Genk supporters want points in home game facing Kortrijk

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 27.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Luminus Arena (24956 seats)

Lots of loss and gain for these squads so far this season, holding positions near the center of the Pro League table. Here's the Genk - Kortrijk latest:

Insights:
  • Genk have the the best goal difference (+15) at home in Pro League
  • Kortrijk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

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

8-3-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Pro League numbers at home for Genk so far this season. After failing to beat Antwerp here at Luminus Arena, Genk has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.

Genk faced defeat in their previous match, away at Anderlecht (0-2). Defender Lucumi got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.45/10. Lucumi won 1 of 3 duels.

Before that game, the 4-1 home victory against Mechelen.

Genk can score goals in their home matches. After 14 league matches they have found the net 32 times. On the other hand, Genk have conceded 17 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Kortrijk form and stats

As the visiting team in Pro League matches, Kortrijk have produced an overall stat of 4-6-4 so far.

Impressive finishing from Badammosi, Sainsbury (2) and Selemani (2) secured the home win 5-0 against Zulte-Waregem in their previous game. Sainsbury, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 9.3. Sainsbury scored two goals and won 6 of 7 duels.

A 1-2 defeat away at Beerschot-Wilrijk before that.

Kortrijk have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 14 league away games 18 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Kortrijk have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these sides meet on the pitch this campaign, as the history books show this recent match: Kortrijk - Genk 1-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Genk victories, two draws and three Kortrijk 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
15 goals
KortrijkF. Selemani
F. Selemani
11 goals
GenkT. Bongonda Mbul'Ofeko Batombo
T. Bongonda Mbul'Ofeko Batombo
9 goals

Genk missing players

Kortrijk missing players

Genk Kortrijk
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
28 14 3 Played P 3 14 28
12 8 2 Won W 1 4 9
5 3 1 Drew D 1 6 10
11 3 0 Lost L 1 4 9
54 32 9 Scored S 4 18 37
41 17 3 Conceded C 3 17 34
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
93% 93% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 93% 86%
57% 57% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 36% 39%
36% 43% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 21% 25%
29% 36% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
61% 57% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 57% 54%
21% 36% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 29% 29%
18% 7% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 18%
 
5.8 6.2 7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 4.2 4.6
4.5 4.4 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 5 6.1 5.3
1.5 1.4 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3.7 2.9
3 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
14.6 15.8 15.3 Shots (avg) S ( 10.7 10.6 12.4
5.8 6.2 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4 4.2
34% 37% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 32% 31%
 
11.6 11.9 15.3 Shots against (avg) S A 20 16.1 15
4 3.9 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 4.4 4.3
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Genk have the the best goal difference (+15) at home in Pro League
  • Genk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Kortrijk 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 Union Saint-Gilloise 28 20 3 5 62 22 14 9 1 4 26 13 14 11 2 1 36 9 40 63
2 Club Brugge 28 15 9 4 52 33 14 7 6 1 27 14 14 8 3 3 25 19 19 54
3 Antwerp 28 16 5 7 48 30 14 7 3 4 26 17 14 9 2 3 22 13 18 53
4 Anderlecht 28 14 9 5 60 32 14 7 5 2 32 18 14 7 4 3 28 14 28 51
5 Gent 28 13 7 8 43 27 14 8 3 3 29 15 14 5 4 5 14 12 16 46
6 Mechelen 27 14 3 10 48 46 14 9 2 3 29 18 13 5 1 7 19 28 2 45
7 Sporting Charleroi 28 12 7 9 42 38 14 5 4 5 16 16 14 7 3 4 26 22 4 43
8 Genk 28 12 5 11 54 41 14 8 3 3 32 17 14 4 2 8 22 24 13 41
9 Cercle Brugge 28 11 5 12 40 34 14 5 2 7 17 16 14 6 3 5 23 18 6 38
10 Sint-Truiden 28 11 4 13 32 37 14 5 2 7 19 20 14 6 2 6 13 17 -5 37
11 Kortrijk 28 9 10 9 37 34 14 5 4 5 19 17 14 4 6 4 18 17 3 37
12 OH Leuven 27 9 9 9 39 44 13 6 3 4 19 20 14 3 6 5 20 24 -5 36
13 KV Oostende 28 9 4 15 28 52 14 5 1 8 16 32 14 4 3 7 12 20 -24 31
14 Standard Liège 27 7 8 12 29 43 13 2 5 6 13 21 14 5 3 6 16 22 -14 29
15 AS Eupen 28 7 6 15 33 49 14 3 3 8 14 25 14 4 3 7 19 24 -16 27
16 Zulte-Waregem 28 6 8 14 37 61 14 3 4 7 19 30 14 3 4 7 18 31 -24 26
17 RFC Seraing 28 7 2 19 26 57 14 5 2 7 15 22 14 2 0 12 11 35 -31 23
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 27 4 4 19 27 57 14 4 1 9 13 25 13 0 3 10 14 32 -30 16

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.