FC Utrecht 0-2 Genk: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 22 January 2026
Result
FC Utrecht 0-2 Genk
Europa League · Thursday 22 January 2026, 20:50 UTC · half-time 0-0
FC Utrecht 0-2 Genk: match report
FC Utrecht were beaten by Genk 0-2 in the Europa League on Thursday 22 January 2026. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Zakaria El Ouahdi opened the scoring in the 54th minute. FC Utrecht did not score. Genk scored through Zakaria El Ouahdi (54') and Daan Heymans (83', penalty).
Discipline: FC Utrecht received no yellow cards; Genk received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game FC Utrecht were 8th on 17 points from 12 and Genk 16th on 13 points from 8. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
FC Utrecht lined up in a 4-3-3 and Genk in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Tobias Lawal of Genk (8.6), ahead of Zakaria El Ouahdi (7.8).
Going into the match FC Utrecht's last five read L-L-D-L-L and Genk's L-W-W-D-L.
Key events
- 54'Goal · Zakaria El Ouahdi
- 62'Yellow card · Zakaria El Ouahdi
- 83'Penalty goal · Daan Heymans
Team news
FC Utrecht line-up (4-3-3)
Michael Brouwer, Niklas Vesterlund, Matisse Didden, Mike Eerdhuijzen, Derry Murkin, Dani de Wit, Alonzo Engwanda, Can Bozdogan, Miguel Rodríguez, Sébastien Haller, Yoann Cathline
Genk line-up (4-1-4-1)
Tobias Lawal, Zakaria El Ouahdi, Mujaid Sadick, Matte Smets, Yaimar Medina, Bryan Heynen, Junya Ito, Daan Heymans, Konstantinos Karetsas, Yira Sor, Aaron Bibout