Gent duels with Union Saint-Gilloise in Pro League face-off

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 31.October
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: GHELAMCO-arena (20000 seats)

Union Saint-Gilloise go on their trip to Gent and GHELAMCO-arena full of happy thoughts, but the hosting team is not easy meat. More info on the game here!

Insights:
  • Gent have the the best goal difference (+9) at home in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most scored goals (27) in Pro League

These are active days for the host team, as they had a match only four days ago in the Belgian Cup. Thankfully the previous game, versus Spouwen-Mopertingen, was also a home game here at GHELAMCO-arena. The away team is better rested.

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Gent form and stats

13 points is a decent return from 6 Pro League games here at GHELAMCO-arena for Gent. The data says 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. Two home wins in a row for Gent bring valid hopes of a third.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Gent, as their goalkeeper Sinan Bolat has completely shut out the opponents for 192 minutes in the Pro League.

Gent's last game was hosting Spouwen-Mopertingen and winning 4-0. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Gent played a great game against Spouwen-Mopertingen and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.

Before that match, a Pro League win away at Genk.

This is expected to be a close game, with Gent perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Gent as a small favourite), we find four games. Gent has won one of these, drawn one and lost two.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Gent as they have a new game in only four days, a Europa Conference League match thankfully also at home. Partizan are visiting.

Gent are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at GHELAMCO-arena in their league games, having scored an impressive 16 goals in 6 matches. 7 goals have been conceded.

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Union Saint-Gilloise form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 4 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss in the Pro League. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Saint-Gilloise, as they have won on their previous two travels.

Two away games in a row for Union Saint-Gilloise, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Mechelen in the Belgian Cup.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus AS Eupen at their stadium, the result 3-2.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Union Saint-Gilloise in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Saint-Gilloise, two draws and one defeat.

Union Saint-Gilloise have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 14 goals from 6 away matches. 7 goals have been conceded by Saint-Gilloise in these games.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Union Saint-GilloiseD. Undav
D. Undav
8 goals
Union Saint-GilloiseD. Vanzeir
D. Vanzeir
8 goals
GentT. Tissoudali
T. Tissoudali
4 goals

Gent missing players

Union Saint-Gilloise missing players

Gent Union Saint-Gilloise
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
12 6 3 Played P 1 6 12
5 4 3 Won W 0 4 8
2 1 0 Drew D 1 1 1
5 1 0 Lost L 0 1 3
21 16 10 Scored S 1 14 27
13 7 1 Conceded C 1 7 13
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 92%
50% 67% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 83% 75%
25% 50% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 42%
17% 33% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 17%
50% 67% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 58%
25% 33% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 33%
25% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 8%
 
6.7 8 6.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.5 5.5
4.4 4.5 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 6 6.3 5.2
1.8 1.8 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.5 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
16.2 18 17.7 Shots (avg) S ( 17 10.3 14.5
6.2 8.5 9.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 4.5 5.9
28% 31% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 52% 38%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • All of Gent's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Union Saint-Gilloise's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Gent have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Gent have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Gent have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Gent have the the best goal difference (+9) at home in Pro League
  • Gent haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most scored goals (27) in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the the best goal difference (+14) in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Union Saint-Gilloise haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Union Saint-Gilloise 12 8 1 3 27 13 6 4 0 2 13 6 6 4 1 1 14 7 14 25
2 Club Brugge 12 6 5 1 21 14 6 3 3 0 12 6 6 3 2 1 9 8 7 23
3 Antwerp 12 6 3 3 22 16 6 3 2 1 10 7 6 3 1 2 12 9 6 21
4 AS Eupen 12 6 2 4 23 17 6 2 1 3 9 10 6 4 1 1 14 7 6 20
5 Mechelen 12 6 2 4 21 21 6 4 1 1 14 9 6 2 1 3 7 12 0 20
6 Anderlecht 12 5 5 2 25 16 6 3 2 1 17 9 6 2 3 1 8 7 9 20
7 Sporting Charleroi 12 5 5 2 22 14 6 2 2 2 8 6 6 3 3 0 14 8 8 20
8 Kortrijk 12 5 3 4 15 14 6 3 2 1 9 6 6 2 1 3 6 8 1 18
9 Gent 12 5 2 5 21 13 6 4 1 1 16 7 6 1 1 4 5 6 8 17
10 Genk 12 5 2 5 21 20 6 3 1 2 12 8 6 2 1 3 9 12 1 17
11 KV Oostende 12 5 2 5 16 20 6 3 1 2 8 9 6 2 1 3 8 11 -4 17
12 Sint-Truiden 12 4 3 5 13 18 6 1 2 3 7 11 6 3 1 2 6 7 -5 15
13 Standard Liege 12 4 3 5 13 20 6 1 2 3 7 11 6 3 1 2 6 9 -7 15
14 Zulte-Waregem 12 3 4 5 19 26 6 1 2 3 9 15 6 2 2 2 10 11 -7 13
15 OH Leuven 12 2 7 3 15 20 6 2 3 1 9 8 6 0 4 2 6 12 -5 13
16 RFC Seraing 12 4 0 8 16 24 6 3 0 3 11 9 6 1 0 5 5 15 -8 12
17 Cercle Brugge 12 2 3 7 13 19 6 0 2 4 4 10 6 2 1 3 9 9 -6 9
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 12 0 2 10 9 27 6 0 0 6 0 10 6 0 2 4 9 17 -18 2

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The First Division A is the top league of the football pyramid in Belgium, founded in 1895. It was earlier known as the Belgian Pro League. The season runs from July to May with 16 teams each playing 30 fixtures. The top six in the league table then play a championship playoff, the bottom team is relegated and places #7 to #15 have a Europa League playoff.