Antwerp 2-1 Genk: result and report
Pro League · Sunday 7 May 2023
Result
Antwerp 2-1 Genk
Pro League · Sunday 7 May 2023, 16:30 UTC · half-time 1-1
Antwerp 2-1 Genk: match report
Antwerp beat Genk 2-1 in the Pro League on Sunday 7 May 2023. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Mark McKenzie opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Antwerp's goals came from Toby Alderweireld (45+2', penalty) and Michel-Ange Balikwisha (52'). Genk scored through Mark McKenzie (20').
Discipline: Antwerp received 2 yellow cards; Genk received 5 yellow cards and 2 red cards.
Going into the game Antwerp were 3rd on 75 points from 35 and Genk 1st on 78 points from 35. Antwerp went on to finish that season 2nd with 83 points, and Genk 1st with 83.
Antwerp lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Genk in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Michel-Ange Balikwisha of Antwerp (8.1), level with Maarten Vandevoordt (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Antwerp wins, 3 draws and 4 for Genk.
Going into the match Antwerp's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Genk's W-D-W-L-W.
Key events
- 20'Goal · Mark McKenzie
- 30'Missed penalty · Vincent Janssen
- 38'Yellow card · Bilal El Khannouss
- 39'Yellow card · Wouter Vrancken
- 43'Yellow card · Arbnor Muja
- 45+2'Penalty goal · Toby Alderweireld
- 52'Goal · Michel-Ange Balikwisha
- 64'Yellow card · Gerardo Arteaga
- 85'Yellow card · C. Stengs
- 90+1'Yellow card · A. Ouattara
- 90+2'Yellow card · Bryan Heynen
- 90+6'Red card · Mike Trésor
- 90+7'Second yellow · A. Ouattara
Head-to-head
Team news
Antwerp line-up (4-2-3-1)
Jean Butez, Jelle Bataille, Toby Alderweireld, Willian Pacho, Gastón Ávila, Mandela Keita, Arthur Vermeeren, Arbnor Muja, Jurgen Ekkelenkamp, Michel-Ange Balikwisha, Vincent Janssen
Genk line-up (4-2-3-1)
Maarten Vandevoordt, Daniel Muñoz, Mujaid Sadick, Mark McKenzie, Gerardo Arteaga, Bryan Heynen, Patrik Hrosovsky, Joseph Paintsil, Bilal El Khannouss, Mike Tresor, Ally Samatta