With the volatile opening fixture done it’s time for the second Pro League meeting of the season. Genk look forward to welcoming AS Eupen in front of their home support.
These are active days for the hometeam, as they had a game only three days ago in the Champions League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Servette, was also a home game here at Luminus Arena. The away team is better rested.
Genk form and stats
The season before, Genk's league statistics were 23 wins, 6 draws and 5 losses, producing 1st position in the Pro League. Over these 34 matches they scored {78 goals} and gave away 37. Performing as the host team in the previous season Genk generated 14-1-2 (win-draw-lost) with {44 goals} and 15 conceded.
The home followers witnessed a 2-2 draw against Servette in the Champions League last time out and are hoping for a victory here. The versatile forward Arokodare bested all teammates in that fixture and managed a match rating of 9.04 out of 10. Arokodare scored one goal, hit the woodwork once and hit one key pass.
Before that match, a Pro League win away at RWDM.Genk are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 8 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 8, drew 0 and lost 0.
AS Eupen form and stats
Let's have a look at how AS Eupen performed last season in the Pro League: They landed a 15th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 7 draws and 20 defeats. In total they scored 40 and conceded {75 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 3 and lost 11 with 18/42 goals scored/conceded.
AS Eupen delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Westerlo (placed 6th) in their previous fixture. It looked so good for AS Eupen vs Westerlo, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw. Genechten got a match rating of 8.81 in that game, top player of the team. Genechten scored two goals and hit two key passes.
Prior to that match, the AS Eupen manager Kohfeldt faced defeat when travelling to Club Brugge and losing 0-7.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Eupen played away with similar odds. This revealed 9 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 1 were draw and the home team won as expected 8 times.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings involving these teams: Genk won seven, AS Eupen triumphed in two and we saw one draw. six games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  Y. Van Genechten 2 goals |   C. Cuesta Figueroa 1 goals |  B. Heynen 1 goals |
Genk missing players
AS Eupen missing players
| Genk | AS Eupen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 11 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 36% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Genk | Last season | AS Eupen | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 40 | 20 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 25 | 15 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 11 | 20 | ||
| 88 | 50 | Scored | S | 18 | 40 | ||
| 47 | 19 | Conceded | C | 42 | 75 | ||
| 98% | 95% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 97% | ||
| 85% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 76% | ||
| 72% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 59% | 59% | ||
| 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 41% | 38% | ||
| 20% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 24% | ||
| 70% | 70% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 59% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 24% | 15% | ||
| 12% | 10% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 29% | ||
| 5.7 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.6 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.8 | 5.8 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 6 | ||
| 13.3 | 14.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.9 | 11.6 | ||
| 5.2 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.6 | ||
| 42% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 33% | ||
| 12.1 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.8 | 15.3 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.1 | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Gent | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Antwerp | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Sint-Truiden | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Westerlo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | AS Eupen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Mechelen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | OH Leuven | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Sporting Charleroi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Club Brugge | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Kortrijk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Cercle Brugge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Standard Liege | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Anderlecht | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | RWDM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 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 | +/- | P |
| 1 | Antwerp | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 69 | 34 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 47 |
| 2 | Genk | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 88 | 47 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 41 | 46 |
| 3 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 78 | 49 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 46 |
| 4 | Club Brugge | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 71 | 48 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 36 |
