Mechelen 3-2 Genk: result and report

Pro League · Wednesday 25 January 2012

Result

Mechelen 3-2 Genk

Pro League · Wednesday 25 January 2012, 19:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Mechelen 3-2 Genk: match report

Mechelen beat Genk 3-2 in the Pro League on Wednesday 25 January 2012. The half-time score was 0-1.

Thomas Buffel opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Mechelen's goals came from Julien Gorius (47', penalty), Jaime Ruíz (50') and Boris Pandža (88'). Genk scored through Thomas Buffel (39') and Christian Benteke (65').

Discipline: Mechelen received 3 yellow cards; Genk received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Mechelen were 10th on 27 points from 21 and Genk 5th on 34 points from 21. Mechelen went on to finish that season 11th with 41 points, and Genk 4th with 64.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Mechelen wins, 3 draws and 3 for Genk.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 39'Goal · Thomas BuffelGenk · 0-1
  • 47'Penalty goal · Julien GoriusMechelen · 1-1
  • 48'Yellow card · Thomas BuffelGenk
  • 50'Goal · Jaime RuízMechelen · 2-1
  • 55'Yellow card · Alessandro CordaroMechelen
  • 65'Goal · Christian BentekeGenk · 2-2
  • 68'Yellow card · Jaime RuízMechelen
  • 88'Yellow card · Boris PandžaMechelen
  • 88'Goal · Boris PandžaMechelen · 3-2

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Mechelen 3, draws 3, Genk 3.

Team news

Mechelen line-up

Olivier Renard, Seth De Witte, Yuan Chen Xavier Tsan, Maxime Biset, Abdul-Yakinu Iddi, Julien Gorius, Alessandro Cordaro, Boubacar Diabang, Jaime Ruíz, Boris Pandža, David Destorme

Genk line-up

László Köteles, Derrick Katuku Tshimanga, Anele Ngcongca, Jeroen Simaeys, José Nadson, David Hubert, Dániel Tőzsér, Kevin De Bruyne, Fabien Camus, Christian Benteke, Thomas Buffel