FC Midtjylland
Football UEFA Europa League MCH Arena Thu 11 Dec 12:45
KRC Genk
  1. Prediction
  2. Odds
  3. Stats
  4. Team News
  5. Lineups
  6. Injuries
  7. Squads
  8. Table

Europa League Betting Preview: FC Midtjylland vs Genk

Danish Superliga club FC Midtjylland host Belgian Pro League outfit Genk at MCH Arena, with kick-off set for 12:45 on Thursday 11 December.

Back FCM to Overcome Genk

Our opinion is that Midtjylland will prove too strong in all departments and we’ll therefore take the -119 that they beat Genk. This Full-Time Result bet looks like a value proposition.

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Genk Dealt Big Defeat in Previous Game

FC Midtjylland faced Viborg away when last in action. It was a 3-3 Superliga draw at Energi Viborg Arena. Mike Tullberg's men had most of the ball enjoying 61% possession and five shots on target, with Valdemar Andreasen, Martin Erlic and Mads Bech each scoring one goal.

Genk were beaten in their previous game and this was away from home at Bosuil Stadion. Royal Antwerp claimed a 3-0 Pro League win. The Smurfs dominated possession with 71% of the ball and racked up eight shots on goal.

In their most recent Europa League engagements, Midtjylland were beaten 2-1 when visiting Roma, while Genk hosted FC Basel and landed a 2-1 victory.

Europa League G W D L GF GA GD GD P
3 FC Midtjylland logo FC Midtjylland 8 6 1 1 18 8 10 18:8 19
9 Genk logo Genk 8 5 1 2 11 7 4 11:7 16
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FC Midtjylland – Last 10 League & Europa League Games

Midtjylland have 6 wins, 2 losses and 2 draws, averaging 2.9 goals from 6.0 shots on goal and 15.0 attempts. The Wolves have averaged 59.5% possession, 461.2 passes and 6.1 corners per game, with the opposition getting 1.0 goals from 4.2 shots on goal, 10.5 attempts and 4.4 corners.

Franculino is the top goalscorer with 10, Valdemar Andreasen has 4, with Martin Erlic and two other players on 2. Aral Simsir is the leading assists maker on 9.

Genk – Last 10 League & Europa League Games

Genk have won 4, lost 2 and drawn 4, with an average of 5.3 shots on goal, 13.1 attempts and 1.3 goals. Thorsten Fink's team average 58.4% possession, 4.6 corners awarded and 4.1 corners against, while 1.3 goals have been conceded from 12.3 attempts and 4.3 shots on goal.

Hyun-Gyu Oh has landed 5 goals, Daan Heymans 3, with Mujaid Sadick and two others scoring 1. Konstantinos Karetsas is the top assists provider in the last 10 games with 6.

Confirmed Lineups

FC Midtjylland confirmed lineup (4-4-2): Elias Olafsson (GK), Ousmane Diao, Han-Beom Lee, Mads Bech, Dario Osorio, Valdemar Byskov, Philip Billing, Victor Bak, Aral Simsir, Junior Brumado, Gue-Sung Cho.

Genk confirmed lineup (4-2-3-1): Hendrik van Crombrugge (GK), Zakaria El Ouahdi, Mujaid Sadick, Matte Smets, Adrian Palacios, Bryan Heynen, Patrik Hrosovsky, Konstantinos Karetsas, Daan Heymans, Yaimar Medina, Hyun-Gyu Oh.

FC Midtjylland vs Genk Prediction & Betting Tips

Head into FC Midtjylland vs Genk with expert betting insights, including our main match prediction, expected scoreline, top corners angle, key player props and a thoughtfully built bet builder.

Match Prediction

It could be beneficial to back Midtjylland for this Europa League clash. There’s loads of value in the -119 that the home team get the job done and we think a victory could be on the cards.

We’re always monitoring the Europa League team news. Combined with the latest form, this helps us secure the best value. Our football experts also take a data-led approach, with the key numbers proving useful.

