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 Standard Liège U21 are placed 4th and 3rd respectively.
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 U21 form and stats
The hosts won their first Reserve Pro League game here, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Genk U21 last season were 3 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses from 8 games.
Genk drew their last game, 3-3 away at Waasland-Beveren U21 (placed 5th). Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against AS Eupen U21.
As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
This is expected to be a close game, with Genk perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Genk U21 as a small favourite), we find one game. Genk U21 has won zero of these, drawn one and lost zero.
Early season league goal statistics from Genk U21's 1 home game: 1 goal, 0 conceded.
Standard Liège U21 form and stats
One match played away so far in the Reserve Pro League for Standard Liège U21 and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses from 6 games.
Standard Liège U21 are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at OH Leuven U21 (placed 7th). Before that, Standard secured a home win against Waasland-Beveren U21 with the score 3-1.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Standard Liège U21 playing away and similar expectations, we found three relevant matches. Results were zero Standard Liège U21 wins, two draws and one defeat.
It's early days yet, but Standard Liège U21 has scored 1 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Genk U21 missing players
Standard Liège U21 missing players
| Genk U21 | Standard Liège U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 3.5 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 4.5 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7 | 3.3 |
| 0.5 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 57% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| Genk U21 | Last season | Standard Liège U21 | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 15 | 8 | Played | P | 6 | 14 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | ||
| 26 | 19 | Scored | S | 11 | 27 | ||
| 21 | 11 | Conceded | C | 10 | 23 | ||
| 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 87% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 93% | ||
| 60% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 83% | 79% | ||
| 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 64% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 14% | ||
| 67% | 88% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 71% | ||
| 13% | 12% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 21% | ||
| 27% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 7% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.7 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.7 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 155 | 89 | Total Shots | T S | 60 | 154 | ||
| 69 | 45 | Shots on Target | S O | 24 | 68 | ||
| 38% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 40% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | AS Eupen U21 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Anderlecht U21 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 3 | Standard Liège U21 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | Genk U21 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Waasland-Beveren U21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 4 |
| 6 | Mechelen U21 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 7 | OH Leuven U21 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 8 | Gent U21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Anderlecht U21 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 29 |
| 2 | Club Brugge U21 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 27 |
| 3 | Gent U21 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 36 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 26 |
| 4 | Mechelen U21 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 36 | 32 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 4 | 25 |
| 5 | Genk U21 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 20 |
| 6 | Standard Liège U21 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 20 |
| 7 | OH Leuven U21 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 18 | -2 | 20 |
| 8 | Sint-Truiden U21 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 17 | 61 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 33 | -44 | 4 |