1st position in the Pro League table for Genk so far, a potent achievement. The home team followers pray for more fun as 12th-placed Sporting Charleroi visit Luminus Arena.
- Genk have the most scored goals (39) in Pro League
- Genk have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sporting Charleroi have scored away.
Both contenders have had enough rest since their last match. Let's look for an enthusiastic match!
Genk form and stats
Home games in the Pro League have been a walk in the park for Genk so far, with 22 points won from 8 matches; 7 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. days ago.
Genk's last game was hosting Mechelen (placed 13th) and winning 3-1. Midfield player Paintsil got a match rating of 8.14 in that game, the max score being 10. Paintsil scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and had 18 successful passes (of 21 total).
A strong away win before that one, visiting Antwerp and winning 3-1.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 7 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 7, drew 0 and lost 0.
Goal fest? Nobody knows the future, but we do know that 12 of the 15 most recent league matches with this team has had at least three goals.
Genk are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Luminus Arena in their league games, having scored an impressive 21 goals in 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 11 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Genk have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Sporting Charleroi form and stats
The visitors are W3-D0-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Pro League. Sporting Charleroi has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Sporting Charleroi won their last game, 1-0 versus Antwerp played at home. That victory felt sweet as this side had gone four league rounds without victory. Goalkeeper Koffi was absolutely vital in the Charleroi victory against Antwerp, making six saves. Koffi was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.2. The agile goalkeeper Koffi topped it up with a clean sheet.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Cercle Brugge wasn't a success with a 1-4 loss.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Belgian Cup trip to RFC Seraing.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Sporting Charleroi have scored 9 goals in 7 league games away. Sporting Charleroi's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 11 goals from these trips. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Genk won six games, two matches ended in a draw and Sporting Charleroi managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Onuachu 8 goals |  B. Heynen 6 goals |  J. Paintsil 6 goals |
Genk missing players
Sporting Charleroi missing players
| Genk | Sporting Charleroi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 39 | 21 | 8 | Scored | S | 0 | 9 | 21 |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 11 | 25 |
| 93% | 88% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 75% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 57% | 67% |
| 80% | 75% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 57% | 67% |
| 53% | 50% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 43% | 53% |
| 27% | 25% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 29% | 20% |
| 73% | 75% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 57% | 67% |
| 27% | 25% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 20% |
| 7% | 12% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 14% | 13% |
| 6.5 | 7.5 | 7.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.4 | 4 |
| 4.7 | 4.1 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 5.6 | 4.8 |
| 1.9 | 1.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15.9 | 19 | 18.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 9.3 | 10.7 |
| 6.1 | 6.9 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
| 43% | 38% | 53% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 35% | 34% |
| 11.2 | 8.8 | 7.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 13.4 | 11.3 |
| 3.6 | 2.8 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
- Genk have not yet lost a game at home.
- Genk have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Genk have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sporting Charleroi have scored away.
- Genk have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Pro League
- Genk have the most points (22) at home in Pro League
- Genk have the most scored goals (21) at home in Pro League
- Genk have the most scored goals (39) in Pro League
- Genk have the most scored goals in the first half (24) in Pro League
- Genk have the the best goal difference (+14) at home in Pro League
- Genk have the the best goal difference (+25) in Pro League
- Genk is in the best form (6-0-0) in Pro League
- Sporting Charleroi 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 | Genk | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 25 | 40 |
| 2 | Antwerp | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 33 |
| 3 | Club Brugge | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 32 |
| 4 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 32 |
| 5 | Standard Liege | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 25 |
| 6 | Gent | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 24 |
| 7 | OH Leuven | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 22 |
| 8 | Westerlo | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 27 | 29 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 20 | -2 | 22 |
| 9 | Sint-Truiden | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -2 | 20 |
| 10 | Anderlecht | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 19 |
| 11 | Cercle Brugge | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -2 | 19 |
| 12 | Sporting Charleroi | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -4 | 19 |
| 13 | Mechelen | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -6 | 17 |
| 14 | KV Oostende | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -13 | 14 |
| 15 | Kortrijk | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -13 | 12 |
| 16 | AS Eupen | 15 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 17 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -16 | 12 |
| 17 | RFC Seraing | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | -11 | 11 |
| 18 | Zulte-Waregem | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -17 | 11 |
