Club Brugge vs Genk Prediction: Brugge to pick another home win

The Jupiler Pro League Championship Group match between Club Brugge and Genk will take place at Jan Breydel Stadium.

In the previous games that Club Brugge played, they had a record of two victories over AS Eupen and Antwerp and three defeats at the hands of Genk, Union Saint-Gilloise, and Antwerp. Club Brugge were only able to score thirteen goals in those matches while allowing eight against them. During the course of the current league season, Club Brugge has scored 1.79 goals on average per game. In terms of disciplinary actions, the home team has been given 68 yellow cards and 2 red cards, and they have committed an average of 10.44 fouls per game that they have participated in. The team rating for each match that Club Brugge plays in is 6.71 on average. This season, Club Brugge have maintained an average possession of the ball of 58.06 percent, which indicates that they are good at maintaining the ball.

Genk comes into this match having won one of their previous five matches against Club Brugge, lost to Antwerp and Union Saint-Gilloise, and drawn with Sporting Charleroi and Union Saint-Gilloise. In those contests, Genk scored seven goals while giving up nine. When Genk played away matches, they scored an average of 2.29 goals per game while only allowing 1.09 goals. There were 61 yellow cards and 3 red cards handed out to the team, and a total of 409 fouls were committed by the team. The overall rating that each match gives Genk's team is 6.73. The percentage of time that Genk spends with the ball in their own half is above average, at 3.91% for the entire season.

Club Brugge and Genk have a relatively great head-to-head history, as they have met 55 times in the previous seasons, with Club Brugge winning 24 games and Genk winning 20 games. There were 11 games that ended in ties. In the head-to-head matchups, Club Brugge scored a total of 90 goals, while Genk were able to score a total of 92 goals.

I am not surprised at how the odds are distributed following Brugge's outstanding performance against Antwerp last weekend. While Genk now look lost despite their incredible season start, I think they may experience another disappointing result if Club Brugge plays at top level again.