Genk vs Gent betting preview: Visitors should struggle at Luminus Arena

Competition: Belgium Pro League
Date: Sat 06.April
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Luminus Arena (24604 seats)

A key match in Pro League as both teams are battling for the top positions. With the home team in 1st position and the visitors placed 5th, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

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.

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Genk form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Luminus Arena as Genk has scored 26 goals to get 31 points from 15 games. The overall stats are 9-4-2 (wins-draws-losses). Hopes of three in a row are alive for Genk after consecutive victories at their own ground.

In their previous game, the manager P. Clement led his Genk to a defeat in the Pro League match away at Antwerp. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Luminus Arena. Ahead of that match, Genk won a home game hosting Anderlecht (3-0).

Genk have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Luminus Arena with 26 goals in 15 matches. From these home matches, Genk have conceded only 12 goals.

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Gent form and stats

6 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Gent playing as the away team this season.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Pro League home defeat versus Standard Liege with 1-2 on the scoreboard. A 0-3 defeat away at Club Brugge before that.

The travelling fans enjoy Gent's attacking play in away games, having scored 27 goals in 15 away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Gent have conceded 24 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Genk and Gent have met before this season: Genk - Gent 3-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Genk 4 wins, 4 draws and Gent 2 victories.

Top Goalscorers

M. Samatta
20 goals / 4 assists
L. Trossard
11 goals / 4 assists
R. Malinovskiy
9 goals / 7 assists

Genk missing players

Gent missing players

Playername Goals Assist Starts % Started

Genk Gent
Total Home Statistic Away Total
32 16 Played 16 32
66 29 Scored 27 54
32 12 Conceded 27 50
94% 94% Over 0.5 100% 97%
81% 81% Over 1.5 100% 94%
53% 50% Over 2.5 75% 75%
38% 25% Over 3.5 50% 41%
22% 6% Over 4.5 12% 16%
59% 56% Both teams to score 62% 69%
38% 44% Clean Sheet 19% 19%
9% 6% Failed To Score 19% 16%
Key stats this season:
  • Gent hasn't played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Genk 30 18 9 3 63 31 15 9 4 2 26 12 15 9 5 1 37 19 32 63
2 Club Brugge 30 16 8 6 64 32 15 10 2 3 36 14 15 6 6 3 28 18 32 56
3 Standard Liège 30 15 8 7 49 35 15 10 4 1 32 17 15 5 4 6 17 18 14 53
4 Anderlecht 30 15 6 9 49 34 15 8 6 1 27 12 15 7 0 8 22 22 15 51
5 Gent 30 15 5 10 53 45 15 9 2 4 26 21 15 6 3 6 27 24 8 50
6 Antwerp 30 14 7 9 39 34 15 6 4 5 22 20 15 8 3 4 17 14 5 49
7 Sint-Truiden 30 12 11 7 47 36 15 8 5 2 27 16 15 4 6 5 20 20 11 47
8 Kortrijk 30 12 7 11 44 42 15 6 3 6 24 25 15 6 4 5 20 17 2 43
9 Sporting Charleroi 30 12 6 12 43 43 15 7 3 5 22 18 15 5 3 7 21 25 0 42
10 Royal Excel Mouscron 30 11 7 12 33 33 15 7 4 4 17 10 15 4 3 8 16 23 0 40
11 Zulte-Waregem 30 8 9 13 49 60 15 5 5 5 29 27 15 3 4 8 20 33 -11 33
12 AS Eupen 30 10 2 18 34 57 15 6 0 9 20 28 15 4 2 9 14 29 -23 32
13 Cercle Brugge 30 7 7 16 35 59 15 6 3 6 23 27 15 1 4 10 12 32 -24 28
14 Waasland-Beveren 30 5 12 13 37 50 15 3 7 5 17 22 15 2 5 8 20 28 -13 27
15 KV Oostende 30 6 9 15 29 52 15 4 4 7 15 24 15 2 5 8 14 28 -23 27
16 Lokeren 30 5 5 20 28 53 15 5 3 7 16 24 15 0 2 13 12 29 -25 20

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