KORTRIJK. Genk was ultimately too good for Kortrijk with the goal of Tolu Arokodare (56′), Joseph Paintsil (73′) and Daniel Muñoz (79′). Genk was much superior in terms of ball possession (63%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Guldensporenstadion stadium in Kortrijk on Sunday and it started at 7:15 pm local time. The referee was Bert Put who was helped by Nico Claes and Thibaud Nijssen. The 4th official was Dunken Van De Velde. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was cold at 14.44 degrees Celsius or 57.99 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 67%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Genk had a strong ball possession 63% while Kortrijk was struggling with a 37% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Genk was more pushing with 83 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Genk won the match.​

Kortrijk shot 12 times, 3 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, Genk shot 15 times, 9 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Kortrijk received 3 yellow cards (K. Malinov, F. Avenatti and M. El Idrissy). Regarding the opposition, Genk received 2 yellow cards (Joseph Paintsil and Carlos Cuesta).

Standings

After this match, Kortrijk will stay with 8 points to sit in the 15th place. Talking about the opposition, Genk will have 21 points like Cercle Brugge to sit in the 4th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Pro League, Kortrijk will play away against Anderlecht on the 16th of March with a 23-4 head to head record in favor of Anderlecht (10 draws).

Genk will play away agasint Westerlo on the 16th of March with a 14-6 head to head stats in favor of Genk (7 draws).

Kortrijk – Formation

Kortrijk started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Glen De Boeck decided to play with the following team: T. Vandenberghe (7.9), M. Mampassi (6.8), João Silva (6.6), M. Kana (7.3), M. El Idrissy (6.8), K. Malinov (6.8), A. Sissako (7.0), S. Ojo (7.0), F. Avenatti (7.3), A. Kadri (6.7) and I. Davies (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: N. Mehssatou (6.3), M. Wasinski, A. Mighten (6.4), M. Bruno, D. Seck (6.8), D. Henen, L. Audoor, L. Pirard and R. Opruț (6.3).

Kortrijk could not rely on the presence of A. Mighten (injured) and D. Seck (injured).

Substitutions

Kortrijk made 4 changes: A. Sissako for R. Opruț (63′), M. El Idrissy for N. Mehssatou (46′), F. Avenatti for A. Mighten (66′) and I. Davies for D. Seck (84′).

Best player: T. Vandenberghe​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Kortrijk was the goalkeeper: T. Vandenberghe. His rating is 7.85. He performed 6 saves.

Genk – Formation

Genk started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Wouter Vrancken played with: Maarten Vandevoordt (7.7), Daniel Muñoz (8.5), Carlos Cuesta (7.8), Mujaid Sadick (7.7), Joris Kayembe Ditu (7.5), Alejandro Galarza (7.3), Patrik Hrošovský (7.8), Bryan Heynen (7.3), Joseph Paintsil (7.5), Tolu Arokodare (7.7) and Alieu Fadera (7.1).

They had on the bench: Hendrik Van Crombrugge, Aziz Ouattara Mohammed (6.4), Andi Zeqiri (6.3), Bilal El Khannouss (7.1), Yira Collins Sor (6.8), Anouar Ait El Hadj, Vic Chambaere, Zakaria El Ouahdi and Christopher Baah (7.0).

Genk could not rely on the presence of Christopher Baah (injured).

Substitutions

Genk made 5 changes: Alieu Fadera for Christopher Baah (60′), Bryan Heynen for Aziz Ouattara Mohammed (89′), Patrik Hrošovský for Yira Collins Sor (89′), Joseph Paintsil for Bilal El Khannouss (76′) and Tolu Arokodare for Andi Zeqiri (76′).

Best player: Daniel Muñoz​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Genk was Daniel Muñoz.

His rating is (8.5) with 1 goal, 75 passes (91% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 12. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Pro League.​

• Westerlo – Union Saint-Gilloise – 1-3
• Kortrijk – Genk – 0-3
• Gent – Standard Liège – 3-1
• Club Brugge – Antwerp – 2-1