Gent 1-2 Mechelen: result and report
Pro League · Friday 19 January 2024
Result
Gent 1-2 Mechelen
Pro League · Friday 19 January 2024, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1
Gent 1-2 Mechelen: match report
Gent were beaten by Mechelen 1-2 in the Pro League on Friday 19 January 2024. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Daam Foulon opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Gent's goal came from Julien De Sart (60'). Mechelen scored through Daam Foulon (26') and Bill Antonio (83').
Discipline: Gent received 2 yellow cards; Mechelen received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Gent were 3rd on 38 points from 20 and Mechelen 10th on 22 points from 20. Gent went on to finish that season 4th with 74 points, and Mechelen 5th with 61.
Gent lined up in a 4-3-3 and Mechelen in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Julien De Sart of Gent (8.2), ahead of Sven Kums (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Gent wins, 3 draws and 1 for Mechelen.
Going into the match Gent's last five read W-W-L-W-D and Mechelen's L-W-L-D-L.
Key events
- 26'Goal · Daam Foulon
- 31'Yellow card · Kerim Mrabti
- 39'Yellow card · Ismaël Kandouss
- 41'Yellow card · Matisse Samoise
- 50'Yellow card · Daam Foulon
- 60'Goal · Julien De Sart
- 63'Yellow card · Elias Cobbaut
- 83'Goal · Bill Antonio
- 90+5'Yellow card · Jannes Van Hecke
Head-to-head
Team news
Unavailable
- Hyun-seok Hong
- Rafik Belghali
- Boli Bolingoli
- Toon Raemaekers
- Nikola Storm
- Paul Nardi
- Andrew Hjulsager
- Norman Bassette
Gent line-up (4-3-3)
Daniel Schmidt, Matisse Samoise, Brian Agbor, Ismaël Kandouss, Archie Brown, Sven Kums, Julien De Sart, Omri Gandelman, Daisuke Yokota, Hugo Cuypers, Pieter Gerkens
Mechelen line-up (4-2-3-1)
Gaëtan Coucke, Jannes Van Hecke, David Bates, Elias Cobbaut, Daam Foulon, Jordi Vanlerberghe, Ngal'ayel Mukau, Geoffry Hairemans, Rob Schoofs, Kerim Mrabti, Lion Lauberbach