The manager J. van den Brom looks to inspire Genk win against KV Oostende

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Fri 30.July
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Luminus Arena (24956 seats)

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!

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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.

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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

GenkT. Bongonda Mbul'Ofeko Batombo
T. Bongonda Mbul'Ofeko Batombo
1 goals

Genk missing players

KV Oostende missing players

Genk KV Oostende
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid 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

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.