KVC Westerlo 0–1 KRC Genk — Belgian Pro League 2025/26 Match Stats

Belgian Pro League · 2025Sun, 2 Nov 2025, 12:30 UTCHet Kuipje

KVC Westerlo

LWDDD

0–1Historical match

KRC Genk

WWWDD

A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

KRC Genk won 0–1.

Shots: 177
Shots on target: 14
Expected goals: 0.760.86
Possession: 50%50%

Full time

What the match recorded

Genk beat KVC Westerlo 1–0. Recorded in this match (KVC Westerlo – Genk): shots 17–7, shots on target 1–4, expected goals 0.76–0.86, possession 50%–50%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

Pre-match record

What the data showed before kick-off. Kept for reference; it did not know the result.

KVC Westerlo's recent record differs from the season

moderate

KVC Westerlo's last-five goals scored average is below their season average.

0.8 goals/match ▲Goals forLast 5 · Season1.43 goals/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: An unweighted last-five average is compared with the unweighted season average.

Window: last_5 versus season

Metric	Last 5	Season	Baseline
Goals for	0.8 goals/match	1.43 goals/match	1.43 goals/match

Caveat: Five matches are sensitive to opponent mix and isolated match states.

Both teams have elevated corners records

strong

Each team's season corners average is above the competition baseline.

5.71 corners/matchCornersKVC Westerlo · Genk● 6.07 corners/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Both team averages are compared with the same competition baseline.

Window: season

Metric	KVC Westerlo	Genk	Baseline
Corners	5.71 corners/match	6.07 corners/match	4.23 corners/match

Caveat: A shared historical pattern is descriptive and may not repeat in one fixture.

Genk show a distinct attacking-volume record

moderate

Genk's shot volume and the opposing shot-allowance context sit above their competition baselines.

16.1 shots/match ▲ShotsKVC Westerlo · Genk16.5 shots/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Team shot volume is paired with the opponent's recorded shot allowance.

Window: season

Metric	KVC Westerlo	Genk	Baseline
Shots	16.1 shots/match	16.5 shots/match	12.2 shots/match
Shots against	12.2 shots/match	12.1 shots/match	12.6 shots/match

Caveat: Shot volume describes activity; it does not establish finishing quality or a match outcome.

This match

Match statistics

Shots17 shots7 shotsKVC Westerlo 17 shots, KRC Genk 7 shots
Shots on target1 shot4 shotsKVC Westerlo 1 shot, KRC Genk 4 shots
Expected goals0.76 xG0.86 xGKVC Westerlo 0.76 xG, KRC Genk 0.86 xG
Possession50%50%KVC Westerlo 50%, KRC Genk 50%
Corners4 corners4 cornersKVC Westerlo 4 corners, KRC Genk 4 corners
Fouls7 fouls3 foulsKVC Westerlo 7 fouls, KRC Genk 3 fouls
Yellow cards0 cards1 cardKVC Westerlo 0 cards, KRC Genk 1 card

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Arrows show each team’s attacking direction.

off target
on target
goal
penalty
size = xG

KVC Westerlo: 17 shots, 1 on target, 0.74 xG. Genk: 7 shots, 4 on target, 0.83 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: KVC Westerlo 0.74 xG · Genk 0.83 xG.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

0KVC Westerlo

2Draws

3KRC Genk

25 Jan 2025KVC Westerlo — KRC Genk · Belgian Pro League1–2

30 Aug 2024KRC Genk — KVC Westerlo · Belgian Pro League1–0

17 Mar 2024KVC Westerlo — KRC Genk · Belgian Pro League1–1

1 Oct 2023KRC Genk — KVC Westerlo · Belgian Pro League3–3

17 Jan 2023KVC Westerlo — KRC Genk · Belgian Pro League2–3

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: KVC Westerlo favored in 3 of 11 directional metrics · KRC Genk in 4 · 4 too close

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

KVC Westerlo14 matchesKRC Genk14 matches

1.43 goals/matchGoals scored14/141.43 goals/match

1.64 goals/matchGoals allowed14/14▲ 1.29 goals/match

1.52 xG/match ▲Expected goals13/131.35 xG/match

16.1 shots/matchShots14/1416.5 shots/match

4.64 shots/matchShots on target14/14▲ 5.86 shots/match

50%Possession14/14● 63.6%

5.71 corners/matchCorners14/14● 6.07 corners/match

1.46 cards/matchCards13/131.77 cards/match

12.1 fouls/matchFouls14/1410.5 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade A · Strong evidenceStrong evidence — limited

Season samples14 / 14home / away teams

Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

The fixture is outside the configured active season.
Recent samples and important metric coverage meet the strong evidence threshold.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.

Analysis cutoff: Sun, 2 Nov 2025, 16:30 UTC · analysis-v4

Team rankings in Belgian Pro League

Goals per match ranking xG per match ranking Shots per match ranking

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Match at a glance

What the match recorded