KRC Genk
Football UEFA Europa League Cegeka Arena Thu 27 Nov 15:00
FC Basel 1893
  1. Prediction
  2. Odds
  3. Stats
  4. Team News
  5. Lineups
  6. Injuries
  7. Squads
  8. Table

Europa League Betting Preview: Genk vs Basel

Belgian Pro League team Genk host Swiss Super League side Basel at Cegeka Arena, with kick-off set for 15:00 on Thursday 27 November.

Why We’re Expecting Genk to Win

It could be beneficial to back Genk when they clash with Basel. There’s loads of value in the -110 that the home team get the job done and we’re therefore going to play the Full-Time Result market.

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Genk Looking to Avoid Another Defeat

Genk were defeated last time out by a 1-0 scoreline. Cegeka Arena saw them beaten at home to Mechelen in the Pro League. The Smurfs dominated possession with 66% of the ball and recorded six shots on target.

FC Basel played out a 1-1 Super League draw in their previous game. This was on their travels to Letzigrund Stadion, with Grasshoppers the opponents. Ludovic Magnin's team had four shots on goal and enjoyed 59% possession, while Benie Traore was on the scoresheet.

In the last round of the Europa League, Genk claimed a 4-3 victory when visiting Braga, while Basel hosted FCSB and won 3-1.

Europa League G W D L GF GA GD GD P
16 Genk logo Genk 6 3 1 2 7 6 1 7:6 10
26 Basel logo Basel 6 2 0 4 8 9 -1 8:9 6
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Genk – Last 10 League & Europa League Games

Genk have 4 wins, 2 losses and 4 draws, averaging 1.3 goals from 12.8 attempts and 4.8 shots on goal. Thorsten Fink's men have averaged 58.8% possession and 4.3 corners per game, conceding 1.1 goals and 3.9 corners from 12.4 attempts and 4.6 shots on goal.

Hyun-Gyu Oh leads the way with 5 goals, Daan Heymans has 2, with Collins Sor and two others on 1. Konstantinos Karetsas is the leading assists maker on 4.

Basel – Last 10 League & Europa League Games

FCB have 5 victories, 3 defeats and 2 draws, with an average of 5.0 shots on goal, 10.8 attempts and 1.5 goals. The Bebbi average 53.3% possession, 5.6 corners taken and 4.5 corners against them, while 1.0 goals have been conceded from 11.9 attempts and 6.1 shots on goal.

Xherdan Shaqiri has landed 4 goals, Benie Traore 3, with Ibrahim Salah and two others scoring 2. Xherdan Shaqiri is the top assists provider in the last 10 games with 6.

Confirmed Lineups

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

Basel confirmed lineup (4-3-3): Marwin Hitz (GK), Keigo Tsunemoto, Jonas Adjei Adjetey, Flavius Daniliuc, Dominik Schmid, Leo Leroy, Metinho, Andrej Bacanin, Benie Traore, Moritz Broschinski, Philip Otele.

Genk vs Basel Prediction & Betting Tips

Discover our expert Genk vs Basel betting tips, featuring a match prediction, correct score suggestion, corners market outlook, top player prop picks and bet builder advice. Scroll down for full analysis.

Match Prediction

Genk are priced at -110 to secure a victory and we think these odds look too big. We’re expecting the hosts to land a Europa League win and a nice potential return could be on the cards.

Understanding the injured players situation proves useful when assembling football picks. Once we’ve also considered the form guide, we use the latest stats and provide Europa League betting predictions.

Key Genk vs Basel Europa League & league stats:

  • Basel have lost 5 of their last 10 games on the road.
Genk to Win Probability

The best bookies are estimating that there is a 52.4% likelihood of this pick landing a return. Based on our in-depth research, we calculate the actual probability to be 55-60%. This is why we regard this as a value wager.

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Player Prop Picks

Top Pick: Yira Sor Over 0.5 Shots On Target -137 BetMGM logo

Yira Sor (Genk) can be backed to have one or more shots on goal at -137. He stands out as a value pick when it comes to Shots on Target, with the recommendation being to wager this player prop pick.

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Daan Heymans to Score +260 BetMGM logo

Daan Heymans (Genk) has scored two goals in his past five matches. There are odds of +260 available for this Anytime Goalscorer wager and we think this is a value proposition for the player to find the net.

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Corners Prediction

Genk Under 5.5 Corners -156 BetMGM logo

It’s been an average of 3.80 Genk corners in the past 5 games, while the previous nine Basel away matches have involved them conceding under 5.5 corners. The Genk Team Corners tally could be lower than the line implies and that leads us to a wager at odds of -156.

