Soccer match guide: Home crowds with high expectations before Genk - Westerlo

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Tue 18.October
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Luminus Arena (24956 seats)

A total of twelve sets of games are finished and both Genk and Westerlo are high up in the table. Let's get started!

Insights:
  • Genk have the most scored goals (27) in Pro League
  • Westerlo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's no vacation for neither Genk nor Westerlo 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

Genk have been outstanding at home so far in the Pro League with 5 wins, 1 draw and only 0 losses. days ago.

It's back home for Genk, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating OH Leuven away with the result 1-0. Onuachu found the net in that victory. Vandevoordt loved the game against OH Leuven. With a stunning seven saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 1-0 victory. Vandevoordt, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.93 out of 10 in that game. Vandevoordt saved a penalty and topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that, Genk had a home game versus Kortrijk which ended with a victory 2-1.

Goal party? We don't know about this one, but we do know that 9 of the 12 most recent league matches with this team has seen three or more goals.

From these home matches, Genk have conceded only 5 goals.

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Westerlo form and stats

There's been little loot from Westerlo's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 6 away games in the Pro League. Westerlo only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 0 draws. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Westerlo are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

Westerlo's last game was the home draw against RFC Seraing (2-2). Defender Seigers was the best team player with a rating of 7.44. Seigers won 0 of 2 duels.

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Club Brugge.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Pro League trip to Kortrijk.

The travelling fans enjoy Westerlo's attacking play in away games, having scored 10 goals in 6 league matches away. For Westerlo, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Genk have avoided defeat in the last 6 matches (5-1-0) versus Westerlo.

Top Goalscorers

GenkB. Heynen
B. Heynen
5 goals
GenkM. Ndayishimiye
M. Ndayishimiye
5 goals
WesterloL. Foster
L. Foster
5 goals

Genk missing players

Westerlo missing players

Genk Westerlo
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
12 6 0 Played P 3 6 12
10 5 0 Won W 1 2 6
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost L 2 4 5
27 12 0 Scored S 2 10 22
11 5 0 Conceded C 5 14 20
92% 83% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 92%
75% 67% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 67% 58%
42% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 33%
25% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 25%
67% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 50%
33% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 17% 25%
8% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 33% 25%
 
6.5 7.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.5 4.2
4.6 4.2 0 Corners against (avg) C A 6.3 5.7 6.2
2 1.8 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.2 1.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
16.1 19.2 0 Shots (avg) S ( 12 10 11.5
5.9 6.7 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.8 4.2
38% 30% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 59% 43%
 
11.2 9 0 Shots against (avg) S A 18.3 15.2 12.4
3.7 2.7 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.3 3.8 3.1
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • All of Westerlo's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Genk have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Genk have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Genk have the most scored goals (27) in Pro League
  • Genk have the most scored goals in the first half (16) in Pro League
  • Genk is in the best form (5-1-0) in Pro League
  • Westerlo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Westerlo 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 12 10 1 1 27 11 6 5 1 0 12 5 6 5 0 1 15 6 16 31
2 Antwerp 11 10 0 1 24 8 6 6 0 0 16 5 5 4 0 1 8 3 16 30
3 Club Brugge 11 7 1 3 22 12 6 4 1 1 13 6 5 3 0 2 9 6 10 22
4 Union Saint-Gilloise 11 7 1 3 19 15 5 4 0 1 8 5 6 3 1 2 11 10 4 22
5 OH Leuven 12 6 2 4 21 19 6 3 0 3 7 10 6 3 2 1 14 9 2 20
6 Westerlo 12 6 1 5 22 20 6 4 1 1 12 6 6 2 0 4 10 14 2 19
7 Standard Liege 11 6 1 4 16 15 6 3 1 2 9 7 5 3 0 2 7 8 1 19
8 Gent 11 5 2 4 20 14 5 2 1 2 9 8 6 3 1 2 11 6 6 17
9 Anderlecht 11 5 1 5 19 12 6 3 1 2 11 6 5 2 0 3 8 6 7 16
10 Sint-Truiden 12 4 4 4 12 12 6 2 1 3 7 9 6 2 3 1 5 3 0 16
11 Sporting Charleroi 12 5 0 7 17 19 6 2 0 4 9 12 6 3 0 3 8 7 -2 15
12 Cercle Brugge 12 3 3 6 15 21 6 2 3 1 9 6 6 1 0 5 6 15 -6 12
13 Mechelen 11 3 2 6 17 21 6 2 1 3 11 12 5 1 1 3 6 9 -4 11
14 KV Oostende 11 3 2 6 12 16 5 2 0 3 5 7 6 1 2 3 7 9 -4 11
15 RFC Seraing 12 3 2 7 13 21 5 0 1 4 1 9 7 3 1 3 12 12 -8 11
16 Kortrijk 12 3 1 8 10 21 6 1 1 4 4 11 6 2 0 4 6 10 -11 10
17 AS Eupen 12 3 0 9 10 25 6 1 0 5 4 12 6 2 0 4 6 13 -15 9
18 Zulte-Waregem 12 2 2 8 12 26 6 1 0 5 7 18 6 1 2 3 5 8 -14 8

Read more about Pro League

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.