Genk favourites for feisty fight facing Anderlecht

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Date: Fri 23.August
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Luminus Arena (24604 seats)

It's still early in the Pro League season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Genk - Anderlecht preview!

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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Genk form and stats

Only two home games for Genk so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

A good away victory last time out for Genk, who won 4-0 against Waasland-Beveren. Before that game, the home loss against Zulte-Waregem with the scoreline 0-2.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Genk handle that role? We have found five games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W2-D2-L1.

Genk has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 3 goals from 2 home games.

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Anderlecht form and stats

Still no away game victory for Anderlecht with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Anderlecht, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 2-4 versus Kortrijk. Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Mechelen.

Anderlecht are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 0 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of five matches.

As for goals scored and conceded in away games so far, Anderlecht has managed 2 goals and let in 4 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 6 - 1 - 3 (Genk wins - draws - Anderlecht wins). As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 7 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

M. Samatta
4 goals
M. Vlap
2 goals / 1 assists
J. Paintsil
1 goals / 1 assists

Genk missing players

Anderlecht missing players

Genk Anderlecht
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
4 2 0 Played 2 2 4
2 1 0 Won 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew 1 1 2
2 1 0 Lost 1 1 2
7 2 0 Scored 2 2 3
6 3 0 Conceded 4 4 6
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 50% 50% 50%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 50% 50% 50%
75% 50% 0% Over 2.5 50% 50% 50%
50% 0% 0% Over 3.5 50% 50% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 50% 50% 25%
50% 50% 0% BTTS 50% 50% 50%
25% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 50% 50% 50%
25% 50% 0% Failed To Score 50% 50% 50%
 
4 4.5 0 Corners For (avg) 3.5 3.5 5
3 2 0 Corners Against (avg) 2.5 2.5 2
0.2 0.5 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 2.5 2.5 1.5
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Genk Last season Anderlecht
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs top Away Total
40 20 4 Played 4 20 40
24 13 3 Won 0 7 16
11 5 1 Drew 0 1 9
5 2 0 Lost 4 12 15
82 38 8 Scored 1 24 57
39 14 2 Conceded 7 34 53
92% 90% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 92%
80% 80% 75% Over 1.5 50% 80% 80%
55% 55% 50% Over 2.5 50% 70% 57%
40% 30% 25% Over 3.5 0% 20% 20%
20% 5% 0% Over 4.5 0% 15% 15%
60% 55% 50% BTTS 25% 65% 62%
38% 45% 50% Clean Sheets 0% 10% 22%
10% 10% 0% Failed To Score 75% 25% 22%
 
6.8 7.8 5 Corners For (avg) 3.5 4.5 5
3.9 3.8 4.2 Corners Against (avg) 8.5 6 4.8
1.3 0.8 1.2 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.5 2.2 2
2 1 0 Red Cards 0 3 5
Key stats last season:
  • Anderlecht have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Anderlecht haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Genk have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Genk have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.

Genk
All Pro League Europa League Super Cup Club Friendlies UEFA Europa League Play-offs Belgian Cup
All Home Away
21-07-19 CF Westerlo 2 - 1 Genk
26-07-19 PRO Genk 2 - 1 Kortrijk
03-08-19 PRO Mechelen 3 - 1 Genk
10-08-19 PRO Genk 0 - 2 Zulte-Waregem
17-08-19 PRO Waasland-Beveren 0 - 4 Genk
23-08-19 PRO Genk 18:30 Anderlecht
01-09-19 PRO Club Brugge 12:30 Genk
13-09-19 PRO Sporting Charleroi 18:30 Genk
21-09-19 PRO Genk 18:00 KV Oostende
27-09-19 PRO Sint-Truiden - Genk
Anderlecht
All Pro League Champions League Europa League Club Friendlies Belgian Cup
All Home Away
10-07-19 CF Benfica 1 - 2 Anderlecht
28-07-19 PRO Anderlecht 1 - 2 KV Oostende
04-08-19 PRO Royal Excel Mouscron 0 - 0 Anderlecht
09-08-19 PRO Anderlecht 0 - 0 Mechelen
17-08-19 PRO Kortrijk 4 - 2 Anderlecht
23-08-19 PRO Genk 18:30 Anderlecht
01-09-19 PRO Anderlecht 16:00 Standard Liège
15-09-19 PRO Anderlecht 12:30 Antwerp
21-09-19 PRO Club Brugge 18:00 Anderlecht
27-09-19 PRO Anderlecht - Waasland-Beveren

  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 Club Brugge 4 3 1 0 11 1 2 1 1 0 6 0 2 2 0 0 5 1 10 10
2 Mechelen 4 3 1 0 8 2 2 2 0 0 6 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 6 10
3 Standard Liège 4 3 0 1 11 3 2 2 0 0 8 1 2 1 0 1 3 2 8 9
4 Antwerp 4 3 0 1 11 4 2 2 0 0 6 1 2 1 0 1 5 3 7 9
5 Gent 4 2 1 1 10 4 2 2 0 0 8 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 6 7
6 Kortrijk 4 2 1 1 9 6 2 1 1 0 5 3 2 1 0 1 4 3 3 7
7 Royal Excel Mouscron 4 2 1 1 4 5 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 2 4 -1 7
8 Genk 4 2 0 2 7 6 2 1 0 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 5 3 1 6
9 KV Oostende 4 2 0 2 5 6 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 -1 6
10 Zulte-Waregem 4 2 0 2 5 7 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 1 0 1 2 4 -2 6
11 Sporting Charleroi 4 1 2 1 5 6 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 1 1 2 4 -1 5
12 Sint-Truiden 4 1 0 3 2 10 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 8 -8 3
13 Anderlecht 4 0 2 2 3 6 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 2 4 -3 2
14 AS Eupen 4 0 2 2 3 11 2 0 1 1 2 5 2 0 1 1 1 6 -8 2
15 Waasland-Beveren 4 0 1 3 3 12 2 0 0 2 1 7 2 0 1 1 2 5 -9 1
16 Cercle Brugge 4 0 0 4 3 11 2 0 0 2 1 5 2 0 0 2 2 6 -8 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 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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