Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Genk welcome Mechelen

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Fri 29.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Luminus Arena (24956 seats)

Genk are prepared for a new test after their 1-0 against Gent in the previous game. Mechelen are coming to play!

Insights:
  • Genk have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Mechelen have the most points from losing position (20) in Pro League

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Genk form and stats

When playing at home in the Pro League, Genk have managed 10 wins, 3 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 17 games.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Maarten Vandevoordt not having conceded a league goal in 286 minutes.

Genk enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Gent's place. The match ended 1-0 with Németh scoring. Manager Storck felt very clever after Németh scored the winning goal against Gent, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 89th minute. Defender Lucumi got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.65/10. Lucumi won 5 of 9 duels.

Before that match, a win away at RFC Seraing.

The Genk manager Storck has got the team scoring with 39 from 17 home games in the league. On the other hand, Genk have conceded 18 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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Mechelen form and stats

5-3-9 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Mechelen in their Pro League matches away.

Mechelen won their last game, 1-0 versus Sporting Charleroi played at home.

Prior to that match, the Mechelen manager Vrancken faced defeat when travelling to Club Brugge and losing 0-2.

Mechelen have scored 21 goals on their travels this season, from 17 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. The Mechelen manager Vrancken has some worries about the defense as 37 goals have been conceded in these travels. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Genk and Mechelen have duelled earlier this season: Genk - Mechelen 4-1. Peyre (Mechelen) was sent off when these teams previously met this season. Stats for the preceeding ten meetings featuring these two squads are: five wins for Genk, three draws and two wins for Mechelen. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games. The games between these sides sometimes lean towards being "violent", having seen 5 red cards from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

GenkE. Onuachu
E. Onuachu
19 goals
MechelenN. Storm
N. Storm
15 goals
MechelenH. Cuypers
H. Cuypers
13 goals

Genk missing players

Mechelen missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Genk Mechelen
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
35 17 4 Played P 4 17 35
16 10 1 Won W 1 5 16
6 3 1 Drew D 1 3 7
13 4 2 Lost L 2 9 12
67 39 8 Scored S 6 21 58
47 18 6 Conceded C 11 37 61
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
89% 88% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 86%
54% 53% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 53% 60%
37% 41% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 75% 41% 49%
26% 35% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 29% 26%
54% 47% 50% BTTS BTTS 75% 59% 63%
29% 41% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 17%
17% 12% 25% Failed to Score F T 25% 29% 20%
 
5.8 6.4 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.3 4.8 5.6
4.5 3.8 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 7.3 6.3
1.5 1.3 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.1 1.9
4 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
15 16.4 16.8 Shots (avg) S ( 7.7 10.2 11.1
5.8 6.4 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.1 4.2
33% 36% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 32% 41%
 
11.1 11.2 14.5 Shots against (avg) S A 15.3 16.1 14.8
3.9 3.8 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 5.9 5.1
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Genk have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Genk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Mechelen have the most points from losing position (20) in Pro League
  • 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 34 24 5 5 78 27 17 10 3 4 32 14 17 14 2 1 46 13 51 77
2 Club Brugge 34 21 9 4 72 37 17 10 6 1 36 16 17 11 3 3 36 21 35 72
3 Anderlecht 34 18 10 6 72 36 17 10 5 2 41 19 17 8 5 4 31 17 36 64
4 Antwerp 34 19 6 9 55 38 17 9 4 4 30 19 17 10 2 5 25 19 17 63
5 Gent 34 18 8 8 56 30 17 11 3 3 37 16 17 7 5 5 19 14 26 62
6 Sporting Charleroi 34 15 9 10 55 46 17 7 5 5 24 16 17 8 4 5 31 30 9 54
7 Mechelen 34 15 7 12 57 61 17 10 4 3 36 24 17 5 3 9 21 37 -4 52
8 Genk 34 15 6 13 66 47 17 10 3 4 39 18 17 5 3 9 27 29 19 51
9 Sint-Truiden 34 15 6 13 42 40 17 7 3 7 26 23 17 8 3 6 16 17 2 51
10 Cercle Brugge 34 12 9 13 49 46 17 6 4 7 23 20 17 6 5 6 26 26 3 45
11 OH Leuven 34 10 11 13 47 58 17 7 4 6 25 25 17 3 7 7 22 33 -11 41
12 KV Oostende 34 10 7 17 34 61 17 5 3 9 19 37 17 5 4 8 15 24 -27 37
13 Kortrijk 34 9 10 15 43 48 17 5 4 8 23 24 17 4 6 7 20 24 -5 37
14 Standard Liege 34 9 9 16 32 51 17 3 5 9 15 26 17 6 4 7 17 25 -19 36
15 AS Eupen 34 8 8 18 37 61 17 4 4 9 18 29 17 4 4 9 19 32 -24 32
16 Zulte-Waregem 34 8 8 18 42 69 17 5 4 8 23 32 17 3 4 10 19 37 -27 32
17 RFC Seraing 34 8 4 22 30 68 17 5 3 9 16 30 17 3 1 13 14 38 -38 28
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 34 4 4 26 33 76 17 4 1 12 16 33 17 0 3 14 17 43 -43 16

Table
  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 34 24 5 5 78 27 17 10 3 4 32 14 17 14 2 1 46 13 51 77
2 Club Brugge 34 21 9 4 72 37 17 10 6 1 36 16 17 11 3 3 36 21 35 72
3 Anderlecht 34 18 10 6 72 36 17 10 5 2 41 19 17 8 5 4 31 17 36 64
4 Antwerp 34 19 6 9 55 38 17 9 4 4 30 19 17 10 2 5 25 19 17 63
5 Gent 34 18 8 8 56 30 17 11 3 3 37 16 17 7 5 5 19 14 26 62
6 Sporting Charleroi 34 15 9 10 55 46 17 7 5 5 24 16 17 8 4 5 31 30 9 54
7 Mechelen 34 15 7 12 57 61 17 10 4 3 36 24 17 5 3 9 21 37 -4 52
8 Genk 34 15 6 13 66 47 17 10 3 4 39 18 17 5 3 9 27 29 19 51
9 Sint-Truiden 34 15 6 13 42 40 17 7 3 7 26 23 17 8 3 6 16 17 2 51
10 Cercle Brugge 34 12 9 13 49 46 17 6 4 7 23 20 17 6 5 6 26 26 3 45
11 OH Leuven 34 10 11 13 47 58 17 7 4 6 25 25 17 3 7 7 22 33 -11 41
12 KV Oostende 34 10 7 17 34 61 17 5 3 9 19 37 17 5 4 8 15 24 -27 37
13 Kortrijk 34 9 10 15 43 48 17 5 4 8 23 24 17 4 6 7 20 24 -5 37
14 Standard Liege 34 9 9 16 32 51 17 3 5 9 15 26 17 6 4 7 17 25 -19 36
15 AS Eupen 34 8 8 18 37 61 17 4 4 9 18 29 17 4 4 9 19 32 -24 32
16 Zulte-Waregem 34 8 8 18 42 69 17 5 4 8 23 32 17 3 4 10 19 37 -27 32
17 RFC Seraing 34 8 4 22 30 68 17 5 3 9 16 30 17 3 1 13 14 38 -38 28
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 34 4 4 26 33 76 17 4 1 12 16 33 17 0 3 14 17 43 -43 16

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