Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Genk 1st with 63 points, Lokeren 16th with 20, 43 apart. Genk ranked just 11th in the league on five-round form despite their 1st table position. In league terms the two rates read 2.1/1.03 for Genk and 0.93/1.77 for Lokeren (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.45.
Genk were winless in 5. Three consecutive defeats weighed on Lokeren.
The head-to-head ledger counts 25 games: 11 Genk wins, 7 for Lokeren, 7 draws, at 2.52 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 28% of the wins in this fixture.
B. Put officiated: 66 games logged, averaging 1.7 yellow cards each. Luminus Arena in Genk staged the fixture, a ground that holds 24,956. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 1-0 full-time score.