Genk 1-2 Gent: result and report

Pro League · Sunday 11 March 2018

Result

Genk 1-2 Gent

Pro League · Sunday 11 March 2018, 13:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Genk 1-2 Gent: match report

Genk lost to Gent 1-2 in the Pro League on Sunday 11 March 2018. The half-time score was 0-1.

Birger Verstraete opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Genk's goal came from Leandro Trossard (86'). Gent scored through Birger Verstraete (10') and Samuel Kalu (76').

Discipline: Genk received 3 yellow cards; Gent received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Genk were 5th on 44 points from 29 and Gent 4th on 47 points from 29. Genk went on to finish that season 5th with 60 points, and Gent 4th with 64.

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

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Birger VerstraeteGent · 0-1
  • 10'Yellow card · Omar ColleyGenk
  • 37'Yellow card · Giorgi ChakvetadzeGent
  • 49'Yellow card · Thomas BuffelGenk
  • 76'Goal · Samuel KaluGent · 0-2
  • 86'Goal · Leandro TrossardGenk · 1-2
  • 88'Yellow card · Nikolaos KarelisGenk

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Danny Vukovic, Omar Colley, Jere Uronen, Joseph Aidoo, Ibrahima Seck, Siebe Schrijvers, Alejandro Pozuelo, Joakim Maehle, Dieumerci Ndongala, Nikolaos Karelis, Thomas Buffel

Gent line-up (4-1-4-1)

Lovre Kalinić, Samuel Gigot, Sigurd Rosted, Nana Asare, Thomas Foket, Birger Verstraete, Giorgi Chakvetadze, Moses Simon, Anderson Esiti, Roman Yaremchuk, Samuel Kalu