The league table is allowed to rest as Union Saint-Gilloise and Antwerp battle for Belgian Cup honors in this first Semi-finals leg of two fixtures.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Saint-Gilloise and Antwerp.
Union Saint-Gilloise form and stats
Last season, Union Saint-Gilloise's Belgian Cup journey ended in the round of 32.26 points is a decent return from 11 Pro League games here at Stade Joseph Mariën for Union Saint-Gilloise. The data says 8 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.
The Union Saint-Gilloise goalkeeper Anthony Moris is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 202 minutes without conceding a goal in the Pro League.
A strong away win for Saint-Gilloise against Sporting Charleroi the last match, as Nilsson were on target. Nilsson has scored in three games in a row. Skilful! Midfield player Lynen got a match rating of 7.65 in that game, the max score being 10. Lynen served one assist and hit one key pass.
Before that, Union Saint-Gilloise had a Pro League home game versus OH Leuven which ended with a victory 1-0.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 Saint-Gilloise have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 4 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 0 and lost 1.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Union Saint-Gilloise, as the Pro League home game vs Zulte-Waregem is only four days away.
Union Saint-Gilloise have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade Joseph Mariën with 19 goals in 11 league matches. 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 8 from 11 matches.
Antwerp form and stats
Antwerp was sent out of Belgian Cup in the round of 32 last season.5 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Antwerp playing as the away team in the Pro League this season.
Antwerp are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Anderlecht. Pacho, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.5. Pacho won 7 of 9 duels.
Prior to that match, a home win 4-1 against Standard Liege in the Pro League.Antwerp are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 8 matches.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Club Brugge in just four days.
Antwerp find the net regularly in their away games. 16 goals from 12 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Antwerp have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - three - five (Saint-Gilloise wins - draws - Antwerp wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  V. Janssen 14 goals |   D. Vanzeir 10 goals |  S. Adingra 7 goals |
Union Saint-Gilloise missing players
Antwerp missing players
| Union Saint-Gilloise | Antwerp | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 19 | 9 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 6 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 61 | 29 | Scored | S | 20 | 46 | ||
| 24 | 15 | Conceded | C | 17 | 27 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 88% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 84% | ||
| 68% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 12% | ||
| 64% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 44% | ||
| 4% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 20% | ||
| 6 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 4.6 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.7 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.7 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 13.7 | 12.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 12.8 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 5.1 | ||
| 48% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 36% | ||
| 9.2 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 10.1 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.6 | ||
| 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 | 22 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 56 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 37 | 58 |
| 2 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 23 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 46 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 22 | 52 |
| 3 | Antwerp | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 42 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 19 | 46 |
| 4 | Club Brugge | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 42 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 40 |
| 5 | Gent | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 39 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 14 | 15 | 38 |
| 6 | Standard Liege | 23 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 37 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 37 |
| 7 | Westerlo | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 44 | 39 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 5 | 34 |
| 8 | Cercle Brugge | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 32 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 0 | 33 |
| 9 | Sint-Truiden | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 11 | -1 | 32 |
| 10 | OH Leuven | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 37 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 31 |
| 11 | Anderlecht | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 31 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 15 | -1 | 28 |
| 12 | Sporting Charleroi | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 28 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 18 | -7 | 27 |
| 13 | Mechelen | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 30 | 40 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 21 | -10 | 25 |
| 14 | Kortrijk | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 26 | 44 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 22 | -18 | 22 |
| 15 | AS Eupen | 22 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 28 | 46 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 28 | -18 | 20 |
| 16 | Zulte-Waregem | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 30 | 48 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -18 | 20 |
| 17 | KV Oostende | 23 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 25 | 51 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 29 | -26 | 18 |
| 18 | RFC Seraing | 23 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 21 | 44 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 27 | -23 | 15 |
