Kortrijk vs Genk betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Pro League match on October 05th, 2024

Kortrijk and Genk will face each other in a Pro League game in Belgium on Saturday, October 05th, 2024, at 16:15h (UTC), check the Kortrijk vs Genk betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Kortrijk vs Genk will occur

The game takes place in the small Guldensporenstadion stadium, in the city of Kortrijk, with a capacity for 9399 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

You can follow the match live on Betarena, with access to all the information to help you with your sports betting, including statistics, events and odds.

Introduction to the Kortrijk vs Genk 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 2.69 goals per match played.

Kortrijk last match

The last match ended in a loss for the Kortrijk team. On that occasion they met Union Saint-Gilloise for the Pro League, and the match ended 3-0. Coach F. Alexandersson's lined up a 3-5-2 formation.

The odds for them to win, of 9.00 left no room for doubt. The defeat was clear before the match started.

This was certainly not the best performance of the season for the defense. João Silva leads the departmental disaster: with his late interventions and bad passes he allowed many chances to the opposing team's attacks.

Genk 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, Genk, who used a 4-2-3-1 formation, faced the Mechelen team with a final score of 2-1.

The odds of 1.38 before the match made clear the favoritism of the team before the match, a condition that was ratified with the final positive result.

Kortrijk vs Genk h2h

Last time these teams faced each other, Genk occupied 6th place in Pro League and, team Kortrijk the 16th place. Genk entered the field with the tactic 4-2-3-1, while Kortrijk arranged their formation in a 5-3-2.

It was on 17-12-2023 when these two teams last clashed on the field. That match, which ended with the 4-0 win for Genk, was valid for the 2023/2024 season of the Pro League.

The performance of the Genk team in their five recent games to date has been relatively good, unlike the Kortrijk team.

Teams each aiming for their goals using their strengths.

Kortrijk

Pro League leaderboard now

Kortrijk enters into this match occupying 15th place in the Pro League with a negative balance. The team has scored 8 points, winning only 2 games, losing 5, and scoring 2 draws.

In the 10th round, the team has the same points that the Cercle Brugge team who occupies position 14.

Kortrijk analysis

Kortrijk after 9 matchdays have scored 6 goals and conceded 15 goals, and therefore shows a negative goal difference.

The performances of Kortrijk in recent matches suggest that they are having difficulty scoring goals, with a low number of goals and a high number of matches where they failed to score. This indicates that their attacking play is not creating enough quality chances and needs improvement.

With an average ball possession of 42.22% per game in the current league, Kortrijk cannot call itself a team that holds the game in its hands, rather it prefers the counterattacking strategy. But if they want to try to win the game against Genk they must try to impose their game to create difficulties for their opponents.

One of the team's signings for the season still seems to be in a slow pace of adaptation. Bram Lagae played another underwhelming game in the club's last appearance, against Union Saint-Gilloise. He failed to show the expected security and did not help Kortrijk to come out with the victory.

Genk

Pro League leaderboard now

The Genk team with 22 points currently occupies the 1st place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Championship Round, with a campaign of 7 wins, 1 draw, and 1 loss.

Genk analysis

After 9 rounds, Genk has a positive goal difference, with 20 goals scored and only 11 goals taken by their goalkeeper.

Genk is in that enviable position as the favorite after they had 5 wins in the Pro League.

As we approach the Regular Season, Genk is gearing up for another gripping match. In the opening game, the team managed 7.22 shots on target, offering a glimpse into their offensive capabilities.

A team with great aspirations and abilities in the Pro League.

The Genk team usually tries to control the game with an average ball possession of 58.78%. Teams with ball possession above 50% typically have some control over the opponents.

Usually, opposing teams have little chances of beating Genk when playing away, who sports a balance of 3 wins, 1 loss, and 0 draws in the Pro League.

Genk is hopeful in getting good results in this game coming in with 5 wins in the Pro League. This is despite the fact that Genk is playing as visiting team and have had losses once in 4 games they were the visiting team.

Genk is a more offensive team than Kortrijk, having 941 attacks vs. 896 from Kortrijk, having scored 20 times, in comparison, Kortrijk converted into goal 6 times.

Best goalscorer from Genk

In this season, the individual highlight is Toluwalase Arokodare that has dominated the offensive side. The Attacker has already scored 6 times this season, becoming crucial in the positive results that Genk achieved in several matches.

Bet suggestions for this game:

Goals Top Betting Tips

75-90 minutes into the game is where most goals occur, a good time to bet if one is following the live game.

The bet on under 2.5 goals can be a good alternative, since generally Genk does not concede goals as a visitor. Genk also averages 2.5 goals per match when playing away from home.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 2.35.

Handicap Betting Tip

It is very clear the huge favoritism that Genk has for this match. The difference between the teams is big, and that should be evident in the final result. Therefore, a good bet for this clash is on the Asian handicap of -1.5 in favor of the visiting team.

Corners Top Betting Tips

There is an average of 6 corners per game, making this a good thing to note if one wishes to obtain good results in sports betting.

Kortrijk 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 6.22 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of Kortrijk in this match.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 3.89 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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