The Reserve Pro League league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Genk U21 and Mechelen U21 are placed 2nd and 8th respectively.
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.
Genk U21 form and stats
As mentioned below, Genk U21 are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Reserve Pro League games.
The Genk supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Standard Liege U21 in Reserve Pro League and win 1-0. A 3-3 draw away before that, with Waasland-Beveren U21 the opponent.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Genk U21 handle that role? We have found three games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, zero draws and one defeat.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Genk as they are travelling to their away game against OH Leuven U21 in the Reserve Pro League. That match is three days after this one.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Genk U21 at home in the league. 2 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Mechelen U21 form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Reserve Pro League for Mechelen U21, who have the fewest scored goals (3) in Reserve Pro League, with 2 draws and 1 loss from their first 3 attempts.
The manager was unhappy after their last game, a Reserve Pro League match played at their home ground. Mechelen U21 suffered a 1-3 loss to Gent U21 (placed 5th). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Waasland-Beveren U21 wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.
We have checked recent matches where Mechelen U21 have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those two games were zero victories, zero draws and two defeats.
Mechelen U21 are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 1 goal from 3 away games. Mechelen U21 are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 2 times in 3 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Genk one win, one draw and Mechelen U21 one victory. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.Genk U21 missing players
Mechelen U21 missing players
| Genk U21 | Mechelen U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 33% | 60% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 33% | 60% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 40% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 60% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 67% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 40% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.7 | 0.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.3 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | 6 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 19 | 26 |
| 11 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 45% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 33% |
- Genk U21 has the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Reserve Pro League
- Mechelen U21 has the fewest scored goals (3) in Reserve Pro League
- Mechelen U21 has the fewest scored goals in the second half (0) in Reserve Pro League
- Mechelen U21 has the most clean sheets (1) away in Reserve Pro League
- Mechelen U21 is in the worst form (0-1-2)
| Genk U21 | Last season | Mechelen U21 | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 15 | 8 | Played | P | 9 | 17 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 26 | 19 | Scored | S | 16 | 36 | ||
| 21 | 11 | Conceded | C | 20 | 32 | ||
| 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 87% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 89% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 78% | 76% | ||
| 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 56% | 59% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 35% | ||
| 67% | 88% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 65% | ||
| 13% | 12% | Clean Sheets | C S | 11% | 18% | ||
| 27% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 18% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.9 | 1.4 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 155 | 89 | Total Shots | T S | 83 | 161 | ||
| 69 | 45 | Shots on Target | S O | 39 | 83 | ||
| 38% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 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 | Standard Liege U21 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | Genk U21 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | OH Leuven U21 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | AS Eupen U21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | Gent U21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 6 |
| 6 | Anderlecht U21 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 7 | Waasland-Beveren U21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -5 | 4 |
| 8 | Mechelen U21 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 3 |