Pro League: Two sides in fairly good shape get together for this fixture. Genk hold a tiny edge with their 1st spot in the league table?
- Westerlo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Genk have the most scored goals (49) in Pro League
It's no vacation for neither Westerlo nor Genk as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Westerlo form and stats
When playing at home in the Pro League, Westerlo have managed 5 wins, 2 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 10 games.
Westerlo's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus OH Leuven (placed 9th). The first loss after going unbeaten in four league matches. Midfield player Dorgeles got a match rating of 7.43 in that game, the max score being 10. Dorgeles scored one goal and had 30 successful passes (of 36 total).
In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Cercle Brugge.There will be little rest for Westerlo after this match as they are travelling to Zulte-Waregem for a Pro League game in only four days.
Goals decide football matches and Westerlo are scoring many of them at home; 24 on target from 10 league matches. Westerlo have conceded 14 in these home matches.
Genk form and stats
Genk have an excellent away record in the Pro League so far with 7-0-2 from 9 games.
The fans enjoyed Genk's previous game versus Zulte-Waregem (placed 17th), a 1-0 win played at home. Samatta, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.61. Samatta hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
The fixture earlier was the Belgian Cup-battle against Antwerp, a home defeat (0-3).
Genk have another match away from home in just three sleeps, a Pro League fixture versus AS Eupen. A grim diary for the visitors!
The Genk manager Vrancken has got the team scoring on the road, with 20 away goals in 9 league matches. Genk are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The 4 latest games featuring these teams have all ended as Genk wins. Will history repeat itself?The records show that this isn''t the first time these sides meet on the pitch this campaign, as the records show this recent fixture: Genk - Westerlo 6-1.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Onuachu 14 goals |   L. Foster 8 goals |  B. Heynen 7 goals |
Westerlo missing players
Genk missing players
| Westerlo | Genk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 20 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | 17 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 39 | 24 | 7 | Scored | S | 3 | 20 | 49 |
| 35 | 14 | 5 | Conceded | C | 0 | 8 | 17 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 90% | 90% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 78% | 75% |
| 60% | 70% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 70% |
| 40% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 44% | 50% |
| 35% | 40% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 22% | 25% |
| 55% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 56% | 65% |
| 30% | 30% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 33% | 30% |
| 15% | 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 10% |
| 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.5 | 5.4 | 6 |
| 5.8 | 5.4 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 5.3 | 4.7 |
| 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 11.5 | 13.3 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 12.3 | 14.8 |
| 4.3 | 5.4 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 5.1 | 5.9 |
| 45% | 44% | 70% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 43% | 42% |
| 13.1 | 10.4 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 14.4 | 11.1 |
| 3.4 | 2.7 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.1 | 3.6 |
- Genk have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Genk have the fewest conceded goals (17) in Pro League
- Genk have the fewest conceded goals (8) away in Pro League
- Genk have the most scored goals (49) in Pro League
- Genk have the most scored goals in the first half (29) in Pro League
- Genk have the the best goal difference (+12) away in Pro League
- Genk have the the best goal difference (+32) in Pro League
- Genk haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Genk is in the best form (5-0-1) in Pro League
- Westerlo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Westerlo 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 | Genk | 20 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 49 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 32 | 52 |
| 2 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 41 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 18 | 42 |
| 3 | Antwerp | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 39 |
| 4 | Club Brugge | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 34 |
| 5 | Gent | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 31 |
| 6 | Standard Liège | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 31 |
| 7 | Westerlo | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 39 | 35 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 4 | 30 |
| 8 | Sint-Truiden | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 30 |
| 9 | OH Leuven | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 29 |
| 10 | Cercle Brugge | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -1 | 26 |
| 11 | Anderlecht | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 27 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -1 | 23 |
| 12 | Sporting Charleroi | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 24 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -7 | 22 |
| 13 | Mechelen | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -7 | 22 |
| 14 | AS Eupen | 20 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 26 | 42 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 24 | -16 | 19 |
| 15 | Kortrijk | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -17 | 18 |
| 16 | KV Oostende | 20 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 22 | 44 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 27 | -22 | 17 |
| 17 | Zulte-Waregem | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 25 | 43 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -18 | 16 |
| 18 | RFC Seraing | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 36 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 20 | -17 | 15 |
