Genk vs Sporting Charleroi preview: Guests in for a back-breaking 90 minutes at Luminus Arena

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Tue 10.May
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Luminus Arena (24956 seats)

Luminus Arena: Prepare for a football jamboree when Genk invite Sporting Charleroi. Get the latest news on the match here at Tipsway!

Insights:
  • Genk have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Sporting Charleroi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's no vacation for neither Genk nor Sporting Charleroi as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Genk form and stats

10-3-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Pro League numbers at home for Genk so far this season. Two home wins in a row for Genk bring valid hopes of a third.

The home team returns to Luminus Arena after drawing with Sporting Charleroi on their last time out; the game ended 2-2. The forward Onuachu outperformed all others in that fixture and received a match rating of 7.14 out of 10. Onuachu scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Before that, Genk had a home game versus Mechelen which ended with a victory 4-2.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Genk matches with similar probabilities have ended with four wins, zero draws and zero defeats (from four games).

Goals decide football matches and Genk are scoring many of them at home; 39 on target from 17 league matches. On the other hand, Genk have conceded 18 goals.

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Sporting Charleroi form and stats

The visitors are W8-D4-L5 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.

Charleroi's last game was the home draw against Genk (2-2). The attacker Bayo got a match rating of 8.42 in that game. Bayo scored two goals and hit two key passes.

A 1-3 loss hosting Gent before that.

A new game in only four days for Sporting Charleroi, the Pro League home match versus Mechelen. Busy days.

The travelling fans enjoy Charleroi's attacking play in away games, having scored 31 goals in 17 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. In the opposite end, Sporting Charleroi have conceded 30 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Sporting Charleroi - Genk 2-2 was the story when this pair of sides formerly met, some time ago this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Genk victories, two draws and two Sporting Charleroi wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

GenkE. Onuachu
E. Onuachu
20 goals
GenkT. Bongonda Mbul'Ofeko Batombo
T. Bongonda Mbul'Ofeko Batombo
12 goals
Sporting CharleroiV. Bayo
V. Bayo
9 goals

Genk missing players

Sporting Charleroi missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Genk Sporting Charleroi
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
37 18 5 Played P 6 18 37
17 11 1 Won W 3 8 15
7 3 2 Drew D 2 4 10
13 4 2 Lost L 1 6 12
73 43 5 Scored S 9 31 58
51 20 8 Conceded C 5 31 52
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
89% 89% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 89% 81%
57% 56% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 78% 62%
41% 44% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 56% 41%
27% 39% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 14%
57% 50% 60% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 41%
27% 39% 20% Clean Sheets C S 33% 22% 35%
16% 11% 20% Failed to Score F T 17% 28% 32%
 
5.6 6.1 4.6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 3.5 4.6
4.6 4.1 5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.3 6.1 5.5
1.5 1.3 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.9 1.6
4 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
14.9 16.5 13.2 Shots (avg) S ( 13.7 12.8 13.4
5.8 6.5 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.3 4.6 5
34% 37% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 28% 38% 32%
 
11.2 11.5 12.4 Shots against (avg) S A 14.7 16.1 13.2
4 4 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 5.3 4.8
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.
  • Sporting Charleroi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sporting Charleroi have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Sporting Charleroi 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 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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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.