Only the second game in the Pro League for these teams and it's all to play for here at Luminus Arena as Genk welcomes KV Oostende. Check out this preview!
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Genk form and stats
Last season, Genk's league statistics were 16 wins, 8 draws and 10 losses, resulting in a 4th position in the Pro League. Over these 34 matches they scored 67 goals and conceded 48. Playing at home last season Genk managed 9-5-3 (win-draw-lost) with 38 goals and 20 conceded.
Genk drew their last game, 1-1 away at Standard Liege (placed 11th). Mark McKenzie was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.71 out of 10. The defender McKenzie won 8 of 10 duels.
Before that, Genk played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Standard Liege.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Shakhtar Donetsk are coming to town in four days.
KV Oostende form and stats
Let's have a look at how KV Oostende performed last season in the Pro League: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 15 victories, 8 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 49 and conceded 41 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 3 and lost 8 with 16/20 goals scored/conceded.
Home advantage was not enough for KV Oostende in their previous game, as they lost their Pro League-match, hosting Sporting Charleroi, 0-3. The attacker Marko Kvasina got a match rating of 7.3 in that game. Kvasina hit two key passes and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that one, a nice away victory 3-1 at Standard Liege.Head 2 Head
Genk-KV Oostende H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Genk five wins, KV Oostende three wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  T. Bongonda Mbul'Ofeko Batombo 1 goals |
Genk missing players
KV Oostende missing players
| Genk | KV Oostende | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Genk | Last season | KV Oostende | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 40 | 20 | Played | P | 20 | 40 | ||
| 21 | 11 | Won | W | 7 | 17 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Drew | D | 3 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 10 | 14 | ||
| 82 | 46 | Scored | S | 23 | 64 | ||
| 53 | 21 | Conceded | C | 28 | 57 | ||
| 95% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 95% | 98% | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 65% | 82% | ||
| 72% | 70% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 65% | ||
| 42% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 35% | ||
| 25% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 5% | 8% | ||
| 75% | 70% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 68% | ||
| 20% | 30% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 18% | ||
| 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 18% | ||
| 4.3 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.7 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 4.5 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 5 | ||
| 10.6 | 11.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.9 | 9.6 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.2 | ||
| 42% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 38% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sporting Charleroi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Kortrijk | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Mechelen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Sint-Truiden | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Cercle Brugge | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | AS Eupen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Club Brugge | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Genk | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | OH Leuven | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Standard Liege | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Zulte-Waregem | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Antwerp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Gent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Anderlecht | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 17 | RFC Seraing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 18 | KV Oostende | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 44 |
| 2 | Genk | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 44 |
| 3 | Antwerp | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 35 |
| 4 | Anderlecht | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 33 |