Football match betting preview: KV Oostende vs Genk

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 26.December
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: DIaz Arena (8400 seats)

KV Oostende are psyched for a new test after their 2-0 against Beerschot-Wilrijk in the previous game. Genk are coming to play!

Insights:
  • KV Oostende have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Genk have the most dropped points from leading position (18) 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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KV Oostende form and stats

The story so far in the Pro League for KV Oostende at their home stadium (DIaz Arena) is 4 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats.

Oostende enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Beerschot-Wilrijk's place. The match ended 2-0 with Gueye and Ambrose scoring. The attacking player Gueye was named "man of the match" for KV Oostende with a rating of 7.84/10. Gueye scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.

Preceding that match was the home game against Kortrijk that was lost 0-2.

KV Oostende has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Oostende with 23 goals conceded in these matches.

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Genk form and stats

3-2-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Genk in their Pro League matches away.

Genk's last game was the home draw against Antwerp (1-1). Defender McKenzie was the best team player with a rating of 7.25. McKenzie won 5 of 6 duels.

A home win before that, celebrating 4-2 vs Sporting Charleroi.

The travelling fans enjoy Genk's attacking play in away games, having scored 16 goals in 10 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Genk struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 18 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

These two sides faced each other before this campaign: Genk - Oostende 3-4. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Oostende victories, two draws and five Genk wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

GenkE. Onuachu
E. Onuachu
12 goals
OostendeM. Gueye
M. Gueye
11 goals
GenkT. Bongonda Mbul'Ofeko Batombo
T. Bongonda Mbul'Ofeko Batombo
6 goals

KV Oostende missing players

Genk missing players

KV Oostende Genk
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
20 10 3 Played P 4 10 20
7 4 1 Won W 1 3 7
2 1 0 Drew D 2 2 5
11 5 2 Lost L 1 5 8
23 13 4 Scored S 6 16 36
39 23 7 Conceded C 6 18 33
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 90% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 90% 90%
55% 70% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 55%
30% 40% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 30% 35%
20% 20% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 30% 30%
45% 60% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 70% 65%
10% 10% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 15%
45% 30% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 30% 20%
 
6.2 6.8 7.3 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 5.3 5.5
4.8 3.2 2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 5.1 5
2.5 2.6 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.6 1.4
5 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.9 11.2 9.7 Shots (avg) S ( 13.5 13.9 14.4
3.8 4.3 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 4.5 5.4
31% 30% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 36% 33%
 
13.8 12.4 8 Shots against (avg) S A 11.8 10.8 11.9
5 4.6 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 4.3 4.4
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Genk have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Genk have the most dropped points from leading position (18) in Pro League
  • Genk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • KV Oostende have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • KV Oostende have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • KV Oostende 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 20 15 1 4 50 20 10 7 0 3 23 11 10 8 1 1 27 9 30 46
2 Club Brugge 20 11 7 2 41 26 10 5 5 0 22 12 10 6 2 2 19 14 15 40
3 Antwerp 20 11 4 5 37 24 10 6 2 2 21 12 10 5 2 3 16 12 13 37
4 Anderlecht 20 9 8 3 43 26 10 5 4 1 25 14 10 4 4 2 18 12 17 35
5 Gent 20 10 3 7 33 22 10 7 1 2 22 11 10 3 2 5 11 11 11 33
6 Sporting Charleroi 19 9 5 5 35 26 9 4 2 3 13 9 10 5 3 2 22 17 9 32
7 Kortrijk 20 8 7 5 26 22 9 4 3 2 12 10 11 4 4 3 14 12 4 31
8 Mechelen 20 9 3 8 35 37 10 6 2 2 21 15 10 3 1 6 14 22 -2 30
9 Genk 20 7 5 8 36 33 10 4 3 3 20 15 10 3 2 5 16 18 3 26
10 AS Eupen 20 7 4 9 30 34 10 3 3 4 13 17 10 4 1 5 17 17 -4 25
11 KV Oostende 20 7 2 11 23 39 10 4 1 5 13 23 10 3 1 6 10 16 -16 23
12 Standard Liege 18 6 5 7 22 30 8 2 3 3 9 12 10 4 2 4 13 18 -8 23
13 OH Leuven 20 5 8 7 26 34 11 4 3 4 14 17 9 1 5 3 12 17 -8 23
14 Cercle Brugge 20 6 4 10 26 28 10 2 2 6 10 14 10 4 2 4 16 14 -2 22
15 Sint-Truiden 20 6 3 11 20 31 10 2 2 6 12 18 10 4 1 5 8 13 -11 21
16 Zulte-Waregem 20 5 5 10 30 45 11 3 2 6 17 27 9 2 3 4 13 18 -15 20
17 RFC Seraing 20 6 1 13 23 40 10 4 1 5 13 16 10 2 0 8 10 24 -17 19
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 19 2 3 14 15 34 10 2 0 8 5 13 9 0 3 6 10 21 -19 9

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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.