Kortrijk take on the visitors Genk at “Guldensporenstadion” in the gameweek 3 of the Europa League Group of the Jupiler League. The match will be played on Sunday, April 16th.
Kortrijk finished the first part of the season sitting on the 10th place in the standings with 31 points gained and 38-55 goal difference, hence, they compete in the Europa League Group B without fighting for the medals. The team started the second stage quite confidently having defeated Mouscron 2:1 and got 0:0 draw vs. Lokeren resulted in sharing the second-third places in the group with Eupen with four points gained. In this season Kortrijk conducted 16 matches at their own turf resulting in six wins, three draws and seven defeats with 25 goals for and 26 goals against.
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In their turn, Genk lost to Celta 2:3 on the road in the UEFA Europa League’s match on Thursday, saving good chances to gain revenge at their own turf in a week. As for the Jupiler League, the side sacrificed it in this season, having finished the first stage at the eighth place with 48 points gained and 40-35 goal difference. In the second part of the season Genk won both matches vs. Lokeren 4:0 and vs. KSV Roeselare 1:0. On the road Genk show unsuccessful performance resulted in five victories, three draws and eight defeats in this season’s Jupiler League.
Kortrijk have not been losing to Genk at their own turf since 2012 across five matches in a row. Taking into account Genk’s weak results on the road in this season and their focusing on the UEFA Europa League, I believe that the hosting side will extend its favourable statistics.
Prediction for the match: Kortrijk to win with +0.5 Asian handicap.
