Pro League preview: Can Club Brugge edge out victory against Genk?

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Thu 28.Sep
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Jan Breydelstadion (29975 seats)

It's advantage Club Brugge so far this season, with their 3rd place in the Pro League table and eagerly waiting for Genk (who are placed 6th).

Insights:
  • Club Brugge have the most scored goals (20) in Pro League
  • Genk have the most clean sheets (4) in Pro League

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.

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Club Brugge form and stats

Club Brugge, who have the most scored goals (20) in Pro League, have collected seven points from their first three Pro League games here at Jan Breydelstadion, a promising start.

Club Brugge shared the glory with Anderlecht in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Defender Sabbe got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.22/10. Sabbe hit two key passes and won 7 of 8 duels.

A 1-1 scoreline against Beşiktaş before that one, played at home in the Europa Conference League. The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Club Brugge handle that role? We have found 9 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Sint-Truiden are coming to town in three days.

It's goals goals goals for Brugge who have scored 12 goals from 3 league home games. Club Brugge's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Genk form and stats

Genk are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 9 points in the bag from 3 travels in the Pro League.

There were no winners in Genk's previous match, the home game that ended 3-3 vs Sint-Truiden (placed 7th). The match against Sint-Truiden looked like a defeat for Genk, but they did not accept the outcome and clawed their way back to 3-3. Paintsil equalized in the 85th minute. Midfielder Hrošovský was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.54. Hrošovský signed up for two assists, hit two key passes and had 31 successful passes (of 34 total).

Preceding that, 2-2 at home vs Fiorentina in the Europa Conference League. We have checked recent matches where Genk have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 8 games were 2 victories, 1 draw and 5 defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Genk are hosting Westerlo in the Pro League only three days away.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Genk are regular goalscorers on their travels.

Head 2 Head

Brugge-Genk H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Club Brugge four wins, Genk five wins, one draw. ten of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Club BruggeA. Olsen
A. Olsen
5 goals
Club BruggeThiago
Thiago
4 goals
Club BruggeP. Zinckernagel
P. Zinckernagel
3 goals

Club Brugge missing players

Genk missing players

Club Brugge Genk
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
7 3 2 Played P 1 3 7
4 2 1 Won W 1 3 3
2 1 1 Drew D 0 0 3
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
20 12 8 Scored S 2 7 11
7 4 2 Conceded C 0 0 5
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 86%
86% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 57%
57% 67% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 29%
43% 67% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 29%
43% 67% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 14%
71% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 29%
29% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 100% 57%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 29%
 
5.4 5.7 6 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4 6
3.9 3.7 3 Corners against (avg) C A 7 4.7 4
1 1.3 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 6 3 2.4
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
17.9 23 22 Shots (avg) S ( 7 15.3 18.4
7 8 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 5.7 5.4
41% 50% 57% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 41% 29%
 
10.6 10.7 9 Shots against (avg) S A 24 15.7 11.9
3.3 4.3 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.7 3.7
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • All of Club Brugge's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Club Brugge have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Club Brugge have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Club Brugge have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Club Brugge have the most scored goals (12) at home in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have the most scored goals (20) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have the most scored goals in the first half (9) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have the most scored goals in the second half (11) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have the the best goal difference (+13) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have the the best goal difference (+8) at home in Pro League
  • Club Brugge haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Genk have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Genk have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Genk have the fewest conceded goals (0) away in Pro League
  • Genk have the most clean sheets (3) away in Pro League
  • Genk have the most clean sheets (4) in Pro League
  • Genk have the most points (9) away in Pro League
  • Genk have the the best goal difference (+7) away in Pro League
  • Genk have won all their away games so far.
  • Genk have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Gent 7 5 2 0 14 8 4 3 1 0 9 6 3 2 1 0 5 2 6 17
2 Anderlecht 8 4 3 1 10 8 4 3 1 0 6 3 4 1 2 1 4 5 2 15
3 Club Brugge 7 4 2 1 20 7 3 2 1 0 12 4 4 2 1 1 8 3 13 14
4 Union Saint-Gilloise 7 4 1 2 12 9 4 2 1 1 9 5 3 2 0 1 3 4 3 13
5 Antwerp 7 3 3 1 13 4 3 2 1 0 7 0 4 1 2 1 6 4 9 12
6 Genk 7 3 3 1 11 5 4 0 3 1 4 5 3 3 0 0 7 0 6 12
7 Sint-Truiden 8 3 3 2 10 9 4 2 0 2 3 3 4 1 3 0 7 6 1 12
8 Cercle Brugge 8 4 0 4 8 7 4 2 0 2 4 4 4 2 0 2 4 3 1 12
9 RWDM 7 3 2 2 7 14 3 2 0 1 3 5 4 1 2 1 4 9 -7 11
10 Mechelen 8 3 1 4 10 9 4 2 0 2 6 3 4 1 1 2 4 6 1 10
11 AS Eupen 8 3 1 4 11 15 4 1 1 2 6 11 4 2 0 2 5 4 -4 10
12 OH Leuven 8 2 3 3 11 14 4 1 2 1 6 4 4 1 1 2 5 10 -3 9
13 Standard Liege 8 1 4 3 6 7 4 0 2 2 1 3 4 1 2 1 5 4 -1 7
14 Sporting Charleroi 8 1 4 3 7 11 4 1 3 0 4 3 4 0 1 3 3 8 -4 7
15 Westerlo 8 0 2 6 7 16 4 0 0 4 3 10 4 0 2 2 4 6 -9 2
16 Kortrijk 8 0 2 6 6 20 4 0 2 2 4 7 4 0 0 4 2 13 -14 2

Read more about Pro League

The First Division A is the top league of the football pyramid in Belgium, founded in 1895. It was earlier known as the Belgian Pro League. The season runs from July to May with 16 teams each playing 30 fixtures. The top six in the league table then play a championship playoff, the bottom team is relegated and places #7 to #15 have a Europa League playoff.