Zulte-Waregem 2-0 Mechelen: result and report

Pro League · Sunday 8 January 2023

Result

Zulte-Waregem 2-0 Mechelen

Pro League · Sunday 8 January 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Zulte-Waregem · Mechelen · Pro League predictions

Zulte-Waregem 2-0 Mechelen: match report

Zulte-Waregem won against Mechelen 2-0 in the Pro League on Sunday 8 January 2023. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Nicolas Rommens opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Zulte-Waregem's goals came from Nicolas Rommens (5') and Zinho Gano (73', penalty). Mechelen did not score.

Discipline: Zulte-Waregem received 2 yellow cards; Mechelen received 6 yellow cards.

Going into the game Zulte-Waregem were 18th on 13 points from 18 and Mechelen 13th on 19 points from 17. Zulte-Waregem went on to finish that season 16th with 27 points, and Mechelen 13th with 37.

Zulte-Waregem lined up in a 3-5-2 and Mechelen in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Sammy Bossut of Zulte-Waregem (7.6), ahead of Nicolas Rommens (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Zulte-Waregem win, 2 draws and 0 for Mechelen.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

4'Yellow card · A. Van HoorenbeeckMechelen
5'Goal · Nicolas RommensZulte-Waregem · 1-0
23'Yellow card · Timothy DerijckZulte-Waregem
59'Yellow card · Sandy WalshMechelen
69'Yellow card · Dimitri LavalėeMechelen
73'Penalty goal · Zinho GanoZulte-Waregem · 2-0
77'Yellow card · Birger VerstraeteMechelen
84'Yellow card · D. BatesMechelen
87'Yellow card · Rob SchoofsMechelen
90+4'Yellow card · Alessandro CiranniZulte-Waregem

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Zulte-Waregem 1, draws 2, Mechelen 0.

Mechelen 2-2 Zulte-WaregemPro League · 5 Nov 2022
Zulte-Waregem 3-2 MechelenPro League · 18 Dec 2021
Mechelen 2-2 Zulte-WaregemPro League · 23 Oct 2021

Team news

Unavailable

Wout De BuyserZulte-Waregem · injury (Foot Injury)
Maryan ShvedMechelen · injury (Pubalgia)
Jordi VanlerbergheMechelen · injury (Heart Problems)
Lukas WillenZulte-Waregem · injury (Injury To Abdominal Muscles)
Rayane FalchouMechelen · injury (Traffic Accident)
Jelle VossenZulte-Waregem · injury (Lung Contusion)
Julien NgoyMechelen · injury (Muscle Injury)
Boli BolingoliMechelen · injury (Muscle Injury)
Stan BraemZulte-Waregem · injury (Hamstring Injury)
Oleksandr DrambayevZulte-Waregem · injury (Hamstring Muscle Injury)
Gaëtan CouckeMechelen · injury (Ill)
Kerim MrabtiMechelen · injury (Calf Injury)
Lucas BijkerMechelen · injury (Calf Injury)
Modou TambedouZulte-Waregem · suspension (Yellow Card Suspension)

Zulte-Waregem line-up (3-5-2)

Sammy Bossut, Bent Sørmo, Timothy Derijck, Novatus Miroshi, Alessandro Ciranni, Abdoulaye Sissako, Ruud Vormer, Nicolas Rommens, Alieu Fadera, Zinho Gano, Christian Brüls

Mechelen line-up (4-3-3)

Yannick Thoelen, Sandy Walsh, David Bates, Dimitri Lavalée, Alec Van Hoorenbeeck, Birger Verstraete, Alessio Da Cruz, Rob Schoofs, Geoffry Hairemans, Yonas Malede, Nikola Storm