Genk 2-1 Sporting CP: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 25 October 2012
Result
Genk 2-1 Sporting CP
Europa League · Thursday 25 October 2012, 17:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Genk 2-1 Sporting CP: match report
Genk beat Sporting CP 2-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 25 October 2012. The half-time score was 1-1.
Genk's goals came from Benjamin De Ceulaer (25') and E. Barda (88'). Sporting CP scored through an own goal by Brian Hamalainen (7').
Discipline: Genk received 2 yellow cards; Sporting CP received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Genk were 8th on 13 points from 6 and Sporting CP 73rd on 5 points from 4. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Genk lined up in a 4-4-2 and Sporting CP in a 4-4-2.
Going into the match Genk's last five read D-W-W-L-W and Sporting CP's L-D-W-D.
Key events
- 7'Own goal · Brian Hamalainen
- 12'Yellow card · Khalid Boulahrouz
- 25'Goal · Benjamin De Ceulaer
- 37'Yellow card · Fabián Rinaudo
- 39'Yellow card · Julien Gorius
- 68'Yellow card · Marcos Rojo
- 76'Second yellow · Khalid Boulahrouz
- 80'Yellow card · Kalidou Koulibaly
- 88'Goal · E. Barda
Team news
Genk line-up (4-4-2)
Kristof Van Hout, Kalidou Koulibaly, B. Hämäläinen, Anele Ngcongca, José Nadson, Dani Fernandez, Steven Joseph-Monrose, Julien Gorius, Jelle Vossen, Benjamin De Ceulaer, Thomas Buffel
Sporting CP line-up (4-4-2)
Rui Patrício, Khalid Boulahrouz, Marcos Rojo, Cédric Soares, Emiliano Insúa, Stijn Schaars, Adrien Silva, Danijel Pranjić, Jeffren Suárez, Ricky van Wolfswinkel, Fabián Rinaudo