📏 Form Guide

KRC Genk

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Genk, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 0-1 First Division A - Play-Offs success versus Antwerp.

In that game, KRC Genk had 41% possession and 18 shots at goal with 6 on target. The scorer for KRC Genk was Anouar Ait El Hadj (44'). Royal Antwerp had 11 shots on goal with 2 on target.

A recurring theme in recent KRC Genk games is the high number of scores with a nil in them.

From their prior six matches before this one, in as many as 5 of them a bet on BTTS would have lost. We will see if that trend can be sustained into this next match.

Cercle Brugge

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Cercle Brugge come into this clash following a 2-3 First Division A - Play-Offs win with the downing of Union Saint-Gilloise in their last game.

In that match, Cercle Brugge had 41% possession and 8 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. For Cercle Brugge, the goals were scored by Alan Minda (5'), Kévin Denkey (6') and Thibo Somers (71'). For their opponents, Union Saint-Gilloise got 14 attempts at goal with 9 on target. Gustaf Nilsson (45') and Dennis Eckert Ayensa (92') scored for Union Saint-Gilloise.

Miron Muslic's Cercle Brugge have turned their attacks into goals 12 times in the course of their most recent 6 matches. The total of goals that have been scored against them during the equivalent period comes to 6.

👥 Head to head

A glance at their past head to head meetings going back to 07/11/2021 shows that Genk have won 2 of these and Cercle Brugge 0, with the number of draws standing at 4.

A total of 14 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 8 of them for Blauw-Wit and 6 netted by Groen en Zwart. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.33.

The last league clash between these clubs was First Division A match day 21 on 20/01/2024 and the score finished KRC Genk 1-1 Cercle Brugge.

On that occasion, KRC Genk managed 56% possession and 12 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. The scorer was Andi Zeqiri (64').

Cercle Brugge got 19 attempts on goal with 6 on target. Kévin Denkey (8') was the scorer.

The referee was Jasper Vergoote.

🗞️ Team News: Genk

Ken Nkuba (Hamstring injury), Bryan Heynen (Injury to abdominal muscles), Luca Oyen (Cruciate ligament tear), Aziz Ouattara (Adductor tear) and Yira Sor (Groin injury) won’t be playing for Genk gaffer Wouter Vrancken.

It seems likely that Blauw-Wit look set to make use of the 3-4-2-1 formation and select Maarten Vandevoordt, Mujaid Sadick, Carlos Cuesta, Mark McKenzie, Zakaria El Ouahdi, Joris Kayembe Ditu, Matias Galarza, Patrik Hrosovsky, Bilal El Khannous, Toluwalase Arokodare and Anouar Ait El Hadj.

📰 Team News: Cercle Brugge

Cercle Brugge boss Miron Muslic has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Nazinho (minor knock), Jordan Semedo (Knock) and Senna Miangue (minor knock) miss out here.

We reckon that Groen en Zwart could decide to play in a 4-2-3-1 formation, starting the game with Warleson, Hugo Siquet, Edgaras Utkus, Jesper Daland, Christiaan Ravych, Alan Minda, L. Da Silva, Felix Lemarechal, H. van der, Felipe Augusto and Kevin Denkey.

💡 Prediction

Our thinking is that Cercle Brugge could find themselves struggling to register a score against this KRC Genk lineup who we think might well score & stay on top.

Therefore, we predict a hard-fought 1-0 winning margin for KRC Genk after 90 minutes.

Hopefully it’s a good one.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 18:00 13/04/2024