Anderlecht 2-1 Genk: result and report

Pro League · Saturday 23 December 2023

Result

Anderlecht 2-1 Genk

Pro League · Saturday 23 December 2023, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Anderlecht 2-1 Genk: match report

Anderlecht won against Genk 2-1 in the Pro League on Saturday 23 December 2023. The half-time score was 0-0.

Alieu Fadera opened the scoring in the 70th minute. Anderlecht's goals came from Théo Leoni (74') and Anders Dreyer (90+1'). Genk scored through Alieu Fadera (70').

Discipline: Anderlecht received 1 yellow card; Genk received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Anderlecht were 2nd on 36 points from 18 and Genk 6th on 31 points from 18. Anderlecht went on to finish that season 2nd with 77 points, and Genk 6th with 60.

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 Kasper Schmeichel of Anderlecht (8.8), ahead of Théo Leoni (8.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Anderlecht wins, 2 draws and 4 for Genk.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Missed penalty · Bryan HeynenGenk
  • 44'Yellow card · Joris KayembeGenk
  • 70'Goal · Alieu FaderaGenk · 0-1
  • 74'Goal · Théo LeoniAnderlecht · 1-1
  • 79'Yellow card · Daniel MuñozGenk
  • 84'Yellow card · Théo LeoniAnderlecht
  • 90+1'Goal · Anders DreyerAnderlecht · 2-1
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Joseph PaintsilGenk
  • 90+2'Second yellow · Joseph PaintsilGenk

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Anderlecht 4, draws 2, Genk 4.

Team news

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

Kasper Schmeichel, Louis Patris, Killian Sardella, Thomas Delaney, Ludwig Augustinsson, Mats Rits, Théo Leoni, Mario Stroeykens, Anders Dreyer, Yari Verschaeren, Kasper Dolberg

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

Maarten Vandevoordt, Daniel Muñoz, Carlos Cuesta, Mujaid Sadick, Joris Kayembe, Bryan Heynen, Patrik Hrosovsky, Joseph Paintsil, Bilal El Khannouss, Alieu Fadera, Yira Sor