Genk — FC OSS, Friendlies Clubs

Genk beat OSS 3:1 in a club friendly on Thursday evening at the Den Dreef. The match, played as part of pre-season preparations, ended with the Belgian side taking all three points from the encounter. Two goals within the first thirteen minutes set the tone for what followed, though the visitors would not go quietly into the night. The opening exchanges came thick and fast. A goal arrived in the eleventh minute, followed quickly by another just two minutes later. OSS responded with a strike of their own before half-time, making it 2:1 at the interval. The hosts added a fourth and final goal in the forty-fourth minute to seal the result. Genk arrive at this fixture having endured a difficult run. They lost 0:4 to Bayer Leverkusen, then 0:4 again to AZ Alkmaar. A narrow 0:1 defeat to Falkirk followed, before they found some confidence with a 4:3 win over Motherwell. The form has been uneven, and this result offers little comfort. OSS have also struggled for consistency. A heavy 4:8 loss to Almere City was followed by a respectable 3:1 victory against Wattenscheid 09. They then dropped points in consecutive matches, losing 0:1 to Duisburg and 1:4 to Go Ahead Eagles. The 2:0 win over MVV Maastricht was their only positive result in recent weeks. By then, the match had settled into something routine. The scoreline reflects a side that found their rhythm while the visitors, to be fair, could never quite find their feet. And here's the thing — friendlies like this rarely tell you much about what comes next, but the pattern of the game suggested Genk were building momentum while OSS still had questions to answer.