Gent 2-1 Westerlo: result and report

Pro League · Sunday 7 August 2022

Result

Gent 2-1 Westerlo

Pro League · Sunday 7 August 2022, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Gent 2-1 Westerlo: match report

Gent beat Westerlo 2-1 in the Pro League on Sunday 7 August 2022. The half-time score was 2-1.

Igor Vetokele opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Gent's goals came from Sulayman Marreh (37') and Hugo Cuypers (45+3', penalty). Westerlo scored through Igor Vetokele (5').

Discipline: Gent received 2 yellow cards; Westerlo received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Gent were 17th on 2 points from 2 and Westerlo 13th on 3 points from 2. Gent went on to finish that season 4th with 72 points, and Westerlo 7th with 55.

Gent lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Westerlo in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Igor Vetokele of Westerlo (8.1), ahead of Alessio Castro-Montes (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Gent wins, 3 draws and 0 for Westerlo.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Igor VetokeleWesterlo · 0-1
  • 37'Goal · Sulayman MarrehGent · 1-1
  • 45+3'Penalty goal · Hugo CuypersGent · 2-1
  • 75'Yellow card · Sulayman MarrehGent
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Darko LemajicGent

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Gent 6, draws 3, Westerlo 0.

Team news

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

Davy Roef, Joseph Okumu, Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui, Jordan Torunarigha, Matisse Samoise, Sulayman Marreh, Sven Kums, Alessio Castro-Montes, Andrew Hjulsager, Hugo Cuypers, Malick Fofana

Westerlo line-up (5-3-2)

Sinan Bolat, Edisson Lachezarov Jordanov, Rubin Seigers, Roman Neustädter, Ravil Tagir, Maxim De Cuyper, Mathias Fixelles, Lukas Van Eenoo, Thomas Van den Keybus, Kyan Vaesen, Igor Vetokele