Club Brugge vs KRC Genk, Belgian Super Cup, 17.07.2021
It promises to be a cracking affair when the Belgian Super Cup comes alive.The Jupiler league title winners, Club Brugge, battles Belgian Cup winner RKC Genk on Saturday, July 17 2021 in anticipation of the new Belgian League season starting a week after the curtain-raiser.
Betwinner will provide odds for our football betting tips today on this game. Read on to find our betting angles for the game.
CLUB BRUGGE
Club Brugge strolled to their 17th Belgian League title with a 16-point gap separating them and second place Antwerp. Club Brugge have won 3 of the last 4 league titles in the Belgian League and are favourites heading into the new season.
The Philippe Clement charges have won 3, drew 1 and lost 2 of their 6 pre-season friendly matches, with victories coming against NK Locomotiva (2-1), Zulte Waragem (2-1) and AEK Athens (2-1) while their defeats came against Kortrijk (0-1) and FC Utrecht (2-4).
Club Brugge have sold Nigerian striker Emmanuel Dennis, to English side Watford but they have a replacement in 19-year-old Venezuelan striker Daniel Alejandro Perez from his home country club FC Metropolitanos. Along with Nao Lang who scored 17 goals in 38 appearances last season also with support from experienced campaigner Bas Dost, Emmanuel Okereke amongst others.
Club Brugge still have enough firepower up front to trouble their opponents on Saturday. Simon Mignolet, will provide leadership and guidance from the rear as they hope to earn another piece of silverware.
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KRC GENK
Genk did not have the best of seasons in the Belgian topflight last season after they finished 4th with a huge 20 points difference between them and eventual champions Club Brugge. However, they made up for it with a 2-1 win over Standard Liege in the Belgian Cup final, a win that ensured they nicked a place in the Europa League qualifying stage.
Genk, the 2019 Belgian league title winners will be banking on their Nigerian striker Paul Onuachu who plundered in 29 league goals and 35 in all competitions to re-enact his goal scoring exploits from last season against Brugge.
Coach John van den Boom side have added Midfielders Carel Eiting from Ajax, Mike Tremsor Ndayishimiye from Willem II, defenders Simen Juklerod from Royal Antwerp, Mujaid Sadick from Deportivo La Coruna and teenage forward Kelvin John from Brooke House Football Academy in England.
This means that there is no shortage of options for Genk going forward for Genk.
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CLUB BRUGGE vs RKC GENK BETTING TIPS AND PREDICTIONS
As we have earlier stated, Club Brugge are the favourites to win this season’s Belgian curtain-raiser. They coasted to the title last season and they are even stronger going into the new season. Therefore, we are backing the Champions to win this game, and they are priced at a massive 1.73 on Betwinner.
Despite the fact that the Belgian champions are the favourite to win this game, we are expecting a keenly contested game with plenty of chances in the game. Thus, we are backing both teams to find the back of the net in this fixture at 1.66.
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