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KRC Genk v Cercle Brugge : Pro League match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sun 25th Jan, 15:00 BST, Cristal Arena, Genk

It's an away trip for Onur Cinel's Cercle Brugge side on Sunday afternoon, as they visit the Cristal Arena for a Pro League tie with Thorsten Fink's KRC Genk. We want you to make a winning bet on this match, so every stats you could realistically need to make a smart selection is shown below. Go between 17 markets or take our top tip. We have predictions, head-to-head analysis and odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers for each one.

Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

Under 3.5 goals simply means that there will be 3 goals or less scored by Genk and Cercle B combined during 90 minutes. Up to date form stats and historical head-to-head (H2H) performances have led us to this conclusion, and we're suggest there's a 74% chance of it being right on the money. The top price available at present on under 3.5 goals is 1.44.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Genk are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 38% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.91.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Genk 38%	17/20 3%	17/20
Draw 26%	27/10	11/4
Cercle B 36%	29/10 4%	29/10 3%
Draw 1-1 13%	6/1	11/2
Genk 1-0 10%	15/2 6%	13/2
Cercle B 1-0 9%	12/1	10/1
Genk 2-1 8%	15/2	13/2
Cercle B 2-1 8%	12/1	10/1
Draw 0-0 7%	12/1	10/1
Genk 2-0 7%	9/1	8/1 6%
Cercle B 2-0 6%	20/1	16/1
Draw 2-2 5%	12/1	10/1
Genk 3-1 4%	14/1	11/1 9%
Cercle B 3-1 3%	28/1	20/1 9%
Genk 3-0 3%	16/1	12/1
Cercle B 3-0 3%	40/1	28/1
Genk 3-2 2%	20/1	16/1
Cercle B 3-2 2%	33/1 17%	25/1 13%
Over 2.5 Goals 48%	7/10	7/10
Under 2.5 Goals 52%	11/10	21/20
Home 1st Goal 48%	8/13 3%	8/13
Away 1st Goal 47%	13/10	29/20 2%
No 1st Goal 5%	12/1	10/1
BTTS - Yes 53%	4/6 3%	13/20 1%
BTTS - No 47%	11/10 5%	23/20 2%
BTTS - Home Win 17%	5/2 3%	12/5
BTTS - Draw 19%	7/2	17/5 2%
BTTS - Away Win 16%	11/2	5/1 8%
Home/draw 64%	1/4	1/4
Away/draw 62%	10/11	10/11 2%
Home/away 74%	2/7	1/4
Over 1.5 Goals 73%	2/9	2/9
Under 1.5 Goals 27%	3/1	3/1
Over 3.5 Goals 26%	13/8	17/10
Under 3.5 Goals 74%	4/9	2/5 3%
Over 4.5 Goals 12%	4/1	19/5
Under 4.5 Goals 88%	1/6	2/13
Over 5.5 Goals 5%	10/1	17/2 6%
Under 5.5 Goals 95%	1/20	1/20
Over 0.5 Goals 93%	1/25	1/33
Under 0.5 Goals 7%	12/1	10/1
Home DNB 57%	2/5	2/5 3%
Away DNB 54%	7/4	9/5 3%
Genk win to nil 21%	5/2	-
Cercle B win to nil 19%	7/1 14%	-
Genk / Genk 28%	15/8 4%	7/4 2%
Genk / Cercle B 3%	28/1	25/1
Genk / Draw 6%	12/1	11/1
Draw / Genk 16%	4/1	4/1
Draw / Cercle B 9%	15/2	15/2
Draw / Draw 14%	5/1	9/2
Cercle B / Genk 4%	20/1	18/1 12%
Cercle B / Cercle B 13%	11/2 8%	19/4 4%
Cercle B / Draw 6%	14/1	11/1

Win / draw / win Pro League table

Genk have played 21 matches so far this season and lay in 11th place in the Pro League league table. Genk are unbeaten in 7 games against teams below them in the league and kept 1 clean sheet out of 7 games.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 7 games against teams below in the table, having won 4, drawn 3 and lost no matches. They have kept 1 clean sheet and have scored in every game. Genk have outscored their opponents by 28 goals to 27 goals.

Home League Performance

Genk have played 10 games at home winning 3, drawing 3 and losing 4 games. They have scored 14 goals, kept 0 clean sheets and conceded 16 goals at home.

