Mechelen 1-2 Gent: result and report

Pro League · Saturday 22 May 2021

Result

Mechelen 1-2 Gent

Pro League · Saturday 22 May 2021, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Mechelen 1-2 Gent: match report

Mechelen were beaten by Gent 1-2 in the Pro League on Saturday 22 May 2021. It was 0-0 at half-time.

R. Bezus opened the scoring in the 57th minute. Mechelen's goal came from Ferdy Druijf (72', penalty). Gent scored through R. Bezus (57') and Tarik Tissoudali (67').

Discipline: Mechelen received 4 yellow cards; Gent received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Mechelen were 6th on 59 points from 39 and Gent 5th on 59 points from 39. Mechelen went on to finish that season 7th with 59 points, and Gent 4th with 62.

Mechelen lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Gent in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Roman Bezus of Gent (8.4), ahead of Ferdy Druijf (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Mechelen wins, 4 draws and 4 for Gent.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 51'Yellow card · R. BezusGent
  • 53'Yellow card · Kerim MrabtiMechelen
  • 57'Goal · R. BezusGent · 0-1
  • 67'Goal · Tarik TissoudaliGent · 0-2
  • 72'Penalty goal · Ferdy DruijfMechelen · 1-2
  • 85'Yellow card · Gustav EngvallMechelen
  • 85'Yellow card · Bruno GodeauGent
  • 88'Yellow card · Rob SchoofsMechelen
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Sinan BolatGent
  • 90+2'Yellow card · S. BateauMechelen
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Tarik TissoudaliGent
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Sven KumsGent

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Mechelen 2, draws 4, Gent 4.

Team news

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

Yannick Thoelen, Issa Kaboré, Sandy Walsh, Sheldon Bateau, Lucas Bijker, Geoffry Hairemans, Jordi Vanlerberghe, Rob Schoofs, Kerim Mrabti, Igor De Camargo, Ferdy Druijf

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

Sinan Bolat, Andreas Hanche-Olsen, Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui, Bruno Godeau, Matisse Samoise, Sven Kums, Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe, Alessio Castro-Montes, Roman Bezus, Roman Yaremchuk, Yonas Malede