Cork City 1-0 Genk: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 4 August 2016
Result
Cork City 1-0 Genk
Europa League · Thursday 4 August 2016, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-2
Cork City 1-0 Genk: match report
Cork City defeated Genk 1-0 in the Europa League on Thursday 4 August 2016. It was 0-2 at half-time.
Thomas Buffel opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Cork City's goal came from Alan Bennett (63'). Genk scored through Thomas Buffel (12') and S. Dewaest (41').
Discipline: Cork City received 4 yellow cards; Genk received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Cork City were 22nd on 9 points from 5 and Genk 43rd on 5 points from 3. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Cork City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Genk in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Cork City wins, 1 draw and 0 for Genk.
Going into the match Cork City's last five read D-W-D-D-W and Genk's D-D-W.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Thomas Buffel
- 41'Goal · S. Dewaest
- 62'Yellow card · L. Bailey
- 63'Goal · Alan Bennett
- 68'Yellow card · Kenny Browne
- 77'Yellow card · Mark O'Sullivan
- 77'Yellow card · Mark O'Sullivan
- 81'Yellow card · Wilfred Ndidi
- 90+2'Yellow card · Steven Beattie
Head-to-head
Team news
Cork City line-up (4-3-3)
Mark McNulty, Alan Bennett, Kevin O'Connor, Michael McSweeney, Kenny Browne, Greg Bolger, Steven Beattie, Stephen Dooley, Gearoid Morrissey, Garry Buckley, Sean Maguire
Genk line-up (4-3-3)
Marco Bizot, Sandy Walsh, Sébastien Dewaest, Dries Wouters, Jere Uronen, Alejandro Pozuelo, Wilfred Ndidi, Neeskens Kebano, Thomas Buffel, Leon Bailey, Ally Samatta