Pro League: Genk expected to outplay Zulte-Waregem

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 06.February
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Luminus Arena (24956 seats)

Genk have won 32 points performing as the hosts. Zulte-Waregem have claimed 25 points using the away locker rooms. Are we looking at a home win?

Insights:
  • Genk have the most dropped points from leading position (18) in Pro League
  • Zulte-Waregem have the most conceded goals (52) in Pro League

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Genk form and stats

The story so far in the Pro League for Genk at their home stadium (Luminus Arena) is 5 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

In their previous game, the manager den Brom led his Genk to a defeat away at Union Saint-Gilloise. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Luminus Arena. Midfielder Heynen was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.45 (out of ten) in that game. Heynen had 52 successful passes (of 63 total).

Ahead of that match, Genk won a home game hosting Beerschot-Wilrijk (4-1).

There will be little rest for Genk after this match as they are travelling to OH Leuven for a Pro League game in only three days.

Goals decide football matches and Genk are scoring many of them at home; 24 on target from 11 league matches. Genk's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 16 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Zulte-Waregem form and stats

3 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Zulte-Waregem, who have the most conceded goals (52) in Pro League, playing as the away team in the Pro League this season.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Beerschot-Wilrijk (placed 18th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 3-3. Cools was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.34. The defender Cools served one assist, hit one key pass and won 6 of 13 duels.

A draw for Zulte-Waregem before that, at their own venue hosting OH Leuven (1-1).

After this away game Zulte-Waregem return home for a Pro League game against KV Oostende. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Zulte-Waregem has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 18 goals from 12 games.

Head 2 Head

The former head to head match ended Zulte-Waregem - Genk 2-6, earlier this season. Genk-Zulte-Waregem H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Genk eight wins, Zulte-Waregem one win, one draw. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Zulte-WaregemJ. Vossen
J. Vossen
14 goals
GenkE. Onuachu
E. Onuachu
13 goals
Zulte-WaregemZ. Gano
Z. Gano
12 goals

Genk missing players

Zulte-Waregem missing players

Genk Zulte-Waregem
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
23 11 4 Played P 4 12 24
9 5 3 Won W 2 3 6
5 3 0 Drew D 1 4 7
9 3 1 Lost L 1 5 11
45 24 14 Scored S 7 18 36
36 16 5 Conceded C 6 24 52
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
91% 91% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 92% 96%
61% 64% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 67% 71%
39% 45% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 75% 50% 50%
30% 36% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 25%
65% 64% 50% BTTS BTTS 75% 75% 75%
17% 27% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 17% 12%
17% 9% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 8% 12%
 
5.9 6 7.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3 3.8
4.8 4.8 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 7.5 7.3 6.7
1.3 1.2 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.5 2.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 3 4
 
14.5 15.3 19.2 Shots (avg) S ( 11.2 10.2 10.9
5.8 6.1 9.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.7 3.8
34% 36% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 41% 39%
 
11.3 12.6 11.5 Shots against (avg) S A 14.8 16.8 16
4.1 4.3 4.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 5.6 5.8
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Genk have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Genk have the most dropped points from leading position (18) in Pro League
  • Genk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Zulte-Waregem have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Zulte-Waregem have the most conceded goals (52) in Pro League
  • Zulte-Waregem have the most conceded goals in the second half (32) in Pro League
  • Zulte-Waregem have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Zulte-Waregem 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 Union Saint-Gilloise 25 18 3 4 57 21 13 9 1 3 26 12 12 9 2 1 31 9 36 57
2 Club Brugge 25 13 9 3 46 30 12 6 6 0 24 12 13 7 3 3 22 18 16 48
3 Antwerp 24 14 5 5 44 26 12 7 3 2 25 13 12 7 2 3 19 13 18 47
4 Anderlecht 25 11 9 5 52 30 12 5 5 2 26 17 13 6 4 3 26 13 22 42
5 Sporting Charleroi 25 11 7 7 40 33 12 4 4 4 14 13 13 7 3 3 26 20 7 40
6 Gent 25 10 7 8 36 26 13 7 3 3 25 15 12 3 4 5 11 11 10 37
7 Mechelen 23 11 3 9 39 39 12 7 2 3 23 16 11 4 1 6 16 23 0 36
8 Cercle Brugge 25 10 4 11 35 30 13 4 2 7 15 16 12 6 2 4 20 14 5 34
9 Kortrijk 24 8 10 6 30 27 11 4 4 3 13 12 13 4 6 3 17 15 3 34
10 Genk 23 9 5 9 45 36 11 5 3 3 24 16 12 4 2 6 21 20 9 32
11 Sint-Truiden 25 8 4 13 26 36 13 4 2 7 17 20 12 4 2 6 9 16 -10 28
12 Standard Liege 24 7 7 10 28 39 12 2 4 6 12 20 12 5 3 4 16 19 -11 28
13 KV Oostende 24 8 3 13 26 46 12 4 1 7 14 29 12 4 2 6 12 17 -20 27
14 AS Eupen 25 7 6 12 31 41 12 3 3 6 13 21 13 4 3 6 18 20 -10 27
15 OH Leuven 23 6 9 8 31 38 11 4 3 4 14 17 12 2 6 4 17 21 -7 27
16 Zulte-Waregem 24 6 7 11 36 52 12 3 3 6 18 28 12 3 4 5 18 24 -16 25
17 RFC Seraing 25 7 2 16 26 50 13 5 2 6 15 21 12 2 0 10 11 29 -24 23
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 24 3 4 17 23 51 13 3 1 9 11 24 11 0 3 8 12 27 -28 13

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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.