Belgium - Pro LeagueStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Cercle Brugge and Genk, taking place on Saturday, 12 August 2023, at Jan Breydelstadion in Brugge.
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Cercle Brugge, Recent FormCercle Brugge will be happy to take away 3 points from their last match, with an important 2-0 home win against Charleroi. During that encounter they had 44% possession and had 19 attempts on goal with 3 on target, while their opponents hit 3 of their 8 shots on goal.
Manager Miron Muslic will be reasonably pleased with his team's performances in front of goal, having scored 11 goals in their last 6 games, but will want to tighten up his defence with 6 goals conceded in the same period. They have scored in 5 of their last 6 games, but they have only kept 2 clean sheets in their last 6 games at Jan Breydelstadion.
They have been performing well at Jan Breydelstadion recently and are unbeaten in their last 9 home games.
On an individual basis, Thibo Somers will be looking to get on the scoresheet again having scored 3 goals in Cercle Brugge's last 6 league games.
Genk, Recent FormThe Genk squad will be suffering from a feeling of disappointment after falling to a 1-0 home defeat against Eupen, which saw them drop all three points and come away from the game empty-handed. They came away from that fixture with a 74% share of the possession and clocked up 28 attempts on goal with 3 on target, in comparison to Eupen, who managed 5 attempts on goal, 2 of which were on target.
While they have been strong in attack with 13 goals scored in their last 6 games, their defence has let them down slightly, by conceeding 8 at the other end which has led to points being dropped. They have scored in 5 of their last 6 away games, but they have failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 of their last 6 games overall.
Whilst they have only lost 1 of their last 6 away games there will be concern over the amount of points dropped with 4 draws from those games.
Bryan Heynen will be aiming to add his name to the scoresheet again to extend his goal tally of 3 goals in the last 6 league outings for Genk.
In the most recent meeting between these teams, they both managed to find the net, but the game finished in a 1-1 draw.
Blauw-Wit will be confident of finding the net in this one against Cercle, with an impressive scoring record of at least 1 goal in their previous 12 encounters between the two sides. When Genk are away to Groen en Zwart in the league, they know how to find the net, with 8 goals in their last 3 meetings and an average of 2.67 per game.
This fixture has produced a draw on the last 2 occasions that these 2 sides have met at Jan Breydelstadion in the league, but Genk will hold a slight psychological advantage having been unbeaten there in their last 6 visits.
Genk player Bryan Heynen will be feeling confident about recording goals against Cercle ahead of this encounter, with a scoring record of 4 goals from their last 5 meetings.
With no real injury worries, Cercle manager Miron Muslic will be happy to have his full squad available for selection.
There is only really one injury concern for the Genk manager Wouter Vrancken ahead of this clash, with Bryan Heynen (Ankle) missing out, which gives Vrancken a strong squad to pick his starting eleven from.
Cercle Brugge Playing at home | Genk Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Goals scored | 4 |
| 0 | Goals conceded | 0 |
| 16' | Time first goal scored | 31' |
| - | Time first goal conceded | - |
| 0 | Yellow cards | 0 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 4 | Subs used | 5 |
| 2-0 | Biggest victory | 4-0 |
| - | Biggest defeat | - |
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