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KAA Gent
FT
2–0
9 Aug 2026
KV Mechelen
Belgian Pro League Sun 9 Aug, 12:30London Ghelamco Arena, Ghent Erik Lambrechts

Timeline

  1. 28' Kobe Corbanie for Gora Diouf
  2. 37' Tiago Araújo
  3. 45' Josué Yamir Vergara Ortega
  4. 45' Maksim Paskotši for Christian Burgess
  5. 45' Malcolm Bendele Lohunanu-Mbasi for Benito Raman
  6. 71' Bi Goore for Abdelkahar Kadri
  7. 71' Mathias Delorge-Knieper for Tibe De Vlieger
  8. 76' Ian Struyf for José Marsà
  9. 77' Maksim Kireev for Dennis Praet
  10. 80' Ibrahima Cisse for Josué Yamir Vergara Ortega
  11. 85' Massimo Decoene Yellow Card
  12. 86' Cedric Jan Van Meirvenne for Bilal Bafdili

Match stats

52.9% Possession 47.1%
15 Shots 5
8 On target 2
11 Fouls 11
0 Yellow cards 1
0 Red cards 0
1 Offsides 1
2 Saves 7
437 Accurate passes 384

Lineups

KAA Gent 3-4-2-1
33 Roef
44 der Heyden 16 Burgess 5 Ngom
20 Araújo 22 Lopes 27 De Vlieger 57 Volckaert
11 Sonko 47 Ortega
37 Kadri
KV Mechelen 4-2-3-1
13 Miras
23 Zekri 3 Marsà 4 Diouf 39 Decoene
8 Salifou 6 Hammar
9 van Brederode 26 Praet 11 Bafdili
14 Raman
KAA Gent 3-4-2-1
  1. 33 Davy Roef G
  2. 16 Christian Burgess ▼ CD
  3. 44 Siebe van der Heyden CD-L
  4. 5 Mouhamed Ngom CD-R
  5. 22 Leo Da Silva Lopes CM-L
  6. 27 Tibe De Vlieger ▼ CM-R
  7. 20 Tiago Araújo LM
  8. 57 Matties Volckaert RM
  9. 47 Josué Yamir Vergara Ortega ▼ F
  10. 11 Momodou Sonko CF-L
  11. 37 Abdelkahar Kadri ▼ CF-R

Came on

  1. 45 Bi Goore ▲ SUB
  2. 17 Mathias Delorge-Knieper ▲ SUB
  3. 75 Ibrahima Cisse ▲ SUB
  4. 3 Maksim Paskotši ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (5)
  1. 28 Mohammed El Adfaoui SUB
  2. 8 László Bénes SUB
  3. 30 Kjell Peersman SUB
  4. 59 El Hadji Seck SUB
  5. 56 Mamadou Diallo SUB
KV Mechelen 4-2-3-1
  1. 13 Nacho Miras G
  2. 3 José Marsà ▼ CD-L
  3. 4 Gora Diouf ▼ CD-R
  4. 23 Moncef Zekri LB
  5. 39 Massimo Decoene RB
  6. 26 Dennis Praet ▼ AM
  7. 8 Dikeni-Rafid Salifou LM
  8. 6 Fredrik Hammar RM
  9. 14 Benito Raman ▼ F
  10. 9 Myron van Brederode AM-L
  11. 11 Bilal Bafdili ▼ AM-R

Came on

  1. 19 Malcolm Bendele Lohunanu-Mbasi ▲ SUB
  2. 20 Kobe Corbanie ▲ SUB
  3. 17 Cedric Jan Van Meirvenne ▲ SUB
  4. 10 Maksim Kireev ▲ SUB
  5. 18 Ian Struyf ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (4)
  1. 27 Keano Van Rafelghem SUB
  2. 7 Thérence Koudou SUB
  3. 1 Ortwin De Wolf SUB
  4. 40 Amine Ouahabi SUB

Commentary

  1. 86' Cedric Jan Van Meirvenne (KV Mechelen) Substitution at 86'
  2. 85' Massimo Decoene (KV Mechelen) Yellow Card at 85'
  3. 80' Ibrahima Cisse (KAA Gent) Substitution at 80'
  4. 77' Maksim Kireev (KV Mechelen) Substitution at 77'
  5. 76' Ian Struyf (KV Mechelen) Substitution at 76'
  6. 71' Mathias Delorge-Knieper (KAA Gent) Substitution at 71'
  7. 71' Bi Goore (KAA Gent) Substitution at 71'
  8. 45' Malcolm Bendele Lohunanu-Mbasi (KV Mechelen) Substitution at 45'
  9. 45' Maksim Paskotši (KAA Gent) Substitution at 45'
  10. 45' Josué Yamir Vergara Ortega (KAA Gent) Goal at 45'
  11. 37' Tiago Araújo (KAA Gent) Goal at 37'
  12. 28' Kobe Corbanie (KV Mechelen) Substitution at 28'

Recent form

KAA Gent W D D W L

  • L at Club Brugge 5-0 Belgian Pro League
  • W Genk 1-1 Belgian Pro League
  • D at LNZ Cherkasy 0-0 UEFA Conference League Qualifying
  • D LNZ Cherkasy 0-0 UEFA Conference League Qualifying
  • W at IFK Göteborg 1-0 UEFA Conference League Qualifying

KV Mechelen L D D L W

  • W KAA Gent 1-0 Belgian Pro League
  • L at Union St.-Gilloise 3-0 Belgian Pro League
  • D at Anderlecht 2-2 Belgian Pro League
  • D Club Brugge 2-2 Belgian Pro League
  • L at Sint-Truidense 3-0 Belgian Pro League

Head to head

Series tied 1-1-3

  • 3 May 2026 KV Mechelen 1–0 KAA Gent 2025-26 Belgian Pro League
  • 6 Apr 2026 KAA Gent 1–1 KV Mechelen 2025-26 Belgian Pro League
  • 8 Mar 2026 KAA Gent 3–1 KV Mechelen 2025-26 Belgian Pro League
  • 16 Aug 2025 KV Mechelen 1–1 KAA Gent 2025-26 Belgian Pro League
  • 7 Feb 2025 KV Mechelen 3–3 KAA Gent 2024-25 Belgian Pro League