Genk 2-0 Gent: result and report

Pro League · Tuesday 27 December 2016

Result

Genk 2-0 Gent

Pro League · Tuesday 27 December 2016, 17:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Genk 2-0 Gent: match report

Genk won against Gent 2-0 in the Pro League on Tuesday 27 December 2016. The half-time score was 2-0.

Alejandro Pozuelo opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Genk's goals came from Alejandro Pozuelo (19') and Nikolaos Karelis (26', penalty). Gent did not score.

Discipline: Genk received 1 yellow card; Gent received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Genk were 9th on 25 points from 19 and Gent 8th on 32 points from 20. Genk went on to finish that season 7th with 48 points, and Gent 3rd with 67.

Genk lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Gent in a 3-4-3.

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Goal · Alejandro PozueloGenk · 1-0
  • 26'Penalty goal · Nikolaos KarelisGenk · 2-0
  • 65'Yellow card · Bryan HeynenGenk
  • 87'Yellow card · T. De SmetGent

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Marco Bizot, Jakub Brabec, Omar Colley, Jere Uronen, Timothy Castagne, Alejandro Pozuelo, Wilfred Ndidi, Bryan Heynen, Nikolaos Karelis, Thomas Buffel, Leon Bailey

Gent line-up (3-4-3)

Jacob Rinne, Stefan Mitrovic, Lasse Nielsen, Thomas Foket, Rami Gershon, Renato Neto, Kenny Saief, Moses Simon, Anderson Esiti, Danijel Miličević, Jérémy Perbet