Gent 4-2 Anderlecht: result and report
Pro League · Sunday 18 January 2026
Result
Gent 4-2 Anderlecht
Pro League · Sunday 18 January 2026, 12:30 UTC · half-time 1-2
Gent 4-2 Anderlecht: match report
Gent beat Anderlecht 4-2 in the Pro League on Sunday 18 January 2026. The half-time score was 1-2.
Nilson Angulo opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Gent's goals came from Wilfried Kanga (37', penalty), Tiago Araújo (81'), Max Dean (84') and Hyllarion Goore (90+4'). Anderlecht scored through Nilson Angulo (4') and Nilson Angulo (43').
Discipline: Gent received 5 yellow cards; Anderlecht received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Gent were 8th on 26 points from 20 and Anderlecht 4th on 35 points from 20. Gent went on to finish that season 7th with 52 points, and Anderlecht 6th with 55.
Gent lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Anderlecht in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Tiago Araújo of Gent (8.5), ahead of Hyllarion Goore (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Gent wins, 1 draw and 5 for Anderlecht.
Key events
- 4'Goal · Nilson Angulo
- 31'Yellow card · Siebe Van der Heyden
- 31'Yellow card
- 34'Yellow card · Colin Coosemans
- 34'Yellow card · Marco Kana
- 37'Penalty goal · Wilfried Kanga
- 43'Goal · Nilson Angulo
- 67'Yellow card · Matties Volckaert
- 68'Yellow card · Moussa N'Diaye
- 75'Yellow card · Michal Skoras
- 81'Goal · Tiago Araújo
- 84'Goal · Max Dean
- 88'Yellow card · Tiago Araújo
- 90+4'Goal · Hyllarion Goore
Head-to-head
Team news
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Gent line-up (4-2-3-1)
Davy Roef, Matties Volckaert, Maksim Paskotsi, Siebe Van der Heyden, Tiago Araújo, Atsuki Ito, Leonardo Lopes, Abdelkahar Kadri, Hyun-seok Hong, Michal Skoras, Wilfried Kanga
Anderlecht line-up (4-3-3)
Colin Coosemans, Killian Sardella, Mihajlo Ilić, Marco Kana, Ludwig Augustinsson, Nathan De Cat, Nathan Saliba, Thorgan Hazard, Tristan Degreef, Mihajlo Cvetkovic, Nilson Angulo