Another interesting game in the Pro League. Kortrijk is in the 1st position after playing two matches. They welcome Genk who are placed 13th after two games.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Champions League game only four days ago.
Kortrijk form and stats
The hosts won their first Pro League game here at Guldensporenstadion, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Kortrijk last season were 5 wins, 2 draws and 10 losses from 17 games.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Kortrijk, as their goalkeeper Marko Ilic has completely shut out the opponents for 188 minutes in the Pro League.
Happy days for Kortrijk in their previous game, a Pro League match away at Antwerp (placed 18th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Midfielder Faïz Selemani was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.63 (out of ten) in that game. Selemani scored one goal and hit two key passes.
Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against RFC Seraing.Kortrijk has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Genk form and stats
The visitors settled for one point in their first Pro League away game of the season. During their previous season 3 away games resulted in 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats.
Genk failed to get anything from their last game, a Champions League home match vs Shakhtar Donetsk that ended with defeat 1-2.
Preceding that, the 3-4 home loss versus KV Oostende.The schedule is very tough for Genk now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Champions League game at Shakhtar Donetsk is waiting in only three days.
1 goal so far away for Genk, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Kortrijk victories, three draws and four Genk wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Bongonda Mbul'Ofeko Batombo 3 goals |   F. Selemani 2 goals |  T. Chevalier 1 goals |
Kortrijk missing players
Genk missing players
| Kortrijk | Genk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3.5 | 2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 7 | 6 |
| 4.5 | 4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 10 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17 | 17 | 19.5 |
| 4.5 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 6 | 8 |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 17% | 25% |
| Kortrijk | Last season | Genk | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 20 | 40 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 10 | 21 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 9 | ||
| 17 | 10 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 44 | 24 | Scored | S | 36 | 82 | ||
| 57 | 35 | Conceded | C | 32 | 53 | ||
| 88% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 95% | ||
| 79% | 88% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 65% | 82% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 72% | ||
| 29% | 41% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 42% | ||
| 12% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 35% | 25% | ||
| 59% | 71% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 75% | ||
| 26% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 10% | 20% | ||
| 26% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 10% | ||
| 5.3 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.3 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 6 | ||
| 9.7 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.4 | 10.6 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.8 | ||
| 30% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 42% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kortrijk | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Sporting Charleroi | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Club Brugge | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Standard Liege | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Cercle Brugge | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Sint-Truiden | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Mechelen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | RFC Seraing | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 10 | KV Oostende | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 11 | AS Eupen | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | OH Leuven | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Genk | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 14 | Gent | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 15 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 16 | Zulte-Waregem | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 17 | Anderlecht | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 18 | Antwerp | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 34 | 24 | 4 | 6 | 73 | 26 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 34 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 39 | 11 | 47 | 76 |
| 2 | Antwerp | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 57 | 48 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 25 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 23 | 9 | 60 |
| 3 | Anderlecht | 34 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 51 | 34 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 23 | 17 | 58 |
| 4 | Genk | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 67 | 48 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 38 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 28 | 19 | 56 |
| 5 | KV Oostende | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 49 | 41 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 53 |
| 6 | Standard Liege | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 52 | 41 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 21 | 11 | 50 |
| 7 | Gent | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 55 | 42 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 21 | 13 | 49 |
| 8 | Mechelen | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 54 | 54 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 30 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 24 | 0 | 48 |
| 9 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 58 | 64 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 29 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 26 | 35 | -6 | 47 |
| 10 | Zulte-Waregem | 34 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 53 | 69 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 38 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 30 | 31 | -16 | 46 |
| 11 | OH Leuven | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 54 | 59 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 36 | -5 | 45 |
| 12 | AS Eupen | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 44 | 55 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 30 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 25 | -11 | 43 |
| 13 | Sporting Charleroi | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 46 | 49 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 33 | -3 | 42 |
| 14 | Kortrijk | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 44 | 57 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 24 | 35 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 22 | -13 | 39 |
| 15 | Sint-Truiden | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 41 | 52 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 32 | -11 | 38 |
| 16 | Cercle Brugge | 34 | 11 | 3 | 20 | 40 | 51 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 25 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 25 | -11 | 36 |
| 17 | Waasland-Beveren | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 44 | 70 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 21 | 40 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 30 | -26 | 31 |
| 18 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 32 | 54 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 32 | -22 | 31 |