Balanced ball game between Gent and Union Saint-Gilloise expected

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 08.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: GHELAMCO-arena (20000 seats)

Excitement is likely at GHELAMCO-arena when Gent meet Union Saint-Gilloise in what should be a super match. Read the preview!

Insights:
  • Gent is in the best form (5-0-1) in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most scored goals in the second half (39) in Pro League

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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Gent form and stats

30 points is a decent return from 15 Pro League games here at GHELAMCO-arena for Gent. The data says 9 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Gent has won four games in a row. The Club Brugge match was the last time out without a victory.

The Gent goalkeeper Paul Nardi is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 205 minutes without conceding a goal in the Pro League.

Happy days for Gent in their previous game, a fixture away at RFC Seraing (placed 18th) that ended with a 5-0 victory. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Gent played a great game against RFC Seraing and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. The host team have an in-form goalscorer in Cuypers, having bagged a goal in three games in a row. The talented striker Orban bettered all others in that match and received a match rating of 8.92 out of 10. Orban scored two goals, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against AS Eupen.

Gent have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at GHELAMCO-arena with 26 goals in 15 league matches. Gent have only conceded 13 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Union Saint-Gilloise form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 9 wins, 3 draws and only 3 losses in the Pro League. The fact that Union Saint-Gilloise have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.

Union Saint-Gilloise won their last game, 2-1 versus Sint-Truiden played at home. Puertas came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Sint-Truiden last time out, making the manager Geraerts feel like a tactical genius. Midfield player Teuma was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.43/10. Teuma scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 62 successful passes (of 72 total).

Before that, Union Saint-Gilloise secured a home win against Mechelen with the score 2-1.

Goal hungry football fans should note that 22 of this club's 29 latest league games have ended with three or more goals.

The Saint-Gilloise manager Geraerts has got the team scoring on the road, with 32 away goals in 15 league matches. 22 goals have been conceded by Union Saint-Gilloise in these games.

Head 2 Head

Union Saint-Gilloise have not lost in the last 4 games (3-1-0) against Gent.

This isn't the first time these two sides face each other this season, as the results database show this recent game: Union Saint-Gilloise - Gent 2-0. The matches between these teams have had a tendency to be aggressive, having seen 2 sending-offs from the last four duels.

Top Goalscorers

GentH. Cuypers
H. Cuypers
18 goals
GentG. Orban
G. Orban
9 goals
Union Saint-GilloiseT. Teuma
T. Teuma
9 goals

Gent missing players

Union Saint-Gilloise missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Gent Union Saint-Gilloise
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
31 15 4 Played P 4 15 31
16 9 1 Won W 2 9 21
6 3 1 Drew D 1 3 5
9 3 2 Lost L 1 3 5
61 26 5 Scored S 8 32 63
34 13 5 Conceded C 8 22 37
94% 87% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
84% 80% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 93% 90%
58% 53% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 73% 71%
32% 13% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 40% 29%
19% 13% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 27% 16%
45% 47% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 80% 71%
42% 53% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 13% 26%
19% 13% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 7% 3%
 
6.3 6.9 6.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 5.2 5.7
4 4.1 2.2 Corners against (avg) C A 7.8 4.9 4.3
1.4 1.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.7 2.4
3 0 0 Red cards R C 2 3 4
 
13.9 15.7 17.2 Shots (avg) S ( 14 13.9 14.5
5 5.3 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 4.4 4.8
39% 33% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 47% 48% 42%
 