Key FC Midtjylland vs Genk Europa League & league stats:

  • FCM have won 4 of their last 5 games at home.
  • FCM have won 8 of their last 10 games at home.
  • FCM have won 2 consecutive games at home.
FCM to Win Probability

The best football betting sites make it a 54.3% chance that our pick is settled as a winner. However, our tipsters have this number closer to 60% based on their in-depth research. It is therefore regarded as a value wager.

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Our Match Prediction
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Correct Score Prediction

Midtjylland Midtjylland logo 2 - 1 Genk logo Genk

We’ve found an attractive bet at odds of +600 and it involves Midtjylland winning 2-1. We like a wager on correct score as there’s the chance to bank a bigger return.

Player Prop Picks

Top Pick: Gue-sung Cho Over 0.5 Shots On Target -120 BetMGM logo

Gue-sung Cho (FCM) can be backed at -120 to record at least one shot on goal. He stands out as a value pick when it comes to Shots on Target, with the recommendation being to wager this player prop pick.

Latest Gue-sung Cho Player Prop Odds

Aral Simsir to Score +300 BetMGM logo

Aral Simsir (FCM) has registered two goals in his past five matches. Based on the stats, we think that odds of +300 are really appealing when it comes to betting on Anytime Goalscorer.

Latest Aral Simsir Player Prop Odds

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Corners Prediction

Midtjylland Over 5.5 Corners +102 BetMGM logo

Midtjylland have covered the 5.5 corners line in four straight games. We’re expecting history to be repeated and that would mean the Midtjylland Team Corners line is covered at +102.

Europa League & League Games
League Games
Last 10 Total For Against
Last 10 at Home Total For Against
Last 10 Away Total For Against
Midtjylland Logo Midtjylland
Total
10.50 6.10 4.40
Home
9.00 6.00 3.00
Away
11.10 5.20 5.90
Genk Logo Genk
Total
8.70 4.60 4.10
Home
8.80 5.50 3.30
Away
8.00 4.20 3.80
Latest Corner Odds

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Bet Builder Tips

Full-Time Result Midtjylland -119
Both Team To Score Yes -185
Team Corners Midtjylland Over 5.5 +102

Our bet builder selections include Midtjylland to triumph, both teams scoring and Midtjylland to finish with over 5.5 corners.

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FC Midtjylland vs Genk Odds

The odds and lines below are updated regularly and may differ from the prices shown in our picks, which are captured at the time of publication.

Bookies Giving FCM Plenty of Respect

With the bookmakers affording them a 59% chance of winning, FC Midtjylland might be a popular accumulator selection. Their betting odds are -143 when it comes to this Europa League encounter. Genk are the outsiders at +310 which suggests a lower likelihood of winning.

There’s -114 when it comes to Midtjylland -0.75 on the Asian Handicap. That means a 2+ goal margin of victory over Genk lands a full return. If they win by one, we win with half stake and get the rest refunded.

Over 2.5 Goals is the shortest odds and that means three goals or more are anticipated. The Both Teams to Score market is always popular and BTTS Yes can be backed at -175.

The top betting sites always do a great job when it comes to Europa League games. They provide football bettors with hundreds of markets and you can cherry-pick the most attractive options.

Franculino Dju Shortest Odds for First Goalscorer

Franculino Dju can be backed to find the net anytime at +105, with +310 available that the market leader scores the first goal.

Player Goals
Franculino Dju (FCM)
First
+105
Anytime
+310
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Hyeon-gyu Oh (Genk)
First
+190
Anytime
+525
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Darío Osorio (FCM)
First
+220
Anytime
+575
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Friday Ubi Etim (FCM)
First
+240
Anytime
+650
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Player Shots On Target
Player Shots
Franculino Dju (FCM)
Over 2.5
-137
Under 2.5
-
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Hyeon-gyu Oh (Genk)
Over 2.5
-132
Under 2.5
-
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Darío Osorio (FCM)
Over 2.5
-100
Under 2.5
-
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Friday Ubi Etim (FCM)
Over 2.5
+143
Under 2.5
-
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Team Stats

Latest Europa League and domestic league stats. Full Time Result, Goals, Corners and Possession.

