Union Saint-Gilloise host the first leg in this deciding Europa League Play-offs game. Lugano will try their very best to bring a solid result back to Kybunpark before the return leg in 11 days.
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!
Union Saint-Gilloise form and stats
Last season, Union Saint-Gilloise's Europa League journey ended in the quarter-finals against Bayer Leverkusen.Perfect Pro League season at home so far for Union Saint-Gilloise 2 wins from 2 appearances.
Union Saint-Gilloise faced defeat in their previous match, away at Mechelen (0-4). Union Saint-Gilloise were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. Attacking player Puertas outperformed all the other footballers in that game and received a match rating of 7.14 out of 10. Puertas hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass and had 31 successful passes (of 36 total).
Before that, Saint-Gilloise had a Pro League home game versus OH Leuven which ended with a victory 5-1.At Stade Joseph Mariën, Union Saint-Gilloise has the goal stats of 7-1 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Lugano form and stats
Lugano are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Super League, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).
Two trips in a row for Lugano, whose manager Croci-Torti could celebrate last time after the Swiss Cup win against Gunzwil.
Before that, Lugano secured a home win against Yverdon Sport with the score 6-1.As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Lugano has managed {3 goals} and let in 3 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  D. Eckert Ayensa 4 goals |  C. Puertas 2 goals |   Ž. Celar 2 goals |
Union Saint-Gilloise missing players
Lugano missing players
| Union Saint-Gilloise | Lugano | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 7 | 0 | Drew | D | 6 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 3 | ||
| 49 | 23 | Scored | S | 31 | 55 | ||
| 31 | 15 | Conceded | C | 20 | 27 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 60% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 24% | ||
| 64% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 64% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 13% | 8% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.9 | 3.5 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.4 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10.6 | 12.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 11.3 | ||
| 4.3 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4 | ||
| 45% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 55% | ||
| 8.4 | 6.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.3 | 12 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Gent | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | Antwerp | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| 4 | Club Brugge | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| 5 | Genk | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | Cercle Brugge | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Sint-Truiden | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | Anderlecht | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | RWDM | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 6 |
| 10 | Mechelen | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 11 | AS Eupen | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -4 | 4 |
| 12 | Sporting Charleroi | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| 13 | OH Leuven | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 2 |
| 14 | Westerlo | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| 15 | Standard Liege | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| 16 | Kortrijk | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -8 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Zurich | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 2 | Lugano | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 3 | Young Boys | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | St. Gallen | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | Servette | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Luzern | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | Lausanne Sport | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 8 | Grasshopper | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 9 | Winterthur | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -4 | 4 |
| 10 | Yverdon Sport | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 4 |
| 11 | Basel | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 3 |
| 12 | Stade Lausanne-Ouchy | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -7 | 1 |
