KV Oostende v Union Saint-Gilloise preview: Visitors can prove cut above

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 21.November
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: DIaz Arena (8400 seats)

DIaz Arena: Prepare for a football festivity when KV Oostende welcome Union Saint-Gilloise. Get the latest news on the match at Tipsway!

Insights:
  • KV Oostende have the most points from losing position (10) in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most scored goals (33) in Pro League

KV Oostende and Union Saint-Gilloise should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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KV Oostende form and stats

KV Oostende have played 7 Pro League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-1-3 (wins-draws-losses). With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Oostende to get some points in this home game.

KV Oostende lost their last game at OH Leuven (placed 14th) after a 0-1 scoreline. Midfielder Maxime D'Arpino was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.81 (out of ten) in that game. D'Arpino hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 60 successful passes (of 69 total).

Prior to that, an away loss at OH Leuven.

Oostende has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. KV Oostende have conceded 13 from these games.

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Union Saint-Gilloise form and stats

Union Saint-Gilloise have an excellent away record in the Pro League so far with 5-1-1 from 7 games. Impressively, the visitors are on a five-match winning run which they hope continue versus KV Oostende.

The Saint-Gilloise goalkeeper Lucas Pirard is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 192 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Saint-Gilloise go into this game after a win, the home game against Sporting Charleroi that ended 4-0. As you can tell from the results above, Union Saint-Gilloise was very dominant against Sporting Charleroi, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Deniz Undav (2) and Bart Nieuwkoop providing the goals. Deniz Undav, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.73. Undav scored two goals and hit one key pass.

Prior to that result Saint-Gilloise won their away game at Gent. The scoreline was 2-0.

Saint-Gilloise have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 16 goals from 7 away matches. As opposed to that, Saint-Gilloise have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

KV Oostende-Union Saint-Gilloise H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: KV Oostende five wins, Union Saint-Gilloise two wins, two draws. six of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Union Saint-GilloiseD. Undav
D. Undav
10 goals
OostendeM. Gueye
M. Gueye
9 goals
Union Saint-GilloiseD. Vanzeir
D. Vanzeir
9 goals

KV Oostende missing players

Union Saint-Gilloise missing players

KV Oostende Union Saint-Gilloise
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
14 7 2 Played P 3 7 14
5 3 0 Won W 3 5 10
2 1 0 Drew D 0 1 1
7 3 2 Lost L 0 1 3
18 10 2 Scored S 8 16 33
25 13 7 Conceded C 3 7 13
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 93%
57% 71% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 71% 71%
36% 43% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 43% 43%
21% 14% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 14% 14%
50% 57% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 57% 50%
7% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 43% 43%
43% 29% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 7%
 
6.1 6.9 8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 3.9 5.4
4.9 3.1 1.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.7 6.4 5.2
2.9 3.3 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.3 2.7 2
4 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
11.5 12.7 11 Shots (avg) S ( 10.7 10.4 14.2
4.5 5.6 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 4.3 5.8
29% 26% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 62% 53% 41%
 
15.1 13.6 9 Shots against (avg) S A 10.7 9.9 9.9
5 4.6 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 3.3 3
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • All of Union Saint-Gilloise's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • KV Oostende have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • KV Oostende have the most points from losing position (10) in Pro League
  • KV Oostende have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • KV Oostende haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • 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 fewest conceded goals (13) in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most clean sheets (6) in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most points (16) away in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most scored goals (16) away in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most scored goals (33) in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the the best goal difference (+20) in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the the best goal difference (+9) away 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.
  • Union Saint-Gilloise is in the best form (5-0-1) in Pro League

  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 14 10 1 3 33 13 7 5 0 2 17 6 7 5 1 1 16 7 20 31
2 Antwerp 14 8 3 3 25 16 7 4 2 1 12 7 7 4 1 2 13 9 9 27
3 Club Brugge 14 7 6 1 25 17 7 3 4 0 14 8 7 4 2 1 11 9 8 27
4 Mechelen 14 7 2 5 25 24 7 4 1 2 14 10 7 3 1 3 11 14 1 23
5 Sporting Charleroi 14 6 5 3 25 18 7 3 2 2 11 6 7 3 3 1 14 12 7 23
6 Genk 14 6 3 5 28 23 7 3 2 2 13 9 7 3 1 3 15 14 5 21
7 AS Eupen 14 6 3 5 24 21 7 2 2 3 10 11 7 4 1 2 14 10 3 21
8 Anderlecht 14 5 6 3 27 20 7 3 3 1 19 11 7 2 3 2 8 9 7 21
9 Kortrijk 14 5 5 4 17 16 7 3 3 1 10 7 7 2 2 3 7 9 1 20
10 Gent 14 5 3 6 21 15 7 4 1 2 16 9 7 1 2 4 5 6 6 18
11 Sint-Truiden 14 5 3 6 15 20 7 1 2 4 8 13 7 4 1 2 7 7 -5 18
12 KV Oostende 14 5 2 7 18 25 7 3 1 3 10 13 7 2 1 4 8 12 -7 17
13 Standard Liege 14 4 5 5 16 23 7 1 3 3 8 12 7 3 2 2 8 11 -7 17
14 OH Leuven 14 3 8 3 18 22 7 3 3 1 10 8 7 0 5 2 8 14 -4 17
15 Zulte-Waregem 14 3 5 6 22 33 7 1 2 4 11 21 7 2 3 2 11 12 -11 14
16 RFC Seraing 14 4 1 9 16 27 7 3 1 3 11 9 7 1 0 6 5 18 -11 13
17 Cercle Brugge 14 2 4 8 14 21 7 0 2 5 4 11 7 2 2 3 10 10 -7 10
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 14 1 3 10 13 28 7 1 0 6 3 10 7 0 3 4 10 18 -15 6

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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.