Mechelen 2-1 Genk: result and report
Pro League · Saturday 26 January 2013
Result
Mechelen 2-1 Genk
Pro League · Saturday 26 January 2013, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Mechelen 2-1 Genk: match report
Mechelen won against Genk 2-1 in the Pro League on Saturday 26 January 2013. The half-time score was 0-0.
Nicklas Pedersen opened the scoring in the 54th minute. Mechelen's goals came from Nicklas Pedersen (54') and Abdul-Yakinu Iddi (90+2'). Genk scored through Thomas Buffel (83').
Discipline: Mechelen received 2 yellow cards; Genk received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Mechelen were 8th on 32 points from 23 and Genk 6th on 39 points from 23. Mechelen went on to finish that season 9th with 51 points, and Genk 5th with 67.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Mechelen wins, 3 draws and 3 for Genk.
Going into the match Mechelen's last five read W-W-W-L-W and Genk's W-D-L-L-W.
Key events
- 30'Yellow card · Antonio Ghomsi
- 52'Yellow card · Jelle Vossen
- 54'Goal · Nicklas Pedersen
- 57'Yellow card · Khaleem Hyland
- 72'Yellow card · S. Bateau
- 83'Goal · Thomas Buffel
- 90+2'Goal · Abdul-Yakinu Iddi
Head-to-head
Team news
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Mechelen line-up
Tomislav Pacovski, Seth De Witte, Sheldon Bateau, Maxime Biset, Antonio Ghomsi, Abdul-Yakinu Iddi, Steven De Petter, Joachim Van Damme, Alessandro Cordaro, N. Pedersen, David Destorme
Genk line-up
László Köteles, Derrick Katuku Tshimanga, Kalidou Koulibaly, Jeroen Simaeys, Dani Fernandez, Julien Gorius, Jelle Vossen, Glynor Plet, Elyaniv Felix Barda, Khaleem Hyland, Thomas Buffel