Union Saint-Gilloise v Club Brugge betting guide: Not much separates the two teams

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 22.October
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Joseph Mariën (6000 seats)

A total of 13 sets of fixtures have been played and both Union Saint-Gilloise and Club Brugge are high up in the table. Bring it on!

Insights:
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Club Brugge have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

It's no vacation for neither Union Saint-Gilloise nor Club Brugge as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Union Saint-Gilloise form and stats

5-0-1 is the performance here at Stade Joseph Mariën so far in the Pro League, giving Union Saint-Gilloise a total of 15 from their 6 games here. Outstanding results! The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of five straight victories regardless of arena.

Saint-Gilloise's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Gent (placed 6th). The home side are looking to build on that result. The home side have an in-form goalscorer in Vanzeir, having scored in four consecutive games. Amani (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.82/10. Amani scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Before that match, a win away at KV Oostende.

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.

Sports gamblers, take note: A review of the 10 most recent league games shows that 8 of them had at least one goal from each side.

Saint-Gilloise have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade Joseph Mariën with 10 goals in 6 league matches. Union Saint-Gilloise are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade Joseph Mariën in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 6 matches.

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Club Brugge form and stats

Club Brugge's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Club Brugge collect 12 points from their 6 away matches in the Pro League. 4 victories and 0 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats).

Brugge have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Simon Mignolet. It's been 184 minutes since they last conceded in Pro League.

Club Brugge are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the fixture against Sint-Truiden (placed 11th). Vanaken got a match rating of 7.84 in that game, top player of the team. Vanaken scored one goal and had 75 successful passes (of 85 total).

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Anderlecht at their stadium, the result 1-0.

Highlight this: 8 of the last 10 league games featuring this club have had only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting words).

A new game in only four days for Club Brugge, the Champions League home match versus Porto. Busy days.

The travelling fans enjoy Brugge's attacking play in away games, having scored 10 goals in 6 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Club Brugge have pulled off a streak of 5 consecutive games without defeat (4-1-0) when facing Union Saint-Gilloise.

Top Goalscorers

Union Saint-GilloiseD. Vanzeir
D. Vanzeir
6 goals
Club BruggeF. Jutlgà Blanc
F. Jutlgà Blanc
6 goals
Union Saint-GilloiseS. Adingra
S. Adingra
5 goals

Union Saint-Gilloise missing players

Club Brugge missing players

Union Saint-Gilloise Club Brugge
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
13 6 2 Played P 1 6 13
9 5 1 Won W 0 4 9
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
3 1 1 Lost L 1 2 3
27 10 3 Scored S 0 10 26
16 5 2 Conceded C 3 6 12
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
92% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 92%
77% 67% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 69%
23% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 23%
15% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
69% 67% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 38%
23% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 46%
8% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 17% 15%
 
4.8 5 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 8 5.5 6.9
4.3 4.2 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 1 3.8 3.3
2.3 1.7 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 1.5
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
13.4 15 14.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11 11.7 16.5
4.1 4.2 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 3.2 3.9
51% 40% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 53% 51%
 
9.6 8.8 9 Shots against (avg) S A 10 12.5 11.4
3.5 3.7 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 5 4.2
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Club Brugge have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Club Brugge have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Club Brugge have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Club Brugge haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • 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 13 11 1 1 33 12 7 6 1 0 18 6 6 5 0 1 15 6 21 34
2 Antwerp 12 10 0 2 24 11 6 6 0 0 16 5 6 4 0 2 8 6 13 30
3 Club Brugge 13 9 1 3 26 12 7 5 1 1 16 6 6 4 0 2 10 6 14 28
4 Union Saint-Gilloise 13 9 1 3 27 16 6 5 0 1 10 5 7 4 1 2 17 11 11 28
5 Standard Liege 13 7 1 5 19 17 7 4 1 2 12 7 6 3 0 3 7 10 2 22
6 Gent 13 6 2 5 23 16 6 3 1 2 12 8 7 3 1 3 11 8 7 20
7 OH Leuven 13 6 2 5 23 23 6 3 0 3 7 10 7 3 2 2 16 13 0 20
8 Westerlo 13 6 1 6 23 26 6 4 1 1 12 6 7 2 0 5 11 20 -3 19
9 Anderlecht 12 5 1 6 19 13 7 3 1 3 11 7 5 2 0 3 8 6 6 16
10 Sporting Charleroi 13 5 1 7 19 21 7 2 1 4 11 14 6 3 0 3 8 7 -2 16
11 Sint-Truiden 13 4 4 5 12 15 6 2 1 3 7 9 7 2 3 2 5 6 -3 16
12 Cercle Brugge 13 4 3 6 16 21 6 2 3 1 9 6 7 2 0 5 7 15 -5 15
13 Mechelen 13 4 2 7 19 24 7 3 1 3 13 12 6 1 1 4 6 12 -5 14
14 AS Eupen 13 4 0 9 14 27 7 2 0 5 8 14 6 2 0 4 6 13 -13 12
15 KV Oostende 12 3 2 7 13 22 6 2 0 4 6 13 6 1 2 3 7 9 -9 11
16 RFC Seraing 13 3 2 8 13 22 6 0 1 5 1 10 7 3 1 3 12 12 -9 11
17 Kortrijk 13 3 2 8 12 23 6 1 1 4 4 11 7 2 1 4 8 12 -11 11
18 Zulte-Waregem 12 2 2 8 12 26 6 1 0 5 7 18 6 1 2 3 5 8 -14 8

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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.