Mechelen 2-0 Gent: result and report

Pro League · Sunday 30 October 2016

Result

Mechelen 2-0 Gent

Pro League · Sunday 30 October 2016, 17:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Mechelen 2-0 Gent: match report

Mechelen won against Gent 2-0 in the Pro League on Sunday 30 October 2016. The half-time score was 0-0.

Željko Filipović opened the scoring in the 75th minute. Mechelen's goals came from Željko Filipović (75') and Uros Vitas (90+2', penalty). Gent did not score.

Discipline: Mechelen received 1 yellow card; Gent received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Mechelen were 10th on 15 points from 12 and Gent 6th on 21 points from 12. Mechelen went on to finish that season 8th with 48 points, and Gent 3rd with 67.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Mechelen win, 0 draws and 1 for Gent.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Yellow card · Stefan MitrovićGent
  • 28'Yellow card · Ibrahim RabiuGent
  • 50'Yellow card · Mats RitsMechelen
  • 75'Goal · Željko FilipovićMechelen · 1-0
  • 90'Red card · Nana AsareGent
  • 90+2'Penalty goal · Uros VitasMechelen · 2-0

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Mechelen 1, draws 0, Gent 1.

Team news

Mechelen line-up

Colin Coosemans, Uroš Vitas, Yuan Chen Xavier Tsan, Edin Cocalić, Jordi Vanlerberghe, Mats Rits, Dimitrios Kolovos, Nils Schouterden, Željko Filipović, Nicolas Verdier, Yohan Croizet

Gent line-up

Yannick Thoelen, Stefan Mitrovic, Nana Asare, Lasse Nielsen, Thomas Foket, Renato Neto, Kenny Saief, Moses Simon, Ibrahim Rabiu, Danijel Miličević, Kalifa Coulibaly