KAA Gent vs Genk Live Stream, Predictions (May 18)

📊 Form Guide

KAA Gent

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KAA Gent will be hoping to return to winning ways here following a 0-3 First Division A - Play-Offs losing effort in their last game against Antwerp.

Their most recent results shine a light on the fact that there is much work to be done by the KAA Gent backline. KAA Gent have seen an unforgivable 18 goals go past their goalkeeper over the course of their previous 6 matches.

KRC Genk

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Since suffering a loss in their previous game against Club Brugge in First Division A - Play-Offs action, Genk and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that game, KRC Genk had 45% possession and 10 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Club Brugge had 13 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Hugo Vetlesen (32') and Ferrán Jutglà (66') scored for Club Brugge.

In 5 of the past 6 clashes featuring KRC Genk, a notably low volume of goals have been scored between them and opposing teams. The overall average number of goals per game during that period comes to a paltry 1.67, with the average goals for Blauw-Wit equalling 0.33. Previous results aside, time will tell if that trend will persist here in this game.

👥 Head to head

Looking at their most recent head to head meetings dating back to 08/10/2023 shows us that KAA Gent have won 1 of these games and Genk 2, with the number of drawn matches standing at 3.

An aggregate of 13 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 4 of them for De Buffalo's and 9 being from Blauw-Wit. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.17.

The previous league fixture featuring these clubs was First Division A - Play-Offs match day 1 on 30/03/2025 when it finished KRC Genk 4-0 KAA Gent.

In that game, KRC Genk managed 51% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 8 on target. The goals were scored by Konstantinos Karetsas (38'), Tolu Arokodare (50') and Hyeon-gyu Oh (88', 91').

KAA Gent got 11 shots at goal with 3 of them on target.

The referee was Jan Boterberg.

📋 Team News: KAA Gent

Davy Roef (Broken hand), Hugo Gambor (Hamstring injury), Hélio Varela (Elbow injury) and Max Dean (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be able to feature for KAA Gent gaffer Danijel Milićević.

We are thinking that De Buffalo's may well kick off with a 3-4-1-2 formation for the game and select Tom Vandenberghe, Matisse Samoise, Samuel Kotto, Archie Brown, Noah Fadiga, L. da Silva, Mathias Delorge, Tiago Araújo, Omri Gandelman, Dante Vanzeir and Aimé Omgba.

🗞️ Team News: Genk

We are inclined to think that Blauw-Wit appear most likely to elect for a 4-2-3-1 lineup using Mike Penders, Zakaria El Ouahdi, Mujaid Sadick, Matte Smets, Joris Kayembe Ditu, Nikolas Sattlberger, Josue Kongolo, Jarne Steuckers, Patrik Hrosovsky, C. Bonsu Baah and Tolu Arokodare.

💡 Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that KAA Gent certainly have the ability to score against this KRC Genk lineup, but a single goal may not quite be enough.

Therefore, we think that it’s going to be a tight encounter finishing with a 1-2 winning score for KRC Genk when all is said and done. Hopefully this is a good one.

📚 ⚽️ What are the best odds for the game?

Looking at the betting prices for the match in the full-time result market, staking on KAA Gent is available for 3.75, going for the draw is 4 and staking on the win for KRC Genk will get you 1.83. They’re the most competitive market prices offered right now.

Peter Guest, 08:04 14/05/2025