Liverpool 2-1 Genk: result and report

Champions League · Tuesday 5 November 2019

Result

Liverpool 2-1 Genk

Champions League · Tuesday 5 November 2019, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Liverpool 2-1 Genk: match report

Liverpool beat Genk 2-1 in the Champions League on Tuesday 5 November 2019. The half-time score was 1-1.

Georginio Wijnaldum opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Georginio Wijnaldum (14') and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (53'). Genk scored through Ally Samatta (40').

Discipline: Liverpool received no yellow cards; Genk received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Liverpool were 26th on 6 points from 3 and Genk 70th on 1 point from 3. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Liverpool lined up in a 4-3-3 and Genk in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Trent Alexander-Arnold of Liverpool (8.0), level with Bryan Heynen (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Liverpool win, 0 draws and 0 for Genk.

Going into the match Liverpool's last five read W-W-L and Genk's L-D-L.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Goal · Georginio WijnaldumLiverpool · 1-0
  • 22'Yellow card · J. LucumíGenk
  • 40'Goal · Ally SamattaGenk · 1-1
  • 53'Goal · Alex Oxlade-ChamberlainLiverpool · 2-1
  • 83'Yellow card · Casper De NorreGenk

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Liverpool 1, draws 0, Genk 0.

Team news

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Liverpool line-up (4-3-3)

Alisson, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joe Gomez, Virgil van Dijk, James Milner, Georginio Wijnaldum, Fabinho, Naby Keïta, Mohamed Salah, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Divock Origi

Genk line-up (3-5-2)

Gaëtan Coucke, Carlos Cuesta, Sébastien Dewaest, Jhon Lucumí, Joakim Maehle, Patrik Hrosovsky, Sander Berge, Bryan Heynen, Casper De Norre, Junya Ito, Ally Samatta