Gent 3-0 Mechelen: result and report

Pro League · Sunday 12 March 2017

Result

Gent 3-0 Mechelen

Pro League · Sunday 12 March 2017, 13:30 UTC · half-time 2-0

Gent · Mechelen · Pro League predictions

Gent 3-0 Mechelen: match report

Gent defeated Mechelen 3-0 in the Pro League on Sunday 12 March 2017. The half-time score was 2-0.

J. Perbet opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Gent's goals came from J. Perbet (32'), Yuya Kubo (45') and Samuel Kalu (46'). Mechelen did not score.

Discipline: Gent received 2 yellow cards; Mechelen received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Gent were 7th on 47 points from 29 and Mechelen 5th on 48 points from 29. Gent went on to finish that season 3rd with 67 points, and Mechelen 8th with 48.

Gent lined up in a 3-4-3 and Mechelen in a 3-4-3.

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Yellow card · J. PerbetGent
  • 24'Yellow card · G. ClaesMechelen
  • 24'Yellow card · N. VerdierMechelen
  • 30'Yellow card · William Troost-EkongGent
  • 32'Goal · J. PerbetGent · 1-0
  • 45'Goal · Yuya KuboGent · 2-0
  • 46'Goal · Samuel KaluGent · 3-0
  • 60'Yellow card · J. Van CleemputMechelen

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Gent line-up (3-4-3)

Lovre Kalinić, Samuel Gigot, William Troost-Ekong, Nana Asare, Thomas Foket, Brecht Dejaegere, Moses Simon, Yuya Kubo, Anderson Esiti, Samuel Kalu, Jérémy Perbet

Mechelen line-up (3-4-3)

Colin Coosemans, Laurens Paulussen, Seth De Witte, Edin Cocalić, Aleksandar Bjelica, Jordi Vanlerberghe, Tim Matthys, Mats Rits, Željko Filipović, Glenn Claes, Nicolas Verdier