Mechelen 1-1 Genk: result and report

Pro League · Sunday 5 December 2021

Result

Mechelen 1-1 Genk

Pro League · Sunday 5 December 2021, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Mechelen · Genk · Pro League predictions

Mechelen 1-1 Genk: match report

Mechelen drew with Genk 1-1 in the Pro League on Sunday 5 December 2021. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Théo Bongonda opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. Mechelen's goal came from Nikola Storm (50'). Genk scored through Théo Bongonda (43').

Discipline: Mechelen received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Genk received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Mechelen were 7th on 26 points from 16 and Genk 10th on 21 points from 16. Mechelen went on to finish that season 8th with 56 points, and Genk 6th with 62.

Mechelen lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Genk in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Nikola Storm of Mechelen (7.8), level with Vinicius de Souza Costa (7.8).

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 0'Yellow card · John van den BromGenk
  • 43'Goal · Théo BongondaGenk · 0-1
  • 50'Goal · Nikola StormMechelen · 1-1
  • 62'Red card · Gaëtan CouckeMechelen
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Kerim MrabtiMechelen

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Gaëtan Coucke, Sandy Walsh, Thibaut Peyre, Sheldon Bateau, Lucas Bijker, Vinicius de Souza Costa, Samuel Oum Gouet, Maryan Shved, Kerim Mrabti, Nikola Storm, Igor De Camargo

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

Maarten Vandevoordt, Angelo Preciado, Carlos Cuesta, Mark McKenzie, Gerardo Arteaga, Bryan Heynen, Patrik Hrosovsky, Luca Oyen, Kristian Thorstvedt, Théo Bongonda, Joseph Paintsil