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Mechelen v KRC Genk : Pro League match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 18th Jan, 17:15 BST, Afas Stadion, Mechelen

Thorsten Fink takes his KRC Genk team to the Afas Stadion in the Pro League on Saturday evening, with Besnik Hasi's Mechelen waiting for them. The aim of this preview is, quite simply, to help you make the smartest bet possible. To this end, statistics for every betting market have been published below, with head-to-head history and particularly important form streaks highlighted. Odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers are also given.


Best Tip: Both teams to score

Studying the KickOff match predictions, bookmakers' odds and relevant stats, there's one market which catches the eye for this tie: both teams to score. In Mechelen and Genk we have two sides going head-to-head that can both score and concede, and we expect them to maintain that reputation on Saturday evening. BTTS – yes best odds: 1.53.

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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Mechelen are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 48% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.90.

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Mechelen
48%
19/1015/8
3%
Draw
22%
13/527/10
Genk
29%
13/1013/10
Draw 1-1
10%
6/16/1
Mechelen 2-1
9%
10/18/1
Genk 2-1
7%
17/215/2
Mechelen 1-0
7%
11/19/1
Draw 2-2
7%
11/110/1
10%
Mechelen 2-0
7%
16/112/1
Mechelen 3-1
6%
20/114/1
Genk 1-0
5%
9/1
9%
8/1
5%
Mechelen 3-2
4%
25/1
13%
18/1
12%
Mechelen 3-0
4%
28/120/1
Genk 2-0
4%
12/110/1
8%
Draw 0-0
4%
14/111/1
Genk 3-1
3%
16/112/1
Genk 3-2
3%
22/1
10%
16/1
Mechelen 4-1
3%
40/128/1
Over 2.5 Goals
64%
4/6
3%
8/13
3%
Under 2.5 Goals
36%
23/20
4%
6/5
2%
Home 1st Goal
52%
11/1011/10
Away 1st Goal
46%
8/115/6
No 1st Goal
2%
14/111/1
BTTS - Yes
64%
4/7
3%
11/20
1%
BTTS - No
36%
5/4
5%
13/10
4%
BTTS - Home Win
28%
4/1
5%
7/2
4%
BTTS - Draw
19%
10/310/3
3%
BTTS - Away Win
18%
3/111/4
Home/draw
71%
4/73/5
2%
Away/draw
52%
2/52/5
3%
Home/away
78%
2/71/4
3%
Over 1.5 Goals
84%
1/5
2%
1/5
2%
Under 1.5 Goals
16%
10/3
4%
16/5
5%
Over 3.5 Goals
42%
13/8
5%
6/4
4%
Under 3.5 Goals
58%
4/9
4%
10/21
1%
Over 4.5 Goals
24%
4/1
11%
10/3
3%
Under 4.5 Goals
76%
1/6
1%
2/11
2%
Over 5.5 Goals
12%
9/17/1
7%
Under 5.5 Goals
88%
1/161/16
1%
Over 0.5 Goals
96%
1/331/40
Under 0.5 Goals
4%
14/111/1
Home DNB
64%
11/1021/20
Away DNB
45%
4/64/6
2%
Mechelen win to nil
20%
5/1-
Genk win to nil
12%
7/2-
Mechelen / Mechelen
18%
15/4
6%
10/3
Mechelen / Genk
4%
22/118/1
Mechelen / Draw
6%
12/111/1
Draw / Mechelen
12%
6/111/2
Draw / Genk
14%
5/19/2
4%
Draw / Draw
14%
5/19/2
Genk / Mechelen
3%
25/120/1
11%
Genk / Genk
22%
11/45/2
3%
Genk / Draw
6%
12/111/1
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Win / draw / win Pro League table

Mechelen have played 21 matches so far this season and are in 9th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

11 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 4 games, drawn 5 and won 2. Mechelen have conceded 14 goals, scored 12, failed to score in 3 matches and kept 3 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Mechelen have played 11 games at home, winning 5, drawing 3 and losing 3 fixtures. They have scored 24 goals, conceded 13 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and failed to score 1 time in home league games.

Genk lay in 1st place on 45 points in the Pro League league table having played 21 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 21 games against teams below them in the table, winning 14, drawing 3 and losing 4 games. They have scored 42 goals and kept 9 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Genk have conceded 27 goals and have failed to score in 3 matches.

