Gent 2-0 Mechelen: result and report

Pro League · Sunday 9 August 2026

Result

Gent 2-0 Mechelen

Pro League · Sunday 9 August 2026, 11:30 UTC · Planet Group Arena, Gent · half-time 2-0

Gent · Mechelen · Pro League predictions

Gent 2-0 Mechelen: match report

Gent won against Mechelen 2-0 in the Pro League on Sunday 9 August 2026 at Planet Group Arena. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Tiago Araújo opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Gent's goals came from Tiago Araújo (37') and José Mendieta (45'). Mechelen did not score.

Discipline: Gent received no yellow cards; Mechelen received 1 yellow card.

In the current table Gent are 3rd on 25 points and Mechelen are 10th on 12 points.

Gent lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Mechelen in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Nacho Miras of Mechelen (8.0), ahead of Tiago Araújo (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Gent wins, 3 draws and 1 for Mechelen.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 37'Goal · Tiago AraújoGent · 1-0
  • 45'Goal · José MendietaGent · 2-0
  • 85'Yellow card · Massimo DecoeneMechelen

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
3Gent10811196+1325DWWWL
10Mechelen103341318-512LDWWW

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Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Davy Roef, Mouhamed Ngom, Christian Burgess, Siebe Van der Heyden, Matties Volckaert, Tibe De Vlieger, Leonardo Lopes, Tiago Araújo, Abdelkahar Kadri, Momodou Sonko, José Mendieta

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

Nacho Miras, Massimo Decoene, Gora Diouf, José Marsà, Moncef Zekri, Fredrik Hammar, Dikeni Salifou, Bilal Bafdili, Dennis Praet, Myron van Brederode, Benito Raman

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