9.8 9.1 6.8 Shots against (avg) S A 11.8 9.5 9
3.4 2.9 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 3.3 3.3
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Gent is in the best form (5-0-1) in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most scored goals in the second half (39) in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 31 22 5 4 71 31 16 13 1 2 39 13 15 9 4 2 32 18 40 71
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 31 21 5 5 63 37 16 12 2 2 31 15 15 9 3 3 32 22 26 68
3 Antwerp 31 19 6 6 55 25 15 11 2 2 33 10 16 8 4 4 22 15 30 63
4 Gent 31 16 6 9 61 34 15 9 3 3 26 13 16 7 3 6 35 21 27 54
5 Club Brugge 31 14 10 7 52 36 15 8 6 1 31 15 16 6 4 6 21 21 16 52
6 Standard Liege 31 14 7 10 51 41 15 8 3 4 29 16 16 6 4 6 22 25 10 49
7 Westerlo 31 14 6 11 60 52 16 8 3 5 40 26 15 6 3 6 20 26 8 48
8 Anderlecht 31 13 6 12 45 38 15 6 3 6 25 20 16 7 3 6 20 18 7 45
9 Cercle Brugge 31 11 11 9 43 41 16 7 7 2 28 17 15 4 4 7 15 24 2 44
10 Sporting Charleroi 30 13 5 12 39 40 14 6 1 7 18 18 16 7 4 5 21 22 -1 44
11 OH Leuven 31 10 9 12 45 45 15 5 5 5 22 21 16 5 4 7 23 24 0 39
12 Sint-Truiden 31 10 9 12 31 36 15 5 4 6 15 18 16 5 5 6 16 18 -5 39
13 Mechelen 30 9 6 15 39 56 16 7 5 4 28 26 14 2 1 11 11 30 -17 33
14 Kortrijk 31 8 6 17 35 56 15 4 4 7 14 25 16 4 2 10 21 31 -21 30
15 AS Eupen 31 7 6 18 39 63 16 4 4 8 21 28 15 3 2 10 18 35 -24 27
16 Zulte-Waregem 31 5 9 17 41 71 16 3 4 9 25 43 15 2 5 8 16 28 -30 24
17 KV Oostende 31 6 6 19 35 66 16 5 1 10 18 29 15 1 5 9 17 37 -31 24
18 RFC Seraing 31 5 4 22 26 63 16 1 3 12 7 28 15 4 1 10 19 35 -37 19

Table
  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 31 22 5 4 71 31 16 13 1 2 39 13 15 9 4 2 32 18 40 71
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 31 21 5 5 63 37 16 12 2 2 31 15 15 9 3 3 32 22 26 68
3 Antwerp 31 19 6 6 55 25 15 11 2 2 33 10 16 8 4 4 22 15 30 63
4 Gent 31 16 6 9 61 34 15 9 3 3 26 13 16 7 3 6 35 21 27 54
5 Club Brugge 31 14 10 7 52 36 15 8 6 1 31 15 16 6 4 6 21 21 16 52
6 Standard Liege 31 14 7 10 51 41 15 8 3 4 29 16 16 6 4 6 22 25 10 49
7 Westerlo 31 14 6 11 60 52 16 8 3 5 40 26 15 6 3 6 20 26 8 48
8 Anderlecht 31 13 6 12 45 38 15 6 3 6 25 20 16 7 3 6 20 18 7 45
9 Cercle Brugge 31 11 11 9 43 41 16 7 7 2 28 17 15 4 4 7 15 24 2 44
10 Sporting Charleroi 30 13 5 12 39 40 14 6 1 7 18 18 16 7 4 5 21 22 -1 44
11 OH Leuven 31 10 9 12 45 45 15 5 5 5 22 21 16 5 4 7 23 24 0 39
12 Sint-Truiden 31 10 9 12 31 36 15 5 4 6 15 18 16 5 5 6 16 18 -5 39
13 Mechelen 30 9 6 15 39 56 16 7 5 4 28 26 14 2 1 11 11 30 -17 33
14 Kortrijk 31 8 6 17 35 56 15 4 4 7 14 25 16 4 2 10 21 31 -21 30
15 AS Eupen 31 7 6 18 39 63 16 4 4 8 21 28 15 3 2 10 18 35 -24 27
16 Zulte-Waregem 31 5 9 17 41 71 16 3 4 9 25 43 15 2 5 8 16 28 -30 24
17 KV Oostende 31 6 6 19 35 66 16 5 1 10 18 29 15 1 5 9 17 37 -31 24
18 RFC Seraing 31 5 4 22 26 63 16 1 3 12 7 28 15 4 1 10 19 35 -37 19

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