The Serie A season is still fresh and sports bettors should be cautious. This meeting between Sport Recife and Santos promises to be an interesting one.
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.
These teams have little in common geographically as Santos have to travel 2700 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Sport Recife form and stats
Sport Recife have only played one Serie A game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 2 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats from 2 matches. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Recife, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.
Recife shared the glory with Atlético GO in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Heartbreak before that as Recife lost 0-2 at Vasco da Gama's place.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Recife, as the Serie A home gho have the most scored goals (28) at home in Pro League, have performed here at Luminus Arena this season with 7 wins from 12 Pro League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 4 games and lost 1. The Genk fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Luminus Arena and will expect new points from this game. Genk has played ten games in a row here without a defeat.
A 0-0 draw away in the Pro League before that, with Mechelen the opponent.
As mentioned above, Genk "killed" Thes Sport in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Genk have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won two, drawn one and lost two.
The Genk manager J. van den Brom has got the team scoring with 28 from 12 home games in the league. Genk's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 14 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Anderlecht form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Anderlecht, who have the fewest points (11) away in Pro League, so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 2-5-5 (win-draw-lose). The last three matches for Anderlecht have all ended in a draw.
Two travels in a row for Anderlecht, whose manager V. Kompany could celebrate last time after the Belgian Cup win against Liege. Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Gent in the Pro League.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Anderlecht in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Anderlecht, two draws and two defeats.
Anderlecht have scored 16 goals on their travels this season, from 12 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Anderlecht struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 20 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Anderlecht - Genk 1-0 earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: six wins for Genk, one draw and three wins for Anderlecht. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.Top Goalscorers
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| Playername | Goals | Assist | Starts | % Started |
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| Sport Recife | Santos | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 6.3 | 2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 3.3 |
| 4.3 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 9 | 5.7 |
| 2.7 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | 5 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 5 | 26 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 44% | 75% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 44% |
- All of Genk's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Anderlecht has the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Pro League
- Anderlecht has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Pro League
- Anderlecht has the fewest points (11) away in Pro League
- Anderlecht have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Anderlecht have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Anderlecht haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Genk has the most points from losing position (16) in Pro League
- Genk has the most scored goals (28) at home in Pro League
- Genk has the the best goal difference (+14) at home in Pro League
- Genk have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Genk have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Genk haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Atlético Mineiro | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | Vasco da Gama | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Internacional | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Bahia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Athletico PR | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Grêmio | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Atlético GO | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | Santos | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Fluminense | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Sport Recife | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 11 | São Paulo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Flamengo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 3 |
| 13 | Palmeiras | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Botafogo | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | Bragantino | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 2 |
| 16 | Corinthians | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| 17 | Goiás | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| 18 | Ceará | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 1 |
| 19 | Fortaleza | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 1 |
| 20 | Coritiba | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sport Recife | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 2 | Academica Vitoria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Petrolina | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 2 |
| 4 | Decisao | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -4 | 1 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Santos | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 16 |
| 2 | Ponte Preta | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 13 |
| 3 | Agua Santa | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -8 | 11 |
| 4 | Oeste | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 12 | -16 | 10 |