Genk 2-1 Malmö FF: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 29 January 2026

Result

Genk 2-1 Malmö FF

Europa League · Thursday 29 January 2026, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Genk · Malmö FF · Europa League predictions

Genk 2-1 Malmö FF: match report

Genk beat Malmö FF 2-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 29 January 2026. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Taha Ali opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Genk's goals came from Daan Heymans (45', penalty) and Konstantinos Karetsas (82'). Malmö FF scored through Taha Ali (4').

Discipline: Genk received 1 yellow card; Malmö FF received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Genk were 10th on 16 points from 9 and Malmö FF 33rd on 7 points from 9. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

Genk lined up in a 4-3-3 and Malmö FF in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Daan Heymans of Genk (8.9), ahead of Zakaria El Ouahdi (8.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Genk win, 1 draw and 0 for Malmö FF.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Taha AliMalmö FF · 0-1
  • 45'Penalty goal · Daan HeymansGenk · 1-1
  • 47'Yellow card · Yaimar MedinaGenk
  • 72'Yellow card · Kenan BusuladzicMalmö FF
  • 82'Goal · Konstantinos KaretsasGenk · 2-1

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Genk 1, draws 1, Malmö FF 0.

Team news

Genk line-up (4-3-3)

Tobias Lawal, Zakaria El Ouahdi, Mujaid Sadick, Matte Smets, Yaimar Medina, Bryan Heynen, Ibrahima Bangoura, Daan Heymans, Jarne Steuckers, Hyeon-gyu Oh, Junya Ito

Malmö FF line-up (4-4-2)

Melker Ellborg, Johan Karlsson, Colin Rösler, Malte Frejd Pålsson, Theodor Lundbergh, Taha Ali, Kenan Busuladzic, Lasse Berg Johnsen, Arnór Sigurdsson, Anders Christiansen, Daníel Gudjohnsen