Westerlo vs Union Saint-Gilloise match preview

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Competition: Belgium First Division B
Competition: Sat 31.October
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Het Kuipje (8182 seats)

Union Saint-Gilloise have traveled here for an interesting fight against the hosts Westerlo. Prepare for the match with this First Division B preview!

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Westerlo form and stats

A First Division B draw at home so far for Westerlo. Last season their home statistics were 3 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats from 7 matches.

Westerlo shared the glory with Deinze in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. Before that, Westerlo played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Lommel United.

Westerlo has scored 0 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Union Saint-Gilloise form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most clean sheets (4) in First Division B, on their First Division B travels is 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Saint-Gilloise goalkeeper Anthony Moris is eager to challenge this, with his 225 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Saint-Gilloise won their last game, 6-0 versus Club Brugge II played at home. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Lierse Kempenzonen.

As mentioned above, Union Saint-Gilloise was the only team on the pitch versus Club Brugge II in their previous game, winning 6-0. This could be a tougher task. D. Vanzeir certainly enjoyed Union Saint-Gilloise's last game versus Club Brugge II, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 6-0 victory.

The travelling fans enjoy Saint-Gilloise's attacking play in away games, having scored 6 goals in 4 league matches away. Union Saint-Gilloise have conceded 4 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Union Saint-Gilloise - Westerlo 0-0 entered in the official records. Westerlo-Union Saint-Gilloise H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Westerlo two wins, Union Saint-Gilloise five wins, three draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Union Saint-GilloiseD. Vanzeir
D. Vanzeir
7 goals
WesterloI. Vetokele
I. Vetokele
2 goals
Union Saint-GilloiseT. Teuma
T. Teuma
2 goals

Westerlo missing players

Union Saint-Gilloise missing players

Westerlo Union Saint-Gilloise
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
5 1 0 Played P 1 4 8
1 0 0 Won W 1 2 5
4 1 0 Drew D 0 1 2
0 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
5 0 0 Scored S 2 6 19
3 0 0 Conceded C 0 4 8
60% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 88%
60% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 88%
20% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 50%
20% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 38%
40% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 50%
60% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 50%
40% 100% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 12%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.5 2.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
47 20 0 Total Shots T S 10 58 116
20 8 0 Shots on Target S O 6 31 59
25% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 19% 32%
Key stats in First Division B this season:
  • All of Union Saint-Gilloise's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Union Saint-Gilloise has the most clean sheets (4) in First Division B
  • Union Saint-Gilloise has the the best goal difference (+11) in First Division B
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have scored more than double the goals of Westerlo.
  • Union Saint-Gilloise haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Union Saint-Gilloise is in the best form (4-1-1)
  • Westerlo has the fewest conceded goals (0) at home in First Division B
  • Westerlo has the fewest conceded goals (3) in First Division B
  • Westerlo has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in First Division B
  • Westerlo has the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in First Division B
  • Westerlo has the fewest points (1) at home in First Division B
  • Westerlo has the fewest scored goals (0) at home in First Division B
  • Westerlo has the fewest scored goals (5) in First Division B
  • Westerlo has the fewest scored goals in the first half (1) in First Division B
  • Westerlo have failed to score a single goal at home.
  • Westerlo have not yet lost a game.
  • Westerlo have yet to win a game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 RFC Seraing 8 6 0 2 26 16 4 3 0 1 10 5 4 3 0 1 16 11 10 18
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 8 5 2 1 19 8 4 3 1 0 13 4 4 2 1 1 6 4 11 17
3 Deinze 7 3 2 2 10 10 4 2 1 1 5 5 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 11
4 Lommel United 8 2 2 4 13 17 4 1 1 2 8 10 4 1 1 2 5 7 -4 8
5 Westerlo 5 1 4 0 5 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 3 0 5 3 2 7
6 Lierse Kempenzonen 7 2 1 4 11 15 4 2 0 2 8 10 3 0 1 2 3 5 -4 7
7 RWDM 6 2 0 4 10 11 4 2 0 2 8 6 2 0 0 2 2 5 -1 6
8 Club Brugge II 7 0 3 4 6 20 3 0 3 0 4 4 4 0 0 4 2 16 -14 3

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.