 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.1 | 3.9 |
| 2.2 | 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 104 | 55 | 19 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 33 | 139 |
| 45 | 23 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 14 | 59 |
| 36% | 35% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 79% | 39% |
- Cercle Brugge has the most conceded goals (39)
- Cercle Brugge has the most conceded goals in the first half (19)
- Cercle Brugge has the most dropped points from leading position (14)
- Cercle Brugge has the the worst goal difference (-24)
- Cercle Brugge have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Cercle Brugge haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Genk have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Genk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Club Brugge | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 30 | 39 |
| 2 | Antwerp | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 34 |
| 3 | Standard Liège | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 16 | 33 |
| 4 | Gent | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 35 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 32 |
| 5 | Sporting Charleroi | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 31 |
| 6 | Zulte-Waregem | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 28 |
| 7 | Mechelen | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 27 |
| 8 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 22 |
| 9 | Genk | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -1 | 21 |
| 10 | Sint-Truiden | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 20 | -10 | 21 |
| 11 | Anderlecht | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 21 |
| 12 | AS Eupen | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -15 | 16 |
| 13 | Kortrijk | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -7 | 15 |
| 14 | KV Oostende | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -13 | 15 |
| 15 | Waasland-Beveren | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -23 | 11 |
| 16 | Cercle Brugge | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 39 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 24 | -24 | 8 |