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Genk vs Gent Prediction & Betting tips
The second in the table from Genk welcomes the buffalo from Ghent, who are still knocked out. The home side are seven points behind the defending champions from Bruges and have recently also disappointed. Bankruptcies against Mouscron and Kortrijk have been conceded in the past two rounds.
Both are actually teams that are only located in the lower half of the table of Jupiler. For the match in the Luminus Arena between Genk and Gent, however, the tip includes that Paul Onuachu meets on the side of the hosts. Spectators are still not allowed in the Belgian Jupiler League.
Genk:
The Smurfs are mostly accurate this season: With 43 goals after 21 rounds, the Limburg team and the defending champion from Bruges have the best storm in the Jupiler League. The Nigerian Paul Onuachu has a special merit in this great harvest.
After 20 appearances the attacker can point to 19 goals! A record that, unsurprisingly, no player in the Belgian House of Lords tops. Dutch coach John van den Brom also has Theo Bongonda, another strong offensive player with a license to score goals.
The former U21 international of the Diables Rouges scored eleven times and this in only 17 appearances. In addition, he was particularly fond of scoring against the Buffalo: The 25-year-old struck in the last two duels.
As great as the attack series at the champions of 2019 is, the defensive is just as vulnerable. The seventh player in the last season had more than one hit per league game. By comparison: Leader Bruges has less than half as many with 13 goals conceded.
This is the reason why the interim position at the top of the table had to be given back to the footballers from West Flanders. A strong storm and a weak defense are also the basis for the high scores in the encounters between the Smurfs.
On average, there are 3.3 hits per game in the Jupiler League. Only in the duels of the newcomers Beerschot, Mechelen and Waasland-Beveren are there more.
In view of this, in the match between Genk and Gent, the odds of more than two hits by the final whistle are attractive.
The tip is underpinned by Genk’s previous home games: 70 percent of the games ended with at least three hits. Furthermore, the Colombian Figueroa received a red card on the last day of the game, which means that the home defense cannot come into its usual formation.
Gent :
The 2015 champions do not move in the Jupiler League table. After an intermediate spurt in December with three wins, including against the table leaders from Bruges, the year ended again with a bankruptcy among the Flemish neighbors from Kortrijk.
In 2021, the team of coach Hein Vanhaezebrouck started with a 1: 1 at Beerschot VA, who had previously lost four times and are completely out of shape. From this point of view, the point win in Antwerp was not a positive signal from the buffalo either.
Last weekend, it was also a 0-1 home defeat against Antwerp. An unnecessary setback, because you put the better team and missed a penalty on top. In addition to the weak season in the domestic league, the three-time cup winner in the Europa League disgraced himself to the bone.
All six group games were lost, which is why the Flemings disastrously said goodbye to this competition. Only the Irish from Dundalk and Bulgarians from Razgrad also remained without a threesome. How nervous one is now in Ghent is shown by the flying change in the coaching chair.
Hein Vanhaezebrouck is the fourth trainer this season. At least he was able to stabilize the team a little: Vanhaezebrouck has a record of three wins and three defeats as well as one draw. However, this is not enough for the demands in Ghent.
At least one important attacking player is available again with Roman Yaremchuk. The Ukrainian international missed the draw against Beerschot VA due to a card ban, but the striker has been back in the squad since the last match day.
With nine goals this season, Yaremchuk is the most accurate player, which is why his return is good news for the guests’ offensive.
Genk vs Gent head to head matches
26.10.20 JL Gent Genk 1 : 2
25.01.20 JL Gent Genk 4 : 1
10.11.19 JL Genk Gent 0 : 2
27.04.19 JL Gent Genk 0 : 1
06.04.19 JL Genk Gent 2 : 1