Genk 2-1 Westerlo: result and report

Pro League · Saturday 29 October 2016

Result

Genk 2-1 Westerlo

Pro League · Saturday 29 October 2016, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Genk 2-1 Westerlo: match report

Genk won against Westerlo 2-1 in the Pro League on Saturday 29 October 2016. The half-time score was 0-0.

Alejandro Pozuelo opened the scoring in the 54th minute. Genk's goals came from Alejandro Pozuelo (54') and Nikolaos Karelis (66'). Westerlo scored through Jarno Molenberghs (82').

Discipline: Genk received 2 yellow cards; Westerlo received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Genk were 8th on 17 points from 12 and Westerlo 15th on 10 points from 12. Genk went on to finish that season 7th with 48 points, and Westerlo 16th with 24.

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

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 32'Yellow card · Nikolaos KarelisGenk
  • 54'Goal · Alejandro PozueloGenk · 1-0
  • 66'Goal · Nikolaos KarelisGenk · 2-0
  • 82'Goal · Jarno MolenberghsWesterlo · 2-1
  • 84'Yellow card · Wilfred NdidiGenk

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Genk 1, draws 1, Westerlo 0.

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

Westerlo line-up (4-4-2)

Koen Van Langendonck, Mitch Apau, Filip Daems, Jordan Mustoe, Michaël Heylen, Nemanja Miletić, Maxime Annys, Elton Acolatse, Khaleem Hyland, Nicolas Rommens, Silvere Ganvoula