Genk vs Kortrijk Predictions

Champions Genk head into Friday’s curtain-raiser in the First Division A as the favourites to collect all three points at home to Kortrijk. The visitors arrive having won just one of their last five matches but are a team that Genk failed to beat on their way to the title in 2018/19.

Genk took on newly-promoted Mechelen in the Super Cup Final last weekend, where the hosts and favourites strolled to a 3-0 victory. Dewaest opened the scoring for Genk in the fourteenth minute and doubled his and his team’s total on the hour mark. Teammate Vanzeir wrapped up the first bit of silverware for Genk with seven minutes on the clock, making the final scoreline 3-0. Kortrijk finished 8th in the table last season but won Group B of the Europa League playoffs, earning a place in the semi-final of the qualifying phase. An average pre-season campaign for the visitors did end with a 4-0 win over Excelsior and should have given the European hopefuls a confidence boost heading into Friday’s match.

The recent head to head record between these two clubs and each side’s performances over the last six weeks suggests that both teams will score and over 2.5 goals will be produced on Friday and that the game could well end in a draw. Three of the last five matches between these two clubs have seen both teams score and over 2.5 goals, three of the pair’s last six encounters have ended in stalemates, and last season the duo drew both of their two league meetings. Three of Genk’s last six and two of Kortijk’s last three matches have seen both teams score and over 2.5 goals, which is why we’re backing a final score of 2-2 between these two clubs on Friday.

Mbwana Samatta top-scored for Genk last season with an impressive 23 league goals, while Kortrijk’s leading marksman from last season Felipe Avenatti, who scored 15 goals in the First Division A, has moved to Standard Liege. We’re confident that both teams will score and over 2.5 goals will be produced on Friday and have predicted a final scoreline of 2-2. Genk struggled against Kortrijk last season, with the pair drawing each of their league games, and have only beaten their guests once in their last six encounters, which is why we believe Friday’s match will end in a draw.