Genk, who have the the best goal difference (+3) at home in Pro League, battle Anderlecht for recognition and triumph.
- Genk have the the best goal difference (+3) at home in Pro League
Genk and Anderlecht should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Genk form and stats
Only two Pro League home games for Genk so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
Genk's previous game was a Pro League match also played at home, ending 4-0 versus OH Leuven (placed 17th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Midfield player Junya Ito got a match rating of 8.25 in that game, the max score being 10. Ito scored one goal, hit five key passes and had 56 successful passes (of 66 total). As indicated by the result mentioned above, Genk played a great game against OH Leuven and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. Genk goalkeeper Maarten Vandevoordt did an outstanding job against OH Leuven with six saves, so vital to securing the victory.
A Champions League defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Shakhtar Donetsk.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Genk have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won seven times, drawn two and lost zero.
Early season league goal statistics from Genk's 2 home games: 7 goals, 4 conceded.
Anderlecht form and stats
Anderlecht are still undefeated on their travels in the Pro League. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other.
Two travels in a row for Anderlecht, whose manager V. Kompany could celebrate last time after the Pro League win against Cercle Brugge. Joshua Zirkzee, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.62. Zirkzee scored two goals, hit two key passes and dribled passed the opponent 4 of 7 times.
Before that, Anderlecht secured a home win against RFC Seraing with the score 3-0.We have checked recent matches where Anderlecht have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those four games were zero victories, three draws and one defeat.
It's early days yet, but Anderlecht has scored 3 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Genk five wins, two draws and Anderlecht three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Bongonda Mbul'Ofeko Batombo 4 goals |  E. Onuachu 2 goals |   J. Zirkzee 2 goals |
Genk missing players
Anderlecht missing players
| Genk | Anderlecht | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 75% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5.8 | 8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 4.5 | 5.5 |
| 5.5 | 5.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5 | 3.5 |
| 1.5 | 0.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19.8 | 23 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 18 | 13 | 13.8 |
| 7.5 | 10 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.5 | 4.8 |
| 33% | 35% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 43% | 37% |
- Genk have the the best goal difference (+3) at home in Pro League
| Genk | Last season | Anderlecht | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 40 | 20 | Played | P | 20 | 40 | ||
| 21 | 11 | Won | W | 6 | 15 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Drew | D | 8 | 17 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 82 | 46 | Scored | S | 29 | 60 | ||
| 53 | 21 | Conceded | C | 27 | 45 | ||
| 95% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 95% | 90% | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 75% | ||
| 72% | 70% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 50% | ||
| 42% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 32% | ||
| 25% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 10% | ||
| 75% | 70% | BTTS | BTTS | 65% | 60% | ||
| 20% | 30% | Clean Sheets | C S | 10% | 25% | ||
| 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 30% | 25% | ||
| 4.3 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 4.9 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.6 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.5 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 10.6 | 11.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.1 | 9.8 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.8 | ||
| 42% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 40% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | AS Eupen | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 11 |
| 2 | Club Brugge | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 11 |
| 3 | Standard Liege | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 4 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | Kortrijk | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 6 | KV Oostende | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | -1 | 9 |
| 7 | Genk | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | Sporting Charleroi | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | Anderlecht | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 10 | Mechelen | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 6 |
| 11 | RFC Seraing | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -4 | 6 |
| 12 | Cercle Brugge | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 13 | Zulte-Waregem | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | -3 | 5 |
| 14 | Antwerp | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 |
| 15 | Gent | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 16 | Sint-Truiden | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 4 |
| 17 | OH Leuven | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -7 | 3 |
| 18 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -6 | 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 | Club Brugge | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 44 |
| 2 | Genk | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 44 |
| 3 | Antwerp | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 35 |
| 4 | Anderlecht | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 33 |