FC Midtjylland logo FC Midtjylland Stats
Genk logo Genk Stats
Full-Time Result
  • 6 wins, 2 defeats and 2 draws in the previous 10 matches
  • 8 wins and 2 draws in the previous 10 home matches
Full-Time Result
  • 4 wins, 2 defeats and 4 draws in the previous 10 matches
  • 5 wins, 2 defeats and 3 draws in the previous 10 away matches
Goals
Goals
Corners
Corners
Possession
Possession

FC Midtjylland vs Genk Lineups & Team News

Avoid surprises — review the FCM vs Genk team news before you bet. We’ll have the predicted and confirmed Europa League lineups for you plus all the latest on player injuries.

FC Midtjylland Confirmed Lineup 4-4-2

Genk Confirmed Lineup 4-2-3-1

FC Midtjylland Confirmed Lineup 4-4-2

16 Elias Olafsson
4 Ousmane Diao 3 Han-Beom Lee 22 Mads Bech 11 Dario Osorio
20 Valdemar Byskov 8 Philip Billing 55 Victor Bak 58 Aral Simsir
74 Junior Brumado 10 Gue-Sung Cho
1 H. van Crombrugge
77 Zakaria El Ouahdi 3 Mujaid Sadick 6 Matte Smets 34 Adrian Palacios
8 Bryan Heynen 17 Patrik Hrosovsky
20 K. Karetsas 38 Daan Heymans 19 Yaimar Medina
9 Hyun-Gyu Oh

Genk Confirmed Lineup 4-2-3-1

FC Midtjylland Substitutes

  • 1Jonas Loessl
  • 6Martin Erlic
  • 19Pedro Bravo
  • 21Denil Castillo
  • 29Paulinho
  • 33Alamari Djabi
  • 41Mikel Gogorza
  • 43Kevin Mbabu
  • 60Mark Ugboh
  • 80Dani Silva
  • 90Friday Etim

Genk Substitutes

  • 7Jarne Steuckers
  • 14Collins Sor
  • 21I. Sory Bangoura
  • 23Aaron Bibout
  • 24Nikolas Sattlberger
  • 26Tobias Lawal
  • 29Robin Mirisola
  • 30Ayumu Yokoyama
  • 44Josue Kongolo
  • 71Brent Stevens
  • 99Jusef Erabi

Previous FC Midtjylland Lineups

07 Dec Superliga
Viborg 3-3 FC Midtjylland
30 Nov Superliga
FC Midtjylland 6-0 Nordsjaelland
27 Nov Europa League
Roma 2-1 FC Midtjylland
23 Nov Superliga
SonderjyskE 2-1 FC Midtjylland
09 Nov Superliga
Randers 0-2 FC Midtjylland
06 Nov Europa League
FC Midtjylland 3-1 Celtic

Previous Genk Lineups

07 Dec Pro League
Royal Antwerp 3-0 Genk
30 Nov Pro League
Genk 2-1 OH Leuven
27 Nov Europa League
Genk 2-1 Basel
23 Nov Pro League
Genk 0-1 Mechelen
09 Nov Pro League
Gent 1-1 Genk
06 Nov Europa League
Braga 3-4 Genk

Injuries & Suspensions

FC Midtjylland Injury Table
Type Name Info
Franculino Hamstring
Ovie Ejeheri Other
Adam Gabriel Foot
Ola Brynhildsen Knee
Genk Injury Table
Type Name Info
N. Adedeji-Sternberg Muscle
Team Squads

FC Midtjylland Player Stats & Squad

Manager: Mike Tullberg

Player # Pos GP MIN ST BE G A Y R
Elias Olafsson 16 G 5 450 5 0 0 0 0 0
Mads Bech 22 D 5 450 5 0 1 1 1 0
Philip Billing 8 M 5 424 5 0 1 0 2 0
Ousmane Diao 4 D 5 366 4 1 2 0 1 0
Martin Erlic 6 D 4 354 4 0 1 2 1 0

