Gent 3-1 Mechelen: result and report

Pro League · Saturday 30 October 2010

Result

Gent 3-1 Mechelen

Pro League · Saturday 30 October 2010, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Gent 3-1 Mechelen: match report

Gent won against Mechelen 3-1 in the Pro League on Saturday 30 October 2010. The half-time score was 1-0.

Elimane Coulibaly opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Gent's goals came from Elimane Coulibaly (37'), Zlatan Ljubijankič (53') and Tim Smolders (81', penalty). Mechelen scored through Jonathan Wilmet (80').

Discipline: Gent received 2 yellow cards; Mechelen received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Gent were 3rd on 22 points from 12 and Mechelen 4th on 22 points from 12. Gent went on to finish that season 5th with 61 points, and Mechelen 7th with 56.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Gent wins, 0 draws and 1 for Mechelen.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Yellow card · Boris PandžaMechelen
  • 15'Yellow card · Bernd ThijsGent
  • 25'Yellow card · Antonio GhomsiMechelen
  • 26'Yellow card · Joachim MunungaMechelen
  • 37'Goal · Elimane CoulibalyGent · 1-0
  • 39'Yellow card · Kevin GeudensMechelen
  • 45'Yellow card · Mario BarićGent
  • 53'Goal · Zlatan LjubijankičGent · 2-0
  • 80'Goal · Jonathan WilmetMechelen · 2-1
  • 81'Penalty goal · Tim SmoldersGent · 3-1
  • 86'Red card · Christian BentekeMechelen

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Gent 2, draws 0, Mechelen 1.

Team news

Gent line-up

Bojan Jorgacevic, Marko Šuler, Stef Wils, Kenny Thompson, Mario Barić, Tim Smolders, Bernd Thijs, Randall Azofeifa, Elimane Coulibaly, Stijn De Smet, Zlatan Ljubijankič

Mechelen line-up

Olivier Renard, Kenny Van Hoevelen, Yuan Chen Xavier Tsan, Antonio Ghomsi, Julien Gorius, Kevin Geudens, Yoni Buyens, Joachim Mununga, Christian Benteke, Boris Pandža, David Destorme