With their 14 point advantage in the league table, Genk fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Waasland-Beveren.
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Champions League. That game was an away game at Napoli, so at least Genk are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Genk form and stats
5 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats. That’s what Genk have to build on here at Luminus Arena in the Pro League. Genk are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Luminus Arena, having lost their two previous games here.
Genk lost their last game at Napoli after a 0-4 scoreline. In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Cercle Brugge.
Genk were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Genk are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 9 games. Genk's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Waasland-Beveren form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Waasland-Beveren so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-5 (win-draw-lose).
Waasland-Beveren aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 258 league minutes without a goal. D. Sula was the last player to find the net.
The manager A. Mercier was unhappy after their last game, a Pro League match played at their home ground Freethielstadion. Waasland-Beveren suffered a 0-4 loss to Antwerp (placed 4th). Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Sporting Charleroi's place.
Waasland-Beveren lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.
With the home team given a winning probability of about 80% by the bookmakers, any point(s) for the visitors would be a surprise. Checking earlier matches with similar odds with Waasland-Beveren as the away team, we found five results. Statistics from these were 0 away wins, 0 draws and 5 defeats. The outsiders lost 3 of these games by at least two goals.
The attacking power of Waasland-Beveren when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 9 league matches away. In the opposite end, Waasland-Beveren have conceded 14 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Waasland-Beveren - Genk 0-4, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 6 Genk victories, 4 draws and 0 Waasland-Beveren wins. 8 of these games ended with three goals or more, 2 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Samatta 7 goals |  P. Onuachu 5 goals |  S. Dewaest 3 goals |
Genk missing players
Waasland-Beveren missing players
| Genk | Waasland-Beveren | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 4 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 18 |
| 7 | 5 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 26 | 12 | 7 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 26 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 14 | 37 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 94% |
| 83% | 78% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 89% |
| 61% | 56% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 22% | 50% |
| 33% | 22% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 44% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 6% |
| 61% | 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 44% | 56% |
| 17% | 22% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 6% |
| 22% | 22% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 56% | 44% |
| 5.9 | 6.3 | 6.8 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 9 | 4.1 | 4.6 |
| 4.3 | 3.8 | 5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.2 | 5.3 |
| 1.1 | 1 | 0.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 145 | 106 | 44 | Total Shots | T S | 16 | 55 | 104 |
| 62 | 45 | 16 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 22 | 46 |
| 42% | 27% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 27% | 30% |
- Genk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Waasland-Beveren has the fewest scored goals (14)
- Waasland-Beveren has the fewest scored goals in the second half (6)
- Waasland-Beveren have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
| 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 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 31 | 42 |
| 2 | Gent | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 37 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 35 |
| 3 | Standard Liege | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 34 |
| 4 | Antwerp | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 34 |
| 5 | Sporting Charleroi | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 32 |
| 6 | Zulte-Waregem | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 28 |
| 7 | Mechelen | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 28 |
| 8 | Genk | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 25 |
| 9 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 23 |
| 10 | Sint-Truiden | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 20 | -11 | 22 |
| 11 | Anderlecht | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 22 |
| 12 | AS Eupen | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -14 | 19 |
| 13 | Kortrijk | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -7 | 16 |
| 14 | KV Oostende | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 17 | -14 | 15 |
| 15 | Waasland-Beveren | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -23 | 11 |
| 16 | Cercle Brugge | 18 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 24 | -25 | 8 |