Genk 2-1 Mechelen: result and report
Pro League · Sunday 2 October 2016
Result
Genk 2-1 Mechelen
Pro League · Sunday 2 October 2016, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Genk 2-1 Mechelen: match report
Genk beat Mechelen 2-1 in the Pro League on Sunday 2 October 2016. It was 1-1 at half-time.
N. Verdier opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Genk's goals came from Nikolaos Karelis (21', penalty) and L. Bailey (51'). Mechelen scored through N. Verdier (10').
Discipline: Genk received 1 yellow card; Mechelen received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Genk were 10th on 10 points from 8 and Mechelen 9th on 12 points from 8. Genk went on to finish that season 7th with 48 points, and Mechelen 8th with 48.
Genk lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Mechelen in a 3-4-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Genk wins, 1 draw and 3 for Mechelen.
Going into the match Genk's last five read L-L-L-W-W and Mechelen's L-D-W-W-D.
Key events
- 6'Yellow card · Jakub Brabec
- 10'Goal · N. Verdier
- 18'Red card · Laurens Paulussen
- 21'Penalty goal · Nikolaos Karelis
- 30'Yellow card · N. Verdier
- 32'Yellow card · Y. Croizet
- 51'Goal · L. Bailey
- 89'Yellow card · Ahmed El Messaoudi
Head-to-head
Team news
Genk line-up (4-2-3-1)
Marco Bizot, Jakub Brabec, Bojan Nastic, Omar Colley, Timothy Castagne, Tino-Sven Sušić, Alejandro Pozuelo, Wilfred Ndidi, Nikolaos Karelis, Thomas Buffel, Leon Bailey
Mechelen line-up (3-4-3)
Anthony Moris, Laurens Paulussen, Seth De Witte, Uroš Vitas, Edin Cocalić, Tim Matthys, Mats Rits, Dimitrios Kolovos, Nils Schouterden, Nicolas Verdier, Yohan Croizet