Genk 2-1 Mechelen: result and report

Pro League · Sunday 2 October 2016

Result

Genk 2-1 Mechelen

Pro League · Sunday 2 October 2016, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Genk · Mechelen · Pro League predictions

Genk 2-1 Mechelen: match report

Genk beat Mechelen 2-1 in the Pro League on Sunday 2 October 2016. It was 1-1 at half-time.

N. Verdier opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Genk's goals came from Nikolaos Karelis (21', penalty) and L. Bailey (51'). Mechelen scored through N. Verdier (10').

Discipline: Genk received 1 yellow card; Mechelen received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Genk were 10th on 10 points from 8 and Mechelen 9th on 12 points from 8. Genk went on to finish that season 7th with 48 points, and Mechelen 8th with 48.

Genk lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Mechelen in a 3-4-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Genk wins, 1 draw and 3 for Mechelen.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Yellow card · Jakub BrabecGenk
  • 10'Goal · N. VerdierMechelen · 0-1
  • 18'Red card · Laurens PaulussenMechelen
  • 21'Penalty goal · Nikolaos KarelisGenk · 1-1
  • 30'Yellow card · N. VerdierMechelen
  • 32'Yellow card · Y. CroizetMechelen
  • 51'Goal · L. BaileyGenk · 2-1
  • 89'Yellow card · Ahmed El MessaoudiMechelen

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Genk 6, draws 1, Mechelen 3.

Team news

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

Marco Bizot, Jakub Brabec, Bojan Nastic, Omar Colley, Timothy Castagne, Tino-Sven Sušić, Alejandro Pozuelo, Wilfred Ndidi, Nikolaos Karelis, Thomas Buffel, Leon Bailey

Mechelen line-up (3-4-3)

Anthony Moris, Laurens Paulussen, Seth De Witte, Uroš Vitas, Edin Cocalić, Tim Matthys, Mats Rits, Dimitrios Kolovos, Nils Schouterden, Nicolas Verdier, Yohan Croizet