Europa League & League Games
League Games
Last 10 Total For Against
Last 10 at Home Total For Against
Last 10 Away Total For Against
Genk Logo Genk
Total
8.20 4.30 3.90
Home
8.10 5.00 3.10
Away
8.10 3.80 4.30
Basel Logo Basel
Total
10.10 5.60 4.50
Home
11.30 6.60 4.70
Away
8.80 4.50 4.30
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Bet Builder Tips

Full-Time Result Genk -110
Both Team To Score No +133
Team Corners Genk Under 5.5 -156

It’s great fun to place a same-game multi and our picks are Genk to succeed, one or both teams drawing a blank accompanied by Genk to record under 5.5 corners.

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Genk vs Basel Odds

The odds are updated on a frequent basis. You might therefore find that they are different to the ones listed for the above betting predictions.

Latest 1x2 Odds Suggest Genk Victory

The bookmakers have Genk at -115 when it comes to 1x2. This suggests that the favourites have a 53% chance of winning this Europa League clash based on the betting odds. If you’re searching for a different slant, FC Basel are available at +270.

There are two Asian Handicap options and they are Genk -0.5 at -116 or alternatively Basel +0.5. Either go for the favourites to win or opt for the latter and get the draw on your side at -105.

If you’re anticipating a high-scoring contest, Over 2.5 Goals has the shortest odds. BTTS wagering is popular and you can back Yes at -204 on the Both Teams to Score market.

You can find hundreds of markets for every Europa League match, with the top betting apps creating lots of different options. Check out the pre-game and In-Play selections before placing your football bets.

Hyeon-gyu Oh Favourite to Find the Net First

The First Goalscorer favourite is Hyeon-gyu Oh at +370, with similar odds available for this player to register the last goal.

Player Goals
Hyeon-gyu Oh (Genk)
First
+120
Anytime
+370
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Xherdan Shaqiri (Basel)
First
+175
Anytime
+500
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Albian Ajeti (Basel)
First
+180
Anytime
+575
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Player Shots On Target
Player Shots
Hyeon-gyu Oh (Genk)
Over 3.5
+110
Under 3.5
-
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Xherdan Shaqiri (Basel)
Over 2.5
-109
Under 2.5
-
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Albian Ajeti (Basel)
Over 2.5
-118
Under 2.5
-
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Léo Leroy (Basel)
Over 2.5
+120
Under 2.5
-
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Team Stats

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

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

Genk vs Basel Lineups & Team News

Avoid surprises — review the Genk vs FCB team news before you bet. We’ll keep you posted with predicted and confirmed lineups for the Europa League and all current injury news.

Genk Confirmed Lineup 4-2-3-1

Basel Confirmed Lineup 4-3-3

Genk Confirmed Lineup 4-2-3-1

1 H. van Crombrugge
77 Zakaria El Ouahdi 3 Mujaid Sadick 6 Matte Smets 19 Yaimar Medina
17 Patrik Hrosovsky 8 Bryan Heynen
20 K. Karetsas 38 Daan Heymans 14 Collins Sor
9 Hyun-Gyu Oh
1 Marwin Hitz
6 Keigo Tsunemoto 32 Jonas Adjei Adjetey 24 Flavius Daniliuc 31 Dominik Schmid
22 Leo Leroy 5 Metinho 14 Andrej Bacanin
11 Benie Traore 17 Moritz Broschinski 7 Philip Otele

Basel Confirmed Lineup 4-3-3

Genk Substitutes

  • 7Jarne Steuckers
  • 21I. Sory Bangoura
  • 23Aaron Bibout
  • 24Nikolas Sattlberger
  • 26Tobias Lawal
  • 29Robin Mirisola
  • 30Ayumu Yokoyama
  • 32N. Adedeji-Sternberg
  • 34Adrian Palacios
  • 44Josue Kongolo
  • 71Brent Stevens
  • 99Jusef Erabi

Basel Substitutes

  • 3Nicolas Vouilloz
  • 8Koba Koindredi
  • 9Jeremy Agbonifo
  • 10Xherdan Shaqiri
  • 13Mirko Salvi
  • 16Tim Spycher
  • 19Marin Soticek
  • 21Ibrahim Salah
  • 23Albian Ajeti
  • 26Adrian Leon Barisic
  • 27Kevin Rueegg
  • 29Moussa Cisse

Previous Genk Lineups

23 Nov Pro League
Genk 0-1 Mechelen
09 Nov Pro League
Gent 1-1 Genk
06 Nov Europa League
Braga 3-4 Genk
02 Nov Pro League
Westerlo 0-1 Genk
26 Oct Pro League
Genk 1-1 La Louvière
23 Oct Europa League
Genk 0-0 Real Betis

