Match preview First Division B: Union Saint-Gilloise - Lokeren at Stade Joseph Marien

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Competition: Belgium First Division B
Date: Sun 15.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Joseph Marien (6000 seats)

The First Division B season is still fresh and sports bettors should be cautious. This meeting between Union Saint-Gilloise and Lokeren promises to be an interesting one.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Union Saint-Gilloise form and stats

Only two First Division B home games for Union Saint-Gilloise so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 189 minutes without scoring a league goal. M. Fixelles was the last player to find the net.

The home supporters saw a 0-0 draw versus Westerlo in the Belgian Cup last time out and are looking for a win here. Preceding that match was the home First Division B game against Beerschot-Wilrijk that was lost 0-2.

A case of two points dropped for Union Saint-Gilloise in the Westerlo match as a lead 3-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw.

Union Saint-Gilloise has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 2 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Lokeren form and stats

The First Division B season is young and Lokeren have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.

Lokeren failed to get anything from their last game, a First Division B home match vs SV Roeselare (placed 2nd) that ended with defeat 1-3. A 1-2 defeat away at OH Leuven before that.

Lokeren have the goal stats of 2-3 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Lokeren - Union Saint-Gilloise 1-1, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Union Saint-Gilloise 1 win, 1 draw and Lokeren 0 victories. As for goals, 1 match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 1 game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

LokerenG. Beridze
G. Beridze
5 goals
Union Saint-GilloiseC. Nielsen
C. Nielsen
4 goals
Union Saint-GilloiseT. Teuma
T. Teuma
3 goals

Union Saint-Gilloise missing players

Lokeren missing players

Union Saint-Gilloise Lokeren
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 9 2 Played P 1 9 18
7 5 2 Won W 0 1 3
6 2 0 Drew D 0 2 5
4 2 0 Lost L 1 6 10
20 14 4 Scored S 0 8 16
17 9 1 Conceded C 4 18 30
88% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
76% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 83%
41% 44% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 56% 44%
12% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 33% 28%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 6%
47% 56% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 67% 61%
29% 22% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 11%
35% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 33% 33%
 
7.8 7.6 8 Corners For (avg) C F 1 4.1 5.1
4.6 5.5 3 Corners Against (avg) C A 10 8.2 7.1
1.9 2 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3 3.1 2.6
3 2 0 Red Cards R C 0 2 3
 
208 125 9 Total Shots T S 4 63 146
80 52 4 Shots on Target S O 2 24 54
22% 23% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 30%
Key stats in First Division B this season:
  • All of Union Saint-Gilloise's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Lokeren has the the worst goal difference (-4)
  • Lokeren have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Lokeren have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Lokeren have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Lokeren have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Lokeren haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Lokeren is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Union Saint-Gilloise has the fewest scored goals (2)
  • Union Saint-Gilloise has the most points from losing position (11)
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Union Saint-Gilloise haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Beerschot-Wilrijk 4 2 2 0 7 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 5 0 5 8
2 SV Roeselare 4 2 1 1 10 8 2 1 0 1 6 6 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 7
3 Lommel United 4 2 1 1 5 5 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 0 1 2 3 0 7
4 OH Leuven 4 2 0 2 6 8 2 1 0 1 2 4 2 1 0 1 4 4 -2 6
5 Westerlo 3 1 1 1 7 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 6 4 1 4
6 Union Saint-Gilloise 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
7 Excelsior Virton 4 0 3 1 3 5 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 3 -2 3
8 Lokeren 4 0 1 3 3 7 2 0 0 2 1 4 2 0 1 1 2 3 -4 1
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 Beerschot-Wilrijk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 SV Roeselare 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Lommel United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Mechelen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 OH Leuven 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Tubize 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Union Saint-Gilloise 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Westerlo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Club Brugge 30 20 7 3 68 33 15 13 2 0 44 16 15 7 5 3 24 17 35 67
2 Anderlecht 30 16 7 7 49 42 15 9 3 3 27 17 15 7 4 4 22 25 7 55
3 Sporting Charleroi 30 13 12 5 46 30 15 6 8 1 22 14 15 7 4 4 24 16 16 51
4 Gent 30 14 8 8 45 27 15 9 3 3 25 10 15 5 5 5 20 17 18 50
5 Genk 30 11 11 8 44 36 15 4 6 5 20 17 15 7 5 3 24 19 8 44
6 Standard Liege 30 11 11 8 43 41 15 7 7 1 26 21 15 4 4 7 17 20 2 44
7 Kortrijk 30 12 6 12 42 39 15 7 5 3 24 13 15 5 1 9 18 26 3 42
8 Antwerp 30 10 11 9 38 40 15 4 7 4 19 16 15 6 4 5 19 24 -2 41
9 Zulte-Waregem 30 11 4 15 47 52 15 5 2 8 21 29 15 6 2 7 26 23 -5 37
10 Sint-Truiden 30 9 10 11 29 41 15 8 3 4 17 15 15 1 7 7 12 26 -12 37
11 KV Oostende 30 10 6 14 42 41 15 6 0 9 24 25 15 4 6 5 18 16 1 36
12 Waasland-Beveren 30 9 8 13 50 51 15 6 3 6 28 22 15 3 5 7 22 29 -1 35
13 Lokeren 30 8 7 15 33 49 15 2 4 9 11 26 15 6 3 6 22 23 -16 31
14 Royal Excel Mouscron 30 8 6 16 40 59 15 5 4 6 23 29 15 3 2 10 17 30 -19 30
15 AS Eupen 30 6 9 15 40 57 15 6 5 4 25 22 15 0 4 11 15 35 -17 27
16 Mechelen 30 6 9 15 31 49 15 5 4 6 18 21 15 1 5 9 13 28 -18 27

Read more about First Division B

The First Division B is the second highest league in Belgian football. It replaced the Belgian Second Division in 2016. It has eight teams playing a league in two stages, “opening” and “closing”. Each stage has each team playing 14 fixtures and the winner of each qualify for promotion play-offs.