Genk 3-1 Zulte-Waregem: result and report

Pro League · Friday 9 February 2018

Result

Genk 3-1 Zulte-Waregem

Pro League · Friday 9 February 2018, 19:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

Genk · Zulte-Waregem · Pro League predictions

Genk 3-1 Zulte-Waregem: match report

Genk beat Zulte-Waregem 3-1 in the Pro League on Friday 9 February 2018. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Nikolaos Karelis opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Genk's goals came from Nikolaos Karelis (17'), Thomas Buffel (59') and Alejandro Pozuelo (90+1'). Zulte-Waregem scored through Hamdi Harbaoui (32', penalty).

Discipline: Genk received 2 yellow cards; Zulte-Waregem received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Genk were 6th on 34 points from 25 and Zulte-Waregem 12th on 28 points from 25. Genk went on to finish that season 5th with 60 points, and Zulte-Waregem 9th with 37.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Genk wins, 1 draw and 1 for Zulte-Waregem.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Goal · Nikolaos KarelisGenk · 1-0
  • 32'Penalty goal · Hamdi HarbaouiZulte-Waregem · 1-1
  • 42'Yellow card · Dillon SheppardZulte-Waregem
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Sandy WalshZulte-Waregem
  • 59'Goal · Thomas BuffelGenk · 2-1
  • 65'Yellow card · I. DoumbiaZulte-Waregem
  • 74'Yellow card · D. NdongalaGenk
  • 83'Yellow card · Dries WoutersGenk
  • 88'Yellow card · Hamdi HarbaouiZulte-Waregem
  • 90+1'Goal · Alejandro PozueloGenk · 3-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Genk 8, draws 1, Zulte-Waregem 1.

Team news

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

Danny Vukovic, Bojan Nastic, Dries Wouters, Omar Colley, Joseph Aidoo, Ibrahima Seck, Alejandro Pozuelo, Joakim Maehle, Nikolaos Karelis, Ally Samatta, Thomas Buffel

Zulte-Waregem line-up (4-2-3-1)

Sammy Bossut, Damien Marcq, Timothy Derijck, Sandy Walsh, Johan Bjørdal, B. Hämäläinen, Onur Kaya, Sander Coopman, Théo Bongonda, Peter Olayinka, Hamdi Harbaoui