Storck shakes up Genk base considerably, Alloh replaces suspended Amat at Eupen | Jupiler Pro League 2021/2022

Genk still has a sour taste from the last confrontation with Eupen. At the beginning of October last year, it gave up a 1-2 lead against 10 Eupen players in a crazy slot. With his second of the evening, Prevljak brought the home team alongside in the final phase and Heris even scored the winning goal in extra time.

At Genk it is less disastrous than at Eupen, but Bernd Storck’s team also drags itself with a 1 out of 9 to the end of the regular competition. Despite this, Genk is still in the running for the Europe Play-offs, but it cannot afford any more mistakes.

Thanks to the win at Zulte Waregem, STVV is 8th, with 3 points more than Genk. With a win against Eupen, it jumps back into the top 8 over the Truienaars. Due to an equal number of points and victories, the better goal difference in Genk made the difference.

4 wins in the first 5 away games of the season. It is now hard to believe that Eupen managed to do that. Since then, in 11 away matches, it has only managed to collect 3 points with 3 draws. The return round is all sadness for Eupen, with only 2 victories.

At Eupen, the changes are a lot less drastic than at Genk. Amat is missing there due to suspension after his red card against KV Mechelen. He is replaced by Allah. We also see the same names.

Bernd Storck threw his basic team over after the defeat against STVV and is now doing so again after the loss against Club Brugge. Onuachu, absent from Club due to illness, returns as striker. Hrosovsky, Oyen, McKenzie and Juklerod also kick off. Lucumi, Thorstvedt, Arteaga and Paintsil foot the bill. Cuesta is in the rag basket.

They must have breathed a sigh of relief at Eupen last night. Seraing seemed to be on his way to victory at KV Oostende, but Gueye’s late penalty goal definitively condemned the Liège club to the jump-offs. Eupen will be two match days from the end so you can be sure of an extended stay in 1A.