Match Day 4 only just behind us, they roll in Match Day 5. Tonight at Jan Breydel, the two teams-in-form these Play-Offs will be crossing swords for the first time this week. Find out all about Club - Genk with the Club Facts!
The Fixture
Wednesday evening marks the final Match Day of the first round of the Champions' Play-Offs. A duel between the only two teams that so far remained unbeaten these Play-Offs, both Club and Genk claiming a solid 10/12 so far.
For Club this has been (together with the 2021/22 season) the best start to a Play-Offs in history, helping Club leapfrog Union to second place over the weekend, two points behind leaders RSC Anderlecht. The team from the capital suffered a last-gasp defeat at the hands of Racing Genk over the weekend.
In 85 earlier meetings between the two, Club won 25 times at Jan Breydel, suffered defeat on nine occasions and in eight encounters there was no winner. The particular fixture will be the tenth time in the Play-Offs, with Club winning 7 out of nine. The past two have been for Genk, however.
This season, Club picked up 4 out of a possible 6 against Genk. In September, the home game ended in a 1-1 after Vanaken erased El Khannouss' opening goal. Early last month, Club recorded its biggest ever away win against Genk by winning 0-3 after goals from Vetlesen, Odoi and Skov Olsen. Skov Olsen, like Mignolet and Nielsen, is not yet match-fit.
Igor Thiago is still the club's top striker with sixteen goals, Maxime De Cuyper added an assist against Union and now counts eight decisive passes in the league. The game will see the two Champions' Play-Offs top strikers also go head-to-head. On the Bruges side, Onyedika has made his way to the nets three times so far, while Tolu did the same for Genk. Nordin Jackers (who might play the team where he received his education) and Brandon Mechele did not miss a minute for Club in this edition of the Play-Offs.