34 rounds of fixtures have been played and both Club Brugge and Genk are up there with the best. Let's go!
- Club Brugge have the most scored goals (73) in Pro League
- Genk have the most scored goals in the first half (37) in Pro League
It's no vacation for neither Brugge nor Genk as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Brugge have already won the league and the fans have gone wild! Even so, with the trophy already secured there could be issues regarding the team's motivation in this one. Genk are staying put at 4th place whatever happens for the rest of the season.
Club Brugge form and stats
Club Brugge, who have the most scored goals (73) in Pro League, are steadily winning Pro League games and points here at Jan Breydelstadion. 12 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats is the summary from 17 games.
An away draw last time out for Brugge, facing Anderlecht in a game that ended 3-3. Midfielder Hans Vanaken was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.73 (out of ten) in that game. Vanaken scored two goals, hit one key pass and had 35 successful passes (of 42 total). A disappointing finish for Brugge in their match versus Anderlecht as their 3-1 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 3-3 full time score. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
Before that, Club Brugge had a home game versus Antwerp which ended with a victory 2-1.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Brugge handle that role? We have found three games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are one win, two draws and zero defeats.
Goals decide football matches and Brugge are scoring many of them at home; 34 on target from 17 league matches. From these home matches, Brugge have conceded only 15 goals.
Genk form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Pro League travels is 7 wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Genk, as they have won on their previous two travels.
Impressive finishing from Cyriel Dessers and Kristian Thorstvedt (3) secured the home win 4-0 against Antwerp in their previous game. Midfielder Kristian Thorstvedt was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 9.85. Thorstvedt scored three goals, hit two key passes, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 35 successful passes (of 39 total). As mentioned above, Genk was the only team on the pitch versus Antwerp in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task. Kristian Thorstvedt certainly enjoyed Genk's last game versus Antwerp, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 4-0 victory.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Anderlecht with the score of 2-1.Genk are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, two draws and two defeats. From a total of six matches.
Genk has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 29 goals from 17 games. Genk have conceded 28 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Brugge and Genk have met before this season: Genk - Club Brugge 3-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Brugge five wins, three draws and Genk two victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Onuachu 33 goals |   N. Lang 16 goals |  T. Bongonda Mbul'Ofeko Batombo 16 goals |
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| Club Brugge | Genk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 39 | 19 | 6 | Played | P | 6 | 19 | 39 |
| 25 | 13 | 4 | Won | W | 2 | 9 | 20 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 80 | 38 | 12 | Scored | S | 8 | 34 | 80 |
| 35 | 18 | 7 | Conceded | C | 10 | 31 | 52 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 89% | 95% |
| 82% | 74% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 84% | 92% |
| 69% | 68% | 83% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 74% | 72% |
| 28% | 32% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 42% | 44% |
| 13% | 16% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 37% | 26% |
| 49% | 47% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 79% | 74% |
| 38% | 32% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 11% | 21% |
| 18% | 21% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 21% | 10% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 10.2 | 10.1 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 9.1 | 10.5 |
| 4.6 | 4.2 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.8 | 4.8 |
| 44% | 48% | 63% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 47% | 43% |
- Club Brugge have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Club Brugge have the fewest conceded goals (26) in Pro League
- Club Brugge have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (21) in Pro League
- Club Brugge have the most clean sheets (15) in Pro League
- Club Brugge have the most points (37) at home in Pro League
- Club Brugge have the most scored goals (73) in Pro League
- Club Brugge have the most scored goals in the second half (47) in Pro League
- Club Brugge have the the best goal difference (+19) at home in Pro League
- Club Brugge have the the best goal difference (+47) in Pro League
- Club Brugge haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Genk have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Genk have the most dropped points from leading position (24) in Pro League
- Genk have the most matches over the total-line (25) in Pro League
- Genk have the most points from losing position (21) in Pro League
- Genk have the most scored goals in the first half (37) in 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 | Club Brugge | 34 | 24 | 4 | 6 | 73 | 26 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 34 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 39 | 11 | 47 | 76 |
| 2 | Antwerp | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 57 | 48 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 25 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 23 | 9 | 60 |
| 3 | Anderlecht | 34 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 51 | 34 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 23 | 17 | 58 |
| 4 | Genk | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 67 | 48 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 38 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 28 | 19 | 56 |
| 5 | KV Oostende | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 49 | 41 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 53 |
| 6 | Standard Liege | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 52 | 41 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 21 | 11 | 50 |
| 7 | Gent | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 55 | 42 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 21 | 13 | 49 |
| 8 | Mechelen | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 54 | 54 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 30 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 24 | 0 | 48 |
| 9 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 58 | 64 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 29 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 26 | 35 | -6 | 47 |
| 10 | Zulte-Waregem | 34 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 53 | 69 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 38 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 30 | 31 | -16 | 46 |
| 11 | OH Leuven | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 54 | 59 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 36 | -5 | 45 |
| 12 | AS Eupen | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 44 | 55 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 30 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 25 | -11 | 43 |
| 13 | Sporting Charleroi | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 46 | 49 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 33 | -3 | 42 |
| 14 | Kortrijk | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 44 | 57 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 24 | 35 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 22 | -13 | 39 |
| 15 | Sint-Truiden | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 41 | 52 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 32 | -11 | 38 |
| 16 | Cercle Brugge | 34 | 11 | 3 | 20 | 40 | 51 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 25 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 25 | -11 | 36 |
| 17 | Waasland-Beveren | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 44 | 70 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 21 | 40 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 30 | -26 | 31 |
| 18 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 32 | 54 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 32 | -22 | 31 |