GENK. Genk crushes Mechelen 4-0 with goals of Christopher Baah (16′), Bryan Heynen (41′), Bilal El Khannouss (75′) and Anouar Ait El Hadj (90′).

The match was played at the Luminus Arena stadium in Genk on Sunday and it started at 1:30 pm local time. The referee was Jan Boterberg with the help of Ruben Wyns and Kevin Monteny. The 4th official was Wim Smet. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was cold at 13.85 degrees Celsius or 56.93 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 83%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Genk was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Mechelen that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Mechelen was more aggressive with 68 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyway, Genk was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Genk shot 19 times, 9 on target, 8 off target. Regarding the opposition, Mechelen shot 10 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Genk received 1 yellow card (Mark McKenzie). On the other side, Mechelen received 2 yellow cards (Elias Cobbaut and Daam Foulon).

Standings

After this match, Genk will have 18 points like Cercle Brugge to remain in the 4th place. Regarding the opposition, Mechelen will stay with 11 points to remain in the 13th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Pro League, Genk will play away against Westerlo on the 16th of March with a 14-6 head to head record in favor of Genk (7 draws).

Mechelen will play away agasint OH Leuven on the 16th of March with a 11-10 head to head in favor of Mechelen (9 draws).

Genk – Formation

Genk started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Wouter Vrancken decided to play with the following team: Maarten Vandevoordt (7.8), Zakaria El Ouahdi (7.3), Mujaid Sadick (7.3), Mark McKenzie (7.9), Gerardo Arteaga (7.3), Bryan Heynen (8.7), Patrik Hrošovský (6.7), Christopher Baah (8.5), Bilal El Khannouss (8.7), Joseph Paintsil (7.5) and Andi Zeqiri (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Hendrik Van Crombrugge, Aziz Ouattara Mohammed, Yira Collins Sor, Joris Kayembe Ditu, Anouar Ait El Hadj (7.5), Daniel Muñoz, Luca Oyen (7.1), Alejandro Galarza (6.6) and Tolu Arokodare (6.8).

Substitutions

Genk made 4 changes: Bilal El Khannouss for Luca Oyen (79′), Andi Zeqiri for Alejandro Galarza (80′), Christopher Baah for Luca Oyen (67′) and Joseph Paintsil for Anouar Ait El Hadj (67′).

Best player: Bryan Heynen​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Genk was Bryan Heynen.

His rating is (8.7) with 1 goal, 35 passes (86% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 6. He performed 1 cross.

Mechelen – Formation

Mechelen started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Steven Defour played with: Gaëtan Coucke (7.0), Sandy Walsh (6.4), Jordi Vanlerberghe (7.5), Elias Cobbaut (7.0), Daam Foulon (6.0), Geoffry Hairemans (7.5), Kerim Mrabti (7.0), Ngal’ayel Mukau (6.4), Nikola Storm (7.5), Lion Lauberbach (7.3) and Rob Schoofs (6.8).

They had on the bench: Toon Raemaekers, Jannes Van Hecke, Yonas Malede (6.8), Yannick Thoelen, David Bates, Bilal Bafdili, Norman Bassette (6.6) and Patrick Pflücke (6.3).

Substitutions

Mechelen made 3 changes: Nikola Storm for Yonas Malede (67′), Ngal’ayel Mukau for Patrick Pflücke (67′) and Lion Lauberbach for Norman Bassette (73′).

Best player: Geoffry Hairemans​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Mechelen was Geoffry Hairemans.

His rating is (7.5) with 59 passes (86% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 14. He performed 4 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Pro League.​

• Cercle Brugge – Gent – 2-0
• OH Leuven – Sint-Truiden – 4-0
• Genk – Mechelen – 4-0
• Standard Liège – Anderlecht – 3-2