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Genk vs KV Mechelen Prediction & Betting tips
For the Belgian football fans the dull summer break with the Supercup 2019 between champion Genk and cup winner Mechelen comes to an end! The title holder has the right to home and seeks the fourth prize in this competition. Among the supporters of Mechelen again only the older will remember the only appearance so far, as this is already 32 years ago and had a defeat against RSC Anderlecht a little successful outcome. But the signs for the final are also hardly pleasing. This week, the Belgian Sports Arbitration Court (BAS) decided that the yellow-reds should not compete on the European stage, despite their success in the cup. In addition, they were denied participation in the next edition of the domestic cup. The reason is the investigation of the match fixing scandal from last fall, in which several club leaders are in focus. For the promoted to the Jupiler League thus remains only the league operation, where but at least one point deduction was bypassed.
Worry wrinkles have not only the guests on the forehead, but also the hosts. After the surprising and well-deserved success in the championship, there is not much left of the successful team, which was extremely entertaining on the pitch, especially because of their very good offensive. Several playful pillars were sold in the summer and also took place on the coach chair a change. So it remains to be seen how the newly ripped team will beat each other in the first competitive match. At Genk against Mechelen, the odds still give the Limburgers the role of favorites, but we see the starting position less clearly due to the described upheaval. For the match between Genk and Mechelen the tip is aimed at the fact that the guests at least do not lose with more than one goal.
Genk:
Last season, KRC Genk took the championship for the fourth time in history. Although the success was unexpected, but from a playful point of view, he was completely fine. Above all, the Flemish impressed by an extremely scorching offensive, the established clubs such as RSC Anderlecht, Club Bruges or Standard Liege did not reach their efficiency this season. However, this is already yesterday’s snow, because the squad more or less completely plucked. Due to the limited financial resources Genk could not hold the most important players all. For around 20 million Leandro Trossard was transferred to Brighton & Hove in the Premier League, so that the heart of the offensive midfielder is no longer available. Other notable departures are midfielder Ruslan Malinovsky (Atalanta Bergamo), defender Joseph Aidoo (Celta Vigo) or Alejandro Pozuelo. The latter player moved to Toronto FC late in the last season, where the Spaniard meets regularly and continues to demonstrate his core skills as a game-intelligent assisting giver.
The names of the host clubs quickly make it clear what a great team the Flemings played last season, but to top it all, the list is probably not over yet, with Mbwana Samata of Tanzania probably the top scorer in the past season Will turn back. In the upcoming Supercup Samata will probably not play anyway, because he played this month at the African Cup for his home country. The fans in the Luminus Arena will therefore be presented with an almost completely exchanged team, which certainly has some voting problems. With the left winger Theo Bongonda of Zulte-Waregem or the Romanian talent Ianis Hagi, who has flashed his class at the recent European Under-21 Championship and as the son of “Carpathian Maradona” Gheorghe Hagi anyway has an excellent footballing pedigree, were unquestionably neat reinforcements brought, but the qualitative bloodletting, they can hardly compensate.
The difficult task of forming a new team, is no longer responsible for the success coach Philippe Clement, because this is just as history. After his coup with the championship, the Club Bruges has secured the services and instead now Felice Mazzu has taken on the Genk coach chair. The Belgian with Italian roots, in turn, changed from league rivals Charleroi, where Mazzu spent six years sporting responsibilities with the zebras. His biggest success during this time was the third place in the Jupiler League two years ago, bringing the 53-year-old in retrospect to the last 20 years, the best finish of the Walloons reached.
Mechelen:
Actually, the mood at KV Mechelen could be great: For example, the team of coach Wouter Vrancken won the Belgian Cup for the first time after 32 years in the last season and the return to the top division was accomplished. The proud club, which even won the European Cup Winners’ Cup in 1988 with a 1-0 win against Ajax Amsterdam in the final, is heavily shaken by the still smoldering scandal in Belgium. As mentioned Mechelen has to give up the European stage and a new cup triumph is not possible due to the exclusion.
The mentioned cup victory of the Kakkers was in turn favored a little by luck. After all, the semi-final opponent Royale Union Saint-Gilloise had done a lot of preparatory work, in which, among other things, the champion from Genk or the city rivals and former series champion RSC Anderlecht has been cleared out of the way. However, Mechelen prevailed in the second division cup and the final opponent from Ghent has already seen better days, which is why the triumph did not come as surprisingly as he did on paper.
The four-time champion, most recently 30 years ago, is starting with a largely unchanged team for the preseason. This is staffed questionably weaker in comparison to the title holder, but for practiced. Furthermore, Mechelen with Wouter Vrancken continues to have the successful promotion coach. A special match is also for striker Igor de Camargo: The vice-scorer of the last season in the Proximus League and former Belgian international kicked in the course of his long career ever before the next opponent and should therefore start particularly motivated.
Genk vs KV Mechelen head to head matches
02.12.17 JL KV Mechelen Genk 3 : 2
29.11.17 CUP KV Mechelen Genk 1 : 2 (1 : 1)
26.08.17 JL Genk KV Mechelen 1 : 0
28.01.17 JL KV Mechelen Genk 1 : 0
02.10.16 JL Genk KV Mechelen 2 : 1