First Division B preview and statistics: Union Saint-Gilloise - Lommel United at Stade Joseph Mariën

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Competition: Belgium First Division B
Competition: Sun 04.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Joseph Mariën (6000 seats)

It's early days in the First Division B and both Union Saint-Gilloise and Lommel United are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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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, 1 draw and 0 defeat.

Saint-Gilloise are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-3 away versus RWDM. Before that game, the 3-2 home victory against RFC Seraing.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Saint-Gilloise's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played five games, won three matches, drawn two and lost zero.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Union Saint-Gilloise at home in the league. 3 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.

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Lommel United form and stats

Lommel United are still undefeated on their travels in the First Division B. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a First Division B home defeat versus Deinze with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Preceding that game was the away victory against RWDM with the score of 1-0.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Lommel United when being an outsider away as they are today, we find three matches with the visitors losing one time, drawing one and winning one game.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Lommel United has managed 3 goals and let in 2 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Saint-Gilloise, six draws and one win for Lommel United. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.

Union Saint-Gilloise missing players

Lommel United missing players

Union Saint-Gilloise Lommel United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
5 2 0 Played P 0 2 5
2 1 0 Won W 0 1 2
2 1 0 Drew D 0 1 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 2
7 3 0 Scored S 0 3 10
6 2 0 Conceded C 0 2 11
80% 50% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
80% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 80%
40% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 80%
40% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 60%
20% 50% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 40%
60% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 80%
40% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 20%
20% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.6 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.5 2.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
60 19 0 Total Shots T S 0 21 63
28 6 0 Shots on Target S O 0 9 24
25% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 42%
Key stats in First Division B this season:
  • Lommel United has the most dropped points from leading position (5) in First Division B
  • Lommel United have not yet lost a game away.
  • Lommel United have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Lommel United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have not yet lost a game at home.
Union Saint-Gilloise Last season Lommel United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
28 14   Played P   14 28
11 6   Won W   1 6
12 5   Drew D   4 9
5 3   Lost L   9 13
43 25   Scored S   10 21
32 19   Conceded C   23 37
89% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 86%
82% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 61%
46% 57%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 39%
25% 36%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 18%
11% 14%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 4%
57% 71%   BTTS BTTS   57% 43%
29% 14%   Clean Sheets C S   14% 29%
25% 14%   Failed to Score F T   36% 43%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
2.1 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.9
3 2   Red cards R C   1 2
 
304 173   Total Shots T S   100 221
127 74   Shots on Target S O   41 83
32% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   24% 25%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 RFC Seraing 6 4 0 2 21 13 3 2 0 1 9 5 3 2 0 1 12 8 8 12
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 5 2 2 1 7 6 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 1 1 1 4 4 1 8
3 Lierse Kempenzonen 5 2 1 2 10 11 3 2 0 1 8 8 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1 7
4 Lommel United 5 2 1 2 10 11 3 1 0 2 7 9 2 1 1 0 3 2 -1 7
5 RWDM 5 2 0 3 7 7 3 2 0 1 5 2 2 0 0 2 2 5 0 6
6 Deinze 4 2 0 2 5 6 2 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 4 4 -1 6
7 Westerlo 3 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 5
8 Club Brugge II 5 0 2 3 5 13 2 0 2 0 3 3 3 0 0 3 2 10 -8 2

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.