Gent 1-0 Mechelen: result and report

Pro League · Saturday 7 May 2022

Result

Gent 1-0 Mechelen

Pro League · Saturday 7 May 2022, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

Gent · Mechelen · Pro League predictions

Gent 1-0 Mechelen: match report

Gent won against Mechelen 1-0 in the Pro League on Saturday 7 May 2022. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Joseph Okumu of Gent in the 82nd minute.

Discipline: Gent received 1 yellow card; Mechelen received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Gent were 4th on 65 points from 36 and Mechelen 8th on 55 points from 35. Gent went on to finish that season 3rd with 74 points, and Mechelen 8th with 56.

Gent lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Mechelen in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Davy Roef of Gent (9.1), ahead of Joseph Okumu (8.1).

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 62'Yellow card · Alec Van HoorenbeeckMechelen
  • 70'Yellow card · Julien de SartGent
  • 82'Goal · Joseph OkumuGent · 1-0
  • 88'Yellow card · Jannes Van HeckeMechelen
  • 90'Yellow card · Geoffry HairemansMechelen
  • 90+3'Red card · Thibaut PeyreMechelen

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Davy Roef, Joseph Okumu, Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui, Bruno Godeau, Matisse Samoise, Julien De Sart, Sven Kums, Alessio Castro-Montes, Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe, Tarik Tissoudali, Darko Lemajic

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

Gaëtan Coucke, Sandy Walsh, Thibaut Peyre, Jordi Vanlerberghe, Alec Van Hoorenbeeck, Rob Schoofs, Vinicius de Souza Costa, Geoffry Hairemans, Kerim Mrabti, Nikola Storm, Hugo Cuypers