Soccer match preview: Union Saint-Gilloise confident before travelling to Kortrijk

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 05.March
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Guldensporenstadion (9399 seats)

Big-shot Union Saint-Gilloise visit Kortrijk after their 0-0-result versus AS Eupen. Get out our thorough preview!

Insights:
  • Kortrijk have the most matches under the total-line (14) in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most scored goals (62) in Pro League

This could be an action-packed fixture with lots of fun and bustle as both contenders are well refreshed since they last played a game. Let's start!

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Kortrijk form and stats

Kortrijk have collected 19 points from their Pro League home games so far after 5-4-5.

The regulars are hoping that Kortrijk will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the match against Genk (placed 8th).

Ahead of that match, Kortrijk won a home game hosting Zulte-Waregem (5-0).

The Kortrijk fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 19 in 14 matches. On the other hand, Kortrijk have conceded 17 goals.

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Union Saint-Gilloise form and stats

The strength of Union Saint-Gilloise on their travels this season is incredible with 35 points collected from 14 Pro League away games. Union Saint-Gilloise has 11-2-1 on the road, with 36 goals scored and 9 conceded. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Mechelen game have they lost an away game, meaning Saint-Gilloise has taken points from eleven away matches in a row.

216 minutes! That's how long the Union Saint-Gilloise goalkeeper Anthony Moris and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Union Saint-Gilloise delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against AS Eupen (placed 16th) in their previous game. Midfielder Teuma was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.43. Teuma hit four key passes.

Before that one, a nice away victory 3-0 at Sporting Charleroi.

Saint-Gilloise create on average more than 2,5 goals per away game (in the league) all by themselves, having scored 36 goals in 14 travels. It's not easy to score on Union Saint-Gilloise as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these two teams get together this season, as the history books show this recent game: Union Saint-Gilloise - Kortrijk 2-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Kortrijk victories, three draws and five Union Saint-Gilloise wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Union Saint-GilloiseD. Undav
D. Undav
20 goals
Union Saint-GilloiseD. Vanzeir
D. Vanzeir
13 goals
KortrijkF. Selemani
F. Selemani
11 goals

Kortrijk missing players

Union Saint-Gilloise missing players

Kortrijk Union Saint-Gilloise
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
29 14 4 Played P 4 14 29
9 5 1 Won W 3 11 20
10 4 1 Drew D 1 2 4
10 5 2 Lost L 0 1 5
37 19 3 Scored S 9 36 62
36 17 5 Conceded C 2 9 22
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 90%
86% 79% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 93% 79%
38% 43% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 64% 59%
24% 29% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 36% 34%
3% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 14%
52% 50% 25% BTTS BTTS 50% 43% 41%
28% 29% 25% Clean Sheets C S 50% 57% 52%
21% 21% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 7% 17%
 
4.5 5.1 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.5 5.5
5.6 4.5 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 3.2 5.4 4.6
2.9 2.1 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.6 2.4
4 2 1 Red cards R C 2 3 4
 
12.3 14.1 13.5 Shots (avg) S ( 14.8 13.4 13.8
4.2 4.4 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 6.1 5.3
30% 31% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 32% 42% 40%
 
15.5 13.9 13 Shots against (avg) S A 12 11.4 10.2
4.4 4.1 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 3.1 3.1
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Kortrijk have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Kortrijk have the most matches under the total-line (14) in Pro League
  • Kortrijk 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 the fewest conceded goals (22) in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the fewest conceded goals (9) away in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (13) in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most clean sheets (15) in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most clean sheets (8) away in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most points (35) away in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most scored goals (36) away in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most scored goals (62) in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most scored goals in the first half (28) in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the the best goal difference (+27) away in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the the best goal difference (+40) in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have won significantly less corners away then 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 Union Saint-Gilloise 29 20 4 5 62 22 15 9 2 4 26 13 14 11 2 1 36 9 40 64
2 Club Brugge 29 16 9 4 56 34 15 8 6 1 31 15 14 8 3 3 25 19 22 57
3 Antwerp 29 16 5 8 49 34 14 7 3 4 26 17 15 9 2 4 23 17 15 53
4 Anderlecht 29 14 10 5 60 32 14 7 5 2 32 18 15 7 5 3 28 14 28 52
5 Gent 29 14 7 8 44 27 14 8 3 3 29 15 15 6 4 5 15 12 17 49
6 Mechelen 28 14 4 10 50 48 15 9 3 3 31 20 13 5 1 7 19 28 2 46
7 Sporting Charleroi 29 13 7 9 45 40 14 5 4 5 16 16 15 8 3 4 29 24 5 46
8 Genk 29 13 5 11 56 41 15 9 3 3 34 17 14 4 2 8 22 24 15 44
9 Cercle Brugge 29 11 6 12 42 36 14 5 2 7 17 16 15 6 4 5 25 20 6 39
10 Sint-Truiden 29 11 5 13 32 37 14 5 2 7 19 20 15 6 3 6 13 17 -5 38
11 Kortrijk 29 9 10 10 37 36 14 5 4 5 19 17 15 4 6 5 18 19 1 37
12 OH Leuven 28 9 10 9 39 44 14 6 4 4 19 20 14 3 6 5 20 24 -5 37
13 KV Oostende 29 9 5 15 28 52 15 5 2 8 16 32 14 4 3 7 12 20 -24 32
14 Standard Liege 28 7 8 13 29 44 14 2 5 7 13 22 14 5 3 6 16 22 -15 29
15 Zulte-Waregem 29 7 8 14 38 61 15 4 4 7 20 30 14 3 4 7 18 31 -23 29
16 AS Eupen 29 7 7 15 33 49 14 3 3 8 14 25 15 4 4 7 19 24 -16 28
17 RFC Seraing 29 7 2 20 26 58 14 5 2 7 15 22 15 2 0 13 11 36 -32 23
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 28 4 4 20 29 60 15 4 1 10 15 28 13 0 3 10 14 32 -31 16

Read more about Pro League

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.