After coming up short in the Belgian Pro League title race to Royal Antwerp last season, Genk have since made a mixed start to their pre-season campaign after winning, drawing and losing one game each.
After beating fellow Belgian side Tienen 3-0 in their opening pre-season friendly and losing 3-2 to Greek outfit PAOK in the Netherlands, Genk played out a 1-1 draw with Sporting Lisbon in Portugal on Wednesday.
Francisco Trincao opened the scoring for Sporting inside the first 10 minutes, but Genk responded well and summer signing Alieu Fadera capitalised on some sloppy passing out from the back from the hosts to slot home a 25th-minute equaliser.
Wouter Vrancken will be keen to see his side return to winning ways and put in a positive performance against Burnley on Saturday before they prepare for their first competitive fixture of the season against Servette in the first leg of their Champions League second qualifying round tie
While the hosts have failed to win their last two warm-up matches, the visitors are seeking to claim a fifth successive pre-season victory.
After coming up short in the Belgian Pro League title race to Royal Antwerp last season, Genk have since made a mixed start to their pre-season campaign after winning, drawing and losing one game each.
After beating fellow Belgian side Tienen 3-0 in their opening pre-season friendly and losing 3-2 to Greek outfit PAOK in the Netherlands, Genk played out a 1-1 draw with Sporting Lisbon in Portugal on Wednesday.
Francisco Trincao opened the scoring for Sporting inside the first 10 minutes, but Genk responded well and summer signing Alieu Fadera capitalised on some sloppy passing out from the back from the hosts to slot home a 25th-minute equaliser.
Wouter Vrancken will be keen to see his side return to winning ways and put in a positive performance against Burnley on Saturday before they prepare for their first competitive fixture of the season against Servette in the first leg of their Champions League second qualifying round tie next Tuesday.
As for Burnley, they have enjoyed a perfect pre-season campaign so far this summer, winning each of their opening four friendlies, albeit against lower-league opposition.
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Victories over League One sides Fleetwood Town (3-2), Burton Albion (1-0) and Port Vale (3-1) were followed by a comfortable 3-0 victory against Championship outfit Sheffield Wednesday in a behind-closed-doors friendly at the Gawthorpe training ground last Friday.
Scott Twine, Josh Brownhill and Dara Costelloe were all the scoresheet for Vincent Kompany’s side, who secured promotion to the Premier League after winning the Championship title last season with 101 points.
Kompany is now preparing for a return to his native Belgium for the first time as a coach since managing Anderlecht between 2019 and 2022. The 37-year-old faced Genk in the Anderlecht dugout on eight occasions but he only came out on the winning side three times – his last encounter with the Blauw-Wit resulted in a 2-0 win in February 2022, though
