Gent 2-0 Mechelen: result and report
Pro League · Sunday 15 August 2021
Result
Gent 2-0 Mechelen
Pro League · Sunday 15 August 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Gent 2-0 Mechelen: match report
Gent beat Mechelen 2-0 in the Pro League on Sunday 15 August 2021. The half-time score was 1-0.
Michael Ngadeu opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Gent's goals came from Michael Ngadeu (28') and Núrio Fortuna (90+2'). Mechelen did not score.
Discipline: Gent received 2 yellow cards; Mechelen received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Gent were 17th on 1 point from 3 and Mechelen 14th on 3 points from 3. Gent went on to finish that season 3rd with 74 points, and Mechelen 8th with 56.
Gent lined up in a 3-5-2 and Mechelen in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe of Gent (8.2), level with Gaëtan Coucke (8.2).
Going into the match Gent's last five read L-D-L and Mechelen's L-L-W.
Key events
- 28'Goal · Michael Ngadeu
- 55'Yellow card · Sven Kums
- 55'Yellow card · Vinicius Souza
- 77'Yellow card · S. Bateau
- 87'Yellow card · Andreas Hanche-Olsen
- 90+2'Goal · Núrio Fortuna
Team news
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Gent line-up (3-5-2)
Sinan Bolat, Andreas Hanche-Olsen, Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui, Bruno Godeau, Alessio Castro-Montes, Sven Kums, Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe, Julien De Sart, Núrio Fortuna, Tarik Tissoudali, Yonas Malede
Mechelen line-up (4-2-3-1)
Gaëtan Coucke, Iebe Swers, Jordi Vanlerberghe, Sheldon Bateau, Sandy Walsh, Vinicius de Souza Costa, Rob Schoofs, Geoffry Hairemans, Gustav Engvall, Nikola Storm, Ferdy Druijf