Union Saint-Gilloise battle against OH Leuven for recognition and success.
This has all the signs of an intriguing fixture with lots of spark and bustle as both sides are well refreshed since they last played a game. Let's go!
Union Saint-Gilloise form and stats
Union Saint-Gilloise have only played one Pro League game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 1 win, 0 draws and 2 defeats from 3 matches.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Saint-Gilloise, as their goalkeeper Anthony Moris has completely shut out the opponents for 180 minutes in the Pro League.
Happy days for Union Saint-Gilloise in their previous game, a fixture away at Standard Liege (placed 16th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. The attacking player Puertas was declared "man of the match" for Union Saint-Gilloise with a rating of 9.03/10. Puertas served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 7 of 11 times.
Before that game, the home loss against Club Brugge with the scoreline 1-3.At Stade Joseph Mariën, Union Saint-Gilloise has the goal stats of 2-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
OH Leuven form and stats
One match played away so far in the Pro League for OH Leuven and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 6 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses from 17 games.
Leuven's previous game was their home loss versus RWDM (1-2). Opoku, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.64. Opoku served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 6 times.
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Sporting Charleroi.{1 goals} so far away for OH Leuven, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - two - two (Union Saint-Gilloise wins - draws - OH Leuven wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Eckert Ayensa 2 goals |  C. Puertas 1 goals |   N. Opoku 1 goals |
Union Saint-Gilloise missing players
OH Leuven missing players
| Union Saint-Gilloise | OH Leuven | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 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% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 8 | 3 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 6 | 10.5 |
| 2.5 | 3 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 5 | 5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 12 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 19 | 19 |
| 5.5 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 27% | 67% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 8 | 8 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 4 | 9.5 |
| 2.5 | 2 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Union Saint-Gilloise | Last season | OH Leuven | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 40 | 20 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 25 | 14 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 12 | ||
| 78 | 37 | Scored | S | 27 | 56 | ||
| 49 | 21 | Conceded | C | 24 | 48 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 91% | ||
| 92% | 90% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 76% | 82% | ||
| 68% | 70% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 59% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 35% | 35% | ||
| 15% | 5% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 26% | ||
| 72% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 59% | 59% | ||
| 22% | 35% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 24% | ||
| 5% | 5% | Failed to Score | F T | 24% | 26% | ||
| 5.5 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 5.1 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.3 | 6.6 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 13.8 | 15.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.4 | 13.1 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.6 | ||
| 41% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 35% | ||
| 9.2 | 8.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.1 | 14.6 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.2 | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | AS Eupen | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Genk | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Gent | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Cercle Brugge | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Antwerp | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Sint-Truiden | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | RWDM | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -3 | 3 |
| 9 | Westerlo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Club Brugge | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Mechelen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | OH Leuven | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 13 | Sporting Charleroi | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 14 | Kortrijk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Anderlecht | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | Standard Liege | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 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 |
