Servette’s winning streak against Genk

The second round of the Champions League qualification is scheduled for Tuesday (July 25, 2023). First with the first leg. There is still a long way to go before the CL group stage: the third qualifying round and the play-offs are still waiting for the winners. In what is known as the placement path, Swiss representatives Servette FC and Belgian club KRC Genk will meet at the Stade de Geneve.

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Servette form

Let's start our betting tip analysis with the hosts. And with some interesting statistics that are also interesting for your bets. Because Servette FC has won all of the last six matches across all competitions. In addition, the club from Geneva has now been twelve games without a single defeat. Servette finished the 22/23 season in the Swiss Super League with a 1-0 win at FC Luzern. The Genevans opened the new season with a 3-1 win at the Grasshopper Club from Zurich. In between there are four victories in the friendlies. Servette even got three of them without conceding a goal. The team from Geneva also managed six wins to zero from the last nine matches.

Servette Geneva ended the 2022/23 season in second place in the Super League. However, the gap to champions Young Boys Bern was a proud 16 points. Winning the title was never an option. What we noticed in this analysis: The Geneva team also took second place in the home table. They even lost only one game in their own stadium. However, nine matches at the Stade de Geneve ended in a draw. No other team in the Super League drew so often. And at the same time, the 31 goals were the fewest of the top five clubs in the home table. Servette FC does not always show the most offensively.

Genk form

KRC Genk may have a slight disadvantage in this first leg of the second round of Champions League qualifiers. In contrast to Switzerland, the championship in Belgium has not yet started. However, Genk successfully contested a last test as a dress rehearsal against FC Burnley and won 2-0. Meanwhile, it was 1-1 against Sporting Lisbon. And before that, the Belgians also lost a friendly - 2:3 against the Greek representative PAOK Saloniki. At least in this betting prediction, a continuous increase in form among the Belgians can be observed. There was no clear trend in the number of hits. Four over 2.5s were followed by two under 2.5s.

The Belgian Jupiler Pro League finished KRC Genk on top of the table. Level on points with Union Saint-Gilloise and also with most goals scored (78). However, neither team became champions, but Royal Antwerpen, the team with the fewest goals against after the regular season (26). In the championship round, KRC Genk did not get more than 2:2 in the decisive match against Antwerp. And in the last five games, when Genk was really challenged in the play-offs, they only managed one win (3-1 at Club Brugge).

Servette - Genk: What to expect? 

We are happy to provide a detailed analysis of the betting tip and the statistics of the direct clashes. In this case this is not possible. Because the clash between Servette FC and KRC Genk is an absolute premiere as a pairing. Both clubs meet for the first time. So far, the Swiss have played a total of five times against Belgian representatives. With three wins and a draw, the balance here is at least positive. So only one game was lost. Genk, meanwhile, have played eight times against Swiss clubs and recorded five wins. The Belgian club lost only once. There were two draws against the supposedly strongest Swiss club, FC Basel.

Servette FC is already in the middle of competition mode. This is the decisive advantage for us, why the Swiss are favoured in this encounter and from our point of view the double chance 1X is a good choice for your betting tip. If you are looking for more risk and therefore better odds: KRC Genk has only lost once in eight games against Swiss teams, drawing against Basel both times. And with Servette drawing nine times at home in the Super League 22/23, the draw X in this prediction is definitely worth considering.

• Double Chance (1X)
• Draw (risk)

* All odds and markets are correct at the time of publication and subject to change.