Mechelen 2-4 Gent: result and report

Pro League · Saturday 4 May 2024

Result

Mechelen 2-4 Gent

Pro League · Saturday 4 May 2024, 16:15 UTC · half-time 2-3

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Mechelen 2-4 Gent: match report

Mechelen lost to Gent 2-4 in the Pro League on Saturday 4 May 2024. The half-time score was 2-3.

Geoffry Hairemans opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Mechelen's goals came from Geoffry Hairemans (19') and Islam Slimani (32'). Gent scored through Matías Fernández-Pardo (25'), Stefan Mitrovic (42'), Tarik Tissoudali (45+4') and Andrew Hjulsager (86').

Discipline: Mechelen received 2 yellow cards; Gent received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Mechelen were 7th on 55 points from 36 and Gent 4th on 62 points from 36. Mechelen went on to finish that season 5th with 61 points, and Gent 4th with 74.

Mechelen lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Gent in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Tarik Tissoudali of Gent (8.5), ahead of Kerim Mrabti (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Mechelen wins, 1 draw and 7 for Gent.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Goal · Geoffry HairemansMechelen · 1-0
  • 25'Goal · Matías Fernández-PardoGent · 1-1
  • 31'Yellow card · Sandy WalshMechelen
  • 32'Goal · Islam SlimaniMechelen · 2-1
  • 41'Yellow card · Daam FoulonMechelen
  • 42'Goal · Stefan MitrovicGent · 2-2
  • 45+4'Goal · Tarik TissoudaliGent · 2-3
  • 86'Goal · Andrew HjulsagerGent · 2-4

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Mechelen 2, draws 1, Gent 7.

Team news

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

Yannick Thoelen, Sandy Walsh, Munashe Peter Garan'anga, David Bates, Daam Foulon, Ngal'ayel Mukau, Rob Schoofs, Geoffry Hairemans, Kerim Mrabti, Nikola Storm, Norman Bassette

Gent line-up (3-4-3)

Davy Roef, Stefan Mitrovic, Tsuyoshi Watanabe, Jordan Torunarigha, Matisse Samoise, Julien De Sart, Omri Gandelman, Archie Brown, Hyun-seok Hong, Matías Fernández-Pardo, Tarik Tissoudali