Most experts are most impressed by Gent at this point, with the 6th position in the Pro League table and hosting Genk (who are placed 8th).
- Gent have the fewest conceded goals (17) in Pro League
- Genk have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Pro League
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Gent form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at GHELAMCO-arena as Gent have scored 19 goals to get 16 points from 8 games. The overall stats in the Pro League are 5-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).
The Gent supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Flora in Europa Conference League and win 1-0. Attacking player Gianni Bruno bettered all others in that match and received a match rating of 8.04 out of 10. Bruno scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 21 successful passes (of 26 total).
In the game before, an away victory in the Pro League match versus OH Leuven with a 1-0 scoreline.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Gent handle that role? We have found five games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are one win, zero draws and four defeats.
There will be little rest for Gent after this match as they are travelling to Mechelen for a Pro League game in only three days.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (19 in 8 games), Gent's attacking play is working. On the other hand, Gent have conceded 10 goals.
Genk form and stats
Playing away, Genk have won 3 games, drawn 2 and suffered 4 defeats in the Pro League this season.
The manager van den Brom was unhappy after their last game, a Europa League match played at their home ground Luminus Arena. Genk suffered a 0-1 loss to Rapid Wien. Mark McKenzie, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.42. McKenzie won 1 of 2 duels.
Before that, Genk travelled to Mechelen and returned home with a draw after the Pro League game finished 1-1.We have checked recent matches where Genk have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those seven games were three victories, two draws and two defeats.
After this away game Genk return home for a Pro League game against Sporting Charleroi. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Genk are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 16 times in 9 away games so far. As for defending, Genk rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 17 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Genk - Gent 0-3 was the end result in these participants' previous H2H game, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Gent three wins, two draws and Genk five victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Onuachu 10 goals |   T. Tissoudali 7 goals |  T. Bongonda Mbul'Ofeko Batombo 6 goals |
Gent missing players
Genk missing players
| Gent | Genk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 27 | 19 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 16 | 31 |
| 17 | 10 | 0 | Conceded | C | 6 | 17 | 29 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 47% | 62% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | 59% |
| 24% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 35% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 33% | 29% |
| 47% | 62% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 78% | 65% |
| 29% | 25% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 29% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 22% | 18% |
| 7 | 8.4 | 9.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.5 | 5.4 | 5.4 |
| 4.5 | 4.6 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.1 | 4.9 |
| 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15.8 | 17 | 20.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.5 | 14.1 | 14.6 |
| 6.4 | 8 | 10.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 8 | 4.9 | 5.8 |
| 25% | 30% | 19% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 36% | 32% |
| 9.3 | 8.9 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 10.6 | 11.9 |
| 3.5 | 3.9 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
- All of Genk's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Gent's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Genk have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Genk have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Pro League
- Genk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Gent have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Gent have the fewest conceded goals (17) in Pro League
- Gent have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10) in Pro League
- Gent haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 43 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 25 | 37 |
| 2 | Antwerp | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 33 |
| 3 | Club Brugge | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 32 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 33 |
| 4 | Sporting Charleroi | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 29 |
| 5 | Anderlecht | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 34 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 28 |
| 6 | Gent | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 27 |
| 7 | Mechelen | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 27 |
| 8 | Genk | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 22 |
| 9 | AS Eupen | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 22 |
| 10 | Kortrijk | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -1 | 22 |
| 11 | Sint-Truiden | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -7 | 21 |
| 12 | KV Oostende | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 36 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -15 | 20 |
| 13 | Standard Liège | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | -11 | 20 |
| 14 | OH Leuven | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 15 | -5 | 20 |
| 15 | RFC Seraing | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 23 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 22 | -8 | 19 |
| 16 | Zulte-Waregem | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | -11 | 17 |
| 17 | Cercle Brugge | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | -4 | 16 |
| 18 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 20 | -16 | 9 |