Away league performance

Genk have played 10 away games, winning 4, drawing 2 and losing 4 games. They have scored an average of 1.7 goals per away game and conceded an average 2 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Mechelen
Genk
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Genk Away2114341545 
Jan 18
l
 
2-1F
-
-
2
Brugge2113532444 
l
 
1-2A
d
 
1-1A
w
 
3-2A
l
 
2-0A
3
Union SG2181031134 
d
 
1-1A
Feb 16
Mar 16
l
 
4-0A
4
Antwerp219661533 
d
 
1-1A
w
 
0-1F
w
 
2-0F
d
 
2-2A
5
Anderlecht219661533 
l
 
1-3F
Jan 26
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-2F
6
Gent21876631 
Feb 7
l
 
2-0A
Feb 23
w
 
0-2F
7
Dender21777-628 
Mar 16
w
 
2-5F
w
 
4-0F
Mar 8
8
S. Liege21777-828 
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
0-00-0
Feb 14
9
Mechelen Home21768827 
-
-
w
 
2-1A
Jan 18
10
S.Charleroi218310-327 
w
 
5-2F
Mar 8
w
 
3-0F
Feb 28
11
Leuven215106-425 
w
 
5-0F
Jan 31
w
 
2-0F
l
 
3-1A
12
Cercle B21669-1024 
w
 
2-0F
l
 
1-0A
Feb 8
w
 
2-3F
13
Westerlo216510-123 
l
 
2-4A
d
 
1-1F
w
 
1-0F
Jan 25
14
St Truiden21579-1522 
Feb 21
l
 
2-1A
w
 
3-2F
d
 
2-2F
15
Kortrijk215313-2318 
w
 
3-0F
l
 
3-1A
w
 
3-2A
l
 
2-1F
16
Beerschot212712-2413 
w
 
3-0F
Mar 2
Feb 1
w
 
3-4A
Championship Round
UEFA Conference League Play Offs
Relegation Round
Win / draw / win form
6
Mechelen have not won in 6 consecutive league games
Mechelen 9TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
6
Goals: Scored
46
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
10
Draw
5
Lost
5
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Mechelen0 - 0S. Liege
Mechelen1 - 1Antwerp
Mechelen1 - 2Brugge
Mechelen3 - 0Beerschot
Mechelen1 - 1Union SG
Mechelen3 - 0Kortrijk
Mechelen5 - 0Leuven
Mechelen2 - 0Cercle B
Mechelen5 - 2S.Charleroi
Mechelen1 - 3Anderlecht
Mechelen2 - 4Westerlo
Mechelen3 - 2S. Liege
Mechelen2 - 4Gent
Mechelen3 - 0Leuven
Mechelen3 - 2Westerlo
Mechelen2 - 3St Truiden
Mechelen3 - 1Westerlo
Mechelen3 - 0Kortrijk
Mechelen1 - 1Genk
Mechelen2 - 2Anderlecht
Goals: Scored
34
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
7
Draw
5
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AMechelen0 - 1Cercle B
HMechelen0 - 0S. Liege
AMechelen1 - 1Westerlo
HMechelen1 - 1Antwerp
HMechelen1 - 2Brugge
AMechelen1 - 3Kortrijk
HMechelen3 - 0Beerschot
AMechelen1 - 2St Truiden
HMechelen1 - 1Union SG
AMechelen5 - 2Dender
HMechelen3 - 0Kortrijk
HMechelen5 - 0Leuven
AMechelen1 - 2Genk
HMechelen2 - 0Cercle B
AMechelen0 - 2Gent
HMechelen5 - 2S.Charleroi
AMechelen1 - 0Antwerp
HMechelen1 - 3Anderlecht
AMechelen0 - 0S. Liege
HMechelen2 - 4Westerlo
Genk 1ST
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
37
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
6
Draw
5
Lost
9
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Antwerp2 - 2Genk
Brugge2 - 0Genk
St Truiden2 - 2Genk
Union SG4 - 0Genk
Gent0 - 2Genk
Kortrijk2 - 1Genk
Anderlecht0 - 2Genk
Cercle B2 - 3Genk
Beerschot3 - 4Genk
Leuven3 - 1Genk
Union SG2 - 0Genk
Anderlecht2 - 1Genk
Cercle B4 - 1Genk
Brugge4 - 0Genk
Antwerp0 - 1Genk
Westerlo1 - 1Genk
S.Charleroi0 - 1Genk
Mechelen1 - 1Genk
Leuven2 - 1Genk
St Truiden1 - 1Genk
Goals: Scored
42
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
14
D
2
L
4
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HGenk2 - 0Leuven
AGenk2 - 2Antwerp
HGenk2 - 0Anderlecht
AGenk0 - 2Brugge
HGenk3 - 2Kortrijk
AGenk2 - 2St Truiden
HGenk3 - 0S.Charleroi
AGenk0 - 4Union SG
HGenk2 - 0Antwerp
AGenk2 - 0Gent
HGenk3 - 2St Truiden
AGenk1 - 2Kortrijk
HGenk2 - 1Mechelen
HGenk4 - 0Dender
AGenk2 - 0Anderlecht
AGenk3 - 2Cercle B
HGenk1 - 0Westerlo
AGenk4 - 3Beerschot
HGenk3 - 2Brugge
AGenk1 - 3Leuven
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Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
5
Mechelen have drawn with Genk in 5 consecutive home league meetings
9
Mechelen have not lost to Genk in 9 consecutive home league meetings
11
Genk have not lost to Mechelen in 11 consecutive league meetings
League games at Mechelen since 2016
Mechelen
Genk
Goals: Scored
12
8
Games: Scored
7 / 9
6 / 9
Clean sheets
3 / 9
2 / 9
MEC
3
D
6
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Mechelen
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw2 - 2Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
Mechelen3 - 1
Mechelen3 - 2
Mechelen1 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
League games at Genk since 2015
Genk
Mechelen
Goals: Scored
26
8
Games: Scored
9 / 9
7 / 9
Clean sheets
2 / 9
0 / 9
GNK
9
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Genk
Genk2 - 1
Genk4 - 0
Genk3 - 1
Genk4 - 2
Genk4 - 1
Genk3 - 1
Genk1 - 0
Genk2 - 1
Genk3 - 1
Goal Statistics

