Genk vs Lokomotiva Zagreb predictions, betting tips & match preview

Genk earned their spot in the Europa League qualifiers with a 4th place finish in the league, followed by a play-off final win against Charleroi, 5-3 on aggregate. This earned them a spot in the 2nd round of qualifying, where they knocked out Buducnost of Montenegro on penalties before winning both legs against Cork City in the 3rd round for a 3-1 aggregate win.

Zagreb earned themselves a spot in the 1st round of qualifying thanks to a 4th place finish in the 1.HNL. They dispatched Andorran side Santa Coloma 7-2 in the first qualifying round before knocking out RoPS of Finland 4-1 and Vorskla of Ukraine 3-2 on aggregate, to earn their spot in the play-off round.

Genk have won 4 and drawn 1 of their last 5 home league games, scoring 16 and conceding 6. You can expect another high scoring game in this fixture. Zagreb have drawn 1 and lost 4 of their last 5 away league games, scoring 4 and conceding 10. Both teams have scored in 4/5 of those games for both sides.

These stats lead us to quite an easy decision, with a Genk win and Over 2.5 match goals looking a great bet. Unfortunately, the market isn’t available for this game so instead we will take the safer bet of Over 2.5 Match Goals at 8/13 with a correct score bet of 2-1 to Genk.