Home advantage could prove decisive in Union Saint-Gilloise - Anderlecht battle

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Fri 28.Jul
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Joseph Mariën (6000 seats)

Brand new|Fresh|New season, fresh|new potential|opportunities: Here's what you should|need to|must know before the Union Saint-Gilloise - Anderlecht game!

These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.

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Union Saint-Gilloise form and stats

In the previous season, Union Saint-Gilloise's league results were 23 wins, 6 draws and 5 losses, leading to 2nd position in the Pro League. During these 34 matches they scored {70 goals} and gave away 41. Appearing as the host team in the last season Union Saint-Gilloise managed 13-2-2 (win-draw-lost) with {33 goals} and 16 conceded.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Union Saint-Gilloise have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 6 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 0 and lost 1.

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Union Saint-Gilloise, who have participated in three training matches. Saint-Gilloise have won 1 of these, drawn 2 and were beaten in 0 games.

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Anderlecht form and stats

Let's have a look at how Anderlecht performed last season in the Pro League: They landed a 11th position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 7 draws and 14 defeats. In total they scored 49 and conceded {46 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 3 and lost 7 with 22/23 goals scored/conceded.

Anderlecht are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 1 draw and 4 defeats. From a total of 6 matches.

It's a day of discovery for Anderlecht as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Anderlecht have played three with the results W3-D0-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games Anderlecht has scored {11 goals} and conceded 1 time.

Head 2 Head

Saint-Gilloise have been victorious in every one of the 6 latest battles against this opponent. Will the streak continue?

Union Saint-Gilloise missing players

Anderlecht missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Union Saint-Gilloise Anderlecht
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Union Saint-Gilloise Last season Anderlecht
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
40 20   Played P   16 33
25 14   Won W   7 13
8 2   Drew D   3 7
7 4   Lost L   6 13
78 37   Scored S   22 49
49 21   Conceded C   18 41
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 91%
92% 90%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   62% 67%
68% 70%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   44% 48%
28% 20%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   25% 39%
15% 5%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 18%
72% 60%   BTTS BTTS   44% 48%
22% 35%   Clean Sheets C S   44% 33%
5% 5%   Failed to Score F T   19% 27%
 
5.5 6.2   Corners for (avg) C F   4.1 5.4
4.2 3.9   Corners against (avg) C A   4.5 4.1
2.2 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 1.9
5 1   Red cards R C   3 5
 
13.8 15.2   Shots (avg) S (   10.4 12.7
4.8 5.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.9 4.6
41% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 32%
 
9.2 8.6   Shots against (avg) S A   12.9 11.4
3.4 3.3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.2 4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Anderlecht 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Antwerp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 AS Eupen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Cercle Brugge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Club Brugge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Genk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Gent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Kortrijk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Mechelen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 OH Leuven 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 RWDM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Sint-Truiden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Sporting Charleroi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Standard Liege 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Union Saint-Gilloise 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Westerlo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Antwerp 6 3 2 1 69 34 3 2 1 0 6 4 3 1 1 1 4 4 35 47
2 Genk 6 2 2 2 88 47 3 1 2 0 6 4 3 1 0 2 4 6 41 46
3 Union Saint-Gilloise 6 2 2 2 78 49 3 1 0 2 4 5 3 1 2 0 4 3 29 46
4 Club Brugge 6 2 0 4 71 48 3 1 0 2 4 5 3 1 0 2 6 7 23 36

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 Anderlecht 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Antwerp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 AS Eupen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Cercle Brugge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Club Brugge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Genk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Gent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Kortrijk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Mechelen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 OH Leuven 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 RWDM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Sint-Truiden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Sporting Charleroi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Standard Liege 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Union Saint-Gilloise 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Westerlo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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The First Division A is the top league of the football pyramid in Belgium, founded in 1895. It was earlier known as the Belgian Pro League. The season runs from July to May with 16 teams each playing 30 fixtures. The top six in the league table then play a championship playoff, the bottom team is relegated and places #7 to #15 have a Europa League playoff.