Union Saint-Gilloise expected to challenge Sint-Truiden at their own home

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Fri 03.December
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)

Top-ranking Union Saint-Gilloise land at Sint-Truiden after their 1-3-result against OH Leuven. Get out our broad preview!

Insights:
  • Sint-Truiden have the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most scored goals (41) in Pro League

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Sint-Truiden form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Pro League this season. Sint-Truiden have only managed 2 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses from their games here.

In their previous game, the manager B. Hollerbach led his Sint-Truiden to a defeat in the Pro League match away at RFC Seraing. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here. The attacking player Taichi Hara was named "man of the match" for Sint-Truiden with a rating of 7.13/10.

Ahead of that match, Sint-Truiden won a home game hosting Antwerp (2-1).

The Sint-Truiden fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Sint-Truiden defense is not exactly impregnable. 14 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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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 6-1-1 from 8 games. A great winning streak in away games for Saint-Gilloise as they have managed to win four matches in a row as the visitors. Not since the Genk have they travelled home without three points.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Pro League home defeat versus OH Leuven with 1-3 on the scoreboard. Midfielder Loic Lapoussin was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.8. Lapoussin hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times.

Prior to that result Saint-Gilloise won their away game at KV Oostende. The scoreline was 7-1.

Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 23 goals in 8 league games away this season. It's worth mentioning that 12 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 8 goals have been conceded by Saint-Gilloise in these games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Sint-Truiden one win, zero draws and Union Saint-Gilloise one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Union Saint-GilloiseD. Undav
D. Undav
13 goals
Union Saint-GilloiseD. Vanzeir
D. Vanzeir
10 goals
Union Saint-GilloiseK. Mitoma
K. Mitoma
4 goals

Sint-Truiden missing players

Union Saint-Gilloise missing players

Sint-Truiden Union Saint-Gilloise
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
16 8 3 Played P 3 8 16
6 2 1 Won W 2 6 11
3 2 1 Drew D 1 1 1
7 4 1 Lost L 0 1 4
17 10 5 Scored S 6 23 41
23 14 5 Conceded C 3 8 17
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 94%
56% 75% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 75% 75%
19% 25% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 50% 50%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 25% 19%
62% 88% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 62% 56%
25% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 38% 38%
19% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 6%
 
4.8 5.6 6.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4 5.4
4.2 4.2 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6.2 5
2.6 2.4 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.4 1.9
3 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
11.7 13.8 15.7 Shots (avg) S ( 13 10.9 14.2
4.1 4.4 5.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.9 5.8
26% 29% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 59% 45%
 
11.4 11.1 11.7 Shots against (avg) S A 14 9.6 9.6
3.9 4.4 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.3 3.1 3.1
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • All of Sint-Truiden'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.
  • Sint-Truiden have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Sint-Truiden have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sint-Truiden have the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in Pro League
  • Sint-Truiden haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 scored more than double the goals of Sint-Truiden.
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most clean sheets (6) in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most points (19) away in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most scored goals (23) away in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most scored goals (41) in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most scored goals in the first half (18) in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most scored goals in the second half (23) in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the the best goal difference (+15) away in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the the best goal difference (+24) 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 16 11 1 4 41 17 8 5 0 3 18 9 8 6 1 1 23 8 24 34
2 Antwerp 15 8 3 4 26 18 7 4 2 1 12 7 8 4 1 3 14 11 8 27
3 Club Brugge 15 7 6 2 26 19 7 3 4 0 14 8 8 4 2 2 12 11 7 27
4 Mechelen 16 8 2 6 28 28 8 5 1 2 16 11 8 3 1 4 12 17 0 26
5 Sporting Charleroi 16 7 5 4 28 22 8 3 2 3 12 9 8 4 3 1 16 13 6 26
6 Anderlecht 16 6 7 3 31 22 8 3 4 1 20 12 8 3 3 2 11 10 9 25
7 AS Eupen 16 6 4 6 26 24 8 2 3 3 12 13 8 4 1 3 14 11 2 22
8 Kortrijk 16 5 7 4 20 19 7 3 3 1 10 7 9 2 4 3 10 12 1 22
9 Gent 15 6 3 6 23 16 7 4 1 2 16 9 8 2 2 4 7 7 7 21
10 Genk 15 6 3 6 28 25 7 3 2 2 13 9 8 3 1 4 15 16 3 21
11 Sint-Truiden 16 6 3 7 17 23 8 2 2 4 10 14 8 4 1 3 7 9 -6 21
12 Standard Liege 15 5 5 5 17 23 8 2 3 3 9 12 7 3 2 2 8 11 -6 20
13 OH Leuven 16 4 8 4 22 26 8 3 3 2 11 11 8 1 5 2 11 15 -4 20
14 RFC Seraing 16 6 1 9 21 28 8 4 1 3 13 9 8 2 0 6 8 19 -7 19
15 KV Oostende 15 5 2 8 19 32 8 3 1 4 11 20 7 2 1 4 8 12 -13 17
16 Zulte-Waregem 15 3 5 7 23 35 8 1 2 5 12 23 7 2 3 2 11 12 -12 14
17 Cercle Brugge 16 3 4 9 18 24 9 1 2 6 8 14 7 2 2 3 10 10 -6 13
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 15 2 3 10 15 28 8 2 0 6 5 10 7 0 3 4 10 18 -13 9

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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.