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 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.
Key events
- 17'Goal · Nikolaos Karelis
- 32'Penalty goal · Hamdi Harbaoui
- 42'Yellow card · Dillon Sheppard
- 45+1'Yellow card · Sandy Walsh
- 59'Goal · Thomas Buffel
- 65'Yellow card · I. Doumbia
- 74'Yellow card · D. Ndongala
- 83'Yellow card · Dries Wouters
- 88'Yellow card · Hamdi Harbaoui
- 90+1'Goal · Alejandro Pozuelo
Head-to-head
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