Sint-Truiden vs Genk match preview

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 07.November
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stayen (14600 seats)

The visiting Genk side should be favourites in this visit to Sint-Truiden, as the away team holds a 10 point advantage from their eleven league games this season.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

Genk play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artifical turf. Recent stats for Genk when playing on artifical turf are 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeats from two matches. They have scored 6 goals and conceded 5 times in these games.

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Sint-Truiden form and stats

Sint-Truiden have played 5 Pro League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).

The Sint-Truiden supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Standard Liege in Pro League and win 2-0. Prior to that, an away loss at Beerschot-Wilrijk.

Sint-Truiden has scored 6 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. From these home matches, Sint-Truiden have conceded only 4 goals.

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Genk form and stats

Playing away, Genk have won 2 games, drawn 2 and suffered 1 defeat in the Pro League this season.

Genk go into this game after a win, the home game against AS Eupen that ended 4-0. Preceding that game was the away victory against Gent with the score of 2-1.

As mentioned above, Genk was the only team on the pitch versus AS Eupen in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Genk have scored 7 goals in 5 league games away. In the opposite end, Genk have conceded 8 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sint-Truiden two wins, three draws and Genk five victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

GenkE. Onuachu
E. Onuachu
9 goals
GenkT. Bongonda Mbul'Ofeko Batombo
T. Bongonda Mbul'Ofeko Batombo
4 goals
Sint-TruidenY. Suzuki
Y. Suzuki
3 goals

Sint-Truiden missing players

Genk missing players

Sint-Truiden Genk
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
10 5 1 Played P 3 5 11
2 2 0 Won W 2 2 5
3 2 0 Drew D 1 2 4
5 1 1 Lost L 0 1 2
11 6 2 Scored S 5 7 20
19 4 3 Conceded C 3 8 15
80% 60% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 91%
80% 60% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 91%
50% 40% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 60% 73%
30% 20% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 36%
20% 20% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 9%
50% 40% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 80% 82%
30% 60% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 18%
40% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 9%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.6 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 1.9
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
61 37 9 Total Shots T S 31 36 94
33 21 5 Shots on Target S O 16 19 47
33% 29% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 37% 43%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sporting Charleroi 10 7 1 2 18 7 5 4 0 1 10 3 5 3 1 1 8 4 11 22
2 Beerschot-Wilrijk 11 7 0 4 28 25 6 5 0 1 21 13 5 2 0 3 7 12 3 21
3 Club Brugge 11 6 2 3 25 10 6 3 1 2 11 6 5 3 1 1 14 4 15 20
4 Anderlecht 11 5 5 1 21 15 6 3 3 0 10 5 5 2 2 1 11 10 6 20
5 Antwerp 11 6 2 3 21 15 5 3 2 0 11 6 6 3 0 3 10 9 6 20
6 Genk 11 5 4 2 20 15 6 3 2 1 13 7 5 2 2 1 7 8 5 19
7 Standard Liege 10 5 3 2 13 9 5 2 3 0 6 4 5 3 0 2 7 5 4 18
8 OH Leuven 11 5 3 3 19 19 5 3 1 1 7 6 6 2 2 2 12 13 0 18
9 KV Oostende 9 4 3 2 15 8 5 3 1 1 12 5 4 1 2 1 3 3 7 15
10 Cercle Brugge 10 5 0 5 16 15 4 3 0 1 10 4 6 2 0 4 6 11 1 15
11 Kortrijk 10 4 2 4 12 13 5 1 1 3 6 9 5 3 1 1 6 4 -1 14
12 AS Eupen 10 2 5 3 10 16 4 1 1 2 4 8 6 1 4 1 6 8 -6 11
13 Gent 10 3 0 7 15 18 5 2 0 3 10 8 5 1 0 4 5 10 -3 9
14 Sint-Truiden 10 2 3 5 11 19 5 2 2 1 6 4 5 0 1 4 5 15 -8 9
15 Mechelen 10 2 2 6 12 18 5 1 1 3 7 8 5 1 1 3 5 10 -6 8
16 Zulte-Waregem 10 2 1 7 11 24 5 1 0 4 6 14 5 1 1 3 5 10 -13 7
17 Waasland-Beveren 8 1 1 6 12 22 4 0 1 3 5 10 4 1 0 3 7 12 -10 4
18 Royal Excel Mouscron 9 0 3 6 3 14 5 0 1 4 1 6 4 0 2 2 2 8 -11 3

Read more about Pro League

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.