Gent 2-2 Mechelen: result and report

Pro League · Sunday 2 May 2021

Result

Gent 2-2 Mechelen

Pro League · Sunday 2 May 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

Gent · Mechelen · Pro League predictions

Gent 2-2 Mechelen: match report

Gent drew with Mechelen 2-2 in the Pro League on Sunday 2 May 2021. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Nikola Storm opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Gent's goals came from Roman Yaremchuk (46') and Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe (49'). Mechelen scored through Nikola Storm (29') and Ferdy Druijf (32').

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

Going into the game Gent were 7th on 49 points from 34 and Mechelen 8th on 48 points from 34. 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 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Roman Yaremchuk of Gent (8.3), ahead of Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe (8.2).

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 W-W-L-W-L and Mechelen's W-W-L-D-D.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Yellow card · Elisha OwusuGent
  • 29'Goal · Nikola StormMechelen · 0-1
  • 32'Goal · Ferdy DruijfMechelen · 0-2
  • 39'Yellow card · Rob SchoofsMechelen
  • 46'Goal · Roman YaremchukGent · 1-2
  • 49'Goal · Vadis Odjidja-OfoeGent · 2-2

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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Gent line-up (4-3-3)

Sinan Bolat, Andreas Hanche-Olsen, Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui, Bruno Godeau, Milad Mohammadi, Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe, Elisha Owusu, Roman Bezus, Alessio Castro-Montes, Roman Yaremchuk, Tarik Tissoudali

Mechelen line-up (4-2-3-1)

Yannick Thoelen, Sandy Walsh, Thibaut Peyre, Jordi Vanlerberghe, Lucas Bijker, Steven Defour, Rob Schoofs, Geoffry Hairemans, Kerim Mrabti, Nikola Storm, Ferdy Druijf