Genk vs Kortrijk betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Pro League match on December 07th, 2024

A Pro League match between Genk and Kortrijk will hold on December 07th, 2024, Saturday at 15:00h (UTC), in Belgium, check the Genk vs Kortrijk betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Genk vs Kortrijk will occur

The game will be played in the small Luminus Arena stadium, in the city of Genk, with a capacity for 24956 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

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Introduction to the Genk vs Kortrijk betting tip 2024/2025

Despite the season change, the Pro League has not changed much regarding goals. Today's average goals in the competition are still similar to what was seen in the tournament's last edition. The current mark is 2.77 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.82 goals per game of the last championship.

Genk last match

In the last match they played, Genk collected a draw. The opposing team was Sint-Truiden, and the match - which ended with the result of 2-2 - was valid for Pro League. Coach T. Fink's disposed his team in a 4-2-3-1 formation.

The game had all the elements to be an even game between both teams, for that reason it was logical that the draw was one of the most expected results, with odds around 3.75.

Genk showed a less-than-positive performance overall, but some players, such as Christopher Baah, still performed well. He himself was the best on the field for his team, supporting the team in the most difficult moments with his classy plays.

Kortrijk last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a victory in the last round. In a dispute valid for Pro League, Kortrijk, who used a 3-5-2 formation, faced the Mechelen team with a final score of 3-1.

The odds for the home team to win before the match were 3.40, so it was logical to expect a fairly even match.

Genk vs Kortrijk h2h

The last time Genk went up against Kortrijk, it was in Pro League. Genk, ranked 1st place, started with a 4-2-3-1 tactic, while Kortrijk, then in 15th place, was charged with a 4-4-2 formation.

The most recent precedent between these two clubs was in 05-10-2024, in the 2024/2025 season of the Pro League, which ended with a 2-1 win for Kortrijk.

The last time these teams met, there were no easy wins!

Genk

Pro League leaderboard now

The Genk team with 35 points currently occupies the 1st place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Championship Round, with a campaign of 11 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses.

Which means that the team is over Club Brugge team who is in the position 2 in the 17th round and has a 4 points disadvantage.

Genk analysis

After round number 16 in Pro League, Genk has 33 goals scored and 21 conceded.

To control the game, the Genk team would often try to reach an average ball possession of 61.38%. The reason for this is ball possession above 50% would give teams some control over their opponents.

While they’ve won 4 games as the visiting team, this team proves that there is such a thing as a home-court advantage with their record of 7 wins, 0 losses, and 1 draw.

While Kortrijk has only managed to convert 13 of their 1547 attacks into goals, Genk has been much more successful with 1835 attacks and 33 goals.

Best goalscorer from Genk

Individually, the team's most offensive player in the competition so far is Toluwalase Arokodare. He has scored 10 times in the current season and has helped Genk come out with a positive result on several occasions.

Kortrijk

Pro League leaderboard now

With 17 points won, Kortrijk is in 14th place on the leaderboard, which leaves the team in the Relegation Round zone. The team's campaign so far is 5 wins against 9 losses, plus 2 draws.

Sint-Truiden ranks just above, occupying 13th place in the 17th round, the team suffers a small disadvantage of 1 point.

Kortrijk analysis

We have reached matchday 16 in Pro League and at the moment Kortrijk has made 13 goals and conceded 30.

Recent performances have shown that Kortrijk is having trouble scoring goals, with a low number of goals scored and a high number of matches where they failed to score. This could indicate that they need to improve their attacking play by creating better chances and being more efficient in front of goal.

With an average of 0.81 goals per game, the team struggles on the offensive end, and considering that it will also be playing away from home, the odds are all against it.

Best goalscorer from Kortrijk

At the individual level, in this competition's offensive sector, it is worth mentioning Ignacio Ferri Julià. The Attacker has already scored 5 goals in the competition, being extremely important for Kortrijk, who have benefited from his performances several times to achieve essential triumphs.

For punters 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 10 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Kortrijk is Ignacio Ferri Julià, he has scored in 5 opportunities.

For those following the live game, it has been known that between 75-90 minutes is a period where most goals are scored making this a good time to bet.

Taking into consideration that Kortrijk scores an average of 0.5 goals per match when playing away, we should consider the under 2.5 betting market, especially because this team usually does not concede goals when playing out of their stadium.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 2.4.

Handicap Betting Tip

With all the favoritism on their side, Genk comes into this confrontation with great chances to get a comfortable victory. The home advantage, for example, is an indication of that. Therefore, an interesting bet is on the Asian handicap of -1.5 for the visited team.

Corners Top Betting Tips

One should consider that the combined number of corners of both teams will give an average of 5.66 corners per game if one would like to have good betting results.

Genk 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 6.06 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of Genk in this match.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 3.56 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

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

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