Genk vs Union Saint-Gilloise Live Stream, Predictions (Apr 20)

📊 Form Guide

KRC Genk

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Genk will be wanting a better result here after a 1-0 First Division A - Play-Offs loss in their previous game against Club Brugge.

In that game, KRC Genk had 47% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. For their opponents, Club Brugge got 25 shots at goal with 10 on target. Maxim De Cuyper (92') was the scorer for Club Brugge.

Their most recent results shine a light on the fact that things are going according to plan in the KRC Genk rearguard. KRC Genk have given the opposition little, with the number of goals that have gone in at their end during their previous 6 games standing at 4.

Union Saint-Gilloise

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Union Saint-Gilloise go into this clash after a 2-0 First Division A - Play-Offs win over RSC Anderlecht in their most recent match.

In that match, Union Saint-Gilloise had 43% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. For Union Saint-Gilloise, the goalscorers were Promise David (45') and Anouar Ait El Hadj (82'). On the other side, Anderlecht got 5 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target.

With their forward play coming to the fore of late, Union Saint-Gilloise have managed to bag an avalanche of goals over their previous 6 games (18 in all). That works out as an ominous average of 3 goals scored per match during this period of time. That sort of trend won’t necessarily be carried forward into this match, of course.

↔️ Head to head

If we look at their past head to head meetings stretching back to 16/09/2023, neither club has come out on top overall with Genk winning 3 of those games, Union Saint-Gilloise 3 and 0 being drawn in regulation time.

A combined total of 13 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 5 of them from Blauw-Wit and 8 created by Les Unionistes. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.17.

The previous league contest featuring these clubs was First Division A match day 30 on 15/03/2025 which finished with the scoreline of KRC Genk 2-1 Union Saint-Gilloise.

That day, KRC Genk had 55% possession and 21 shots at goal with 7 on target. The goalscorers were Tolu Arokodare (69') and Hyeon-gyu Oh (83').

Union Saint-Gilloise got 10 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. Anouar Ait El Hadj (89') was the scorer.

The referee was Jasper Vergoote.

📰 Team News: Genk

Jarne Steuckers (Ankle injury) and Yaimar Medina (minor knock) won’t be playing for Genk boss Thorsten Fink.

📰 Team News: Union Saint-Gilloise

Union Saint-Gilloise boss Sébastien Pocognoli has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Kevin Rodríguez (Hamstring injury) and Sofiane Boufal (Muscle injury) are those who can’t be considered.

💡 Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Union Saint-Gilloise and KRC Genk could well end up finding themselves level here, with both teams capable of netting.

We’ll see, but this looks like it could end up all-square. Our tip is therefore for a close game with a 1-1 scoreline at the end of the 90 minutes.

💵 ⚽️ What are the top odds for this match?

Turning to the betting odds on the win-draw-win market, putting your money on KRC Genk can be had for 2.4, backing the game finishing all-square is 3.5 and putting your money on the win for Union Saint-Gilloise gets you 2.7. Those are the top prices offered at this very moment.

Peter Guest, 00:00 19/04/2025