CORNERFLICK
- Kick-off
- Sat, 31 Oct 2026 · 15:00 (UTC)
- Venue
- Veoliastadion Achter De Kazerne, Mechelen
- Referee
- Lothar D'hondt, Belgium
Match timeline
- 90+5’Yellow card
GenkY. Medina - 90+4’Yellow cardGenkB. Heynen
- 88’Yellow cardGenkM. Smets
- 85’Substitution
KV MechelenC. Van Meirvenne ONB. Raman OFF - 80’SubstitutionGenkA. De Wannemacker ONB. Tahirovic OFF
- 79’SubstitutionGenkY. Medina ONK. Amaro OFF
- 75’SubstitutionKV MechelenM. Decoene ONS. Michez OFF
- 75’Yellow cardKV MechelenF. Vanderbiest
Show 10 earlier events
- 68’Yellow cardGenkM. Roganovic
- 67’Yellow cardGenkK. Amaro
- 64’SubstitutionKV MechelenD. Praet ONM. Lohunanu-Mbasi OFF
- 63’SubstitutionGenkA. Bibout ONJ. Ito OFF
- 46’SubstitutionGenkA. Yokoyama ONN. Adedeji-Sternberg OFF
- 24’Yellow cardKV MechelenK. Corbanie
- 22’Goal!KV MechelenS. MichezAssist: M. Decherf1 – 0
- 10’Yellow cardGenkN. Adedeji-Sternberg
- 3’Yellow cardKV MechelenF. Vanderbiest
- 2’Yellow cardKV MechelenM. Decherf
- 1’Kick-off
Key stats
KV MechelenGenk- 44%Possession56%
- 8Shots16
- 0.31xG1.58
- 3Shots on Target5
- 3Corners7
- 77%Pass Accuracy84%
- 1Offsides2
- 5Saves2
- 323Passes392
- 12Fouls12
- 2Yellow Cards3
Lineups
Confirmed selections
KV Mechelen3 - 4 - 1 - 2
- 1Wolf
- 20Corbanie
- 2Marijnissen
- 3Marsà
- 23Michez
- 6Hammar
- 30Decherf
- 7Koudou
- 9Brederode
- 14Raman
- 19Lohunanu-Mbasi
Substitutions
- 64’↑26 Dennis Praet↓19 Malcolm Lohunanu-Mbasi
- 75’↑39 Massimo Decoene↓23 Simion Michez
- 85’↑17 Cedric Jan Van Meirvenne↓14 Benito Raman
Unused substitutes 32 Tijn Van Ingelgom, 4 Gora Diouf, 10 Maxim Kireev, 11 Bilal Bafdili, 21 Halil Özdemir, 29 Bill Antonio
Genk4 - 2 - 3 - 1
- 28Brughmans
- 20Amaro
- 6Smets
- 44Kongolo
- 18Kayembe
- 4Tahirović
- 8Heynen
- 10Ito
- 11Erenbjerg
- 32Adedeji-Sternberg
- 17Durosinmi
Substitutions
- 46’↑30 Ayumu Yokoyama↓32 Noah Adedeji-Sternberg
- 63’↑23 Aaron Bibout↓10 Junya Ito
- 79’↑19 Yaimar Medina↓20 Kevin Amaro
- 80’↑56 August De Wannemacker↓4 Benjamin Tahirović
Unused substitutes 1 Tobe Leysen, 25 Milan Roganović, 5 Christiaan Ravych, 24 Nikolas Sattlberger, 21 Ibrahima Sory Bangoura
Match facts
- Competition
- Belgian Pro League
- Round
- Matchday 10
- Date
- Sat, 31 Oct 2026
- Kick-off
- 15:00 (UTC)
- Venue
- Veoliastadion Achter De Kazerne, Mechelen
- Referee
- Lothar D'hondt, Belgium
League table
Belgian Pro League
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Club Brugge KV | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | +18 | 27 |
| 2 |  Charleroi | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | +13 | 27 |
| 3 |  Union St. Gilloise | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | +22 | 26 |
| 4 |  Gent | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | +13 | 25 |
| 5 |  Anderlecht | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 19 |
| 7 |  Genk | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 15 |
| 11 |  KV Mechelen | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -7 | 12 |
Player ratings
- 1
Simion Michez8.3 - 2
Ortwin De Wolf8.2 - 3
José Marsà7.5 - 4
Myron Van Brederode7.3 - 5
Kobe Corbanie7.2 - 6
Luc Marijnissen7.2 - 7
Fredrik Hammar7.0 - 8
Marco Decherf6.9 - 9
Malcolm Lohunanu-Mbasi6.9 - 10
Thérence Koudou6.7 - 11
Benito Raman6.5 - 12
Dennis Praet6.2
- 1
Matte Smets7.9 - 2
Bryan Heynen7.7 - 3
Benjamin Tahirović7.5 - 4
Joris Kayembe7.2 - 5
Josue Ndenge Kongolo6.9 - 6
Jeppe Erenbjerg6.9 - 7
Kevin Amaro6.6 - 8
Rafiu Durosinmi6.6 - 9
Ayumu Yokoyama6.6 - 10
Lucca Brughmans6.5 - 11
Junya Ito6.5 - 12
Noah Adedeji-Sternberg6.3 - 13
Aaron Bibout6.2
Match ratings from API-Football, out of 10.
