KRC Genk vs KKS Lech Poznan, Europe 2018-19 3RD QUALIFYING ROUND
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Overview
Match Preview
KRC Genk vs KKS Lech Poznan — Europe .
- KRC Genk 8 games · 16 pts (2025/26)
- KKS Lech Poznan 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Horatiu Fesnic
- Referee Valentin Avram
- Referee Marius Avram
- Referee Mircea Orbulet
4 games this season 🟨 0.0/game ⚽ 3.0 goals/gameStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Olympique Lyonnais 8 21 2 Aston Villa FC 8 21 3 FC Midtjylland 8 19 4 Real Betis Balompie 8 17 5 FC Porto 8 17 6 Sporting Clube de Braga 8 17 7 SC Freiburg 8 17 8 AS Roma 8 16 9 KRC Genk 8 16 10 Bologna FC 1909 8 15 11 VfB Stuttgart 8 15 12 Ferencvarosi TC 8 15 13 Nottingham Forest FC 8 14 14 FC Viktoria Plzen 8 14 15 FK Crvena Zvezda 8 14 16 RC Celta de Vigo 8 13 17 PAOK Thessaloniki FC 8 12 18 Lille OSC 8 12 19 Fenerbahce SK 8 12 20 Panathinaikos AO 8 12 21 Celtic FC 8 11 22 PFK Ludogorets 1945 Razgrad 8 10 23 GNK Dinamo Zagreb 8 10 24 SK Brann 8 9 25 BSC Young Boys 8 9 26 SK Sturm Graz 8 7 27 FCSB Bukarest 8 7 28 Go Ahead Eagles 8 7 29 Feyenoord Rotterdam 8 6 30 FC Basel 1893 8 6 31 FC Red Bull Salzburg 8 6 32 Rangers FC 8 4 33 OGC Nice 8 3 34 FC Utrecht 8 1 35 Malmo FF 8 1 36 Maccabi Tel Aviv FC 8 1 Head-to-Head
Last 5 meetingsRecent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 09 Aug KKS Lech Poznan H 2–0 W 05 Aug K. Sint-Truidense VV H 1–1 D 01 Aug CS Fola Esch A 4–1 W 29 Jul KSC Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen A 4–0 W 26 Jul CS Fola Esch H 5–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 09 Aug KRC Genk A 0–2 L 02 Aug FK Sachcior Salihorsk H 3–1 W 26 Jul FK Sachcior Salihorsk A 1–1 D 19 Jul Gandzasar FC A 1–2 L 12 Jul Gandzasar FC H 2–0 W Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history33% Clean Sheets
KRC Genk this season -
Events
Match Events
- 0' In just a few seconds will turn into a battlefield for KRC Genk and KKS Lech Poznan.
- 5' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. KKS Lech Poznan needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 10' It’s high time Ivan Djurdjevic made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 15' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 20' KRC Genk is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 25' The referee calls foul for Maciej Makuszewski. He receives a Yellow card.
- 30' It looks surprising KRC Genk does not make any changes. Christian Gytkjaer has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 35' The travelling KKS Lech Poznan supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 40' KKS Lech Poznan is showing some good football. However, KKS Lech Poznan are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 44' KRC Genk is taking the lead after the goal scored by Ruslan Malinovskyi on 44.
- 49' A meaty challenge results in booking for Thomas Rogne on 49.
- 54' Time for substitution for KKS Lech Poznan. Maciej Makuszewski is replaced by Kamil Jozwiak.
- 56' GOAL! Mbwana Samatta scores on 56. Assisted by Joakim Maehle
- 61' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 65' Time for substitution for KRC Genk. Mbwana Samatta is replaced by Zinho Gano.
- 68' The supporters are chanting for Nikola Vujadinovic. He replaces Thomas Rogne on 68 minute.
- 73' KRC Genk started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 73.
- 74' The referee calls foul for Volodymyr Kostevych. He receives a Yellow card.
- 74' Another substitution for KKS Lech Poznan to replace Darko Jevtic by Pawel Tomczyk on 74 minute.
- 79' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Sebastien Dewaest made 316 appearances and scored 11 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 82' Another change for KRC Genk made on 82 minute. Leandro Trossard leaves to be changed by Edon Zhegrova.
- 87' Volodymyr Kostevych needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 90' The referee calls foul for Lukasz Tralka. He receives a Yellow card.
- Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for KRC Genk players.
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Lineups
KRC Genk Lineups
Starting XI
- 14
- 1
- 33
- 6
- 21
- 24
- 25
- 18
- 31
- 77
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10
Mbwana Samatta ↓ Zinho Gano 65'
Bench
- 30
- 3
- 45
- 15
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Edon Zhegrova ↑ 82'
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93
Zinho Gano ↑ 65'
- 19
Coach Philippe ClementKKS Lech Poznan Lineups
Starting XI
- 17
- 4
- 22
- 6
- 32
- 7
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10
Darko Jevtic ↓ Pawel Tomczyk 74'
- 1
- 19
- 3
- 28
Bench
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13
Nikola Vujadinovic ↑ 68'
- 77
- 30
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29
Kamil Jozwiak ↑ 54'
- 24
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Pawel Tomczyk ↑ 74'
- 35
Coach Ivan Djurdjevic -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Mbwana Samatta 2 Mbwana Samatta 2 Ruslan Malinovskyi 1 Ruslan Malinovskyi 1 Leandro Trossard 1 Tomasz Cywka 1 Leandro Trossard 1 Tomasz Cywka 1 Head to Head
KRC Genk Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.69 KRC Genk xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.68 KKS Lech Poznan xGI would bet for: KRC Genk to win 60% + Under — clean sheet likely 59%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: KRC Genk winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.37Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 89% 11% ± 1.5 68% 32% ± 2.5 42% 58% ± 3.5 22% 78% ± 4.5 10% 90% Double Chance
KRC Genk or Draw 85%Draw or KKS Lech Poznan 40%KRC Genk or KKS Lech Poznan 75%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: KRC Genk win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 0 15%2 – 0 Actual1 – 1 11.5%0 – 0 11.4%2 – 1 8.8%3 – 0 7.2%0 – 1 5.3%3 – 1 5%1 – 2 3.5%4 – 0 3.1%2 – 2 3%4 – 1 2.2%Asian Handicap — KRC Genk
Handicap KRC Genk covers Push KKS Lech Poznan covers -2.5 16% — 84% -2 16% 19% 66% -1.5 34% — 66% -1 34% 26% 40% -0.5 60% — 40% +0.5 87% — 13% +1 87% 10% 4% +1.5 96% — 4% +2 96% 3% 1% +2.5 99% — 1% Clean Sheet
KRC Genk keeps clean sheet 51% ✓KKS Lech Poznan keeps clean sheet 19% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.