Cercle B are in 14th position in the Pro League on 20 points having played 21 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

3 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 8 goals and kept 5 clean sheets. They have scored 10 goals in total and failed to score in 4 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

18 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 8 games, drawn 7 and won 3. Cercle B have conceded 28 goals, scored 24, failed to score in 4 fixtures and have kept 3 clean sheets.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Genk Cercle B
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Union SG	21	13	6	2	25	45	l 1-2A	Mar 7	d 1-1A	l 2-0A
2	St Truiden	21	13	3	5	8	42	Mar 15	w 1-2A	d 1-1F	Mar 8
3	Brugge	21	13	2	6	13	41	l 3-5A	l 2-1F	Feb 15	l 2-0A
4	Anderlecht	21	10	5	6	4	35	Feb 8	d 1-1A	l 0-2A	Mar 22
5	Mechelen	21	8	7	6	2	31	l 0-1A	Feb 13	l 2-3A	d 0-00-0
6	Gent	21	8	5	8	1	29	Mar 1	d 1-1F	l 2-4A	Feb 20
7	Antwerp	21	7	6	8	2	27	d 1-1A	l 3-0A	Jan 31	d 1-1A
8	S.Charleroi	21	7	6	8	-1	27	l 0-1A	d 2-2F	l 2-3A	Feb 7
9	S. Liege	21	8	3	10	-7	27	Feb 22	l 2-1A	l 1-2A	w 0-3F
10	Z.Waregem	21	6	8	7	-2	26	w 3-2A	l 2-1F	d 1-1A	d 1-1A
11	Genk	21	6	7	8	-5	25	-	-	d 2-2A	Jan 25
12	Westerlo	21	6	6	9	-4	24	d 1-1A	w 0-1F	w 4-1F	w 0-2F
13	La Louviere	21	5	8	8	-5	23	d 1-1A	Mar 22	Mar 15	l 2-1A
14	Cercle B	21	4	8	9	-3	20	Jan 25	d 2-2F	-	-
15	Leuven	21	5	5	11	-11	20	w 2-1F	w 1-2F	l 1-2F	w 0-2F
16	Dender	21	3	7	11	-17	16	w 2-1A	Feb 1	Mar 1	d 0-00-0

	Championship Round
	UEFA Conference League Play Offs
	Relegation Round

Win / draw / win form

Genk have not won in 5 consecutive league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Genk	3 - 5	Brugge
Genk	1 - 1	Westerlo
Genk	2 - 1	Leuven
Genk	0 - 1	Mechelen
Genk	1 - 1	La Louviere
Genk	2 - 1	Dender
Genk	1 - 2	Union SG
Genk	0 - 1	S.Charleroi
Genk	3 - 2	Z.Waregem
Genk	1 - 1	Antwerp
Genk	2 - 1	Anderlecht
Genk	0 - 2	Brugge
Genk	0 - 1	Antwerp
Genk	1 - 2	Union SG
Genk	4 - 0	Gent
Genk	2 - 1	Union SG
Genk	0 - 0	Gent
Genk	2 - 1	Cercle B
Genk	1 - 0	Beerschot
Genk	2 - 0	Leuven

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

19 / 20

Clean sheets

1 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Genk	1 - 2	Z.Waregem
H	Genk	3 - 5	Brugge
A	Genk	2 - 2	S.Charleroi
H	Genk	1 - 1	Westerlo
A	Genk	0 - 3	Antwerp
H	Genk	2 - 1	Leuven
H	Genk	0 - 1	Mechelen
A	Genk	1 - 1	Gent
A	Genk	1 - 0	Westerlo
H	Genk	1 - 1	La Louviere
A	Genk	2 - 2	Cercle B
H	Genk	2 - 1	Dender
A	Genk	1 - 1	St Truiden
H	Genk	1 - 2	Union SG
H	Genk	0 - 1	S.Charleroi
A	Genk	1 - 1	Anderlecht
H	Genk	3 - 2	Z.Waregem
A	Genk	2 - 1	Leuven
A	Genk	1 - 2	S. Liege
H	Genk	1 - 1	Antwerp

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Westerlo	0 - 2	Cercle B
Leuven	0 - 2	Cercle B
Z.Waregem	1 - 1	Cercle B
Union SG	2 - 0	Cercle B
La Louviere	2 - 1	Cercle B
Antwerp	1 - 1	Cercle B
Mechelen	0 - 0	Cercle B
S. Liege	0 - 3	Cercle B
Brugge	2 - 0	Cercle B
Dender	0 - 0	Cercle B
Beerschot	4 - 2	Cercle B
St Truiden	3 - 1	Cercle B
Kortrijk	2 - 2	Cercle B
Anderlecht	3 - 0	Cercle B
Kortrijk	1 - 1	Cercle B
Genk	2 - 1	Cercle B
S.Charleroi	1 - 1	Cercle B
Dender	0 - 1	Cercle B
St Truiden	1 - 1	Cercle B
Gent	1 - 1	Cercle B