Mechelen's fans will be hoping for goals on Saturday evening, not least because KRC Genk have conceded in each of their last 6 Pro League games. A PG of 1.9 for B. Hasi's side suggests that run should continue.

Mechelen 9th Genk 1st
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.9
goals
1.4
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
15%
1
29%
2
27%
3
17%
4+
12%
There is a 85% probability that Mechelen will score 1 or more goals
0
24%
1
34%
2
24%
3
12%
4+
There is a 76% probability that Genk will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+28
Mechelen have scored 28% more goals at home than predicted
-17
Genk have scored 17% fewer goals when away than predicted
2.3
average goals scored
1.3
average goals scored
1.4
conceded
1.9
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Pro League - 2024/2025 season
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Mechelen
PG (predicted goals)
Genk
1.9
1.4
Attack rating
MEC
GNK
12%
better
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Games scored17
18
Failed to score4
3
Scored first10
12
Goals scored35
42
Avg. goals scored1.7
2
Avg. shots per game10
13
Avg. shots per goal6
6
Conversion rate for17
16
Avg. XG for1.5
2.2
KickOff rating
+12%
Defence rating
MEC
GNK
4%
better
view stats
Games conceded14
12
Clean sheets7
9
Conceded first9
8
Goals conceded27
27
Avg. goals conceded1.3
1.3
Avg. shots/game conceded10
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded8
7
Conversion rate against13%
15%
Avg. XG against1.6
1.3
KickOff rating
+4%

Mechelen v Genk Pro League lLine ups will show here when available.

Mechelen Pro League squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
21647
O WolfB RamanP PflückeA Mohammed
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
O Wolf GLK21
-
T Raemaekers DEF21
3
-
J Martínez DEF21
4
-
R Schoofs MID2132
2
-
B Bafdili MID212
3
-
K Mrabti  MID2021
4
-
P Pflücke FWD1944
1
-
A Mohammed MID18
7
-
L Lauberbach FWD1832
2
-
R Belghali  DEF1711
1
-
B Raman FWD176
3
-
G Hairemans FWD1612
-
D Foulon DEF1523
3
-
P. Dahl FWD1511
-
N Storm FWD1443
1
-
J Cleemput DEF9
1
1
B Eynden MID93
2
-
S Walsh  DEF6
1
-
J Ngoy  FWD6
-
Z Vanheusden  DEF2
1
-
M Konaté  MID1
1
-
Genk Pro League squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
211346
T ArokodareT ArokodareT ArokodareM Sadick
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Kayembe DEF211
3
-
T Arokodare FWD21134
2
-
J Steuckers FWD2173
1
-
M Smets DEF20
2
1
M Sadick DEF191
5
1
B Heynen MID192
1
-
C Baah FWD1923
1
-
H Oh FWD1941
1
-
H Crombrugge GLK18
1
-
Z Ouahdi DEF1811
3
-
P Hrosovsky MID1861
2
-
K. Karetsas MID1611
1
-
N Sattlberger MID151
1
-
I. Bangoura MID15
1
-
N. Adedeji-Sternberg FWD1431
-
Y Sor FWD1314
-
K Nkuba MID10
3
-
C Cuesta DEF91
3
-
J. Ndenge Kongolo DEF4
-
M Penders GLK3
-
A Zeqiri FWD2
-
L Oyen  FWD1
-