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 · Genk · Pro League predictions

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.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 30'Yellow card · Antonio GhomsiMechelen
  • 52'Yellow card · Jelle VossenGenk
  • 54'Goal · Nicklas PedersenMechelen · 1-0
  • 57'Yellow card · Khaleem HylandGenk
  • 72'Yellow card · S. BateauMechelen
  • 83'Goal · Thomas BuffelGenk · 1-1
  • 90+2'Goal · Abdul-Yakinu IddiMechelen · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Mechelen 4, draws 3, Genk 3.

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