📏 Form Guide

KRC Genk

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Genk will be looking for an improved result here after a 1-0 First Division A - Play-Offs defeat last time out to Club Brugge.

In that match, KRC Genk had 47% possession and 9 shots on goal with 3 on target. For their opponents, Club Brugge got 25 shots at goal with 10 of them on target. Maxim De Cuyper (92') scored 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 come into this encounter following a 2-0 First Division A - Play-Offs win over RSC Anderlecht in their previous match.

In that game, Union Saint-Gilloise had 43% possession and 10 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. For Union Saint-Gilloise, the goalscorers were Promise David (45') and Anouar Ait El Hadj (82'). For their opponents, Anderlecht had 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

Checking out their prior head to head duels dating back to 16/09/2023, it’s been all-even between these two clubs with Genk winning 3 of those games, Union Saint-Gilloise 3 and 0 being draws in normal time.

A combined total of 13 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 5 of them from Blauw-Wit and 8 created by Les Unionistes. That is an average goals per game value of 2.17.

The previous league fixture between the two 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 managed 55% possession and 21 attempts on goal with 7 on target. The goalscorers were Tolu Arokodare (69') and Hyeon-gyu Oh (83').

Union Saint-Gilloise got 10 shots on 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) will be missing for Genk boss Thorsten Fink.

🗞️ Team News: Union Saint-Gilloise

Union Saint-Gilloise boss Sébastien Pocognoli has multiple availability issues to deal with. Kevin Rodríguez (Hamstring injury) and Sofiane Boufal (Muscle injury) are not able to play.

🔮 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.

Peter Guest, 13:00 20/04/2025