Pro League · Round 1
Planet Group Arena

Gent 2–0 KV Mechelen starting lineups

Gent KV Mechelen
2 - 0
Full time
Araújo 37' Vergara 45'

Gent and KV Mechelen lineup images

Gent starting lineup vs KV Mechelen, 3-4-3: Roef, Ngom, Burgess, van der Heyden, Volckaert, De Vlieger, Lopes, Araújo, Kadri, Vergara, Sonko. Pro League Round 1, Sunday, August 9, 2026. Made with MyLineups.
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KV Mechelen starting lineup vs Gent, 4-3-3: Mirás, Decoene, Diouf, Marsà, Zekri, Hammar, Praet, Salifou, Bafdili, Raman, van Brederode. Pro League Round 1, Sunday, August 9, 2026. Made with MyLineups.
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Match events

28'
substitutionCorbanie for Diouf
1 - 0Araújogoal
37'
2 - 0Vergaragoal
45'
Half time · 2 - 0
Paskotsi for Burgesssubstitution
46'
46'
substitutionLohunanu-Mbasi for Raman
Goore for Kadrisubstitution
71'
Delorge for De Vliegersubstitution
71'
76'
substitutionStruyf for Marsà
77'
substitutionKireev for Praet
Cisse for Vergarasubstitution
79'
85'
Yellow cardDecoene Yellow card
86'
substitutionVan Meirvenne for Bafdili

Gent and KV Mechelen team sheets and player ratings

Gent

3-4-3
Starting XI
33 Belgium Roef rating 7.4
5 Senegal Ngom rating 8.0
16 England Burgess off 46' rating 6.7
44 Belgium van der Heyden rating 7.4
57 Belgium Volckaert rating 7.4
27 Belgium De Vlieger off 71' rating 7.9
22 Portugal Lopes rating 7.9
20 Portugal Araújo 1 goal rating 8.0
37 Algeria Kadri off 71' rating 7.1
47 Panama Vergara 1 goal off 79' rating 7.7
11 Sweden Sonko rating 8.0
Substitutes
3 Estonia Paskotsi on 46' rating 6.4
17 Belgium Delorge on 71' rating 6.5
45 Côte d'Ivoire Goore on 71' rating 6.4
75 Senegal Cisse on 79' rating 6.1
30 Belgium Peersman
56 Senegal Diallo
8 Slovakia Bénes
28 Belgium El Adfaoui
59 Senegal Seck

KV Mechelen

4-3-3
Starting XI
13 Spain Mirás rating 7.6
39 Belgium Decoene yellow card rating 6.1
4 Senegal Diouf off 28' rating 6.6
3 Spain Marsà off 76' rating 6.5
23 Morocco Zekri rating 6.4
6 Sweden Hammar rating 6.0
26 Belgium Praet off 77' rating 6.6
8 Togo Salifou rating 6.1
11 Belgium Bafdili off 86' rating 6.4
14 Belgium Raman off 46' rating 5.7
9 Netherlands van Brederode rating 5.8
Substitutes
20 Belgium Corbanie on 28' rating 6.4
99 Belgium Lohunanu-Mbasi on 46' rating 6.2
18 Belgium Struyf on 76' rating 6.0
10 Belarus Kireev on 77' rating 5.9
17 Belgium Van Meirvenne on 86'
1 Belgium de Wolf
40 Morocco Ouahabi
7 France Koudou
27 Belgium Vanrafelghem

Managers

De Mil3-4-3Gent
Vanderbiest4-3-3KV Mechelen
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Gent 2–0 KV Mechelen: match summary

Gent beat KV Mechelen 2–0 at Planet Group Arena in Gent on Sunday, August 9, 2026, in Round 1 of the Pro League. Tiago Araújo (37') and Josué Vergara (45') scored for Gent. The match ratings read 7.2 for Gent and 6.3 for KV Mechelen. five players tied for the highest player rating at 8.0, and Benito Raman of KV Mechelen the lowest rated starter at 5.5. Gent lined up in a 3-4-3 under De Mil, KV Mechelen in a 4-3-3 under Vanderbiest. Massimo Decoene was booked on 85 minutes, and nobody was sent off. The Pro League table taken on September 2, 2026 had Gent 3rd on 9 points and KV Mechelen 14th on 2.

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