The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Genk are in the 9th position while the guests worry at 11th.
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Champions League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Salzburg, was also a home game here at Luminus Arena. The away team is better rested.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Sint-Truiden have a different surface at their stadium (artificial turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 10-15-16 (win-draw-loss) from 41 matches.
Genk form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Luminus Arena as Genk have scored 11 goals to get 16 points from 8 games. The overall stats in the Pro League are 5-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).
The Genk crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-4 to Salzburg here at Luminus Arena in a Champions League match. Before that, Genk played out a Pro League draw 2-2 when visiting Royal Excel Mouscron.
Genk are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found three matches and the win/draw/lost stats: W2-D1-L0.
Genk are traveling soon after this match as the Belgian Cup match at Antwerp awaits in three days.
Genk are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 8 games. On the other hand, Genk have conceded 9 goals.
Sint-Truiden form and stats
3-0-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Sint-Truiden in their Pro League matches away.
Sint-Truiden failed to get anything from their last game, a Pro League home match vs Sporting Charleroi (placed 5th) that ended with defeat 1-3. A 1-2 defeat away at Cercle Brugge before that.
You'll want to know how Sint-Truiden managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found two similar matches resulting in 0 away wins, 0 draws and 2 home wins.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Belgian Cup trip to Zulte-Waregem.
Sint-Truiden have scored 9 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. Sint-Truiden have conceded 19 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 6 Genk victories, 2 draws and 2 Sint-Truiden wins. 7 of these games ended with three goals or more, 3 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Samatta 6 goals |   Y. Boli 6 goals |  P. Onuachu 5 goals |
Genk missing players
Sint-Truiden missing players
| Genk | Sint-Truiden | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 6 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 20 | 11 | 6 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 14 |
| 20 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 19 | 25 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 87% |
| 80% | 75% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 73% |
| 53% | 50% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 53% |
| 33% | 25% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 38% | 27% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 25% | 13% |
| 53% | 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 38% | 40% |
| 20% | 25% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 27% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 38% | 40% |
| 5.2 | 5.5 | 7.3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5 | 3.5 | 3.9 |
| 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3 | 6.1 | 6.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0.7 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 118 | 89 | 38 | Total Shots | T S | 18 | 56 | 101 |
| 50 | 39 | 13 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 20 | 37 |
| 40% | 28% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 45% | 38% |
- All of Sint-Truiden's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Genk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sint-Truiden has the fewest scored goals in the first half (4)
- Sint-Truiden have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Sint-Truiden have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sint-Truiden haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 29 | 36 |
| 2 | Standard Liege | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 30 |
| 3 | Gent | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 29 |
| 4 | Antwerp | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 24 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 28 |
| 5 | Sporting Charleroi | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 28 |
| 6 | Mechelen | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 27 |
| 7 | Zulte-Waregem | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 25 |
| 8 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 22 |
| 9 | Genk | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 21 |
| 10 | Anderlecht | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 21 |
| 11 | Sint-Truiden | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 19 | -11 | 18 |
| 12 | AS Eupen | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -14 | 16 |
| 13 | Kortrijk | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -5 | 15 |
| 14 | KV Oostende | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -14 | 12 |
| 15 | Waasland-Beveren | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -17 | 11 |
| 16 | Cercle Brugge | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 22 | -23 | 8 |