This is shaping up to be quite the engrossing meeting at Bosuilstadion in the Pro League. Antwerp is in 2nd position and host Union Saint-Gilloise in 5th spot. Read all about the fixture here!
- Antwerp have the fewest conceded goals (3) in Pro League
- Union Saint-Gilloise have yet to win a game away.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Antwerp form and stats
Perfect Pro League season at home so far for Antwerp 2 wins from 2 appearances.
It's back home for Antwerp, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Gent away with the result 2-1. Frey and Janssen found the net in that victory. Pacho, defender, was given a rating of 7.45/10 in that game, top of the team. Pacho served one assist, hit one key pass and won 4 of 5 duels.
Ahead of that game, a home defeat in the Europa Conference League against Istanbul Basaksehir. This is expected to be a close game, with Antwerp perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Antwerp as a small favourite), we find 4 games. Antwerp has won 0 of these, drawn 1 and lost 3.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Antwerp, as the Pro League home game vs Westerlo is only four days away.
At Bosuilstadion, Antwerp has the goal stats of 5-2 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Union Saint-Gilloise form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Pro League for Union Saint-Gilloise with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.
Union Saint-Gilloise had fun at their own home (Bosuilstadion) last time out, beating Anderlecht 2-1. Boniface and Vanzeir scored. Midfielder Nieuwkoop was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.15. Nieuwkoop signed up for two assists, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Before that, Saint-Gilloise secured a home win against Kortrijk with the score 2-1.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Union Saint-Gilloise playing away and similar expectations, we found 4 relevant matches. Results were 2 Union Saint-Gilloise wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Pro League trip to Zulte-Waregem.
Union Saint-Gilloise have the goal stats of 1-4 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - three - two (Antwerp wins - draws - Union Saint-Gilloise wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Frey 4 goals |  M. Balikwisha 3 goals |   T. Teuma 2 goals |
Antwerp missing players
Union Saint-Gilloise missing players
| Antwerp | Union Saint-Gilloise | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 5 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 40% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 20% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 50% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 20% |
| 3.6 | 5.5 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 6.2 | 6.5 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 1.5 | 3 |
| 1.4 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 4.5 | 2.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.2 | 17.5 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10.5 | 13.2 |
| 4.6 | 5 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.5 | 4.4 |
| 43% | 50% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 20% | 27% |
| 13 | 9.5 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 9 | 8 |
| 3.8 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
- All of Union Saint-Gilloise's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Antwerp have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Antwerp have scored in all their matches so far.
- Antwerp have the fewest conceded goals (3) in Pro League
- Antwerp have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in Pro League
- Antwerp have the most clean sheets (3) in Pro League
- Antwerp have won all their games so far.
- Antwerp have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Antwerp haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Union Saint-Gilloise have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
- Union Saint-Gilloise have yet to win a game away.
- Union Saint-Gilloise haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Antwerp | Last season | Union Saint-Gilloise | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 40 | 20 | Played | P | 20 | 40 | ||
| 20 | 9 | Won | W | 15 | 26 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | ||
| 58 | 31 | Scored | S | 48 | 83 | ||
| 48 | 26 | Conceded | C | 14 | 32 | ||
| 98% | 95% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 90% | ||
| 70% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 78% | ||
| 50% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 55% | ||
| 22% | 30% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 38% | ||
| 15% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 18% | ||
| 55% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 42% | ||
| 35% | 30% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 45% | ||
| 12% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 22% | ||
| 5.3 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5.6 | ||
| 5.9 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 4.7 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.4 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 5 | ||
| 12.4 | 14.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.8 | 13.9 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.9 | 5.3 | ||
| 33% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 38% | ||
| 13 | 10.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.8 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.1 | ||
| 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 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 15 |
| 2 | Antwerp | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 3 | Club Brugge | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | OH Leuven | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 5 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 6 | Anderlecht | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 7 | Sporting Charleroi | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 8 | Sint-Truiden | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 9 | Gent | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 10 | Mechelen | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 7 |
| 11 | Standard Liege | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 7 |
| 12 | Westerlo | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -1 | 6 |
| 13 | KV Oostende | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 6 |
| 14 | AS Eupen | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 6 |
| 15 | Zulte-Waregem | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 5 |
| 16 | Cercle Brugge | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -4 | 5 |
| 17 | Kortrijk | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 4 |
| 18 | RFC Seraing | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -8 | 3 |
