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Genk vs Standard Liège Live Stream, Predictions
The First Division A tie at Cegeka Arena on Sunday will see home side Genk ready themselves for the visit of Standard Liège.
View all of the KRC Genk v Standard Liège predictions, poll and stats below (including the best match odds).
📏 Form Guide
KRC Genk
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Genk will be looking to improve on their last outing here after the 0-3 First Division A loss in their previous game against Club Brugge.
In that match, KRC Genk had 52% possession and 10 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Club Brugge got 12 attempts on goal with 5 on target. Hugo Vetlesen (26'), Denis Odoi (73') and Andreas Skov Olsen (85') scored for Club Brugge.
It has not been often in recent games that KRC Genk have shown defensive steel. The reality is that KRC Genk have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 matches, letting in 8 goals on the way.
Ahead of this meeting, KRC Genk have not won against Standard Liège in their previous 2 league games.
Standard Liège
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Standard Liège will come into the encounter following on from a 4-2 First Division A win over KAA Gent in their previous outing.
In that game, Standard Liège had 55% possession and 20 shots at goal with 7 on target. For Standard Liège, goals were scored by Wilfried Kanga (45'), Kelvin Yeboah (55', 65') and Hayao Kawabe (62'). At the other end, Gent had 12 shots on goal with 6 on target. Tarik Tissoudali (14') and Matisse Samoise (80') scored for KAA Gent.
The numbers tell their own story, and Standard Liège have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, letting opponents get 9 goals overall. In defence, Standard Liège just haven’t been too solid at all. Nevertheless, we must now wait to see if that trend will be maintained in this upcoming game.
Analysis of their past results shows that Standard Liège:
- have not registered a win against KRC Genk when they have played them away from home in the previous 3 league games.
- are without an away win for the past 9 matches in the league. Their travelling support will be needed here, for sure.
🤜🤛 Head to head
A glance at their past head-to-head meetings stretching back to 25/04/2021 shows us that Genk have won 3 of these games and Standard Liège 2, with the number of drawn matches standing at 1.
In all, 14 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 8 of them for Blauw-Wit and 6 for Les Rouches. That is an average goals per game value of 2.33.
The last league meeting between these clubs was First Division A match day 15 on 25/11/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Standard Liège 1-0 KRC Genk.
On that day, Standard Liège managed 40% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Their only player to score was Hayao Kawabe (66').
At the other end, KRC Genk had 11 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target.
The referee was Wesli De Cremer.
📋 Team News: Genk
Alieu Fadera (Cruciate ligament injury) and Aziz Ouattara (Adductor tear) are not available for Genk manager Wouter Vrancken.
In all likelihood, Blauw-Wit should make use of the 4-2-3-1 formation for the game, handing starts to Maarten Vandevoordt, Zakaria El Ouahdi, Carlos Cuesta, Mark Mckenzie, Joris Kayembe Ditu, Bryan Heynen, Patrik Hrosovsky, C. Bonsu Baah, Bilal El Khannous, Luca Oyen and Tolu Arokodare.
ℹ️ Team News: Standard Liège
From our viewpoint, Les Rouches might elect for a 3-5-2 system using Arnaud Bodart, Lucas Noubi Ngnokam, Konstantinos Laifis, Jonathan Panzo, Steven Alzate, Isaac Price, Aiden O'Neill, Hayao Kawabe, Moussa Djenepo, Wilfried Kanga and Kelvin Yeboah.
💭 Prediction
We feel that KRC Genk will most probably get the goals that they need when they play Standard Liège, who could well find it tough getting on the scoresheet.
