Anderlecht 1-2 Genk: result and report

Pro League · Saturday 15 May 2021

Result

Anderlecht 1-2 Genk

Pro League · Saturday 15 May 2021, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

Anderlecht · Genk · Pro League predictions

Anderlecht 1-2 Genk: match report

Anderlecht lost to Genk 1-2 in the Pro League on Saturday 15 May 2021. The half-time score was 1-1.

Paul Onuachu opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Anderlecht's goal came from Lukas Nmecha (31'). Genk scored through Paul Onuachu (16') and Cyriel Dessers (86').

Discipline: Anderlecht received 1 yellow card; Genk received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Anderlecht were 4th on 61 points from 37 and Genk 2nd on 63 points from 37. Anderlecht went on to finish that season 5th with 62 points, and Genk 2nd with 72.

Anderlecht lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Genk in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Paul Onuachu of Genk (8.2), ahead of Lukas Nmecha (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Anderlecht wins, 2 draws and 5 for Genk.

Going into the match Anderlecht's last five read D-D-D-W-W and Genk's D-W-W-L-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Goal · Paul OnuachuGenk · 0-1
  • 31'Goal · Lukas NmechaAnderlecht · 1-1
  • 50'Yellow card · Patrik HrosovskyGenk
  • 73'Yellow card · A. MurilloAnderlecht
  • 86'Goal · Cyriel DessersGenk · 1-2
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Théo BongondaGenk

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Anderlecht 3, draws 2, Genk 5.

Team news

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Anderlecht line-up (4-2-3-1)

Bart Verbruggen, Amir Murillo, Matt Miazga, Killian Sardella, Bogdan Mykhaylichenko, Albert Sambi Lokonga, Josh Cullen, Majeed Ashimeru, Yari Verschaeren, Anouar Ait El Hadj, Lukas Nmecha

Genk line-up (4-2-3-1)

Maarten Vandevoordt, Daniel Muñoz, Carlos Cuesta, Mark McKenzie, Gerardo Arteaga, Bryan Heynen, Patrik Hrosovsky, Junya Ito, Kristian Thorstvedt, Théo Bongonda, Paul Onuachu