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Genk vs Anderlecht Prediction & Betting tips
We open play day number five with a very nice poster. National champion Racing Genk faces Anderlecht. Can the home team take confidence towards the Champions League? Or does purple-white stand up?
Genk:
This weekend Racing Genk will take on RSC Anderlecht at home. The Limburgers can already count on a new name in their selection. On Tuesday morning, Felice Mazzu and Patrick Hrosovsky welcomed a new player to training. The 27-year-old Slovak comes over Viktoria Pilzen with whom he was eliminated by Antwerp last week in the preliminary rounds of the UEFA Europa League. The experienced midfielder must ensure more leadership and stability at Racing Genk. Hrosovsky can in any case immediately play in the home game against Anderlecht, he is entitled to play.
It was three times on the Freethiel, where the home team cooperated favorably at the Genk party. Joseph Paintsil opened the score before half time, Aly Samatta finished the job after half time. He finished the assists of Bryan Heynen, Paintsil and Ianis Hagi with the head, with the right and with the left. A perfect hat trick, you don’t see it often. Waasland-Beveren has since become his favorite opponent, in eight games Samatta has already scored eight times. And thanks to his three goals, he now also enters the all time top 5 of Genk shooters.
With four goals in four duels, Samatta is again (club) top scorer, but he is less than a hundred percent. “Because of the Africa Cup I almost missed the entire preparation and therefore I don’t feel in shape yet. I can’t walk ninety minutes like last season. Anyway, it is also getting used to those new midfielders in my back and my new duties under Mazzu. He wants me to be more involved in the combinations. But all will be fine. I will be ready for the Champions League, rest assured, “the attacker said.
Anderlecht:
“Patience is beautiful, but it has never let a rooster lay an egg,” we once read. Yet Vincent Komany, not the only cock in the yard called Anderlecht, will not rest until he has lost his egg. Not even after the 4-2 defeat and a two in twelve, the worst start since the disastrous start of the 1998-1999 season. “One thing is certain: we are not going to change style,” said Kompany. Curious what it gives with the four-part Genk, Standard, Antwerp and Club Brugge ahead.
The first 45 minutes in Kortrijk were good, in the image of earlier competitions. So ball possession, again more than sixty percent. And after the break, at 2-2, Michel Vlap was blocked from close range, a crucial moment where the dime fell on the wrong side again. Anderlecht have too little scoring ability. Or are they phenomenally nonchalant? Anderlecht imploded completely after the 1-1. And of course you have a young core that is out of balance due to injuries (and ‘sporting choices’), in which young people have to fill the gaps.
“We will analyze this objectively. But I started this season on the assumption that every goal against will be my fault. Whether it is as a coach or as a player, I take that on myself, “it still sounded at Kompany. Even Sami Nasri recognizes that time is ticking away at the disadvantage of purple and white with the four-panel that is at the door. “A championship is a marathon, not a sprint, but we need those victories as quickly as possible. Because with results you buy time and you get the luxury to let young people make progress. We must be ready for Genk and the rest. ”
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