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Cercle B	2 - 0	Westerlo
H	Cercle B	1 - 1	Union SG
A	Cercle B	2 - 0	Leuven
H	Cercle B	2 - 3	Mechelen
H	Cercle B	1 - 2	S. Liege
A	Cercle B	1 - 1	Z.Waregem
A	Cercle B	0 - 2	Union SG
H	Cercle B	1 - 2	Leuven
A	Cercle B	1 - 2	La Louviere
H	Cercle B	1 - 1	Z.Waregem
H	Cercle B	2 - 2	Genk
A	Cercle B	1 - 1	Antwerp
H	Cercle B	2 - 4	Gent
A	Cercle B	0 - 0	Mechelen
H	Cercle B	2 - 3	S.Charleroi
H	Cercle B	1 - 1	St Truiden
A	Cercle B	3 - 0	S. Liege
H	Cercle B	4 - 1	Westerlo
A	Cercle B	0 - 2	Brugge
H	Cercle B	0 - 2	Anderlecht

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Genk have not lost to Cercle B in 7 consecutive home league meetings

Genk

Cercle B

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

8 / 8

6 / 8

Clean sheets

2 / 8

0 / 8

GNK

CER

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Genk
Genk	2 - 1
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Genk	2 - 1
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Genk	2 - 0
Genk	1 - 0
	1 - 2	Cercle B

Cercle B

Genk

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

8 / 9

9 / 9

Clean sheets

0 / 9

1 / 9

GNK

CER

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Cercle B
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
	2 - 3	Genk
Cercle B	4 - 1
	0 - 1	Genk
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
	1 - 5	Genk
	1 - 2	Genk
	2 - 5	Genk

Goal Statistics

	Genk 9th	Cercle B 15th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.3 goals	1.3 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 27% 1 35% 2 23% 3 10% 4+ There is a 62% probability that Genk will score no more than 1 goal	0 28% 1 36% 2 23% 3 10% 4+ There is a 64% probability that Cercle B will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-29 Genk have scored 29% fewer goals at home than predicted	-12 Cercle B have scored 12% fewer goals when away than predicted
	1.4 average goals scored	1.1 average goals scored
	1.2 conceded	1.3 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Pro League - 2025/2026 season

10%

better

GNK

CER

view stats

Games scored	18		16
Failed to score	3		5
Scored first	8		6
Goals scored	27		27
Avg. goals scored	1.3		1.3
Avg. shots per game	12		10
Avg. shots per goal	9		8
Conversion rate for	11		13
Avg. XG for	1.8		1.7
KickOff rating		+10%

GNK

CER

18%

better

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Games conceded	20		16
Clean sheets	1		5
Conceded first	13		13
Goals conceded	33		30
Avg. goals conceded	1.6		1.4
Avg. shots/game conceded	9		11
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		7
Conversion rate against	17%		13%
Avg. XG against	1.4		1.6
KickOff rating		+18%

Genk v Cercle B Pro League lLine ups will show here when available.

Genk Pro League squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
21	6	6	4
M Smets	H Oh	K. Karetsas	M Sadick

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
M Smets DEF	21		1	2 -
M Sadick DEF	21	2		3 1
B Heynen MID	21	3		4 -
K. Karetsas MID	19		6	2 -
H Oh FWD	19	6	3	1 -
J Steuckers FWD	18		5	-
Y Medina DEF	16		1	2 -
P Hrosovsky MID	16	1	1	-
Y Sor FWD	16	1	1	-
Z Ouahdi DEF	15	4	2	2 -
N. Adedeji-Sternberg FWD	15			-
N Sattlberger MID	13		1	3 -
D Heymans MID	13	3	1	1 -
H Crombrugge GLK	12			-
J Kayembe DEF	12		1	2 -
I. Bangoura MID	12			1 -
R. Mirisola FWD	12	1	1	1 -
J Erabi FWD	11	1		2 -
K Nkuba DEF	10	1		2 -
T Lawal GLK	9			-
A. Palacios Hernández DEF	9		1	-
J Ito FWD	9	3		-
J. Ndenge Kongolo DEF	5			1 -
A Bibout FWD	1	1		-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
6	24	6	10
H Oh	H Oh	K. Karetsas	J Steuckers

