Genk will plan to employ their home advantage to give everything they have against today’s opposition. The home team are currently 11 points behind Antwerp.
- Genk have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Pro League
- Antwerp have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Pro League
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.
Genk form and stats
The story so far in the Pro League for Genk at their home stadium (Luminus Arena) is 4 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
Genk's last game was hosting Sporting Charleroi (placed 5th) and winning 4-2. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? Ito, a striker, was the top player for the side in that game, scoring a rating of 8.42 (out of 10). Ito scored one goal, served one assist and hit two key passes.
Prior to that, an away loss at Gent.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 ten games) they have won eight times, drawn one and lost one.
Goals decide football matches and Genk are scoring many of them at home; 19 on target from 9 league matches. Genk have conceded 14 from these games.
Antwerp form and stats
The visitors are W5-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Pro League.
Antwerp had fun at their own home (Luminus Arena) last time out, beating AS Eupen 4-2. Nainggolan, Benson, Verstraete and Samatta scored. A bonkers fixture with heaps of goals last time out for Antwerp, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that fun game, will this match be as refreshing? Attacker Benson got a player rating of 8.4 in the game. "Man of the match" Benson scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 2-3 defeat against Standard Liege.Antwerp are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, zero draws and four defeats. From a total of seven matches.
The travelling fans enjoy Antwerp's attacking play in away games, having scored 15 goals in 9 league matches away. As opposed to that, Antwerp have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The most recent past history involving both these contenders is the Antwerp - Genk 4-2 played earlier this season. Last ten meetings with these participants: Genk won four, Antwerp were winners in three and we saw three draws. eight games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  M. Frey 15 goals |   E. Onuachu 11 goals |  T. Bongonda Mbul'Ofeko Batombo 6 goals |
Genk missing players
Antwerp missing players
| Genk | Antwerp | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 19 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 35 | 19 | 8 | Scored | S | 9 | 15 | 36 |
| 32 | 14 | 9 | Conceded | C | 5 | 11 | 23 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 89% | 89% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 74% |
| 58% | 67% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | 58% |
| 37% | 44% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 22% | 32% |
| 32% | 33% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 22% | 26% |
| 63% | 56% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 63% |
| 16% | 33% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 32% |
| 21% | 11% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 5.5 | 5.8 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 4.4 | 4.9 |
| 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.8 | 7.8 | 7.4 |
| 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.2 | 2.8 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 14.6 | 15.4 | 14.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 11.7 | 12.1 |
| 5.6 | 6.8 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4 | 4.3 |
| 33% | 31% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 69% | 42% | 44% |
| 12.1 | 13.6 | 13.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.2 | 16.4 | 14.4 |
| 4.5 | 4.7 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.8 | 7.3 | 5.9 |
- Antwerp have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Antwerp have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Pro League
- Antwerp haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Genk have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Genk have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Pro League
- Genk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 19 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 47 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 29 | 43 |
| 2 | Club Brugge | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 39 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 39 |
| 3 | Antwerp | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 36 |
| 4 | Anderlecht | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 41 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 17 | 34 |
| 5 | Sporting Charleroi | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 32 |
| 6 | Gent | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 31 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 30 |
| 7 | Mechelen | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 33 | 34 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 19 | -1 | 30 |
| 8 | Kortrijk | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 28 |
| 9 | Genk | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 35 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 3 | 25 |
| 10 | AS Eupen | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 25 |
| 11 | Standard Liege | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 16 | -10 | 23 |
| 12 | Cercle Brugge | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | -1 | 22 |
| 13 | Sint-Truiden | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -10 | 21 |
| 14 | KV Oostende | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 21 | 39 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -18 | 20 |
| 15 | OH Leuven | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 17 | -9 | 20 |
| 16 | RFC Seraing | 19 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 23 | 38 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 24 | -15 | 19 |
| 17 | Zulte-Waregem | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 43 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 18 | -16 | 17 |
| 18 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -17 | 9 |