Union Saint-Gilloise and Malmö FF get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Europa League Group Stage fixture.
These teams have little in common geographically as Malmö FF have to travel 900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
It's no vacation for neither Saint-Gilloise nor Malmö FF 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.
Union Saint-Gilloise form and stats
Union Saint-Gilloise have collected 9 points from their Pro League home games so far after 3-0-1.
The Union Saint-Gilloise crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Genk here at Stade Joseph Mariën. Heartbreak for Union Saint-Gilloise in their last match as Genk's Samatta scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Midfield player Lapoussin got a match rating of 7.82 in that game, the max score being 10. Lapoussin scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Before that one, a strong away victory at FC Union Berlin. A Europa League game.
There will be little rest for Saint-Gilloise after this match as they are travelling to AS Eupen for a Pro League game in only three days.
The Union Saint-Gilloise fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 6 goals in 4 league matches.
Malmö FF form and stats
They also participated in Europa League last season. This ended in the play-offs.3 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Malmö FF playing as the away team in the Allsvenskan this season. When we have look at the Europa League statistics, we find 3W-1D-1L. This is both home and away.
The followers enjoyed Malmö FF's previous match versus Norrköping, a 2-1 win played at home. Attacker Thelin got a player rating of 7.83 in the game. "Man of the match" Thelin scored one goal, hit the woodwork two (!) times, served one assist and hit one key pass.
The fixture before was the Europa League-duel against Sporting Braga, a home loss (0-2).
The schedule is very tough for Malmö FF now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Allsvenskan game at Helsingborg is waiting in only three days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Malmö as they have only managed to score 10 times from 11 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Malmö FF have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  I. Thelin 10 goals |  V. Birmančević 5 goals |   T. Teuma 3 goals |
Union Saint-Gilloise missing players
Malmö FF missing players
| Union Saint-Gilloise | Malmö FF | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 39 | 18 | Scored | S | 25 | 48 | ||
| 26 | 10 | Conceded | C | 18 | 32 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 52% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 30% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 16% | ||
| 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 30% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 24% | ||
| 4.1 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.6 | 6.2 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 3.8 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.8 | 13.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 16 | ||
| 4 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 5.4 | ||
| 29% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 30% | ||
| 9 | 8.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 10.3 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sporting Braga | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | FC Union Berlin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 4 | Malmö FF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 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 | Antwerp | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 24 |
| 2 | Genk | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 19 |
| 3 | Club Brugge | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 19 |
| 4 | OH Leuven | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 16 |
| 5 | Gent | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| 6 | Standard Liege | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 13 |
| 7 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -1 | 13 |
| 8 | Sporting Charleroi | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 9 | Anderlecht | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 10 | Mechelen | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| 11 | Sint-Truiden | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 10 |
| 12 | Westerlo | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -3 | 9 |
| 13 | KV Oostende | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 9 |
| 14 | Kortrijk | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -6 | 7 |
| 15 | AS Eupen | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -7 | 6 |
| 16 | RFC Seraing | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -9 | 6 |
| 17 | Zulte-Waregem | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -8 | 5 |
| 18 | Cercle Brugge | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | -10 | 5 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Djurgården | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 43 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 27 | 45 |
| 2 | Häcken | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 50 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 13 | 22 | 45 |
| 3 | Hammarby | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 43 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 23 | 41 |
| 4 | AIK | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 39 |
| 5 | Malmö FF | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 37 |
| 6 | IFK Göteborg | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 36 |
| 7 | Kalmar | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 36 |
| 8 | Mjallby | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 32 |
| 9 | Elfsborg | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 39 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 30 |
| 10 | Sirius | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 22 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -10 | 25 |
| 11 | Varnamo | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 28 | -11 | 25 |
| 12 | Norrköping | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 27 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -3 | 24 |
| 13 | Varberg | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -15 | 24 |
| 14 | Degerfors | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 43 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 26 | -23 | 17 |
| 15 | Helsingborg | 21 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -17 | 14 |
| 16 | GIF Sundsvall | 22 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 19 | 57 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 29 | -38 | 10 |
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