Gent 2-3 Genk: result and report

Pro League · Sunday 5 February 2023

Result

Gent 2-3 Genk

Pro League · Sunday 5 February 2023, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

Gent · Genk · Pro League predictions

Gent 2-3 Genk: match report

Gent were beaten by Genk 2-3 in the Pro League on Sunday 5 February 2023. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Hong Hyun-seok opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Gent's goals came from Hong Hyun-seok (9') and Laurent Depoitre (88'). Genk scored through Joseph Paintsil (23'), Y. Sor (67') and Tolu Arokodare (86').

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

Going into the game Gent were 5th on 38 points from 23 and Genk 1st on 59 points from 23. Gent went on to finish that season 4th with 72 points, and Genk 1st with 83.

Gent lined up in a 4-4-2 and Genk in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Kamil Piątkowski of Gent (8.1), level with Hyun-seok Hong (8.1).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · Hong Hyun-seokGent · 1-0
  • 23'Goal · Joseph PaintsilGenk · 1-1
  • 64'Yellow card · Julien de SartGent
  • 67'Goal · Y. SorGenk · 1-2
  • 86'Goal · Tolu ArokodareGenk · 1-3
  • 88'Goal · Laurent DepoitreGent · 2-3
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Tolu ArokodareGenk

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Gent line-up (4-4-2)

Paul Nardi, Joseph Okumu, Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui, Jordan Torunarigha, Kamil Piątkowski, Julien De Sart, Sven Kums, Hyun-seok Hong, Alessio Castro-Montes, Malick Fofana, Hugo Cuypers

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

Maarten Vandevoordt, Daniel Muñoz, Carlos Cuesta, Mark McKenzie, Gerardo Arteaga, Bryan Heynen, Patrik Hrosovsky, Joseph Paintsil, Bilal El Khannouss, Mike Tresor, Ally Samatta