MVP of the match
Simion Michez
KV Mechelen
- 1
- Goals
- 0
- Assists
Rated 8.3, the best on the pitch — 1 goal in 74 minutes.
Team form comparison
Last 5 matches, all competitions
KV Mechelen- W-D-L
- 1-2-2
- Scored / match
- 1.2
- Conceded / match
- 2.0
Genk- W-D-L
- 2-2-1
- Scored / match
- 1.2
- Conceded / match
- 1.0
Fan predictions
How the fans called it
- KV MechelenResult0%
- Genk0%
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What happened
Match report
KV Mechelen beat Genk 1-0 after S. Michez scored in the 22nd minute and the home side protected that lead for the rest of the match. Genk had more of the ball and more chances, but could not find an equaliser.
The only goal came in the 22nd minute, when M. Decherf set up S. Michez to open the scoring and put KV Mechelen 1-0 ahead. That remained the half-time score.
Genk made a change at the break, with A. Yokoyama replacing N. Adedeji-Sternberg, and later sent on A. Bibout for J. Ito on 63 minutes. KV Mechelen replied with D. Praet for M. Lohunanu-Mbasi on 64 minutes and then brought on M. Decoene for Michez on 75 minutes, before B. Raman was replaced by C. Van Meirvenne on 85 minutes. Genk kept pushing, but their 16 shots and five on target did not produce a goal, while KV Mechelen made five saves to hold the advantage.
The numbers leaned towards Genk. They had 56% possession, 392 passes to KV Mechelen's 323 and 84% pass accuracy to 77%, while they also finished with 16 shots, seven corners and an xG of 1.58. KV Mechelen had 8 shots, three on target, three corners and 0.31 xG, but still took the points.
Discipline was busy. KV Mechelen's M. Decherf and F. Vanderbiest were booked in the 2nd and 3rd minutes, with K. Corbanie also shown yellow on 24 minutes and Vanderbiest booked again on 75 minutes. Genk's cautions went to N. Adedeji-Sternberg in the 10th minute, K. Amaro on 67 minutes, M. Roganovic on 68 minutes, M. Smets on 88 minutes, B. Heynen in the fourth minute of stoppage time and Y. Medina in the fifth.
Match record
- Competition
- Belgian Pro League
- Round
- Matchday 10
- Kick-off
- Venue
- Veoliastadion Achter De Kazerne, Mechelen
- Referee
- Lothar D'hondt
- Match ID
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18 events
- 2’Yellow cardKV MechelenM. Decherf
- 3’Yellow cardKV MechelenF. Vanderbiest
- 10’Yellow cardGenkN. Adedeji-Sternberg
- 22’Goal!KV MechelenS. MichezAssist: M. Decherf1 – 0
- 24’Yellow cardKV MechelenK. Corbanie
- 46’SubstitutionGenkA. Yokoyama ONN. Adedeji-Sternberg OFF
- 63’SubstitutionGenkA. Bibout ONJ. Ito OFF
- 64’SubstitutionKV MechelenD. Praet ONM. Lohunanu-Mbasi OFF
- 67’Yellow cardGenkK. Amaro
- 68’Yellow cardGenkM. Roganovic
- 75’SubstitutionKV MechelenM. Decoene ONS. Michez OFF
- 75’Yellow cardKV MechelenF. Vanderbiest
- 79’SubstitutionGenkY. Medina ONK. Amaro OFF
- 80’SubstitutionGenkA. De Wannemacker ONB. Tahirovic OFF
- 85’SubstitutionKV MechelenC. Van Meirvenne ONB. Raman OFF
- 88’Yellow cardGenkM. Smets
- 90+4’Yellow cardGenkB. Heynen
- 90+5’Yellow cardGenkY. Medina