A traditional home win, the away team steals the points or a score draw? Everything is possible when the mid-table inhabitants Genk and Mechelen meet at Luminus Arena.
- Genk have the most dropped points from leading position (18) in Pro League
- Mechelen have won significantly less corners away then at home.
The hosts Genk saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Pro League. This match was also played here at Luminus Arena. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Mechelen have had more rest.
Genk form and stats
The story so far in the Pro League for Genk at their home stadium (Luminus Arena) is 5 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
Genk's last game was hosting Beerschot-Wilrijk (placed 18th) and winning 4-1. The talented striker Ito bettered all the other footballers in that fixture and got a match rating of 9.82 out of 10. Ito hit the woodwork once, hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times.
Before that match, a win away at KV Oostende.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Genk have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found twelve games) they have won eight times, drawn three and lost one.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Genk as they are travelling to their away game against Union Saint-Gilloise in the Pro League. That match is four days after this one.
Goals decide football matches and Genk are scoring many of them at home; 24 on target from 11 league matches. 16 goals have been conceded.
Mechelen form and stats
Mechelen have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Pro League, after 3-1-6 (10 played). Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Mechelen's last three away games as they have all been lost.
Mechelen are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the Pro League against RFC Seraing (placed 17th). Coucke (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.4. Coucke stopped the opponent with five saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
The game before that, in the Belgian Cup, was lost at home, a 1-3 defeat against AS Eupen.We have checked recent matches where Mechelen have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eight games were one victory, three draws and four defeats.
A new game in only four days for Mechelen, the Pro League home match versus Anderlecht. Busy days.
Mechelen have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 10 league away games 14 goals have been scored. The Mechelen manager Vrancken has some worries about the defense as 22 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Mechelen - Genk 1-1 was the result in these squads' last head to head fixture, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Genk victories, three draws and three Mechelen wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Onuachu 12 goals |   N. Storm 11 goals |  K. Mrabti 8 goals |
Genk missing players
Mechelen missing players
| Genk | Mechelen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 21 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 44 | 24 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 14 | 37 |
| 34 | 16 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 22 | 37 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 91% | 91% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 86% |
| 59% | 64% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 57% |
| 41% | 45% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 52% |
| 32% | 36% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 30% | 24% |
| 64% | 64% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 62% |
| 18% | 27% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 19% |
| 18% | 9% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 30% | 19% |
| 5.8 | 6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.4 | 5.5 |
| 4.8 | 4.8 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 7.3 | 6.6 |
| 1.4 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14.8 | 15.5 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 9.3 | 11.1 |
| 5.9 | 6.6 | 7.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.4 | 4.2 |
| 34% | 33% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 41% | 42% |
| 11.5 | 12.6 | 16 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 14.7 | 14.4 |
| 4.2 | 4.5 | 6.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 5.9 | 5.1 |
- Genk have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Genk have the most dropped points from leading position (18) in Pro League
- Genk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Mechelen have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Mechelen 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 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 50 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 30 | 47 |
| 2 | Club Brugge | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 43 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 43 |
| 3 | Antwerp | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 40 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 40 |
| 4 | Anderlecht | 22 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 51 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 24 | 39 |
| 5 | Gent | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 35 |
| 6 | Sporting Charleroi | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 38 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 6 | 35 |
| 7 | Mechelen | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 37 | 37 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 0 | 33 |
| 8 | Genk | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 44 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 32 |
| 9 | Kortrijk | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 28 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 32 |
| 10 | Cercle Brugge | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 30 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| 11 | OH Leuven | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 29 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 17 | -5 | 26 |
| 12 | AS Eupen | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 30 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 19 | -8 | 25 |
| 13 | Sint-Truiden | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 22 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -11 | 24 |
| 14 | Standard Liege | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 19 | -12 | 24 |
| 15 | KV Oostende | 21 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 23 | 43 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -20 | 23 |
| 16 | Zulte-Waregem | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 31 | 45 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 18 | -14 | 23 |
| 17 | RFC Seraing | 21 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 23 | 42 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 26 | -19 | 19 |
| 18 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 21 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 45 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 25 | -29 | 9 |