Previous Basel Lineups

23 Nov Swiss Super League
Grasshoppers 1-1 Basel
09 Nov Swiss Super League
Basel 0-1 Lugano
06 Nov Europa League
Basel 3-1 FCSB
02 Nov Swiss Super League
Young Boys 0-0 Basel
29 Oct Swiss Super League
Basel 2-0 FC Zurich
26 Oct Swiss Super League
Lausanne 5-1 Basel

Injuries & Suspensions

Genk Injury Table
Type Name Info
N. Adedeji-Sternberg Muscle
Basel Injury Table
Type Name Info
Keigo Tsunemoto Other
Moritz Broschinski Knee
Kaio Eduardo Other
Team Squads

Genk Player Stats & Squad

Manager: Thorsten Fink

Player # Pos GP MIN ST BE G A Y R
Matte Smets 6 D 4 360 4 0 0 0 0 0
Mujaid Sadick 3 D 4 360 4 0 0 0 1 0
Hendrik van Crombrugge 1 G 4 360 4 0 0 0 0 0
Bryan Heynen 8 M 4 359 4 0 0 0 1 0
Joris Kayembe Ditu 18 D 4 355 4 0 0 0 0 0

Basel Player Stats & Squad

Manager: Ludovic Magnin

Player # Pos GP MIN ST BE G A Y R
Xherdan Shaqiri 17 M 4 353 4 0 3 1 0 0
Leo Leroy 22 M 4 331 4 0 0 1 1 0
Adrian Leon Barisic 26 D 4 271 3 1 0 0 1 0
Marwin Hitz 1 G 3 270 3 0 0 0 0 0
Flavius Daniliuc 24 D 3 270 3 1 0 0 0 0
UEFA FlagEuropa League Table
Europa League Season
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Lyon 6 5 0 1 13:3 15
2 FC Midtjylland 6 5 0 1 13:5 15
3 Aston Villa 6 5 0 1 10:4 15
4 Real Betis 6 4 2 0 11:4 14
5 Freiburg 6 4 2 0 9:3 14
6 Ferencvaros 6 4 2 0 11:6 14
7 Braga 6 4 1 1 10:5 13
8 Porto 6 4 1 1 9:5 13
9 Stuttgart 6 4 0 2 12:5 12
10 Roma 6 4 0 2 10:5 12
11 Nott’m Forest 6 3 2 1 11:6 11
12 Fenerbahce 6 3 2 1 9:5 11
13 Bologna 6 3 2 1 9:5 11
14 Viktoria Plzeň 6 2 4 0 6:2 10
15 Panathinaikos 6 3 1 2 9:7 10
16 Genk 6 3 1 2 7:6 10
17 Crvena Zvezda 6 3 1 2 5:5 10
18 PAOK 6 2 3 1 13:10 9
19 Celta Vigo 6 3 0 3 12:9 9
20 Lille 6 3 0 3 10:7 9
21 Young Boys 6 3 0 3 8:12 9
22 Brann 6 2 2 2 6:7 8
23 Ludogorets 6 2 1 3 11:14 7
24 Celtic 6 2 1 3 7:11 7
25 Dinamo Zagreb 6 2 1 3 8:13 7
26 Basel 6 2 0 4 8:9 6
27 FCSB 6 2 0 4 7:11 6
28 Go Ahead E. 6 2 0 4 5:11 6
29 Sturm Graz 6 1 1 4 4:8 4
30 Feyenoord 6 1 0 5 7:13 3
31 RB Salzburg 6 1 0 5 5:11 3
32 Utrecht 6 0 1 5 3:9 1
33 Rangers 6 0 1 5 3:11 1
34 Malmo FF 6 0 1 5 3:12 1
35 Maccabi Tel Aviv 6 0 1 5 2:18 1
36 Nice 6 0 0 6 4:13 0
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Stuttgart 3 3 0 0 8:2 9
2 Porto 3 3 0 0 7:2 9
3 Lyon 3 3 0 0 6:1 9
4 FC Midtjylland 3 3 0 0 6:1 9
5 Aston Villa 3 3 0 0 5:1 9
6 Freiburg 3 3 0 0 5:1 9
7 Real Betis 3 2 1 0 6:3 7
8 Ferencvaros 3 2 1 0 6:3 7
9 Fenerbahce 3 2 1 0 4:2 7
10 Crvena Zvezda 3 2 1 0 3:1 7
11 Lille 3 2 0 1 9:5 6
12 Nott’m Forest 3 2 0 1 7:3 6
13 Basel 3 2 0 1 6:3 6
14 Braga 3 2 0 1 6:4 6
