Gent 1-0 Mechelen: result and report

Pro League · Sunday 30 August 2020

Result

Gent 1-0 Mechelen

Pro League · Sunday 30 August 2020, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

Gent · Mechelen · Pro League predictions

Gent 1-0 Mechelen: match report

Gent won against Mechelen 1-0 in the Pro League on Sunday 30 August 2020. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from A. Niangbo of Gent in the 36th minute.

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

Going into the game Gent were 18th on 0 points from 3 and Mechelen 12th on 4 points from 3. Gent went on to finish that season 4th with 62 points, and Mechelen 7th with 59.

Gent lined up in a 4-3-3 and Mechelen in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Anderson Degbolé Niangbo of Gent (8.0), ahead of Gaëtan Coucke (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Gent wins, 3 draws and 2 for Mechelen.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 36'Goal · A. NiangboGent · 1-0
  • 56'Yellow card · Giorgi ChakvetadzeGent
  • 59'Yellow card · Rob SchoofsMechelen
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Alessio Castro-MontesGent

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Gent 5, draws 3, Mechelen 2.

Team news

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Gent line-up (4-3-3)

Davy Roef, Alessio Castro-Montes, Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui, Igor Plastun, Núrio Fortuna, Elisha Owusu, Sven Kums, Giorgi Chakvetadze, Roman Yaremchuk, Tim Kleindienst, Anderson Degbolé Niangbo

Mechelen line-up (4-3-3)

Gaëtan Coucke, Issa Kaboré, Thibaut Peyre, Rocky Bushiri, Lucas Bijker, Rob Schoofs, Joachim Van Damme, Aster Vranckx, Geoffry Hairemans, Nikola Storm, William Togui