The Genk & Antwerp managers D. Olivieri and I. Leko are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Pro League league table.
- Genk has the most points from losing position (13) in Pro League
- Antwerp have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
Antwerp could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Europa League game only three sleeps ago.
Genk form and stats
Genk are steadily winning Pro League games and points here at Luminus Arena. 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 7 games. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Genk has won six games in a row. The Waasland-Beveren match was the last time out without a victory. There’s a good atmosphere here at Luminus Arena after three straight home wins.
A good away victory last time out for Genk, who won 5-1 against Cercle Brugge (placed 10th). Previous to that game, a home match hosting Royal Excel Mouscron in a game that was won 4-1.
As mentioned above, Genk "killed" Cercle Brugge in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
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 six games) they have won two times, drawn three and lost one.
The Genk manager D. Olivieri has got the team scoring with 17 from 7 home games in the league. Genk have conceded 8 in these home matches.
Antwerp form and stats
Playing away, Antwerp have won 3 games, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the Pro League this season.
The supporters enjoyed Antwerp's previous game versus Ludogorets, a Europa League 3-1 win played at home. Before that, Antwerp secured a home win against OH Leuven with the score 3-2.
Antwerp are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is four wins, three draws and three defeats. From a total of ten matches.
Antwerp has another fixture away, a Europa League game, against Tottenham Hotspur in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
The travelling fans enjoy Antwerp's attacking play in away games, having scored 11 goals in 7 league matches away. 10 goals have been conceded by Antwerp in these games.
Head 2 Head
Genk-Antwerp H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: Genk four wins, Antwerp one win, four draws. six of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  E. Onuachu 12 goals |  T. Bongonda Mbul'Ofeko Batombo 9 goals |   L. Refaelov 5 goals |
Genk missing players
Antwerp missing players
| Genk | Antwerp | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 31 | 17 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 11 | 26 |
| 18 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 10 | 19 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 86% |
| 79% | 86% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 57% | 57% |
| 43% | 57% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 43% | 50% |
| 21% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 29% |
| 86% | 86% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 71% | 79% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 29% | 14% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 1.6 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.7 | 1.9 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 9.7 | 10.4 | 6.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 10.1 | 10.5 |
| 5.3 | 5.6 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 5.1 | 5.3 |
| 42% | 44% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 31% | 35% |
- All of Genk's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Antwerp have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Antwerp haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Genk has the most points from losing position (13) in Pro League
- Genk have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Genk have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Genk have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Genk haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Genk is in the best form (6-0-0)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 38 | 33 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 28 |
| 2 | Genk | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 28 |
| 3 | Club Brugge | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 18 | 27 |
| 4 | Antwerp | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 25 |
| 5 | Standard Liège | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 24 |
| 6 | Sporting Charleroi | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 23 |
| 7 | Anderlecht | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 22 |
| 8 | Kortrijk | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 19 |
| 9 | OH Leuven | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 16 | -1 | 19 |
| 10 | Cercle Brugge | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 21 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -4 | 18 |
| 11 | AS Eupen | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 10 | -4 | 17 |
| 12 | KV Oostende | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 16 |
| 13 | Gent | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -2 | 16 |
| 14 | Zulte-Waregem | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | -9 | 14 |
| 15 | Mechelen | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -6 | 13 |
| 16 | Waasland-Beveren | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -11 | 12 |
| 17 | Sint-Truiden | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 20 | -10 | 11 |
| 18 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | -12 | 10 |