Genk – Brondby Prediction & Picks (23.08.2018)

Genk and Brøndby IF meet at Cristal Arena, in a match for this phase of the UEFA Europa League (Play-offs). This will be the first direct confrontation between these two teams, as they have never faced each other before.

Genk:

Until reaching this stage of the UEFA Europa League (Play-offs), the home team eliminated: Lech Poznań and Fola Esch. The team comes to this match after a home victory over Sporting Charleroi by (3-1). In the last 10 home matches for all competitions, Genk has won 9 and tied 1.

For this competition, it records a sequence of 4 victories in its last matches. Their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in all of the last 4 matches for this competition.

Once again the Genk comes to the field in the current edition of the Europa League, as in the previous phase eliminated Lech Poznanao, winning two wins, one for 2×0 and one for 2×1, so now aims to reach the group stage. For that, it would be very important a good result at home and preferably without suffering goals, since it is a tie-breaker criterion, so he expects to play well and without errors at the end of the ninety minutes to have an advantage. As he will have the support of his fan he will do everything to win.

Brøndby IF:

The visiting team reached this stage of the UEFA Europa League (Play-offs) after a home win by (2-1) and a win by (0-2) with Spartak Subotica. The team comes to this match after a home loss with Esbjerg fB by (0-1). In the last 10 away matches Brøndby IF has won 6, tied 3 and lost 1. Their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 9 of the last 10 matches. In the last 5 away matches for all competitions there is 1 period that stands out: they have scored 3 of their 7 goals between minutes (46′-60 ‘).

Like his opponent, Brondby also played the previous round of this Europa League: in the previous phase he eliminated Spartak Subotica, with victories by 2×0 and 2×1. No doubt the difficulty will now be much greater and therefore needs to have much more attention, because any neglect can result in goals and consequently in a possible elimination. The first match will be away from home and he surely wants the advantage, so he will try to give his best on the field to return home with at least a draw with goals.