📊 Form Guide

KRC Genk

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Genk will be hoping to return to winning ways here following a 4-0 First Division A - Play-Offs defeat last time out to Club Brugge.

In that match, KRC Genk managed 47% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 4 on target. For their opponents, Club Brugge had 15 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. Ferrán Jutglà (6'), Michał Skóraś (51'), Igor Thiago (57') and Maxim De Cuyper (67') scored for Club Brugge.

Wouter Vrancken's KRC Genk have celebrated scoring a sum total of 6 times in their last 6 outings. At the other end, the number of goals that they have conceded in those fixtures amounts to 6.

Club Brugge

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A sequence of reliable performances by the Club Brugge defensive unit has seen their ‘goals against’ tally standing at 2 from their last 6 clashes overall. Over that same time, their forwards have scored 15.

👥 Head to head

Inspecting their prior head-to-head meetings going back to 08/01/2023 shows us that Genk have won 3 of these games & Club Brugge 2, with the number of drawn games standing at 1.

A total of 21 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 10 from Blauw-Wit and 11 coming from Blauw-Zwart. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.5.

The last league fixture between these clubs was First Division A - Play-Offs match day 5 on 24/04/2024 which ended up with the score at Club Brugge 4-0 KRC Genk.

On that day, Club Brugge had 53% possession and 15 shots on goal with 7 on target. The scorers were Ferrán Jutglà (6'), Michał Skóraś (51'), Igor Thiago (57') and Maxim De Cuyper (67').

KRC Genk had 12 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target.

The referee was Lothar D'hondt.

📰 Team News: Genk

Bryan Heynen (Groin injury), Luca Oyen (Cruciate ligament tear), Aziz Ouattara (Adductor tear) and Yira Sor (Groin injury) will not be able to play for Genk manager Wouter Vrancken.

It seems likely that Blauw-Wit will probably employ a 3-4-2-1 system and select Maarten Vandevoordt, Mujaid Sadick, Carlos Cuesta, Mark Mckenzie, Zakaria El Ouahdi, Matías Galarza, Patrik Hrosovsky, Alieu Fadera, Bilal El Khannous, Anouar Ait El Hadj and Tolu Arokodare.

📰 Team News: Club Brugge

Club Brugge boss Nicky Hayen has to choose a team with limited availability. Casper Nielsen (Thigh problems), Andreas Skov Olsen (Hip injury) and Simon Mignolet (Hamstring injury) are not ready for selection.

From our viewpoint, Blauw-Zwart seem likely to elect for a 4-3-3 system, choosing Nordin Jackers, Denis Odoi, Joel Ordóñez, Brandon Mechele, Maxim De Cuyper, Kyriani Sabbe, Raphael Onyedika, Hans Vanaken, Michal Skoras, Igor Thiago and Ferran Jutglà.

🔮 Prediction

We feel that KRC Genk should have enough to breach the defence of this Club Brugge team, but one goal is unlikely to be enough to prevent defeat.

We’re therefore tipping a very close game with a 1-2 victory for Club Brugge at the end of this one.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 11:01 28/04/2024