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 · Genk · Europa League predictions

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.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · Thomas BuffelGenk · 0-1
  • 41'Goal · S. DewaestGenk · 0-2
  • 62'Yellow card · L. BaileyGenk
  • 63'Goal · Alan BennettCork City · 1-2
  • 68'Yellow card · Kenny BrowneCork City
  • 77'Yellow card · Mark O'SullivanCork City
  • 77'Yellow card · Mark O'SullivanCork City
  • 81'Yellow card · Wilfred NdidiGenk
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Steven BeattieCork City

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Cork City 0, draws 1, Genk 0.

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