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
H Oh FWD	6	24	3	5
Z Ouahdi DEF	4	10	2	1
B Heynen MID	3	7		2
D Heymans MID	3	6	1	1
J Ito FWD	3	5		4
M Sadick DEF	2	3
P Hrosovsky MID	1	8	1	2
Y Sor FWD	1	10	1
R. Mirisola FWD	1	3	1	1
J Erabi FWD	1	4
K Nkuba DEF	1	4
A Bibout FWD	1	1
M Smets DEF			1	2
K. Karetsas MID		12	6	6
J Steuckers FWD		6	5	10
Y Medina DEF		9	1	2
N. Adedeji-Sternberg FWD		2		4
N Sattlberger MID		2	1	3
J Kayembe DEF		1	1
I. Bangoura MID		1
A. Palacios Hernández DEF			1	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1664	52	146
M Smets	B Heynen	B Heynen

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
M Smets DEF	1664	45	95
B Heynen MID	1635	52	146
M Sadick DEF	1320	47	95
J Kayembe DEF	745	16	57
J Steuckers FWD	662	10	28
Z Ouahdi DEF	647	16	60
K. Karetsas MID	621	20	98
P Hrosovsky MID	596	20	40
D Heymans MID	550	19	68
Y Medina DEF	535	11	32
H Crombrugge GLK	401		2
T Lawal GLK	320		3
N. Adedeji-Sternberg FWD	293	12	57
Y Sor FWD	284	11	37
N Sattlberger MID	270	10	21
K Nkuba DEF	260	18	37
J Ito FWD	226	8	21
I. Bangoura MID	218	15	26
H Oh FWD	193	11	47
A. Palacios Hernández DEF	183	7	15
J. Ndenge Kongolo DEF	143	6	15
R. Mirisola FWD	104	3	37
J Erabi FWD	64	4	16
A Bibout FWD	6

Cercle B Pro League squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
19	4	5	7
G Magnée	S Ngoura	G Magnée	F Nazinho

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
G Magnée DEF	21	2	5	3 -
S Ngoura FWD	21	4	3	1 -
C Ravych DEF	20			2 -
E Diop MID	20	3	1	3 -
P Gerkens MID	20	4		2 -
H Bruggen MID	19			6 -
L Agyekum MID	19		2	3 -
E Utkus DEF	18	2		2 -
O. Adewumi MID	18	3		2 -
M Delanghe GLK	17			1 -
F Nazinho DEF	17	1	3	7 -
A Minda FWD	17	3	2	-
E. Kakou DEF	13	1		1
E. Nunes Barbosa dos Santos MID	13		1	-
O Diakité FWD	13	2		2 -
M. Diaby MID	12			3 1
I Diakité DEF	9			2 -
K. Kouassi FWD	8			1 -
N Wilde MID	6			-
Warleson GLK	5			2 -
A. Bayo FWD	5			-
A. Ouattara FWD	3			-
H Jurado FWD	3			-
V. Konaté DEF	1			-
D. Gomis DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
4	12	5	14
S Ngoura	S Ngoura	G Magnée	G Magnée

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
S Ngoura FWD	4	12	3	5
P Gerkens MID	4	10		2
E Diop MID	3	12	1	6
O. Adewumi MID	3	12
A Minda FWD	3	12	2	2
G Magnée DEF	2	5	5	14
E Utkus DEF	2	5
O Diakité FWD	2	6		3
F Nazinho DEF	1	3	3	10
E. Kakou DEF	1	3
C Ravych DEF		2		1
H Bruggen MID		3		1
L Agyekum MID		5	2	3
E. Nunes Barbosa dos Santos MID			1	2
M. Diaby MID		1		1
N Wilde MID		1		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
880	51	140
H Bruggen	G Magnée	E Utkus

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
H Bruggen MID	880	42	88
G Magnée DEF	792	51	92
E Utkus DEF	769	27	140
E Diop MID	755	30	92
C Ravych DEF	745	35	89
F Nazinho DEF	640	41	87
P Gerkens MID	613	26	60
E. Kakou DEF	440	20	58
M Delanghe GLK	370		10
L Agyekum MID	359	38	100
S Ngoura FWD	267	7	116
A Minda FWD	243	3	38
M. Diaby MID	178	13	33
I Diakité DEF	170	12	34
O Diakité FWD	158	8	51
O. Adewumi MID	154	10	53
Warleson GLK	121		1
E. Nunes Barbosa dos Santos MID	97	13	24
D. Gomis DEF	54	1	3
N Wilde MID	35		2
K. Kouassi FWD	27	1	10
A. Ouattara FWD	17		5
H Jurado FWD	13	2	6
A. Bayo FWD	9		1
V. Konaté DEF	2	1	1