It's game one of two in the Champions League as Genk host Shakhtar Donetsk. This is a 3rd Qualifying Round fixture played over two legs and nothing will be decided tonight.
It's no vacation for neither Genk nor Shakhtar Donetsk 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.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2400 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Genk form and stats
Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the group stage.0-0-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Pro League numbers at home for Genk so far this season.
Genk's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 3-4 versus KV Oostende. Midfield player Mike Tresor Ndayishimiye got a match rating of 9.1 in that game, the max score being 10. Ndayishimiye signed up for two assists, hit eight key passes, dribled passed the opponent 6 of 6 times and had 46 successful passes (of 57 total). A disaster for the home team in their last match (vs KV Oostende) as a comfortable lead 2-0 was completely ruined into a loss 3-4. 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?
A Super Cup defeat was the result before that one, 2-3 away at Club Brugge.The manager J. van den Brom will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Kortrijk in only four days.
At Luminus Arena, Genk has the goal stats of 3-4 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Shakhtar Donetsk form and stats
They also participated in Champions League last season. This ended in the group stage.The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats. Impressively, the visitors are on a five-match winning run which they hope continue versus Genk.
Two travels in a row for Shakhtar, whose manager R. De Zerbi could celebrate last time after the Premier League win against Lviv.
Before that, Shakhtar Donetsk secured a home win against Inhulets with the score 2-1.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Oleksandria in just four days.
Shakhtar Donetsk have the goal stats of 3-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  T. Bongonda Mbul'Ofeko Batombo 3 goals |  B. Heynen 1 goals |   B. Ferreira Bonfim 1 goals |
Genk missing players
Shakhtar Donetsk missing players
| Genk | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Won | W | 9 | 15 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 63 | 34 | Scored | S | 28 | 41 | ||
| 34 | 17 | Conceded | C | 12 | 18 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 68% | ||
| 76% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 52% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 16% | ||
| 32% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 8% | ||
| 80% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 60% | 56% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 28% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 4.9 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.4 | 3.3 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 15.2 | 15.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 12.3 | ||
| 6.2 | 6.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5.1 | ||
| 38% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 28% | ||
| 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 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | Cercle Brugge | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Sint-Truiden | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Kortrijk | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Mechelen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | RFC Seraing | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 8 | KV Oostende | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 9 | AS Eupen | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | OH Leuven | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Club Brugge | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Standard Liege | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Zulte-Waregem | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Genk | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 15 | Anderlecht | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 16 | Antwerp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | Gent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 18 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Dnipro-1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Kolos Kovalivka | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Desna | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | Minai | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Oleksandria | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Vorskla | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Mariupol | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Veres | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Lviv | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 |
| 11 | Olimpik Donetsk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Dynamo Kyiv | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Inhulets | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Rukh Vynnyky | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Zorya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Chornomorets | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 0 |