Pro League: Genk believed to subdue Standard Liège

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 31.July
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Luminus Arena (24956 seats)

It's only round two of the Pro League for these sides. And fresh optimism here at Luminus Arena as Genk host Standard Liège. Get smart with this preview!

This looks to be an action-packed fixture with lots of spark and excitement as both participants are well recovered since they last saw competitive action. Let's go!

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Genk form and stats

Last season, Genk's league statistics were 15 wins, 6 draws and 13 losses, producing 8th position in the Pro League. Over these 34 matches they scored 66 goals and let in 47. Appearing as the home side in the previous season Genk generated 10-3-4 (win-draw-lost) with 39 goals and 18 conceded.

Genk are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 2-3 away versus Club Brugge. Before that loss this club had gone six consecutive league games without being beaten. Heartbreak for Genk in their last match as Club Brugge's Olsen scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Ito, a natural forward, was the top player for the side in that fixture, scoring a rating of 7.92 (out of 10). Ito served one assist and hit three key passes.

A 0-0 draw away before that, with Mechelen the opponent.

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Standard Liège form and stats

Let's have a look at how Standard Liège performed last season in the Pro League: They landed a 14th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 9 draws and 16 defeats. In total they scored 32 and conceded 51 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 4 and lost 7 with 17/25 goals scored/conceded.

Standard Liège delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Gent (placed 11th) in their previous match.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Sint-Truiden wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.

Head 2 Head

Genk-Standard Liège H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Genk four wins, Standard Liège two wins, four draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

GenkM. Ndayishimiye
M. Ndayishimiye
1 goals
GenkC. Dessers
C. Dessers
1 goals
Standard LiègeN. Dussenne
N. Dussenne
1 goals

Genk missing players

Standard Liège missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Genk Standard Liège
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 0 0 Scored S 0 0 2
3 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 2
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 2
4 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 12
2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
16 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 8
11 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 4
18% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 50%
 
16 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 25
6 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 7
Genk Last season Standard Liège
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
40 20   Played P   17 34
18 12   Won W   6 9
8 3   Drew D   4 9
14 5   Lost L   7 16
76 46   Scored S   17 32
55 24   Conceded C   25 51
98% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 97%
88% 90%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 65%
55% 55%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   47% 44%
40% 45%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   29% 26%
28% 40%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 6%
55% 50%   BTTS BTTS   47% 50%
28% 35%   Clean Sheets C S   29% 24%
20% 15%   Failed to Score F T   29% 29%
 
5.7 6   Corners for (avg) C F   3.5 4.3
4.5 4.1   Corners against (avg) C A   5.2 4.6
1.4 1.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.6 3.3
4 0   Red cards R C   2 6
 
15.1 16.6   Shots (avg) S (   10.3 11.7
5.8 6.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.1 3.6
33% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 26%
 
11.1 11.2   Shots against (avg) S A   13.8 12.9
4 4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.2 4.3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 OH Leuven 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 6
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
3 Antwerp 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
4 Zulte-Waregem 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
5 Club Brugge 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Sporting Charleroi 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3
7 Anderlecht 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3
8 Westerlo 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 3
9 KV Oostende 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
10 Cercle Brugge 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
11 Gent 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 2
12 Sint-Truiden 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
13 Standard Liège 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Genk 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
15 AS Eupen 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
16 Kortrijk 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
17 RFC Seraing 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
18 Mechelen 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -3 0
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 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 Liège 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 OH Leuven 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 6
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
3 Antwerp 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
4 Zulte-Waregem 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
5 Club Brugge 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Sporting Charleroi 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3
7 Anderlecht 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3
8 Westerlo 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 3
9 KV Oostende 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
10 Cercle Brugge 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
11 Gent 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 2
12 Sint-Truiden 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
13 Standard Liège 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Genk 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
15 AS Eupen 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
16 Kortrijk 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
17 RFC Seraing 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
18 Mechelen 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -3 0

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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.