Union Saint-Gilloise Thrashes Genk in a One-Sided Match
Union Saint-Gilloise dominated Genk, winning 5-0 at the Stade Joseph Mariën in Brussels. The home team controlled the match from the outset, displaying a potent attack and a robust defense.
The match opened with a goal from L. Lapoussin in the 4th minute, who capitalized on a clever assist from None to break the deadlock. P. David doubled the lead in the 45th minute, assisted once again by Lapoussin.
The second half continued the trend of Union dominance. N. Sadiki scored the third goal in the 51st minute, sealing victory before the hour mark. Late in the match, P. David scored his second of the game, this time assisted by R. Sykes, to make it 4-0 for the hosts. The fifth and final goal came through an own goal by the Genk defense, which could not recover from the early setback.
Despite the final result, the match was not without controversy. Genk saw four players cautioned: M. Sadick, B. Heynen, H. Van Crombrugge, and T. Arokodare, while Union received yellow cards for K. Machida and C. Burgess.
This victory solidifies Union Saint-Gilloise’s position at the top of the Jupiler Pro League table, while Genk will need to assess their performance and look to improve in the coming matches.
Substitutions genk: at minute 59 K. Karetsas came in and I. Bangoura went out., at minute 82 Oh Hyeon-Gyu came in and T. Arokodare went out., at minute 82 N. Adedeji-Sternberg came in and C. Bonsu Baah went out.
Substitutions union st. gilloise: at minute 66 M. Fuseini came in and P. David went out., at minute 66 S. Boufal came in and L. Amani went out., at minute 82 O. Niang came in and K. Mac Allister went out., at minute 82 A. Khalaili came in and F. Ivanovic went out., at minute 86 K. Van De Perre came in and C. Vanhoutte went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Union St. Gilloise
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Genk
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