Zulte-Waregem 2-1 Genk: result and report
Pro League · Saturday 17 January 2026
Result
Zulte-Waregem 2-1 Genk
Pro League · Saturday 17 January 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Zulte-Waregem 2-1 Genk: match report
Zulte-Waregem won against Genk 2-1 in the Pro League on Saturday 17 January 2026. The half-time score was 0-0.
Aaron Bibout opened the scoring in the 74th minute. Zulte-Waregem's goals came from Marley Ake (76') and Wilguens Paugain (86'). Genk scored through Aaron Bibout (74').
Discipline: Zulte-Waregem received 2 yellow cards; Genk received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Zulte-Waregem were 11th on 23 points from 20 and Genk 12th on 23 points from 20. Zulte-Waregem went on to finish that season 11th with 48 points, and Genk 4th with 58.
Zulte-Waregem lined up in a 3-4-3 and Genk in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Tobias Lawal of Genk (7.8), ahead of Bryan Heynen (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Zulte-Waregem wins, 0 draws and 1 for Genk.
Going into the match Zulte-Waregem's last five read L-L-D-D-D and Genk's L-D-D-L-W.
Key events
- 40'Yellow card · Matte Smets
- 47'Yellow card · Nikolas Sattlberger
- 58'Yellow card · Enrique Lofolomo
- 74'Goal · Aaron Bibout
- 76'Goal · Marley Ake
- 83'Yellow card · Wilguens Paugain
- 86'Goal · Wilguens Paugain
Head-to-head
Team news
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Zulte-Waregem line-up (3-4-3)
Brent Gabriël, Benoit De Jaegere, Jakob Kiilerich, Lukas Willen, Benoit Nyssen, Enrique Lofolomo, Thomas Claes, Emran Soglo, Jeppe Erenbjerg, Anosike Ementa, Marley Aké
Genk line-up (4-2-3-1)
Tobias Lawal, Zakaria El Ouahdi, Mujaid Sadick, Matte Smets, Yaimar Medina, Bryan Heynen, Nikolas Sattlberger, Konstantinos Karetsas, Daan Heymans, Yira Sor, Robin Mirisola