It's game two of the First Division B season and everything to play for. Read our full preview of Union Saint-Gilloise-Westerlo!
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Union Saint-Gilloise form and stats
Happy days for Union Saint-Gilloise in their previous game, a First Division B match away at Deinze (placed 8th) that ended with a 2-0 victory. Before that, Saint-Gilloise had a home game versus Westerlo which ended with a victory 3-1.
This is expected to be a close game, with Union Saint-Gilloise perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Union Saint-Gilloise as a small favourite), we find six games. Saint-Gilloise has won one of these, drawn three and lost two.
Last season, Union Saint-Gilloise's league statistics were 5 wins, 7 draws and 2 losses, resulting in a 4th position in the First Division B. Over these 14 matches they scored 25 goals and conceded 17. Playing at home last season Union Saint-Gilloise managed 2-3-2 (win-draw-lost) with 13 goals and 12 conceded.
Westerlo form and stats
There were no winners in Westerlo's previous match, a First Division B home game that ended 0-0 vs Lierse Kempenzonen (placed 4th). A draw for Westerlo before that, at their own venue hosting Lierse Kempenzonen (0-0).
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Westerlo playing away and similar expectations, we found eleven relevant matches. Results were three Westerlo wins, four draws and four defeats.
Let's have a look at how Westerlo performed last season in the First Division B: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 24 and conceded 20 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 1 and lost 2 with 15/9 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Union Saint-Gilloise victories, two draws and three Westerlo wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Union Saint-Gilloise missing players
Westerlo missing players
| Union Saint-Gilloise | Westerlo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Union Saint-Gilloise | Last season | Westerlo | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 28 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 28 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 8 | 15 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 43 | 25 | Scored | S | 25 | 45 | ||
| 32 | 19 | Conceded | C | 14 | 30 | ||
| 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 79% | ||
| 46% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 46% | ||
| 25% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 21% | ||
| 11% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 11% | ||
| 57% | 71% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 54% | ||
| 29% | 14% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 29% | ||
| 25% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 18% | ||
| 7.3 | 8.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 6.5 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.1 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.2 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 304 | 173 | Total Shots | T S | 128 | 300 | ||
| 127 | 74 | Shots on Target | S O | 61 | 133 | ||
| 32% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 34% | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | RWDM | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Lierse Kempenzonen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Westerlo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Lommel United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 7 | Club Brugge II | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 8 | Deinze | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 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 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 26 |
| 2 | Excelsior Virton | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 23 |
| 3 | Westerlo | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 23 |
| 4 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 22 |
| 5 | OH Leuven | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 15 | -7 | 17 |
| 6 | Lommel United | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -6 | 16 |
| 7 | SV Roeselare | 14 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 22 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 9 | -1 | 15 |
| 8 | Lokeren | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -15 | 7 |