Genk Player Stats & Squad

Manager: Thorsten Fink

Player # Pos GP MIN ST BE G A Y R
Matte Smets 6 D 5 450 5 0 0 0 1 0
Mujaid Sadick 3 D 5 450 5 0 0 0 1 0
Hendrik van Crombrugge 1 G 5 450 5 0 0 0 0 0
Bryan Heynen 8 M 5 449 5 0 0 0 1 0
Hyun-Gyu Oh 9 F 5 400 5 0 3 0 1 0
UEFA FlagEuropa League Table
Europa League Season
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Lyon 8 7 0 1 18:5 21
2 Aston Villa 8 7 0 1 14:6 21
3 FC Midtjylland 8 6 1 1 18:8 19
4 Real Betis 8 5 2 1 13:7 17
5 Porto 8 5 2 1 13:7 17
6 Braga 8 5 2 1 11:5 17
7 Freiburg 8 5 2 1 10:4 17
8 Roma 8 5 1 2 13:6 16
9 Genk 8 5 1 2 11:7 16
10 Bologna 8 4 3 1 14:7 15
11 Stuttgart 8 5 0 3 15:9 15
12 Ferencvaros 8 4 3 1 12:11 15
13 Nott’m Forest 8 4 2 2 15:7 14
14 Viktoria Plzeň 8 3 5 0 8:3 14
15 Crvena Zvezda 8 4 2 2 7:6 14
16 Celta Vigo 8 4 1 3 15:11 13
17 PAOK 8 3 3 2 17:14 12
18 Lille 8 4 0 4 12:9 12
19 Fenerbahce 8 3 3 2 10:7 12
20 Panathinaikos 8 3 3 2 11:9 12
21 Celtic 8 3 2 3 13:15 11
22 Ludogorets 8 3 1 4 12:15 10
23 Dinamo Zagreb 8 3 1 4 12:16 10
24 Brann 8 2 3 3 9:11 9
25 Young Boys 8 3 0 5 10:16 9
26 Sturm Graz 8 2 1 5 5:11 7
27 FCSB 8 2 1 5 9:16 7
28 Go Ahead E. 8 2 1 5 6:14 7
29 Feyenoord 8 2 0 6 11:15 6
30 Basel 8 2 0 6 9:13 6
31 RB Salzburg 8 2 0 6 10:15 6
32 Rangers 8 1 1 6 5:14 4
33 Nice 8 1 0 7 7:15 3
34 Utrecht 8 0 1 7 5:15 1
35 Malmo FF 8 0 1 7 4:15 1
36 Maccabi Tel Aviv 8 0 1 7 2:22 1
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Stuttgart 4 4 0 0 11:4 12
2 Lyon 4 4 0 0 10:3 12
3 Porto 4 4 0 0 10:3 12
4 FC Midtjylland 4 4 0 0 8:1 12
5 Aston Villa 4 4 0 0 8:3 12
6 Freiburg 4 4 0 0 6:1 12
7 Real Betis 4 3 1 0 8:4 10
8 Nott’m Forest 4 3 0 1 11:3 9
9 Lille 4 3 0 1 10:5 9
10 Celta Vigo 4 3 0 1 8:5 9
11 Braga 4 3 0 1 7:4 9
12 PAOK 4 2 2 0 7:1 8
13 Ferencvaros 4 2 2 0 7:4 8
14 Crvena Zvezda 4 2 2 0 4:2 8
15 Genk 4 2 1 1 4:3 7
16 Fenerbahce 4 2 1 1 4:3 7
17 Sturm Graz 4 2 1 1 3:2 7
18 Ludogorets 4 2 1 1 7:7 7
19 Brann 4 2 1 1 7:7 7
20 Bologna 4 1 3 0 7:4 6
21 Viktoria Plzeň 4 1 3 0 4:1 6
22 RB Salzburg 4 2 0 2 7:5 6
23 Basel 4 2 0 2 6:4 6
24 Feyenoord 4 2 0 2 7:6 6
25 Roma 4 2 0 2 5:4 6
26 Dinamo Zagreb 4 2 0 2 8:8 6
27 Celtic 4 2 0 2 6:8 6
28 Young Boys 4 2 0 2 5:7 6
29 Panathinaikos 4 1 2 1 4:4 5
