Gent 2-1 Mechelen: result and report
Pro League · Saturday 29 August 2015
Result
Gent 2-1 Mechelen
Pro League · Saturday 29 August 2015, 18:30 UTC · half-time 0-1
Gent 2-1 Mechelen: match report
Gent defeated Mechelen 2-1 in the Pro League on Saturday 29 August 2015. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Dalibor Veselinović opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Gent's goals came from Laurent Depoitre (49') and Laurent Depoitre (90+3'). Mechelen scored through Dalibor Veselinović (7') and Mats Rits (55').
Discipline: Gent received 1 yellow card; Mechelen received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Gent were 6th on 9 points from 5 and Mechelen 13th on 6 points from 5. Gent went on to finish that season 2nd with 74 points, and Mechelen 11th with 40.
Gent lined up in a 3-4-3 and Mechelen in a 4-4-2.
Going into the match Gent's last five read D-W-D-W-D and Mechelen's W-L-W-L-L.
Key events
- 7'Goal · Dalibor Veselinović
- 40'Yellow card · J. Van Damme
- 49'Goal · Laurent Depoitre
- 55'Goal · Mats Rits
- 62'Yellow card · Dalibor Veselinović
- 84'Yellow card · Erik Johansson
- 90+3'Goal · Laurent Depoitre
Team news
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Gent expected line-up (3-4-3)
Bojan Jorgacevic, Stef Wils, Marko Šuler, Wallace, Mario Barić, Bernd Thijs, Tim Smolders, Yassine El Ghanassy, Zlatan Ljubijankič, Randall Azofeifa, Elimane Coulibaly
Mechelen expected line-up (4-4-2)
Jean-François Gillet, Seth De Witte, M. Kosanović, Laurens Paulussen, Vladimir Volkov, Joachim Van Damme, Nicolas Verdier, Ibrahima Cisse, Dalibor Veselinović