Union Saint-Gilloise 2-1 Genk: result and report
Pro League · Saturday 7 March 2026
Result
Union Saint-Gilloise 2-1 Genk
Pro League · Saturday 7 March 2026, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Union Saint-Gilloise 2-1 Genk: match report
Union Saint-Gilloise won against Genk 2-1 in the Pro League on Saturday 7 March 2026. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Christian Burgess opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Union Saint-Gilloise's goals came from Christian Burgess (15') and Besfort Zeneli (52'). Genk scored through Daan Heymans (68', penalty).
Discipline: Union Saint-Gilloise received 3 yellow cards; Genk received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Union Saint-Gilloise were 1st on 57 points from 27 and Genk 8th on 36 points from 27. Union Saint-Gilloise went on to finish that season 2nd with 86 points, and Genk 4th with 58.
Union Saint-Gilloise lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Genk in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Besfort Zeneli of Union Saint-Gilloise (8.2), ahead of Matte Smets (7.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Union Saint-Gilloise wins, 1 draw and 3 for Genk.
Key events
- 15'Goal · Christian Burgess
- 35'Yellow card · Konstantinos Karetsas
- 47'Yellow card · Kamiel Van De Perre
- 52'Goal · Besfort Zeneli
- 56'Yellow card · Guilherme Smith
- 66'Yellow card · Christian Burgess
- 68'Penalty goal · Daan Heymans
- 69'Yellow card · Joris Kayembe
Head-to-head
Team news
Union Saint-Gilloise line-up (3-4-2-1)
Kjell Scherpen, Kevin Mac Allister, Christian Burgess, Ross Sykes, Anan Khalaili, Adem Zorgane, Kamiel Van De Perre, Guilherme Smith, Besfort Zeneli, Anouar Ait El Hadj, Mohammed Fuseini
Genk line-up (4-3-3)
Tobias Lawal, Zakaria El Ouahdi, Mujaid Sadick, Matte Smets, Joris Kayembe, Konstantinos Karetsas, Nikolas Sattlberger, Daan Heymans, Junya Ito, Robin Mirisola, Yira Sor