International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Genk and West Ham United are looking forward to this Europa League fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Genk form and stats
Genk was eliminated in the group stage last season in the Champions League.The story so far in the Pro League for Genk at their home stadium (Luminus Arena) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. 1W-0D-2L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Europa League for Genk.
It's back home for Genk, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Zulte-Waregem away with the result 6-2. Bryan Heynen (2), Kristian Thorstvedt, Jhon Lucumi, Junya Ito and Paul Onuachu found the net in that victory. As mentioned above, Genk "killed" Zulte-Waregem in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. The gifted forward Junya Ito bettered all teammates in that match and received a match rating of 9.25 out of 10. Ito scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, signed up for two assists, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
In the preceding match a 6-0 victory visiting Sint-Eloois-Winkel.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Pro League game versus Cercle Brugge in only three days. This game is also played here at Luminus Arena.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (12 in 6 games), Genk's attacking play is working. Genk have conceded 8 in these home matches.
West Ham United form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Europa League stats, they have 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses both home and away. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Newcastle United game have they lost an away game, meaning West Ham has taken points from eight away matches in a row.
West Ham play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 4-1 victory visiting Aston Villa. Midfield player Declan Rice was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.53/10. Rice scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 68 successful passes (of 78 total).
Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Manchester City (after extra-time, 5-3 on penalties) in the Carabao Cup.After this away game West Ham return home for a Premier League game against Liverpool. That game is only three sleeps after this.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, West Ham are regular goalscorers on their travels. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (4 so far).
Head 2 Head
The former head-to-head encounter ended West Ham United - Genk 3-0, earlier this season.Top Goalscorers
  E. Onuachu 10 goals |   M. Antonio 6 goals |  T. Bongonda Mbul'Ofeko Batombo 4 goals |
Genk missing players
West Ham United missing players
| Genk | West Ham United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 11 | 17 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | ||
| 48 | 23 | Scored | S | 32 | 51 | ||
| 42 | 20 | Conceded | C | 11 | 18 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 87% | 88% | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 72% | ||
| 68% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 16% | ||
| 60% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 47% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 13% | 12% | ||
| 5.5 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 5.8 | ||
| 4.7 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.9 | 0.8 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 14.2 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.1 | 13.6 | ||
| 5.7 | 5.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.9 | ||
| 34% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 42% | ||
| 11.4 | 12.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.6 | 11.1 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 2.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | West Ham United | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 |
| 2 | Dinamo Zagreb | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Rapid Vienna | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 4 | Genk | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 3 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 16 | 28 |
| 2 | Club Brugge | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 26 |
| 3 | Antwerp | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 24 |
| 4 | Mechelen | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 23 |
| 5 | Sporting Charleroi | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 23 |
| 6 | Anderlecht | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 21 |
| 7 | Genk | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 20 |
| 8 | AS Eupen | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 20 |
| 9 | Kortrijk | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 19 |
| 10 | Gent | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 17 |
| 11 | KV Oostende | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -6 | 17 |
| 12 | Standard Liege | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 16 |
| 13 | Sint-Truiden | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -6 | 15 |
| 14 | OH Leuven | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 14 | -5 | 14 |
| 15 | Zulte-Waregem | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | -11 | 13 |
| 16 | RFC Seraing | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 18 | -11 | 12 |
| 17 | Cercle Brugge | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -7 | 9 |
| 18 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 17 | -15 | 5 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Chelsea | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 23 | 25 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 21 | 22 |
| 3 | Manchester City | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 20 |
| 4 | West Ham United | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 20 |
| 5 | Manchester United | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 17 |
| 6 | Arsenal | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -1 | 17 |
| 7 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 16 |
| 8 | Tottenham Hotspur | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -7 | 15 |
| 9 | Everton | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 14 |
| 10 | Leicester City | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 14 |
| 11 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 13 |
| 12 | Brentford | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 13 | Crystal Palace | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 12 |
| 14 | Southampton | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 11 |
| 15 | Aston Villa | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -5 | 10 |
| 16 | Watford | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | -6 | 10 |
| 17 | Leeds United | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -7 | 10 |
| 18 | Burnley | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 7 |
| 19 | Newcastle United | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -12 | 4 |
| 20 | Norwich City | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 15 | -22 | 2 |