Mechelen 1-1 Gent: result and report

Pro League · Saturday 12 August 2017

Result

Mechelen 1-1 Gent

Pro League · Saturday 12 August 2017, 16:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Mechelen 1-1 Gent: match report

Mechelen drew with Gent 1-1 in the Pro League on Saturday 12 August 2017. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Samuel Kalu opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Mechelen's goal came from Tim Matthys (86'). Gent scored through Samuel Kalu (33').

Discipline: Mechelen received 2 yellow cards; Gent received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Mechelen were 11th on 2 points from 2 and Gent 13th on 0 points from 2. Mechelen went on to finish that season 16th with 27 points, and Gent 4th with 64.

Mechelen lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Gent in a 3-5-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Mechelen wins, 1 draw and 5 for Gent.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 33'Goal · Samuel KaluGent · 0-1
  • 36'Yellow card · Dillon SheppardGent
  • 69'Yellow card · Elias CobbautMechelen
  • 84'Yellow card · E. CocalićMechelen
  • 86'Goal · Tim MatthysMechelen · 1-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Mechelen 4, draws 1, Gent 5.

Team news

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

Colin Coosemans, Seth De Witte, Edin Cocalić, Elias Cobbaut, Faycal Rherras, Ahmed El Messaoudi, Mats Rits, Rob Schoofs, Glenn Claes, Yohan Croizet, Stefan Drazic

Gent line-up (3-5-2)

Lovre Kalinić, Samuel Gigot, Stefan Mitrovic, Dylan Bronn, Damien Marcq, Deiver Machado, Brecht Dejaegere, Franko Andrijašević, Yuya Kubo, Kalifa Coulibaly, Samuel Kalu