15 Celta Vigo 3 2 0 1 6:4 6
16 Brann 3 2 0 1 4:4 6
17 Young Boys 3 2 0 1 5:6 6
18 PAOK 3 1 2 0 5:1 5
19 Bologna 3 1 2 0 5:2 5
20 Viktoria Plzeň 3 1 2 0 3:0 5
21 Panathinaikos 3 1 1 1 3:3 4
22 Genk 3 1 1 1 2:2 4
23 Sturm Graz 3 1 1 1 2:2 4
24 Ludogorets 3 1 1 1 6:7 4
25 RB Salzburg 3 1 0 2 4:4 3
26 Roma 3 1 0 2 3:4 3
27 FCSB 3 1 0 2 5:7 3
28 Feyenoord 3 1 0 2 4:6 3
29 Dinamo Zagreb 3 1 0 2 4:7 3
30 Celtic 3 1 0 2 2:6 3
31 Go Ahead E. 3 1 0 2 2:6 3
32 Utrecht 3 0 1 2 2:4 1
33 Malmo FF 3 0 1 2 2:4 1
34 Rangers 3 0 1 2 1:4 1
35 Nice 3 0 0 3 2:6 0
36 Maccabi Tel Aviv 3 0 0 3 1:12 0
Belgium FlagPro League Table
Belgian Pro League Season
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Union S-G 20 12 6 2 36:12 42
2 Club Brugge 20 13 2 5 36:22 41
3 Sint-Truiden 20 12 3 5 30:23 39
4 Anderlecht 20 10 5 5 28:22 35
5 Mechelen 20 8 7 5 25:22 31
6 Standard Liège 20 8 3 9 18:23 27
7 Royal Antwerp 20 7 6 7 24:21 27
8 Gent 20 7 5 8 28:29 26
9 Genk 20 6 7 7 27:31 25
10 Westerlo 20 6 6 8 28:30 24
11 Charleroi 20 6 6 8 23:26 24
12 Zulte Waregem 20 5 8 7 26:29 23
13 OH Leuven 20 5 5 10 19:29 20
14 La Louvière 20 4 8 8 15:21 20
15 Cercle Brugge 20 3 8 9 25:30 17
16 Dender 20 2 7 11 16:34 13
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Union S-G 9 8 1 0 22:2 25
2 Anderlecht 11 7 2 2 18:10 23
3 Club Brugge 9 7 1 1 17:9 22
4 Sint-Truiden 10 7 1 2 16:11 22
5 Royal Antwerp 11 5 3 3 19:13 18
6 Gent 10 5 2 3 17:10 17
7 Westerlo 10 5 2 3 14:7 17
8 Charleroi 10 3 5 2 12:10 14
9 Mechelen 10 3 5 2 11:11 14
10 La Louvière 10 3 4 3 5:6 13
11 Zulte Waregem 9 3 3 3 13:12 12
12 Genk 10 3 3 4 14:16 12
13 Standard Liège 10 3 3 4 10:12 12
14 OH Leuven 10 2 3 5 12:13 9
15 Cercle Brugge 11 1 4 6 17:22 7
16 Dender 10 0 4 6 6:17 4
Switzerland FlagSwiss Super League Table
Super League Season
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Thun 19 13 1 5 39:23 40
2 St. Gallen 19 12 1 6 38:22 37
3 Lugano 19 10 3 6 28:23 33
4 Basel 19 9 5 5 28:20 32
5 Young Boys 19 8 5 6 38:38 29
6 Sion 18 7 6 5 27:23 27
7 FC Zurich 19 7 3 9 28:35 24
8 Luzern 19 5 6 8 35:35 21
9 Lausanne 18 5 6 7 27:27 21
10 Servette 18 5 5 8 30:36 20
11 Grasshoppers 19 4 5 10 26:35 17
12 Winterthur 18 2 4 12 23:50 10
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Lugano 10 6 2 2 19:11 20
2 Thun 10 6 1 3 20:13 19
3 St. Gallen 10 6 0 4 20:11 18
4 Young Boys 9 5 2 2 20:12 17
5 Basel 9 4 3 2 13:6 15
6 Sion 9 4 2 3 12:8 14
7 Lausanne 10 4 2 4 20:17 14
8 FC Zurich 10 4 1 5 16:19 13
9 Grasshoppers 9 2 3 4 15:14 9
10 Servette 8 2 3 3 14:16 9
11 Luzern 9 1 4 4 18:17 7
12 Winterthur 9 1 2 6 14:22 5