Genk won on the Charleroi pitch at the opening of the 27th day of the Pro League in a match that will not go down in history. In a meeting with few chances where there was a lot of waste, the Limburgers had to wait until the 71st minute to score Sor’s only goal of the match.
Charleroi receives Genk in a meeting which promises to be very important in the fight for maintenance. But against the Zebras, it is the Limburgers who are fighting for the top 6 who present themselves.
And the match started at a good pace, with both teams creating a small opportunity in the first five minutes.
Charleroi is the first team to put the opposing goalkeeper to work, but the center of Bernier in the small rectangle is well pushed back by Vandevoordt.
Genk reacts in the 18th and strikesHe Khannouss from the entrance to the rectangle is pushed back above the goal by Coffee.
The Limburgers insist and Bonsu Baah tries his luck from afar, but Koffi lies down and catches the shot (35th).
Returning from the locker room, Charleroi timidly worries Vandevoordt. On an off-center free kickLong lastingno one touches the ball and the Limburg goalkeeper intervenes (49th).
But it was Genk who created the best opportunity of the match in the 54th minute. Hrosovsky relies on Three and attempts a cross strike at ground level but Koffi diverts his delivery.
Ten minutes later, it was El Khannouss’ turn to try his luck from the entrance to the rectangle but his cross shot hit the upright (64th).
The danger was becoming more and more pressing on Koffi’s goal and Genk finally found the fault in the 71st minute. Sor, mounted a few minutes earlier, opens the mark. On a center to the right ofEl Ouahdithe Nigerien gets ahead of his defender and his deviation to the small rectangle deceives Koffi.
Charleroi tries to react directly but the strike from Marcq is pushed back by Vandevoordt (72nd).
Genk then returns to the charge but Sor’s shot from the entrance to the rectangle misses Koffi’s near post (77th).
In the 86th minute, Tolu is on the receiving end of a cross from the right and controls his chest well before attempting a backhand shot which goes wide.
Charleroi throws its last strength into the battle. Badji is on the receiving end of a cross and gets the better of his defender but his recovery is too soft to worry Vandevoordt.
Koffi then had to relax one last time in the 94th minute with a shot from Bonsu Baah that landed well on his left foot and tried to find the opposite corner.
But the score will no longer change. Genk won 0-1 on Charleroi and returned to fifth place with 43 points after a match that lacked quality. The Zebras remain stuck in 13th place with 25 units and are therefore still in the red zone.