Sassuolo 0-2 Genk: result and report

Europa League · Friday 9 December 2016

Result

Sassuolo 0-2 Genk

Europa League · Friday 9 December 2016, 11:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

Sassuolo · Genk · Europa League predictions

Sassuolo 0-2 Genk: match report

Sassuolo lost to Genk 0-2 in the Europa League on Friday 9 December 2016. The half-time score was 0-0.

Bryan Heynen opened the scoring in the 58th minute. Sassuolo did not score. Genk scored through Bryan Heynen (58') and Leandro Trossard (80').

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

Going into the game Sassuolo were 28th on 13 points from 9 and Genk 10th on 17 points from 11. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

Sassuolo lined up in a 4-3-3 and Genk in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Wilfred Ndidi of Genk (8.5), ahead of Leandro Trossard (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Sassuolo wins, 0 draws and 1 for Genk.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 58'Goal · Bryan HeynenGenk · 0-1
  • 80'Goal · Leandro TrossardGenk · 0-2
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Luca MazzitelliSassuolo

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Sassuolo 0, draws 0, Genk 1.

Team news

Sassuolo line-up (4-3-3)

Gianluca Pegolo, Luca Antei, Francesco Acerbi, Pol Lirola, Paolo Cannavaro, Simone Missiroli, Luca Mazzitelli, Claud Adjapong, Alessandro Matri, Simone Caputo, Antonino Ragusa

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

Nordin Jackers, Jakub Brabec, Sandy Walsh, Sébastien Dewaest, Timothy Castagne, Leandro Trossard, Wilfred Ndidi, Bryan Heynen, Leon Bailey, Ally Samatta, Nikolaos Karelis