Match Report
45 points for Gent (4th), 38 for Genk (1st): a 7-point gap. On recent form Gent sat only 27th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 4th overall. Per game in the league, Gent were scoring 1.63 and conceding 1.43, Genk 1.1 and 0.6, against a competition average of 1.34 goals per team per game.
Gent had not won in 9 games.
GioScore's database holds 40 meetings between the two: 12 for Gent, 17 for Genk and 11 drawn, at 2.55 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 30% of the wins in this fixture.
Planet Group Arena staged the fixture, a ground that holds 20,185. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 1-1 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Gent: Tibe De Vlieger (120') · Genk: Robin Mirisola (95')
Key stats
Possession: Gent 48% · Genk 52% · Total shots: 15-15 · On target: 4-5 · Corners: 3-3