Belgian Pro League · Matchday 9 Match report

Genk 2-1 Standard Liège: Result, Match Stats and Our Prediction

Genk

2-1Full time

Standard Liège

Sunday 25 October 2026, 12:30 UTC Cegeka Arena, Genk

Our picks against the result

10 of 12 right

Result Genk win57% 2-1
Double chance Genk or draw (1X)83% 2-1
Goals over/under 2.5 Over 2.555% 3 goals
More corners Genk66% Genk (11-2)
Yellow cards Around average 3 yellow cards · league 3.2
Yellow cards 3 yellow cards 3.5 Under64% 4.5 Under81% 5.5 Under91%
Corners Around average 13 corners · league 10.1
Corners 13 corners 8.5 Over68% 9.5 Over57% 10.5 Under53%

Match stats

Genk Standard Liège

2 Goals 1
1 Yellow cards 2
1 Red cards 1
11 Corners 2

Goals, yellow and red cards and corners of each club.

Before kick-off

What this page showed before the match: our reasons, form, ratings and records as they were then.

Match summary

Genk vs Standard Liège opens Matchday 9 of the Belgian Pro League at the Cegeka Arena on Sunday 25 October 2026, and our model makes the hosts the pick for the win, with Genk win or draw as the double chance.

Why this pick?

Our model backs Genk chiefly because it rates them clearly the stronger team, well above the Belgian Pro League average, with Standard Liège below them. The note of caution is small: the visitors' journey and the conditions at the Cegeka Arena. Genk play at home, and over their last five matches they have carved out big chances at a rate beyond the league norm while conceding fewer than most — an awkward fit for a Standard side that gives up more big chances than average. Standard have had their days here, including a 3‑0 win in February, but the call stays with the hosts and is a moderate one.

Form guide

Genk

W 2-0 at Virton (A) Belgian Cup · 17 Oct
W 3-0 vs Kortrijk (H) Belgian Pro League · 10 Oct
L 0-3 at Club Brugge (A) Belgian Pro League · 20 Sep
D 1-1 vs Gent (H) Belgian Pro League · 13 Sep
D 0-0 at Anderlecht (A) Belgian Pro League · 6 Sep

Standard Liège

W 2-0 vs FCV Dender EH (H) Belgian Cup · 16 Oct
L 0-1 vs Sporting Charleroi (H) Belgian Pro League · 11 Oct
L 1-2 at Gent (A) Belgian Pro League · 18 Sep
L 2-4 at Westerlo (A) Belgian Pro League · 12 Sep
W 1-0 vs Royal Antwerp (H) Belgian Pro League · 5 Sep

Last five competitive matches before kick-off, all competitions, results after 90 minutes.

Attack and defence ratings

GenkStandard Liège

Attack 88 29 2.0 goals per match this season1.6 goals per match this season

Defence 71 65 1.5 conceded per match this season1.6 conceded per match this season

0 to 100 against this season's Belgian Pro League clubs (100 = best). The rating is our model's long-run strength before this match: it uses the last three years and counts recent matches most, so a few results do not move it at once. Under each rating: this season's actual goals per match.