Jan 16th features a match where Genk and Beerschot-Wilrijk will play a match in Genk in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Pro League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Genk is fresh off their 4-0 shutout win against KV Oostende. Ike Ugbo struck first for Genk in the 6th minute, then Junya Ito added another in the 12th minute on a feed from Patrik Hrošovský At the end of 90 a dissapointed KV Oostende couldn’t manage to score, and Genk took the shutout win. Genk is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 18th placed Beerschot-Wilrijk, recorded a 0-7 blowout loss against Anderlecht. Yari Verschaeren scored the first goal for Anderlecht in the 8th minute, then Yari Verschaeren added another in the 19th minute on a feed from Sergio Gómez At the end of 90 a dissapointed Beerschot-Wilrijk couldn’t manage to score, and Anderlecht took the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10.
Beerschot-Wilrijk and Genk last played eachother at the Olympisch Stadion on Nov 21st. Beerschot-Wilrijk won by a score of 2 to 0. Lawrence Shankland struck first for Beerschot-Wilrijk in the 4th minute on a feed from Raphael Holzhauser, then Moisés Caicedo Corozo added another in the 2nd minute of the second half’s stoppage time on a feed from Mike Vanhamel In the end, Genk couldn’t muster any offence and Beerschot-Wilrijk ran away with the shutout win. For Genk, their top scorers are Paul Onuachu and Patrik Hrošovský, each having 2 goals in their last 5 matches.