Club Brugge vs Genk match preview

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Date: Sun 12.May
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Jan Breydelstadion (29062 seats)

The managers I. Leko and P. Clement are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Pro League league table.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Club Brugge form and stats

Club Brugge, who have the most scored goals (64) in Pro League, are steadily winning games and points here at Jan Breydelstadion. 10 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats is the summary from 15 games. It’s been three wins in a row for Club Brugge here at Jan Breydelstadion, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

Happy days for Club Brugge in their previous game, a Pro League match away at Gent that ended with a 1-0 victory. Before that, Club Brugge had a home game versus Anderlecht which ended with a victory 1-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Club Brugge handle that role? We have found four games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W3-D1-L0.

There will be little rest for Club Brugge after this match as they are travelling to Standard Liège for a Pro League game in only four days.

Club Brugge can score goals in their home matches. After 15 matches they have found the net 36 times. Club Brugge are not conceding a lot of goals here at Jan Breydelstadion, averaging less than one per game. The total is 14 from 15 matches.

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Genk form and stats

Genk's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Genk, who have the most points (32) away in Pro League, collect 32 points from their 15 away matches. 9 victories and 5 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat). Genk have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of five victories in a row regardless of arena. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Genk are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

Genk are travelling after their nice 4-0 home win in the Pro League against Antwerp. Preceding that game was the away victory against Gent with the score of 1-0.

Genk 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, 1 draw and 1 defeat. From a total of four matches.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Pro League trip to Anderlecht.

Genk have scored more than twice per away game on average, an impressive attacking display. They have 37 goals from 15 away matches. As opposed to that, Genk have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Genk - Club Brugge 3-1 played earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 3 wins for Club Brugge, 4 draws and 3 wins for Genk. Over 2,5 goals: 5 times; under 2,5 goals: 5 games.

Top Goalscorers

M. Samatta
23 goals / 5 assists
L. Trossard
14 goals / 6 assists
H. Vanaken
13 goals / 16 assists

Club Brugge missing players

Genk missing players

Club Brugge Genk
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs top Away Total
37 18 6 Played 5 18 37
21 13 5 Won 4 11 24
9 2 1 Drew 1 5 9
7 3 0 Lost 0 2 4
77 44 14 Scored 11 41 79
37 14 2 Conceded 3 21 35
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 94% 95%
78% 83% 83% Over 1.5 60% 78% 81%
68% 72% 67% Over 2.5 40% 56% 57%
43% 39% 17% Over 3.5 40% 50% 41%
11% 11% 0% Over 4.5 20% 33% 19%
57% 50% 33% BTTS 60% 61% 59%
41% 44% 67% Clean Sheets 40% 33% 38%
8% 6% 0% Failed To Score 0% 11% 8%
 
5.7 6.9 8.5 Corners For (avg) 5.2 6.1 7.1
4.5 4.2 4.2 Corners Against (avg) 4.2 3.8 3.7
1.8 1.4 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.6 2 1.4
4 1 1 Red Cards 0 1 2
Key stats this season:
  • Club Brugge have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Club Brugge have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Club Brugge have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Club Brugge haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Genk have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

Club Brugge
All Pro League Champions League Europa League Super Cup Club Friendlies Belgian Cup
All Home Away
31-03-19 PRO Club Brugge 3 - 0 Gent
04-04-19 PRO Anderlecht 2 - 3 Club Brugge
08-04-19 PRO Club Brugge 4 - 0 Standard Liège
14-04-19 PRO Genk 3 - 1 Club Brugge
22-04-19 PRO Antwerp 0 - 0 Club Brugge
28-04-19 PRO Club Brugge 1 - 0 Anderlecht
05-05-19 PRO Gent 0 - 1 Club Brugge
12-05-19 PRO Club Brugge 16:00 Genk
16-05-19 PRO Standard Liège 18:30 Club Brugge
19-05-19 PRO Club Brugge 16:00 Antwerp
Genk
All Pro League Europa League Club Friendlies UEFA Europa League Play-offs Belgian Cup
All Home Away
30-03-19 PRO Genk 3 - 0 Anderlecht
02-04-19 PRO Antwerp 1 - 0 Genk
06-04-19 PRO Genk 2 - 1 Gent
14-04-19 PRO Genk 3 - 1 Club Brugge
19-04-19 PRO Standard Liège 1 - 3 Genk
27-04-19 PRO Gent 0 - 1 Genk
03-05-19 PRO Genk 4 - 0 Antwerp
12-05-19 PRO Club Brugge 16:00 Genk
16-05-19 PRO Anderlecht 18:30 Genk
19-05-19 PRO Genk 16:00 Standard Liège

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Genk 30 18 9 3 63 31 15 9 4 2 26 12 15 9 5 1 37 19 32 63
2 Club Brugge 30 16 8 6 64 32 15 10 2 3 36 14 15 6 6 3 28 18 32 56
3 Standard Liège 30 15 8 7 49 35 15 10 4 1 32 17 15 5 4 6 17 18 14 53
4 Anderlecht 30 15 6 9 49 34 15 8 6 1 27 12 15 7 0 8 22 22 15 51
5 Gent 30 15 5 10 53 45 15 9 2 4 26 21 15 6 3 6 27 24 8 50
6 Antwerp 30 14 7 9 39 34 15 6 4 5 22 20 15 8 3 4 17 14 5 49
7 Sint-Truiden 30 12 11 7 47 36 15 8 5 2 27 16 15 4 6 5 20 20 11 47
8 Kortrijk 30 12 7 11 44 42 15 6 3 6 24 25 15 6 4 5 20 17 2 43
9 Sporting Charleroi 30 12 6 12 43 43 15 7 3 5 22 18 15 5 3 7 21 25 0 42
10 Royal Excel Mouscron 30 11 7 12 33 33 15 7 4 4 17 10 15 4 3 8 16 23 0 40
11 Zulte-Waregem 30 8 9 13 49 60 15 5 5 5 29 27 15 3 4 8 20 33 -11 33
12 AS Eupen 30 10 2 18 34 57 15 6 0 9 20 28 15 4 2 9 14 29 -23 32
13 Cercle Brugge 30 7 7 16 35 59 15 6 3 6 23 27 15 1 4 10 12 32 -24 28
14 Waasland-Beveren 30 5 12 13 37 50 15 3 7 5 17 22 15 2 5 8 20 28 -13 27
15 KV Oostende 30 6 9 15 29 52 15 4 4 7 15 24 15 2 5 8 14 28 -23 27
16 Lokeren 30 5 5 20 28 53 15 5 3 7 16 24 15 0 2 13 12 29 -25 20

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