Excitement is likely at Luminus Arena when Genk meet Antwerp in what should be a first-class fixture. Read more!
- Genk have the most scored goals (60) in Pro League
- Antwerp have the most clean sheets (12) in Pro League
Genk and Antwerp 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
Genk have been very solid at home in the Pro League so far, with 34 points collected from 12 matches (11-1-0). This has contributed greatly to their 1st position in the table. Ever since the Sint-Truiden game Genk has been unbeatable here at Luminus Arena producing eight straight wins.
A strong away win for Genk against Gent the last match, as Sor, Arokodare and Paintsil were on target. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of Vrancken when Arokodare scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 65th minute. Midfield player Paintsil got a match rating of 7.65 in that game, the max score being 10. Paintsil scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.
Before that, Genk played out a draw 1-1 when visiting AS Eupen.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 8 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 1 and lost 3.
Genk are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Luminus Arena in their league games, having scored an impressive 33 goals in 12 matches. Genk are not conceding a lot of goals here at Luminus Arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 12 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Antwerp form and stats
As the visiting team in Pro League matches, Antwerp have produced an overall stat of 5-3-4 so far.
The attacking players of Antwerp have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 183 minutes. The Antwerp goalkeeper Jean Butez is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 230 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
There were no winners in Antwerp's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs Club Brugge (placed 4th). Midfielder Keita was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.45. Keita hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 36 successful passes (of 40 total).
A loss, in the Belgian Cup away at Union Saint-Gilloise, earlier. We have checked recent matches where Antwerp have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 9 games were 3 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
Antwerp are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 16 away goals from 12 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Antwerp have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have fought earlier this season: Antwerp - Genk 1-3. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Genk four wins, three draws and Antwerp three victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  V. Janssen 14 goals |   J. Paintsil 10 goals |  B. Heynen 7 goals |
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| Genk | Antwerp | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 24 |
| 20 | 11 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 14 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 60 | 33 | 7 | Scored | S | 4 | 16 | 42 |
| 22 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 8 | 14 | 23 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 88% |
| 79% | 75% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 75% |
| 71% | 75% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 50% | 54% |
| 54% | 58% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 17% | 25% |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 17% |
| 67% | 67% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 38% |
| 29% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 42% | 50% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 25% |
| 5.7 | 6.2 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 4.8 | 4.7 |
| 4.8 | 4.2 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.2 |
| 1.8 | 1.6 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14.4 | 16.6 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 11.4 | 12.7 |
| 5.9 | 6.8 | 6.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.7 |
| 42% | 40% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 28% | 38% |
| 11.5 | 8.2 | 9.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.8 | 12.2 | 10.2 |
| 3.5 | 2.2 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.9 | 3.4 |
- Antwerp have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Pro League
- Antwerp have the most clean sheets (12) in Pro League
- Genk have not yet lost a game at home.
- 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.
- Genk have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Antwerp have scored away.
- Genk have the fewest conceded goals (22) in Pro League
- Genk have the most points (34) at home in Pro League
- Genk have the most scored goals (33) at home in Pro League
- Genk have the most scored goals (60) in Pro League
- Genk have the most scored goals in the first half (35) in Pro League
- Genk have the the best goal difference (+24) at home in Pro League
- Genk have the the best goal difference (+38) in Pro League
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Genk | 24 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 60 | 22 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 38 | 62 |
| 2 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 24 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 50 | 24 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 26 | 55 |
| 3 | Antwerp | 24 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 42 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 19 | 47 |
| 4 | Club Brugge | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 42 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 41 |
| 5 | Gent | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 41 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 38 |
| 6 | Standard Liège | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 38 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 38 |
| 7 | Westerlo | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 45 | 40 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 23 | 5 | 35 |
| 8 | Sint-Truiden | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 35 |
| 9 | Cercle Brugge | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 0 | 34 |
| 10 | OH Leuven | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 38 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 2 | 31 |
| 11 | Anderlecht | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 33 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 31 |
| 12 | Sporting Charleroi | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 30 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 20 | -7 | 28 |
| 13 | Mechelen | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 32 | 42 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 21 | -10 | 26 |
| 14 | AS Eupen | 24 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 30 | 48 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 28 | -18 | 22 |
| 15 | Kortrijk | 24 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 26 | 45 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 23 | -19 | 22 |
| 16 | Zulte-Waregem | 24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 30 | 52 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 31 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 21 | -22 | 20 |
| 17 | RFC Seraing | 24 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 23 | 45 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 27 | -22 | 18 |
| 18 | KV Oostende | 24 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 25 | 53 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 29 | -28 | 18 |
