Gent 3-1 Mechelen: result and report

Pro League · Saturday 20 April 2024

Result

Gent 3-1 Mechelen

Pro League · Saturday 20 April 2024, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Gent · Mechelen · Pro League predictions

Gent 3-1 Mechelen: match report

Gent won against Mechelen 3-1 in the Pro League on Saturday 20 April 2024. The half-time score was 1-0.

Tarik Tissoudali opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Gent's goals came from Tarik Tissoudali (37'), Omri Gandelman (65') and Hyun-seok Hong (74'). Mechelen scored through Islam Slimani (62').

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

Going into the game Gent were 5th on 53 points from 33 and Mechelen 8th on 51 points from 33. Gent went on to finish that season 4th with 74 points, and Mechelen 5th with 61.

Gent lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Mechelen in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Tarik Tissoudali of Gent (8.0), ahead of Omri Gandelman (7.9).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Gent wins, 2 draws and 2 for Mechelen.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Yellow card · Islam SlimaniMechelen
  • 34'Yellow card · Jordan TorunarighaGent
  • 37'Goal · Tarik TissoudaliGent · 1-0
  • 62'Goal · Islam SlimaniMechelen · 1-1
  • 65'Goal · Omri GandelmanGent · 2-1
  • 74'Goal · Hyun-seok HongGent · 3-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Gent 6, draws 2, Mechelen 2.

Team news

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

Davy Roef, Ismaël Kandouss, Tsuyoshi Watanabe, Jordan Torunarigha, Matisse Samoise, Julien De Sart, Omri Gandelman, Archie Brown, Hyun-seok Hong, Tarik Tissoudali, Matías Fernández-Pardo

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

Gaëtan Coucke, Munashe Peter Garan'anga, David Bates, Elias Cobbaut, Daam Foulon, Mory Konaté, Rob Schoofs, Boli Bolingoli, Kerim Mrabti, Nikola Storm, Islam Slimani