📊 Form Guide

Antwerp

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Antwerp will be hoping for a better result following the 1-0 First Division A - Play-Offs losing effort in their last game against RSC Anderlecht.

In that match, Antwerp managed 44% possession and 8 attempts on goal with 2 on target. Anderlecht got 20 shots on goal with 7 on target. Killian Sardella (52') scored for RSC Anderlecht.

Their latest results shine a light on the fact that quality has been evident in the Antwerp rearguard. Antwerp have given the opposition little, resulting in the number of goals that have gone in at their end over the course of their past six clashes standing at 4. We will just have to find out whether or not that trend will end up being sustained into this next match.

KRC Genk

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Genk will come into the meeting after a 1-0 First Division A - Play-Offs win as they beat Union Saint-Gilloise in their previous match.

In that game, KRC Genk had 46% possession and 7 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. The scorer for KRC Genk was Tolu Arokodare (27'). Union Saint-Gilloise had 12 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target.

Wouter Vrancken's KRC Genk have seen their goal attempts be successful a total of 7 times throughout their most recent sextet of matches. The aggregate of goals that they have conceded during that period adds up to 5.

↔️ Head to head

Checking on their prior head-to-head meetings going back to 11/01/2023 shows us that Antwerp have won 4 of these games and Genk 1, with the number of drawn games standing at 1.

A combined total of 19 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 11 for The Great Old and 8 for Blauw-Wit. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.17.

The last league fixture featuring these clubs was First Division A match day 20 on 26/12/2023 when it ended KRC Genk 3-0 Antwerp.

That time, KRC Genk managed 51% possession and 16 shots at goal with 8 of them on target. Goals were scored by Alieu Fadera (10') and Tolu Arokodare (75', 77').

Antwerp got 3 shots on goal with 1 on target.

The referee was Jonathan Lardot.

ℹ️ Team News: Antwerp

Anthony Valencia (Fracture of fibula shaft), Mandela Keita (Ankle injury), Björn Engels (Achilles heel problems) and Jean Butez (Broken hand) will not be able to play for Antwerp boss Mark van Bommel.

🗞️ Team News: Genk

Genk boss Wouter Vrancken has to currently contend with reduced team options. Aziz Ouattara (Adductor tear), Luca Oyen (Cruciate ligament tear) and Yira Sor (Groin injury) are not able to play.

⚡ Prediction

We believe that KRC Genk should be able to find the net against this Antwerp team, however that might not quite be enough to avoid defeat.

We are anticipating a very close game with a 2-1 winning score for Antwerp when all is said and done. Let’s just see how this one goes.

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

Victor Martins, 18:03 06/04/2024