Pro League: Genk expected to win home game against OH Leuven

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 14.August
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Luminus Arena (24956 seats)

Yet another entertaining match in the Pro League. Genk is in the 10th position from featuring in three fixtures. They receive OH Leuven who are placed 14th from three fixtures.

Genk have less rest than OH Leuven in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Champions League game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Shakhtar Donetsk.

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Genk form and stats

The home fans saw their team lose the first Pro League game of the season here at Luminus Arena. Last season these fans witnessed 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses from Genk's 3 home games.

The fans are hoping that Genk will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Champions League game against Shakhtar Donetsk.

In the game before, an away victory in the Pro League match versus Kortrijk with a 2-1 scoreline.

At Luminus Arena, Genk has the goal stats of 3-4 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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OH Leuven form and stats

One match played away so far in the Pro League for OH Leuven and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 4 wins, 7 draws and 6 losses from 17 games. With three draws in a row for Leuven the feeling in the team is perhaps one of both relief and disappointment.

Leuven played 1-1 against Sporting Charleroi in their previous match. Rafael Romo (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.61. Romo stopped the opponent with nine saves. Goalkeeper Rafael Romo made a total of nine saves, making him a hero against Sporting Charleroi. Heavily contributing to the draw after 90 minutes.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Cercle Brugge.

OH Leuven have the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings involving these parties: Genk won six, OH Leuven triumphed in zero and we saw four draws. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

GenkT. Bongonda Mbul'Ofeko Batombo
T. Bongonda Mbul'Ofeko Batombo
3 goals
OH LeuvenT. Henry
T. Henry
3 goals
GenkD. Muñoz Mejía
D. Muñoz Mejía
1 goals

Genk missing players

OH Leuven missing players

Genk OH Leuven
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 1 1 3
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 1 1 3
1 1 0 Lost L 0 0 0
6 3 0 Scored S 1 1 3
6 4 0 Conceded C 1 1 3
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 100% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5.3 9 0 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3 3.3
5.3 5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 2 2 5
1.7 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
18.3 22 0 Shots (avg) S ( 9 9 13.3
6.7 10 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4 4
30% 30% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 25% 25%
Genk Last season OH Leuven
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
40 20   Played P   17 34
21 11   Won W   4 12
9 6   Drew D   7 9
10 3   Lost L   6 13
82 46   Scored S   30 54
53 21   Conceded C   36 59
95% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
92% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   100% 91%
72% 70%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   82% 74%
42% 45%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   65% 44%
25% 15%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   29% 18%
75% 70%   BTTS BTTS   82% 74%
20% 30%   Clean Sheets C S   6% 15%
10% 0%   Failed to Score F T   12% 12%
 
4.3 4.4   Corners for (avg) C F   4.6 4.3
5 4   Corners against (avg) C A   6.8 6
1.6 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.6
6 3   Red cards R C   1 4
 
10.6 11.8   Shots (avg) S (   8.9 9.5
4.8 5.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.6 3.9
42% 40%   Goal Efficiency G E   48% 41%

  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 3 2 0 1 6 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 6 1 4 6
2 Kortrijk 3 2 0 1 4 2 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
3 KV Oostende 3 2 0 1 5 6 2 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 4 3 -1 6
4 Sporting Charleroi 3 1 2 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 4 1 3 5
5 AS Eupen 3 1 2 0 6 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 5 3 2 5
6 Club Brugge 3 1 2 0 4 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 5
7 Cercle Brugge 3 1 2 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 5
8 Anderlecht 3 1 1 1 5 4 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
9 Zulte-Waregem 3 1 1 1 5 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 4
10 Genk 3 1 1 1 6 6 1 0 0 1 3 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 0 4
11 Sint-Truiden 3 1 1 1 3 4 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 4
12 Standard Liege 3 1 1 1 5 7 2 0 1 1 3 6 1 1 0 0 2 1 -2 4
13 Antwerp 3 1 0 2 7 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 7 5 1 3
14 OH Leuven 3 0 3 0 3 3 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 3
15 Mechelen 3 1 0 2 4 6 2 1 0 1 4 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 3
16 RFC Seraing 3 1 0 2 1 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 5 -4 3
17 Gent 3 0 1 2 3 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 1 3 -2 1
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 3 0 1 2 2 6 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 -4 1
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

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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.