First Division B match prediction and preview for RFC Seraing vs Union Saint-Gilloise clash

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Competition: Belgium First Division B
Competition: Fri 19.February
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du Pairay (8207 seats)

The RFC Seraing & Union Saint-Gilloise managers E. Ferrera Patricio and F. Mazzù are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the First Division B league table.

Insights:
  • RFC Seraing haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Union Saint-Gilloise has the most scored goals (47) in First Division B

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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RFC Seraing form and stats

RFC Seraing are steadily winning First Division B games and points here at Stade du Pairay. 6 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats is the summary from 9 games. Two home wins in a row for RFC Seraing bring valid hopes of a third.

Seraing's previous game was a First Division B match also played at home, ending 5-0 versus Lommel United (placed 4th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Preceding that match was a Belgian Cup defeat to Standard Liege (1-4).

As indicated by the result mentioned above, Seraing played a great game against Lommel United and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (19 in 9 games), RFC Seraing's attacking play is working. Seraing have conceded 10 in these home matches.

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Union Saint-Gilloise form and stats

Union Saint-Gilloise, who have the most scored goals (47) in First Division B, have an excellent away record in the First Division B so far with 6-1-2 from 9 games. Impressively, the visitors are on a seven-match winning run which they hope continue versus RFC Seraing. Having won their last three away games Saint-Gilloise has no reason to fear anyone.

C. Burgess and D. Vanzeir (2) scored in Union Saint-Gilloise's previous match, the home game against Club Brugge II that ended 3-1. A 0-5 loss hosting Anderlecht before that.

Saint-Gilloise has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 17 goals from 9 games. It's not easy to score on Saint-Gilloise as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Seraing - Union Saint-Gilloise 1-0. As for the last four games between these two teams, there's two Seraing victories, zero draws and two Union Saint-Gilloise wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Union Saint-GilloiseD. Vanzeir
D. Vanzeir
17 goals
SeraingG. Mikautadze
G. Mikautadze
16 goals
Union Saint-GilloiseD. Undav
D. Undav
9 goals

RFC Seraing missing players

Union Saint-Gilloise missing players

RFC Seraing Union Saint-Gilloise
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 9 0 Played P 0 9 19
10 6 0 Won W 0 6 15
2 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
6 3 0 Lost L 0 2 2
43 19 0 Scored S 0 17 47
29 10 0 Conceded C 0 8 16
94% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 95%
78% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 78% 84%
67% 56% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 63%
56% 44% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 42%
44% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 22% 32%
56% 44% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 44% 53%
28% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 44% 42%
22% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 11% 11%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.7 2.9 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.8 2.6
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
12.6 11.2 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 13 13.4
5.5 4.6 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 7.1 6.9
40% 38% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 27% 36%
Key stats in First Division B this season:
  • RFC Seraing haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Union Saint-Gilloise has the fewest conceded goals (16) in First Division B
  • Union Saint-Gilloise has the fewest conceded goals (8) away in First Division B
  • Union Saint-Gilloise has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in First Division B
  • Union Saint-Gilloise has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in First Division B
  • Union Saint-Gilloise has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in First Division B
  • Union Saint-Gilloise has the most clean sheets (4) away in First Division B
  • Union Saint-Gilloise has the most clean sheets (8) in First Division B
  • Union Saint-Gilloise has the most points (19) away in First Division B
  • Union Saint-Gilloise has the most points from losing position (13) in First Division B
  • Union Saint-Gilloise has the most scored goals (47) in First Division B
  • Union Saint-Gilloise has the most scored goals in the first half (23) in First Division B
  • Union Saint-Gilloise has the most scored goals in the second half (24) in First Division B
  • Union Saint-Gilloise has the the best goal difference (+31) in First Division B
  • Union Saint-Gilloise has the the best goal difference (+9) away in First Division B
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Union Saint-Gilloise haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Union Saint-Gilloise is in the best form (6-0-0)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Union Saint-Gilloise 19 15 2 2 47 16 10 9 1 0 30 8 9 6 1 2 17 8 31 47
2 RFC Seraing 18 10 2 6 43 29 9 6 0 3 19 10 9 4 2 3 24 19 14 32
3 Westerlo 18 8 7 3 28 20 10 6 3 1 19 11 8 2 4 2 9 9 8 31
4 Lommel United 19 8 4 7 35 33 9 5 1 3 22 16 10 3 3 4 13 17 2 28
5 Deinze 18 6 6 6 25 30 9 4 3 2 12 10 9 2 3 4 13 20 -5 24
6 RWDM 17 7 1 9 23 27 9 5 1 3 15 10 8 2 0 6 8 17 -4 22
7 Lierse Kempenzonen 19 4 2 13 23 40 9 3 1 5 16 20 10 1 1 8 7 20 -17 14
8 Club Brugge II 18 1 4 13 14 43 8 1 4 3 7 13 10 0 0 10 7 30 -29 7

Read more about First Division B

The First Division B is the second highest league in Belgian football. It replaced the Belgian Second Division in 2016. It has eight teams playing a league in two stages, “opening” and “closing”. Each stage has each team playing 14 fixtures and the winner of each qualify for promotion play-offs.