Betting tips: Genk vs Club Brugge - predictions and statistics

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 30.April
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Luminus Arena (24956 seats)

A total of 34 sets of matches have gone by and both Genk and Club Brugge are high up in the table. Let's go!

Insights:
  • Genk have the most scored goals (78) in Pro League
  • Genk have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Club Brugge have scored away.

Club Brugge have already sealed their fate; they will finish in 4th place no matter what happens.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Genk form and stats

Home games in the Pro League have been a walk in the park for Genk so far, with 43 points won from 17 matches; 14 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. Two home wins in a row for Genk bring valid hopes of a third.

Genk drew their last game, 2-2 away at Sporting Charleroi. Midfielder Trésor was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.61 (out of ten) in that game. Trésor served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Anderlecht in a game that was won 5-2.

Observe: 9 of the most recent 12 league games from this club have seen goals scored by both teams.

Genk are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Luminus Arena in their league games, having scored an impressive 44 goals in 17 matches. Genk have only conceded 15 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Club Brugge form and stats

The visitors are W6-D5-L6 on the road this term. That's in the Pro League.

419 minutes! That's how long the Club Brugge goalkeeper Simon Mignolet and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Brugge had fun at their own home (Luminus Arena) last time out, beating AS Eupen 7-0. Rits (2), Vanaken, Lang and Jutglà scored. As mentioned above, Club Brugge was the only team on the pitch versus AS Eupen in their previous game, winning 7-0. This could be a tougher task. It's hard not to mention Jutglà's lethal finishing against AS Eupen. three goals were a big reason for the important victory. Jutglà, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 9.44. Jutglà scored three goals and hit one key pass.

Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Westerlo.

Look out: 9 of the latest 11 league games featuring this club have ended with only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting).

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Club Brugge have scored 21 goals in 17 league games away. Brugge have conceded 21 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The fixture history shows this score when the squads met previously this campaign; Genk - Club Brugge 3-1. Vrancken (Genk) and Sylla  (Club Brugge) were shown red cards when these sides met earlier this season. Will it be as ill-natured this time? As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Genk victories, one draw and six Club Brugge wins. Over/under statistics; ten of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

GenkJ. Paintsil
J. Paintsil
14 goals
GenkB. Heynen
B. Heynen
10 goals

Genk missing players

Club Brugge missing players

Genk Club Brugge
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
34 17 4 Played P 4 17 34
23 14 2 Won W 0 6 16
6 1 0 Drew D 2 5 11
5 2 2 Lost L 2 6 7
78 44 5 Scored S 2 21 61
37 15 4 Conceded C 7 21 36
97% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 88% 94%
82% 76% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 76% 88%
71% 76% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 59% 56%
50% 47% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 24% 29%
24% 24% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
68% 65% 50% BTTS BTTS 25% 41% 47%
24% 29% 25% Clean Sheets C S 25% 35% 38%
12% 12% 25% Failed to Score F T 75% 35% 21%
 
6.1 7 8.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.9 6.4
4.6 4.1 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 2.8 3.9 3.5
1.8 1.9 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.5 2
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
14 15.9 13.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 11.8 15.3
5.6 6.5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.8 3.6 4.4
41% 40% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 34% 40%
 
11.7 9.2 10.8 Shots against (avg) S A 9 11.5 10.8
3.9 2.9 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.5 3.7
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Club Brugge have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 Club Brugge have scored away.
  • Genk have the most points (43) at home in Pro League
  • Genk have the most scored goals (44) at home in Pro League
  • Genk have the most scored goals (78) in Pro League
  • Genk have the most scored goals in the first half (45) in Pro League
  • Genk have the the best goal difference (+29) at home in Pro League
  • Genk have the the best goal difference (+41) 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 34 23 6 5 78 37 17 14 1 2 44 15 17 9 5 3 34 22 41 75
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 34 23 6 5 70 41 17 13 2 2 33 16 17 10 4 3 37 25 29 75
3 Antwerp 34 22 6 6 59 26 17 13 2 2 36 11 17 9 4 4 23 15 33 72
4 Club Brugge 34 16 11 7 61 36 17 10 6 1 40 15 17 6 5 6 21 21 25 59
5 Gent 34 16 8 10 64 38 17 9 4 4 28 16 17 7 4 6 36 22 26 56
6 Standard Liège 34 16 7 11 58 45 17 10 3 4 34 17 17 6 4 7 24 28 13 55
7 Westerlo 34 14 9 11 61 53 17 8 4 5 40 26 17 6 5 6 21 27 8 51
8 Cercle Brugge 34 13 11 10 50 46 17 8 7 2 31 18 17 5 4 8 19 28 4 50
9 OH Leuven 34 13 9 12 56 48 17 7 5 5 29 24 17 6 4 7 27 24 8 48
10 Sporting Charleroi 34 14 6 14 45 52 17 7 2 8 23 27 17 7 4 6 22 25 -7 48
11 Anderlecht 34 13 7 14 49 46 17 6 4 7 27 23 17 7 3 7 22 23 3 46
12 Sint-Truiden 34 11 9 14 37 40 17 6 4 7 20 19 17 5 5 7 17 21 -3 42
13 Mechelen 34 11 7 16 49 63 17 7 6 4 29 27 17 4 1 12 20 36 -14 40
14 Kortrijk 34 8 7 19 37 61 17 4 5 8 16 29 17 4 2 11 21 32 -24 31
15 AS Eupen 34 7 7 20 40 75 17 4 4 9 22 33 17 3 3 11 18 42 -35 28
16 Zulte-Waregem 34 6 9 19 50 78 17 3 4 10 27 46 17 3 5 9 23 32 -28 27
17 KV Oostende 34 7 6 21 37 76 17 5 1 11 18 33 17 2 5 10 19 43 -39 27
18 RFC Seraing 34 5 5 24 28 68 17 1 4 12 8 29 17 4 1 12 20 39 -40 20

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.