Genk will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 23 points behind Club Brugge.
Genk and Club Brugge 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 played 13 Pro League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 8-1-4 (wins-draws-losses).
Happy days for Genk in their previous game, a Pro League match away at Kortrijk (placed 11th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Preceding that match was the home game against Standard Liège that was lost 1-3.
Genk have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Luminus Arena with 20 goals in 13 league matches. 16 goals have been conceded.
Club Brugge form and stats
The away team, who have the most clean sheets (17) in Pro League, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 8 wins, 4 draws and only 1 loss in the Pro League. Things are running smoothly for Club Brugge who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 13 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Antwerp. One point away has become something of a habit for Club Brugge who have played out draws in their last three away games.
Impressive finishing from É. Álvarez secured the home win 1-0 against Sporting Charleroi in their previous game. Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Manchester United.
Club Brugge has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 23 goals from 13 games. It's not easy to score on Club Brugge as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Club Brugge - Genk 1-1 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Genk three wins, four draws and Club Brugge three victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  H. Vanaken 12 goals |  D. Okereke 9 goals |   E. Onuachu 8 goals |
Genk missing players
Club Brugge missing players
| Genk | Club Brugge | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 27 |
| 12 | 8 | 1 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | 19 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 40 | 20 | 4 | Scored | S | 10 | 23 | 54 |
| 38 | 16 | 7 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 85% | 89% |
| 81% | 77% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 77% | 74% |
| 59% | 62% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 46% | 48% |
| 33% | 31% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 23% | 22% |
| 11% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 8% | 7% |
| 59% | 62% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 46% | 37% |
| 22% | 23% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 54% | 63% |
| 19% | 15% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 15% | 11% |
| 5.7 | 6 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.2 | 7 | 6.5 |
| 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.1 |
| 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 230 | 150 | 41 | Total Shots | T S | 48 | 94 | 189 |
| 108 | 64 | 22 | Shots on Target | S O | 23 | 39 | 82 |
| 37% | 31% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 59% | 66% |
- Club Brugge has the fewest conceded goals (12)
- Club Brugge has the fewest conceded goals (8) away
- Club Brugge has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6)
- Club Brugge has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6)
- Club Brugge has the fewest matches over the total-line (8)
- Club Brugge has the most clean sheets (17)
- Club Brugge has the most clean sheets (7) away
- Club Brugge has the most matches under the total-line (17)
- Club Brugge has the most points (28) away
- Club Brugge has the the best goal difference (+15) away
- Club Brugge has the the best goal difference (+42)
- Club Brugge have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Club Brugge have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Genk have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- 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 | Club Brugge | 27 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 54 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 42 | 64 |
| 2 | Gent | 27 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 58 | 29 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 29 | 55 |
| 3 | Standard Liège | 27 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 47 | 30 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 17 | 48 |
| 4 | Sporting Charleroi | 27 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 43 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 21 | 48 |
| 5 | Antwerp | 27 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 45 | 31 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 14 | 47 |
| 6 | Genk | 27 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 40 | 38 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 2 | 41 |
| 7 | Mechelen | 27 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 42 | 42 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 0 | 40 |
| 8 | Anderlecht | 27 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 35 | 29 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 37 |
| 9 | Zulte-Waregem | 27 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 39 | 40 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 25 | -1 | 35 |
| 10 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 27 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 36 | 38 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 21 | -2 | 33 |
| 11 | Kortrijk | 27 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 38 | 41 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 20 | -3 | 32 |
| 12 | Sint-Truiden | 27 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 33 | 47 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 32 | -14 | 32 |
| 13 | AS Eupen | 27 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 25 | 49 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 31 | -24 | 26 |
| 14 | KV Oostende | 27 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 26 | 51 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 28 | -25 | 22 |
| 15 | Cercle Brugge | 27 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 25 | 52 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 29 | -27 | 20 |
| 16 | Waasland-Beveren | 27 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 56 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 27 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 29 | -35 | 20 |