2nd position in the Pro League table for Gent so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 6th-placed Genk visits GHELAMCO-arena.
Genk could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Pro League game only zero sleeps ago. That game, against Gent, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Genk.
Gent form and stats
9-2-0 is the performance here at GHELAMCO-arena so far in the Pro League, giving Gent a total of 29 from their 11 games here. Outstanding results!
A nice win for Gent last time playing, versus Royal Excel Mouscron. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-1 with J. David (2) and L. Depoitre scoring for the victors. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Club Brugge that ended 1-1.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Gent have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found seven games) they have won 3 times, drawn 1 and lost 3.
Gent are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at GHELAMCO-arena in their league games, having scored an impressive 28 goals in 11 matches. From these home matches, Gent have conceded only 7 goals.
Genk form and stats
3 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Genk playing as the away team in the Pro League this season.
Two away games in a row for Genk, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-3 versus Gent in the Pro League. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Zulte-Waregem at their stadium, the result 3-0.
Genk are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats. From a total of four matches.
Genk are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 17 times in 11 away games so far. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Genk have conceded 17 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Genk - Gent 0-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 2 wins for Gent, 4 draws and 4 wins for Genk. Over 2,5 goals: 4 times; under 2,5 goals: 6 games.Top Goalscorers
  J. David 11 goals |  R. Yaremchuk 10 goals |  L. Depoitre 8 goals |
Gent missing players
Genk missing players
| Gent | Genk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 23 |
| 12 | 9 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 43 | 28 | 8 | Scored | S | 2 | 18 | 36 |
| 24 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 20 | 33 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 92% | 87% |
| 50% | 45% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 67% | 65% |
| 36% | 36% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 42% | 35% |
| 18% | 18% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 9% |
| 55% | 55% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 58% | 61% |
| 41% | 45% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 25% | 22% |
| 4.8 | 4.5 | 4 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 5.4 | 6 |
| 3.8 | 3.4 | 4.7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 5.2 | 4.3 |
| 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 155 | 98 | 20 | Total Shots | T S | 20 | 59 | 189 |
| 66 | 44 | 14 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 31 | 85 |
| 65% | 64% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 58% | 42% |
- All of Gent's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Genk have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Genk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Gent has the most points (29) at home
- Gent has the most scored goals (28) at home
- Gent have not yet lost a game at home.
- Gent have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Gent have scored in all their home matches so far.
- 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 | Club Brugge | 21 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 48 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 39 | 52 |
| 2 | Gent | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 43 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 42 |
| 3 | Antwerp | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 41 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 42 |
| 4 | Standard Liège | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 42 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 41 |
| 5 | Sporting Charleroi | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 36 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 40 |
| 6 | Genk | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 35 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 34 |
| 7 | Mechelen | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 33 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | -1 | 34 |
| 8 | Zulte-Waregem | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 31 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 31 |
| 9 | Anderlecht | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 27 |
| 10 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 30 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -1 | 27 |
| 11 | Sint-Truiden | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 26 | -14 | 26 |
| 12 | Kortrijk | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 28 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 19 | -8 | 22 |
| 13 | AS Eupen | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 20 | -17 | 20 |
| 14 | Waasland-Beveren | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 42 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -23 | 20 |
| 15 | KV Oostende | 23 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 23 | 44 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 25 | -21 | 18 |
| 16 | Cercle Brugge | 22 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 47 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 28 | -28 | 11 |