We’re therefore expecting to see a controlled 2-0 victory for KRC Genk at the conclusion of the game.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Andre Moura, 12:03 10/03/2024
🏟️ Team Focus:
Genk
Formed: 1988
Stadium: Cegeka Arena (23,718)
Captain: Bryan Heynen
Chairman: Peter Croonen
Manager: Wouter Vrancken
Competitions: First Division A position 6, Conference League Qualifiers (Play Off Round)
⭐ Star Player: Tolu Arokodare
Customarily used in the Striker position, Tolu Arokodare was born in Festac Town, Nigeria. Having made a first senior appearance for Cologne in the 2020 - 2021 season, the accomplished Forward has scored a sum of 8 league goals in the Pro League 2023 - 2024 season to date in a total of 27 appearances.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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1 |
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28 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 68 | WDWWW |
2 |
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29 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 29 | 63 | WWWWW |
3 |
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29 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 28 | 51 | WLDWW |
4 |
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28 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 32 | 48 | LWDLW |
5 |
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29 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 45 | DWWWW |
6 |
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29 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 44 | WDWLD |
7 |
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28 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 43 | LDWWL |
8 |
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28 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 43 | LLWDL |
9 |
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28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | -11 | 37 | LWLWL |
10 |
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28 | 7 | 10 | 11 | -11 | 31 | DWLLW |
11 |
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29 | 7 | 8 | 14 | -12 | 29 | DWLLL |
12 |
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29 | 7 | 8 | 14 | -17 | 29 | LDLWD |
13 |
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28 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -12 | 26 | WLDDL |
14 |
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29 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -32 | 23 | LLDLL |
15 |
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28 | 6 | 3 | 19 | -31 | 21 | LLLLL |
16 |
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29 | 5 | 6 | 18 | -36 | 21 | LLLWL |
KVC Westerlo |
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Club Brugge |
Charleroi |
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RWD Molenbeek |
KV Mechelen |
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Genk |
Standard Liège |
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Eupen |
Genk |
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KAA Gent |
Union Saint-Gilloise |
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Standard Liège |
KVC Westerlo |
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Standard Liège |
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Oud-Heverlee Leuven |
Genk |
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Club Brugge |
Genk |
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RWD Molenbeek |
Genk |
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Union Saint-Gilloise |
Genk |
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Cercle Brugge |
Genk |
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Antwerp |
Genk |
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KV Kortrijk |
Union Saint-Gilloise |
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Standard Liège |
KVC Westerlo |
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Standard Liège |
RWD Molenbeek |
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Cercle Brugge |
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KV Mechelen |
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RSC Anderlecht |
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Standard Liège |
Goals scored | 1.9 |
Goals conceded | 1.2 |
Time first goal scored | 34 |
Time first goal conceded | 32 |
Yellow cards | 1.6 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 3.9 |
Biggest victory | 4-0 |
Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
Goals scored | 1.1 |
Goals conceded | 2 |
Time first goal scored | 49 |
Time first goal conceded | 44 |
Yellow cards | 2 |
Red cards | 0.2 |
Subs used | 4.5 |
Biggest victory | 3-1 |
Biggest defeat | 6-0 |
Tolu Arokodare | 8 |
Bryan Heynen | 6 |
Joseph Paintsil | 6 |
Yira Sor | 6 |
Daniel Muñoz | 5 |
Wilfried Kanga | 9 |
Hayao Kawabe | 7 |
Kelvin Yeboah | 4 |
Kamal Sowah | 2 |
Steven Alzate | 1 |
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Union Saint-Gilloise |
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Cercle Brugge |
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RSC Anderlecht |
Club Brugge |
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Club Brugge |
Cercle Brugge |
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RSC Anderlecht |
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Antwerp |
Union Saint-Gilloise |
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KAA Gent |
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Standard Liège |
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Oud-Heverlee Leuven |
Sint-Truidense VV |
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KVC Westerlo |
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Standard Liège |
Standard Liège |
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KV Mechelen |
Standard Liège |
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Sint-Truidense VV |
Oud-Heverlee Leuven |
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Standard Liège |
Standard Liège |
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KVC Westerlo |
Standard Liège |
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KAA Gent |
KV Mechelen |
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Standard Liège |