Luminus Arena: Genk vs Club Brugge Pro League preview

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Fri 07.May
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Luminus Arena (24956 seats)

Genk and Club Brugge are both riding high in the Pro League with their 4th and 1st positions respectively. Expect a great game!

Insights:
  • Genk have the most scored goals in the first half (35) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have the most scored goals (73) in Pro League

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 are done competing for places this season; they will remain in 4th place whatever happens now. Happy, happy days for Brugge who are already winners of the Pro League. This could affect their motivation.

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Genk form and stats

9-5-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Pro League numbers at home for Genk, who have the most scored goals (38) at home in Pro League, so far this season.

Happy days for Genk in their previous game, a Pro League match away at Antwerp that ended with a 3-2 victory. In the game before, an away victory in the Belgian Cup match versus Standard Liege with a 2-1 scoreline.

The Genk manager J. van den Brom has got the team scoring with 38 from 17 home games in the league. Genk's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 20 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Club Brugge form and stats

The away team, who have the most scored goals (73) in Pro League, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 12 wins, 3 draws and only 2 losses in the Pro League.

Club Brugge's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Anderlecht that finished 2-2. That result followed a home victory 4-2 versus Royal Excel Mouscron.

The Brugge manager P. Clement has got the team scoring on the road, with 39 away goals in 17 league matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (11 so far).

Head 2 Head

Genk and Club Brugge have met before this season: Club Brugge - Genk 3-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Genk victory, three draws and six Club Brugge wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

GenkE. Onuachu
E. Onuachu
30 goals
GenkT. Bongonda Mbul'Ofeko Batombo
T. Bongonda Mbul'Ofeko Batombo
16 goals
Club BruggeN. Lang
N. Lang
15 goals

Genk missing players

Club Brugge missing players

Genk Club Brugge
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
35 17 4 Played P 4 17 35
17 9 1 Won W 2 12 24
8 5 2 Drew D 1 3 5
10 3 1 Lost L 1 2 6
70 38 9 Scored S 7 39 75
50 20 8 Conceded C 4 11 28
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 97%
91% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 94% 83%
71% 71% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 71% 69%
46% 47% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 24% 29%
29% 18% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 11%
77% 76% 100% BTTS BTTS 75% 53% 49%
17% 24% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 47% 40%
11% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 6% 14%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.6 1.4 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.5 1.3
6 3 1 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
10.1 11.5 11.2 Shots (avg) S ( 9.8 10.5 10.1
4.7 5.6 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.8 5.1 4.7
43% 40% 45% Goal Efficiency G E 37% 45% 46%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • All of Genk's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Club Brugge have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Club Brugge have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Club Brugge have the fewest conceded goals (11) away in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have the fewest conceded goals (26) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (15) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have the most clean sheets (14) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have the most clean sheets (8) away in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have the most points (39) away in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have the most scored goals (39) away in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have the most scored goals (73) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have the most scored goals in the second half (43) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have the the best goal difference (+28) away in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have the the best goal difference (+47) in Pro League
  • Genk have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Genk have the most dropped points from leading position (24) in Pro League
  • Genk have the most points from losing position (20) in Pro League
  • Genk have the most scored goals (38) at home in Pro League
  • Genk have the most scored goals in the first half (35) in Pro League
  • Genk haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 34 24 4 6 73 26 17 12 1 4 34 15 17 12 3 2 39 11 47 76
2 Antwerp 34 18 6 10 57 48 17 9 4 4 30 25 17 9 2 6 27 23 9 60
3 Anderlecht 34 15 13 6 51 34 17 9 7 1 25 11 17 6 6 5 26 23 17 58
4 Genk 34 16 8 10 67 48 17 9 5 3 38 20 17 7 3 7 29 28 19 56
5 KV Oostende 34 15 8 11 49 41 17 9 5 3 33 21 17 6 3 8 16 20 8 53
6 Standard Liege 34 13 11 10 52 41 17 7 7 3 26 20 17 6 4 7 26 21 11 50
7 Gent 34 14 7 13 55 42 17 8 3 6 29 21 17 6 4 7 26 21 13 49
8 Mechelen 34 13 9 12 54 54 17 5 5 7 29 30 17 8 4 5 25 24 0 48
9 Beerschot-Wilrijk 34 14 5 15 58 64 17 7 4 6 32 29 17 7 1 9 26 35 -6 47
10 Zulte-Waregem 34 14 4 16 53 69 17 6 2 9 23 38 17 8 2 7 30 31 -16 46
11 OH Leuven 34 12 9 13 54 59 17 8 2 7 24 23 17 4 7 6 30 36 -5 45
12 AS Eupen 34 10 13 11 44 55 17 5 6 6 24 30 17 5 7 5 20 25 -11 43
13 Sporting Charleroi 34 11 9 14 46 49 17 5 6 6 18 16 17 6 3 8 28 33 -3 42
14 Kortrijk 34 11 6 17 44 57 17 5 2 10 24 35 17 6 4 7 20 22 -13 39
15 Sint-Truiden 34 10 8 16 41 52 17 6 3 8 20 20 17 4 5 8 21 32 -11 38
16 Cercle Brugge 34 11 3 20 40 51 17 6 1 10 25 26 17 5 2 10 15 25 -11 36
17 Waasland-Beveren 34 8 7 19 44 70 17 3 2 12 21 40 17 5 5 7 23 30 -26 31
18 Royal Excel Mouscron 34 7 10 17 32 54 17 4 5 8 17 22 17 3 5 9 15 32 -22 31

Read more about Pro League

The First Division A is the top league of the football pyramid in Belgium, founded in 1895. It was earlier known as the Belgian Pro League. The season runs from July to May with 16 teams each playing 30 fixtures. The top six in the league table then play a championship playoff, the bottom team is relegated and places #7 to #15 have a Europa League playoff.