Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Union Saint-Gilloise & Gent face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Belgian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There haven't been much to rest for the home side, as they played a Pro League game only four days back. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Anderlecht.
Union Saint-Gilloise form and stats
Last season their Belgian Cup adventure ended in the round of 32.Union Saint-Gilloise have performed here at Stade Joseph Mariën this season with 6 wins from 9 Pro League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1.
A good away victory last time out for Saint-Gilloise, who won 3-1 against Anderlecht. The hosts have an in-form goalscorer in Adingra, having scored in three consecutive games. The forward Lynen was declared "man of the match" for Union Saint-Gilloise with the rating of 8.21/10. Lynen scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and had 40 successful passes (of 47 total).
Previous to that game, a Pro League home match hosting KV Oostende in a game that was won 3-0.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Union Saint-Gilloise have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 2 and lost 1.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Pro League game versus Antwerp in only three days. This game is also played here at Stade Joseph Mariën.
Saint-Gilloise have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade Joseph Mariën with 16 goals in 9 league matches. From these home matches, Union Saint-Gilloise have conceded only 8 goals.
Gent form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Gent, as they won the Belgian Cup.As the visiting team in Pro League matches, Gent have produced an overall stat of 4-2-4 so far.
Salah was the last player to score for the away team. Gent haven't scored a league goal in the last 199 minutes.
Two away games in a row for Gent, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus Antwerp.
A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Standard Liege in the Pro League.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Gent playing away and similar expectations, we found 8 relevant matches. Results were 4 Gent wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Gent are hosting Kortrijk in the Pro League only three days away.
The travelling fans enjoy Gent's attacking play in away games, having scored 16 goals in 10 league matches away. As opposed to that, Gent have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
As for the last three games between these two teams, there's two Union Saint-Gilloise victories, one draw and zero Gent wins. Over/under statistics; zero of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Vanzeir 9 goals |   H. Cuypers 9 goals |  S. Adingra 7 goals |
Union Saint-Gilloise missing players
Gent missing players
| Union Saint-Gilloise | Gent | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 19 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 62 | 26 | Scored | S | 24 | 46 | ||
| 30 | 17 | Conceded | C | 15 | 23 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 80% | ||
| 80% | 77% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 16% | ||
| 76% | 77% | BTTS | BTTS | 29% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 43% | 52% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 28% | ||
| 5.2 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 6.2 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.6 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.4 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 13.1 | 12.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.1 | 14.6 | ||
| 5 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 5.3 | ||
| 50% | 52% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 35% | ||
| 9.8 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 8.8 | ||
| 3.4 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 3.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Genk | 19 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 48 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 31 | 49 |
| 2 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 41 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 18 | 42 |
| 3 | Antwerp | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 39 |
| 4 | Club Brugge | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 34 |
| 5 | Gent | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 31 |
| 6 | Standard Liege | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 30 |
| 7 | Westerlo | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 38 | 33 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 5 | 30 |
| 8 | Sint-Truiden | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 27 |
| 9 | OH Leuven | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 26 |
| 10 | Cercle Brugge | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -1 | 26 |
| 11 | Anderlecht | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 27 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -1 | 23 |
| 12 | Sporting Charleroi | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 24 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -7 | 22 |
| 13 | Mechelen | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -8 | 19 |
| 14 | AS Eupen | 19 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 26 | 40 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 24 | -14 | 19 |
| 15 | Kortrijk | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -17 | 18 |
| 16 | KV Oostende | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 21 | 42 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 25 | -21 | 17 |
| 17 | Zulte-Waregem | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 42 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -17 | 16 |
| 18 | RFC Seraing | 19 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 18 | 35 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 20 | -17 | 14 |
