Mechelen 1-0 Genk: result and report
Pro League · Saturday 31 October 2026
Result
Mechelen 1-0 Genk: match report
Mechelen won against Genk 1-0 in the Pro League on Saturday 31 October 2026. It was 1-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Simion Michez of Mechelen in the 22nd minute.
Discipline: Mechelen received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Genk received 6 yellow cards.
Going into the game Mechelen were 15th on 6 points from 7 and Genk 6th on 15 points from 9. This fixture belongs to an earlier Pro League season and is kept for reference.
Mechelen lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Genk in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ortwin De Wolf of Mechelen (8.3), ahead of Simion Michez (8.0).
Going into the match Mechelen's last five read W-D-L-L-D and Genk's W-W-L-D-D.
Key events
- 2'Yellow card · Marco Decherf
- 2'Yellow card · Frederik Vanderbiest
- 10'Yellow card · Noah Adedeji-Sternberg
- 22'Goal · Simion Michez
- 24'Yellow card · Kobe Corbanie
- 67'Yellow card · Kevin Amaro
- 70'Yellow card · Milan Roganovic
- 75'Second yellow · Frederik Vanderbiest
- 88'Yellow card · Matte Smets
- 90+4'Yellow card · Bryan Heynen
- 90+5'Yellow card · Yaimar Medina
Team news
Unavailable
- Tommy St. Jago
- Leo Hjelde
- Ian Struyf
- Kenan Haroun
- Dikeni Salifou
- Adeshina Ayodele
- Keano Vanrafelghem
- Bouke Boersma
- Ken Nkuba
- Daan Heymans
Mechelen line-up (3-4-1-2)
Ortwin De Wolf, Kobe Corbanie, Luc Marijnissen, José Marsà, Simion Michez, Fredrik Hammar, Marco Decherf, Thérence Koudou, Myron van Brederode, Benito Raman, Malcolm Lohunanu-Mbasi
Genk line-up (4-2-3-1)
Lucca Brughmans, Kevin Amaro, Matte Smets, Josué Kongolo, Joris Kayembe, Benjamin Tahirović, Bryan Heynen, Junya Ito, Jeppe Erenbjerg, Noah Adedeji-Sternberg, Rafiu Durosinmi