KRC Genk vs Sarpsborg 08 FF, Europe 2018-19 GROUP STAGE
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Overview
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KRC Genk vs Sarpsborg 08 FF — Europe .
- KRC Genk 8 games · 16 pts (2025/26)
- Sarpsborg 08 FF 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Horatiu Fesnic
- Referee Mihai Artene
- Referee Istvan Kovacs
- Referee Vasile Marinescu
- Referee Marius Avram
- Referee Alexandru Cerei
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
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 13 Dec Sarpsborg 08 FF H 4–0 W 08 Dec KV Kortrijk H 1–1 D 02 Dec RSC Anderlecht A 1–0 W 29 Nov Malmo FF A 2–2 D 24 Nov Cercle Brugge KSV H 1–2 L 11 Nov Royal Excel Mouscron A 0–0 D Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history33% Clean Sheets
KRC Genk this season -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against KRC Genk and Sarpsborg 08 FF has kicked off!
- 3' Zinho Gano puts KRC Genk on the lead.
- 5' What a strike from Joseph Paintsil! The score is 2-0.
- 10' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 15' It looks like no one’s ball. KRC Genk is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 20' It’s high time Geir Bakke made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 25' KRC Genk seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 28' Jere Uronen is having his name booked by the referee on 28.
- 33' It looks surprising Sarpsborg 08 FF does not make any changes. Danny Vukovic has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 38' Kristoffer Zachariassen has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 43' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering KRC Genk that had 316 games and scored 528 goals.
- 48' Sarpsborg 08 FF is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 53' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 53 minutes.
- 56' The Sarpsborg 08 FF manager makes a substitution. Joachim Thomassen departs to be replaced by Amin Askar.
- 61' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 62' It is a substitution in Sarpsborg 08 FF team. Rashad Muhammed is replaced by Jorgen Larsen on 62 minute.
- 64' GOAL! Sander Berge scores on 64. Assisted by Zinho Gano
- 65' Another substitution for KRC Genk to replace Pozuelo by Ruslan Malinovskyi on 65 minute.
- 67' GOAL! Joseph Aidoo scores on 67. Assisted by Ruslan Malinovskyi
- 72' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Jorgen Larsen made 14 appearances and scored 33 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 75' Bojan Nastic has so much to prove this time. He replaces Jere Uronen on 75 minute.
- 80' Dieumerci Ndongala has so much to prove this time. He replaces Leandro Trossard on 80 minute.
- 82' Another change for Sarpsborg 08 FF made on 82 minute. Ole Jorgen Halvorsen leaves to be changed by Kristoffer Larsen.
- 87' KRC Genk started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 87.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 4-0.
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Lineups
KRC Genk Lineups
Starting XI
- 14
- 1
- 6
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21
Jere Uronen ↓ Bojan Nastic 75'
- 45
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24
Pozuelo C ↓ Ruslan Malinovskyi 65'
- 25
- 31
- 15
- 93
- 11
Bench
- 30
- 4
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3
Bojan Nastic ↑ 75'
- 28
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18
Ruslan Malinovskyi ↑ 65'
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77
Dieumerci Ndongala ↑ 80'
- 10
Coach Philippe ClementSarpsborg 08 FF Lineups
Starting XI
- 3
- 16
- 10
- 22
- 8
- 69
- 7
- 17
- 6
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27
Rashad Muhammed ↓ Jorgen Larsen 62'
- 78
Bench
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19
Kristoffer Larsen ↑ 82'
- 31
- 11
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45
Jorgen Larsen ↑ 62'
- 14
- 23
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77
Amin Askar ↑ 56'
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Patrick Mortensen 2 Patrick Mortensen 2 Kristoffer Zachariassen 1 Leandro Trossard 1 Kristoffer Zachariassen 1 Joseph Aidoo 1 Sander Berge 1 Zinho Gano 1 KRC Genk Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.95 KRC Genk xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.05 Sarpsborg 08 FF xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 57% + KRC Genk to win 57%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: KRC Genk winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 3Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 93% 7% ± 1.5 80% 20% ± 2.5 57% 43% ± 3.5 35% 65% ± 4.5 19% 81% Double Chance
KRC Genk or Draw 80%Draw or Sarpsborg 08 FF 43%KRC Genk or Sarpsborg 08 FF 76%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: KRC Genk win at HTCorrect Score
✗ 4–0 not predicted4 – 0Actual1 – 1 11%2 – 1 9.6%2 – 0 9.4%1 – 0 9.1%0 – 0 6.7%3 – 1 6.2%3 – 0 6%1 – 2 5.1%2 – 2 5%0 – 1 4.4%3 – 2 3.3%4 – 1 3.1%Asian Handicap — KRC Genk
Handicap KRC Genk covers Push Sarpsborg 08 FF covers -2.5 17% — 83% -2 17% 18% 66% -1.5 34% — 66% -1 34% 23% 43% -0.5 57% — 43% +0.5 81% — 19% +1 81% 12% 7% +1.5 93% — 7% +2 93% 5% 2% +2.5 98% — 2% Clean Sheet
KRC Genk keeps clean sheet 36% ✗Sarpsborg 08 FF keeps clean sheet 15% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.