30 FCSB 4 1 1 2 6:8 4
31 Rangers 4 1 1 2 2:4 4
32 Go Ahead E. 4 1 1 2 2:6 4
33 Nice 4 1 0 3 5:7 3
34 Malmo FF 4 0 1 3 2:5 1
35 Utrecht 4 0 1 3 2:6 1
36 Maccabi Tel Aviv 4 0 0 4 1:15 0
Denmark FlagSuperliga Table
Superligaen Season
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 AGF Aarhus 18 12 4 2 36:18 40
2 FC Midtjylland 18 10 6 2 48:21 36
3 Brondby IF 18 10 1 7 31:21 31
4 SonderjyskE 18 8 5 5 30:25 29
5 FC Copenhagen 18 8 4 6 30:26 28
6 OB 18 7 5 6 32:37 26
7 Viborg 18 7 3 8 31:29 24
8 Nordsjaelland 18 8 0 10 29:32 24
9 Randers 18 5 4 9 17:24 19
10 Silkeborg 18 5 4 9 22:36 19
11 Fredericia 18 4 2 12 22:44 14
12 Vejle 18 3 4 11 20:35 13
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 FC Midtjylland 9 6 3 0 32:13 21
2 AGF Aarhus 9 6 1 2 15:7 19
3 SonderjyskE 9 5 2 2 16:10 17
4 Brondby IF 9 5 1 3 19:14 16
5 Nordsjaelland 9 5 0 4 17:10 15
6 OB 9 4 2 3 17:18 14
7 Viborg 9 4 1 4 20:18 13
8 FC Copenhagen 9 3 4 2 13:12 13
9 Vejle 9 3 2 4 13:13 11
10 Silkeborg 9 3 2 4 10:13 11
11 Randers 9 3 2 4 8:12 11
12 Fredericia 9 2 1 6 8:20 7
Belgium FlagPro League Table
Belgian Pro League Season
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Union S-G 22 13 7 2 37:12 46
2 Sint-Truiden 23 14 3 6 33:26 45
3 Club Brugge 22 14 2 6 42:28 44
4 Anderlecht 22 10 6 6 30:26 36
5 Gent 23 9 6 8 37:32 33
6 Charleroi 23 9 6 8 29:26 33
7 Mechelen 22 8 8 6 26:24 32
8 Royal Antwerp 23 8 6 9 28:24 30
9 Westerlo 23 7 7 9 30:33 28
10 Standard Liège 22 8 3 11 18:29 27
11 Zulte Waregem 23 6 8 9 31:35 26
12 Genk 22 6 8 8 29:34 26
13 La Louvière 23 5 9 9 20:26 24
14 OH Leuven 22 5 6 11 19:30 21
15 Cercle Brugge 23 4 9 10 28:35 21
16 Dender 22 3 8 11 17:34 17
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Union S-G 10 9 1 0 23:2 28
2 Club Brugge 11 8 1 2 23:15 25
3 Sint-Truiden 12 8 1 3 17:13 25
4 Anderlecht 12 7 3 2 18:10 24
5 Gent 11 6 2 3 21:12 20
6 Royal Antwerp 12 5 3 4 19:15 18
7 Westerlo 11 5 2 4 14:9 17
8 Charleroi 11 4 5 2 14:10 17
9 Zulte Waregem 11 4 3 4 15:14 15
10 Mechelen 11 3 6 2 12:12 15
11 La Louvière 12 3 5 4 7:9 14
12 Genk 11 3 4 4 15:17 13
13 Standard Liège 11 3 3 5 10:16 12
14 OH Leuven 11 2 4 5 12:13 10
15 Cercle Brugge 12 1 4 7 17:26 7
16 Dender 11 1 4 6 7:17 7