Slavia Prague vs Genk Predictions

Slavia Prague vs Genk Match Info

Date: Thursday February 14 2019
Kick-off time: 5.55pm
Venue: Sinobo Stadium

Slavia Prague vs Genk Head-To-Head Record

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Slavia Prague vs Genk Stats

• Slavia Prague have played four previous matches at home to Belgian teams in European competitions, winning two and losing two
• Genk’s only previous trip to the Czech Republic in a UEFA competition resulted in a 4-2 defeat to Slavia’s city rivals Sparta in the 2002-03 Champions League qualifiers
• All of Slavia’s group-stage matches finished 0-0, 1-0 or 2-0

Slavia Prague vs Genk Match Preview

Two clubs in great shape to win their respective domestic titles, but with a clash of styles in the Europa League, go head-to-head for a place in the last 16.

Slavia Prague were runners-up last season in the Czech Republic but hold a six-point lead this time around, so they have every chance of being in the Champions League next term having failed to qualify at the start of this campaign when they lost to Dynamo Kiev.

Genk, meanwhile, are 11 points clear in Belgium and that represents a huge improvement on last season’s fifth place for the club managed by Philippe Clement, who played 12 Premier League matches for Coventry City in the late 1990s.

In terms of the different styles, Slavia are rock-solid defensively. They kept three clean sheets out of three at home in the group stage and have done likewise in winning their last two competitive matches.

Jindrich Trpisovsky’s side are capable of scoring plenty of goals too, and the same is true of Genk who notched 14 in the round-robin phase yet they also conceded seven on their travels.

That porousness could hinder the Belgian team, at least in this first leg, and so Slavia are backed to ensure their home ground remains a fortress and give themselves every chance for next week’s return match.

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