Mechelen 2-2 Genk: result and report

Pro League · Friday 17 February 2023

Result

Mechelen 2-2 Genk

Pro League · Friday 17 February 2023, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

Mechelen · Genk · Pro League predictions

Mechelen 2-2 Genk: match report

Mechelen drew with Genk 2-2 in the Pro League on Friday 17 February 2023. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Geoffry Hairemans opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Mechelen's goals came from Geoffry Hairemans (21') and Nikola Storm (75'). Genk scored through Mike Trésor (35') and Bryan Heynen (90+4').

Discipline: Mechelen received 1 yellow card; Genk received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Mechelen were 13th on 26 points from 24 and Genk 1st on 62 points from 25. Mechelen went on to finish that season 13th with 37 points, and Genk 1st with 83.

Mechelen lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Genk in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Bryan Heynen of Genk (8.4), ahead of Mike Tresor (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Mechelen wins, 3 draws and 5 for Genk.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Goal · Geoffry HairemansMechelen · 1-0
  • 35'Goal · Mike TrésorGenk · 1-1
  • 66'Yellow card · Kerim MrabtiMechelen
  • 75'Goal · Nikola StormMechelen · 2-1
  • 90+4'Goal · Bryan HeynenGenk · 2-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Mechelen 2, draws 3, Genk 5.

Team news

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

Gaëtan Coucke, Jannes Van Hecke, David Bates, Dries Wouters, Alec Van Hoorenbeeck, Alessio Da Cruz, Dimitri Lavalée, Geoffry Hairemans, Kerim Mrabti, Nikola Storm, Julien Ngoy

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

Maarten Vandevoordt, Daniel Muñoz, Carlos Cuesta, Mark McKenzie, Gerardo Arteaga, Bryan Heynen, Patrik Hrosovsky, Joseph Paintsil, Bilal El Khannouss, Mike Tresor, Tolu Arokodare