Westerlo 1-2 Genk: result and report

Pro League · Saturday 18 April 2026

Result

Westerlo 1-2 Genk

Pro League · Saturday 18 April 2026, 16:15 UTC · half-time 0-0

Westerlo · Genk · Pro League predictions

Westerlo 1-2 Genk: match report

Westerlo lost to Genk 1-2 in the Pro League on Saturday 18 April 2026. The half-time score was 0-0.

Zakaria El Ouahdi opened the scoring in the 68th minute. Westerlo's goal came from Afonso Patrão (76'). Genk scored through Zakaria El Ouahdi (68') and Aaron Bibout (71').

Discipline: Westerlo received 1 yellow card; Genk received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Westerlo were 7th on 45 points from 32 and Genk 8th on 44 points from 32. Westerlo went on to finish that season 8th with 52 points, and Genk 4th with 58.

Westerlo lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Genk in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Zakaria El Ouahdi of Genk (8.5), ahead of Afonso Patrão (7.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Westerlo wins, 3 draws and 7 for Genk.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Yellow card · Yaimar MedinaGenk
  • 19'Yellow card · Josimar AlcócerWesterlo
  • 38'Yellow card · Junya ItoGenk
  • 68'Goal · Zakaria El OuahdiGenk · 0-1
  • 71'Goal · Aaron BiboutGenk · 0-2
  • 76'Goal · Afonso PatrãoWesterlo · 1-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Westerlo 0, draws 3, Genk 7.

Team news

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

Andreas Jungdal, Bryan Reynolds, Emin Bayram, Roman Neustädter, Seiji Kimura, Doğucan Haspolat, Arthur Piedfort, Allahyar Sayyadmanesh, Shunsuke Saito, Josimar Alcócer, Nacho Ferri

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

Lucca Brughmans, Zakaria El Ouahdi, Mujaid Sadick, Matte Smets, Yaimar Medina, Ibrahima Bangoura, Konstantinos Karetsas, Daan Heymans, Bryan Heynen, Junya Ito, Robin Mirisola