Pro League match prediction: Little separates Standard Liège and Genk in quality

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 09.April
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Maurice Dufrasne (27670 seats)

Sit down for a show! Today's main roles are Standard Liège and Genk, 3 points is the main plot and 90 minutes the playing time.

Insights:
  • Standard Liège have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Genk have the most scored goals (71) in Pro League

This promises to be an engrossing game with lots of spark and bustle as both participants are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Bring it on!

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Standard Liège form and stats

Standard Liège have played 15 Pro League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 8-3-4 (wins-draws-losses).

Happy days for Standard Liège in their previous game, a fixture away at KV Oostende (placed 17th) that ended with a 3-1 victory. The gifted forward Ohio outperformed all others in that match and got a match rating of 8.44 out of 10. Ohio scored two goals.

In the match before that, Standard Liège hosted Zulte-Waregem and drew the game 2-2.

A decent goal production from Standard in their home games so far, with 29 goals from 15 league matches. 16 goals have been conceded.

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Genk form and stats

Genk's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Genk collect 31 points from their 15 away matches in the Pro League. 9 victories and 4 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats). It's three draws from Genk's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.

Genk won their last game, 2-1 versus OH Leuven played at home. That victory felt sweet as this side had gone three league rounds without winning. Midfield player Khannouss was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.71/10. Khannouss hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 55 successful passes (of 61 total).

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Cercle Brugge.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Genk are regular goalscorers on their travels. As opposed to that, Genk have seen the ball go into their own net 18 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Genk have managed a streak of 6 consecutive games without losing (3-3-0) when facing Standard Liège.

The previous head-to-head game ended Genk - Standard 3-1, played this season.

Top Goalscorers

GenkJ. Paintsil
J. Paintsil
12 goals
GenkB. Heynen
B. Heynen
10 goals
GenkM. Ndayishimiye
M. Ndayishimiye
8 goals

Standard Liège missing players

Genk missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Standard Liège Genk
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
31 15 4 Played P 4 15 31
14 8 2 Won W 3 9 22
7 3 1 Drew D 0 4 5
10 4 1 Lost L 1 2 4
51 29 10 Scored S 10 32 71
41 16 5 Conceded C 7 18 31
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
87% 93% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 87% 81%
52% 53% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 71%
39% 40% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 75% 53% 48%
16% 13% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 27% 23%
48% 40% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 73% 68%
35% 47% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 26%
19% 13% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 7% 10%
 
5.1 6.1 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 5.2 6.1
5.2 4.8 7.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.2 4.7
2.4 1.9 3.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.7 1.8
9 4 2 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
12 13.1 8.8 Shots (avg) S ( 12.8 12.1 14.2
4.1 5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.2 4.7 5.5
37% 34% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 46% 42%
 
12.4 11.2 15.8 Shots against (avg) S A 16.2 14.5 11.6
3.9 3.1 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 4.8 3.7
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Genk have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Genk have the most points (31) away in Pro League
  • Genk have the most scored goals (71) in Pro League
  • Genk have the most scored goals in the first half (41) in Pro League
  • Genk have the the best goal difference (+40) in Pro League
  • Genk haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Standard Liège have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Standard Liège 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 Genk 31 22 5 4 71 31 16 13 1 2 39 13 15 9 4 2 32 18 40 71
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 31 21 5 5 63 37 16 12 2 2 31 15 15 9 3 3 32 22 26 68
3 Antwerp 31 19 6 6 55 25 15 11 2 2 33 10 16 8 4 4 22 15 30 63
4 Gent 31 16 6 9 61 34 15 9 3 3 26 13 16 7 3 6 35 21 27 54
5 Club Brugge 31 14 10 7 52 36 15 8 6 1 31 15 16 6 4 6 21 21 16 52
6 Standard Liège 31 14 7 10 51 41 15 8 3 4 29 16 16 6 4 6 22 25 10 49
7 Westerlo 31 14 6 11 60 52 16 8 3 5 40 26 15 6 3 6 20 26 8 48
8 Anderlecht 31 13 6 12 45 38 15 6 3 6 25 20 16 7 3 6 20 18 7 45
9 Cercle Brugge 31 11 11 9 43 41 16 7 7 2 28 17 15 4 4 7 15 24 2 44
10 Sporting Charleroi 30 13 5 12 39 40 14 6 1 7 18 18 16 7 4 5 21 22 -1 44
11 OH Leuven 31 10 9 12 45 45 15 5 5 5 22 21 16 5 4 7 23 24 0 39
12 Sint-Truiden 31 10 9 12 31 36 15 5 4 6 15 18 16 5 5 6 16 18 -5 39
13 Mechelen 30 9 6 15 39 56 16 7 5 4 28 26 14 2 1 11 11 30 -17 33
14 Kortrijk 31 8 6 17 35 56 15 4 4 7 14 25 16 4 2 10 21 31 -21 30
15 AS Eupen 31 7 6 18 39 63 16 4 4 8 21 28 15 3 2 10 18 35 -24 27
16 Zulte-Waregem 31 5 9 17 41 71 16 3 4 9 25 43 15 2 5 8 16 28 -30 24
17 KV Oostende 31 6 6 19 35 66 16 5 1 10 18 29 15 1 5 9 17 37 -31 24
18 RFC Seraing 31 5 4 22 26 63 16 1 3 12 7 28 15 4 1 10 19 35 -37 19

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Genk 31 22 5 4 71 31 16 13 1 2 39 13 15 9 4 2 32 18 40 71
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 31 21 5 5 63 37 16 12 2 2 31 15 15 9 3 3 32 22 26 68
3 Antwerp 31 19 6 6 55 25 15 11 2 2 33 10 16 8 4 4 22 15 30 63
4 Gent 31 16 6 9 61 34 15 9 3 3 26 13 16 7 3 6 35 21 27 54
5 Club Brugge 31 14 10 7 52 36 15 8 6 1 31 15 16 6 4 6 21 21 16 52
6 Standard Liège 31 14 7 10 51 41 15 8 3 4 29 16 16 6 4 6 22 25 10 49
7 Westerlo 31 14 6 11 60 52 16 8 3 5 40 26 15 6 3 6 20 26 8 48
8 Anderlecht 31 13 6 12 45 38 15 6 3 6 25 20 16 7 3 6 20 18 7 45
9 Cercle Brugge 31 11 11 9 43 41 16 7 7 2 28 17 15 4 4 7 15 24 2 44
10 Sporting Charleroi 30 13 5 12 39 40 14 6 1 7 18 18 16 7 4 5 21 22 -1 44
11 OH Leuven 31 10 9 12 45 45 15 5 5 5 22 21 16 5 4 7 23 24 0 39
12 Sint-Truiden 31 10 9 12 31 36 15 5 4 6 15 18 16 5 5 6 16 18 -5 39
13 Mechelen 30 9 6 15 39 56 16 7 5 4 28 26 14 2 1 11 11 30 -17 33
14 Kortrijk 31 8 6 17 35 56 15 4 4 7 14 25 16 4 2 10 21 31 -21 30
15 AS Eupen 31 7 6 18 39 63 16 4 4 8 21 28 15 3 2 10 18 35 -24 27
16 Zulte-Waregem 31 5 9 17 41 71 16 3 4 9 25 43 15 2 5 8 16 28 -30 24
17 KV Oostende 31 6 6 19 35 66 16 5 1 10 18 29 15 1 5 9 17 37 -31 24
18 RFC Seraing 31 5 4 22 26 63 16 1 3 12 7 28 15 4 1 10 19 35 -37 19

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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.