Genk 3-1 Mechelen: result and report
Pro League · Friday 28 October 2022
Result
Genk 3-1 Mechelen
Pro League · Friday 28 October 2022, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1
Genk 3-1 Mechelen: match report
Genk defeated Mechelen 3-1 in the Pro League on Friday 28 October 2022. It was 1-1 at half-time.
D. Muñoz opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Genk's goals came from D. Muñoz (9'), Gerardo Arteaga (57') and Joseph Paintsil (90+1'). Mechelen scored through Rob Schoofs (15').
Discipline: Genk received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Mechelen received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Genk were 1st on 37 points from 14 and Mechelen 11th on 17 points from 14. Genk went on to finish that season 1st with 83 points, and Mechelen 13th with 37.
Genk lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Mechelen in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Joseph Paintsil of Genk (8.5), ahead of Rob Schoofs (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Genk wins, 3 draws and 3 for Mechelen.
Going into the match Genk's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Mechelen's W-W-L-L-L.
Key events
- 9'Goal · D. Muñoz
- 15'Goal · Rob Schoofs
- 25'Yellow card · Boli Bolingoli
- 26'Yellow card · Steven Defour
- 57'Goal · Gerardo Arteaga
- 59'Yellow card · Bilal El Khannouss
- 64'Second yellow · Bilal El Khannouss
- 65'Yellow card · Wouter Vrancken
- 74'Yellow card · Dries Wouters
- 74'Yellow card · Dries Wouters
- 90+1'Goal · Joseph Paintsil
Head-to-head
Team news
Unavailable
- Lucas Bijker
- Kerim Mrabti
- Luca Oyen
- Adnane Abid
- Jordi Vanlerberghe
- Kelvin John
- Mujaid Sadick
- Dimitri Lavalée
Genk line-up (4-2-3-1)
Maarten Vandevoordt, Daniel Muñoz, Carlos Cuesta, Mark McKenzie, Gerardo Arteaga, Bryan Heynen, Patrik Hrosovsky, Joseph Paintsil, Bilal El Khannouss, Mike Tresor, Paul Onuachu
Mechelen line-up (4-3-3)
Gaëtan Coucke, Sandy Walsh, Thibaut Peyre, Alec Van Hoorenbeeck, Boli Bolingoli, Jannes Van Hecke, Yonas Malede, Rob Schoofs, Geoffry Hairemans, Julien Ngoy, Nikola Storm