Genk 3-1 Mechelen: result and report

Pro League · Sunday 20 September 2020

Result

Genk 3-1 Mechelen

Pro League · Sunday 20 September 2020, 16:15 UTC · half-time 1-1

Genk · Mechelen · Pro League predictions

Genk 3-1 Mechelen: match report

Genk won against Mechelen 3-1 in the Pro League on Sunday 20 September 2020. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Kerim Mrabti opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Genk's goals came from Paul Onuachu (10'), Junya Ito (55') and Paul Onuachu (68'). Mechelen scored through Kerim Mrabti (6').

Discipline: Genk received no yellow cards; Mechelen received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Genk were 15th on 5 points from 5 and Mechelen 16th on 4 points from 5. Genk went on to finish that season 2nd with 72 points, and Mechelen 7th with 59.

Genk lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Mechelen in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Junya Ito of Genk (9.1), ahead of Paul Onuachu (9.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Genk wins, 1 draw and 4 for Mechelen.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Kerim MrabtiMechelen · 0-1
  • 10'Goal · Paul OnuachuGenk · 1-1
  • 45'Yellow card · J. Van DammeMechelen
  • 55'Goal · Junya ItoGenk · 2-1
  • 68'Goal · Paul OnuachuGenk · 3-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Genk 5, draws 1, Mechelen 4.

Team news

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

Danny Vukovic, Joakim Maehle, Daniel Muñoz, Jhon Lucumí, Gerardo Arteaga, Luca Oyen, Kristian Thorstvedt, Patrik Hrosovsky, Bastien Toma, Junya Ito, Paul Onuachu

Mechelen line-up (4-3-3)

Gaëtan Coucke, Issa Kaboré, Thibaut Peyre, Jordi Vanlerberghe, Lucas Bijker, Joachim Van Damme, Rob Schoofs, Gustav Engvall, Aster Vranckx, Kerim Mrabti, Igor De Camargo