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The top game of the third day of the Belgian Jupiler League will take place in Liège this Sunday. The hosts, who started with two victories, received the KRC Genk team at the Stade Maurice Dufrasne and the ten-time national champion started the race with the aim of clinching the third victory in a row.
The last season was unsuccessful for both teams and they were largely behind the champions from Brussels in the final standings. Both the red and whites and the champions of 2019 have the potential to make the fight for the championship more exciting than last year.
The guests shot themselves again warmly against FC Differdingen in a 9-0 win on Sunday and will do everything in their power to take at least one point home with them. The home side beckons the leap to the top of the table when the blue-whites are beaten down.
Standard Liège:
The great successes of Liège were a few years ago. In 2009 the fans celebrated the last championship. After all, they won the national cup two years ago.
The last season didn’t go really well for the red and whites either and in the end they only finished fifth. The start of the new season has been quite successful. After the arduous 1-0 win against Cercle Bruges at the start, a 2-1 win at the almost relegated Waasland-Beveren last weekend.
This means that “les Rouches” have full six points and, due to the poorer goal difference, they are second behind Beerschot in the Jupiler League. They will compete with the champions from Bruges this Sunday, so that the team of coach Philippe Montanier will be at the top of the table with a victory.
Now, with Genk, another house number comes to the Stade Maurice Dufrasne. The 2019 champions will also want to fight for the title again, so that an exciting game can be assumed.
With Balikwisha, Gonzalez, Oulare and Sissako, Coach Montanier had to do without four players in the last game due to injuries and it remains to be seen whether one or the other will report themselves fit again before kick-off.
Genk:
Since November last year, a football teacher who is not unknown from German football has been steering the fortunes of the KRC. Hannes Wolf, who previously coached VfB Stuttgart and Hamburger SV, joined the Limburg team and replaced the hapless Felice Mazzu after five months.
Under him the way back to success should be found after the last season ended very disappointingly with seventh place. The start of the new season has been quite successful. With four counters, the blue-whites are currently in fifth place in the table.
It started with a 2: 1 success against the current bottom of Zulte Waregem. The first home game was not that successful and Genk had to be satisfied with a 1-1 draw against the promoted team from Leuven, although it looked like the second three in a row until shortly before the end.
In 2019 Limburg celebrated their fourth championship and this year the goal must be to significantly shorten the gap to the title holder Bruges compared to last season and to ensure more tension in the title fight. With the appearance in Liège, the blue-whites face the first real endurance test and the bookmakers do not make a good prediction for a success of the guests in the game Standard Liège against Genk.
During the week, the club announced that striker Dieumerci Ndongala is leaving the club for Nicosia and is no longer available.
St. Liege vs Genk head to head matches
16.02.20 JL Genk St. Liege 1 : 3
19.10.19 JL St. Liege Genk 1 : 0
19.05.19 JL Genk St. Liege 0 : 0
19.04.19 JL St. Liege Genk 1 : 3
08.02.19 JL Genk St. Liege 2 : 0