Waasland-Beveren hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 3 points and a 17th position in the Pro League table. Visiting Genk holds 11th place with 8 pts.
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!
Waasland-Beveren form and stats
Three Pro League home games done for Waasland-Beveren, who are not happy collecting 0 points from these matches. It's trouble wherever Waasland-Beveren are playing these days as they have suffered six straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways. Three consecutive losses here at Freethielstadion is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.
Waasland-Beveren lost their last game at Beerschot-Wilrijk (placed 2nd) after a 2-3 scoreline. Before that game, the home loss against Anderlecht with the scoreline 2-4.
Did Waasland-Beveren get overconfident in their match against Beerschot-Wilrijk? We'll let you decide, but they did lose a 2-0 lead to end up with a 2-3 defeat. Heartbreak for Waasland-Beveren in their last match as Beerschot-Wilrijk's L. Brogno scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
The Waasland-Beveren fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 4 in 3 matches. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Waasland-Beveren have allowed the opposition to score 9 goals here at Freethielstadion. Waasland-Beveren have allowed more than three conceded goals on average in their home matches so far.
Genk form and stats
Things could have gone better for Genk in their Pro League away matches, but 4 points from 3 games is all right.
The supporters enjoyed Genk's previous game versus Mechelen (placed 12th), a Pro League 3-1 win played at home. A 2-5 defeat away at Beerschot-Wilrijk before that.
The visiting Genk have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 4 goals from 3 games. The Genk manager D. Olivieri has some worries about the defense as 6 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Waasland-Beveren zero wins, four draws and Genk six victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Heymans 6 goals |   E. Onuachu 4 goals | J. Efford 2 goals |
Waasland-Beveren missing players
Genk missing players
| Waasland-Beveren | Genk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 21 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 67% | 83% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 83% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 86% | 67% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 57% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 83% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.3 | 2.7 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 40 | 32 | 16 | Total Shots | T S | 14 | 19 | 44 |
| 20 | 14 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 11 | 20 |
| 55% | 29% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 36% | 45% |
- All of Waasland-Beveren's matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Waasland-Beveren has the fewest matches under the total-line (0) in Pro League
- Waasland-Beveren has the most conceded goals (21) in Pro League
- Waasland-Beveren has the most conceded goals in the second half (14) in Pro League
- Waasland-Beveren has the most matches over the total-line (7) in Pro League
- Waasland-Beveren has the the worst goal difference (-10) in Pro League
- Waasland-Beveren have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Waasland-Beveren have lost all their home matches so far.
- Waasland-Beveren have scored in all their matches so far.
- Waasland-Beveren haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Waasland-Beveren is in the worst form (0-0-6)
| 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 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 18 |
| 2 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| 3 | Standard Liège | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 4 | Club Brugge | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 12 |
| 5 | Anderlecht | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 6 | Antwerp | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 11 |
| 7 | OH Leuven | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 11 |
| 8 | Kortrijk | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 9 | Cercle Brugge | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 10 | KV Oostende | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 11 | Genk | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 8 |
| 12 | Mechelen | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 7 |
| 13 | AS Eupen | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -3 | 7 |
| 14 | Gent | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 6 |
| 15 | Zulte-Waregem | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -7 | 6 |
| 16 | Sint-Truiden | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 5 |
| 17 | Waasland-Beveren | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -10 | 3 |
| 18 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 2 |