Genk vs Cercle Brugge betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Pro League match on February 08th, 2025

Genk and Cercle Brugge will meet each other in a football match counting for Pro League on February 08th, 2025, Saturday at 19:45h (UTC), in Belgium, check the Genk vs Cercle Brugge betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Genk vs Cercle Brugge will occur

The game is set to be played in the small Luminus Arena stadium, in the city of Genk, with a capacity for 24956 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

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Introduction to the Genk vs Cercle Brugge betting tip 2024/2025

The Pro League has had fewer goals than the previous season. Last season the tournament had an average of 2.82 goals scored per match, while now the competition has an average of 2.67 goals per match played.

Genk last match

Genk comes from a victory in the last match. The game against K. Beerschot V.A., valid for the Pro League, ended with a 1-0. The team coached by T. Fink lined up in the last match with a 4-2-3-1 formation.

The team's favoritism prior to the match was confirmed thanks to the positive result, a victory that had odds of 1.20.

A key player in the victory Genk, Christopher Baah was one of the few athletes who achieved any individual prominence in the contest. In a performance without much inspiration from the team, he helped a lot for a positive result.

Cercle Brugge last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a draw in the last round. In a dispute valid for Pro League, Cercle Brugge, who used a 3-4-2-1 formation, faced the Standard Liège team with a final score of 1-1.

Considering the high odds of winning the match, a draw (odd 3.75) turned out to be a bad result.

Genk vs Cercle Brugge h2h

Genk was in 7th place when they last played Cercle Brugge who was 14th place in Pro League. Genk played using the 4-3-3 formation while Cercle Brugge responded with a 4-2-3-1 arrangement.

The previous meeting between these two teams was in the 2024/2025 season of the Pro League. The meeting took place on 14-09-2024 and ended with a 2-3 win for Genk.

The last time these teams played, victory was hard-won.

The Genk team in the last five matches has achieved more regular results, with a total of 4 wins, compared to the Cercle Brugge team, which won only 2 games.

Genk

Pro League leaderboard now

The Genk team with 54 points currently occupies the 1st place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Championship Round, with a campaign of 17 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses.

Which means that the team, with an advantage of 6 points, in the 25th round is followed by the Club Brugge team in 2nd place.

Genk analysis

After 24 rounds, Genk has a positive ratio of goals scored and goals against. The team sums 47 goals for and 29 conceded.

Teams typically have some control over the opponents if they had ball possession above 50%. Thus, the Genk team usually tries for an average ball possession of 59.38% to control the game.

Being naturally stronger at home than as a visiting team, having won 6 games away from home. At home the team proves to be better, having positive results, with 11 wins against 0 losses, and 1 draw.

Best goalscorer from Genk

At the individual level in the team's offensive line, we have to highlight Toluwalase Arokodare. With 14 goals on his own, the Attacker has been instrumental in helping the Genk team achieving several victories this season.

Historical data Genk

With 4 titles won in the tournament’s history the Genk team is one of the leading names in the competition. The team's record can influence the final result of the match and it would not be the first time that the team have managed to surprise their opponents with a victory at a time where they are in poor form.

Cercle Brugge

Pro League leaderboard now

The Cercle Brugge team with 29 points currently occupies the 10th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the UEFA Conference League Play-offs, with a campaign of 7 wins, 8 draws, and 9 losses.

In the 25th round, OH Leuven, that is in the 9th place, has the same score.

Cercle Brugge analysis

Currently, in the Pro League, Cercle Brugge sums 25 goals for and a total of 34 goals against, after 24 rounds played.

Cercle Brugge has been hard to beat lately, drawing their last 3 matches and winning the other 2. They have shown great resilience and character in these matches, and it seems that they are a tough nut to crack for any team in the league.

Best goalscorer from Cercle Brugge

At the individual level in the team's offensive line, we have to highlight Kevin Denkey. With 10 goals on his own, the Attacker has been instrumental in helping the Cercle Brugge team achieving several victories this season.

It should also be noted that 1 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

For bettors some entries may be interesting for this game, namely:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Genk is Toluwalase Arokodare, who has already scored 14 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Cercle Brugge is Kevin Denkey, he has scored in 10 opportunities.

75-90 minutes into the game is a good time to bet with most goals being made in this period.

Corners Top Betting Tips

A good thing to note for those wanting to get sports betting results is that there is an average of 5.66 corners per game.

Cercle Brugge is usually quite offensive in their matches, and this has resulted in a high average of corner kicks in the competition. Currently, the team averages 6 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of Cercle Brugge in this match.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 3.08 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

On the Cercle Brugge side, we know that it is a more aggressive team having received the red card 3 time this season, very different from Genk who only saw the red card twice. Both the red and yellow cards market can be a good bet.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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