Union Saint-Gilloise vs Anderlecht: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 28.August
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Joseph Mariën (6000 seats)

Union Saint-Gilloise will do battle with Anderlecht in this Pro League match. Everything you need to know about the fixture is located right here!

Insights:
  • Anderlecht have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Pro League

This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Europa Conference League game only three days ago.

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Union Saint-Gilloise form and stats

Perfect Pro League season at home so far for Union Saint-Gilloise 2 wins from 2 appearances.

The Saint-Gilloise fans enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Kortrijk and win 2-1. Midfield player Teuma got a match rating of 9.73 in that game, the max score being 10. Teuma scored two goals, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 6 of 8 times and had 65 successful passes (of 79 total).

Before that game, a loss in the away fixture against Rangers in the Champions League. The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Union Saint-Gilloise have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 4 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 1 and lost 0.

There will be little rest for Union Saint-Gilloise after this match as they are travelling to Antwerp for a Pro League game in only three days.

Early season league goal statistics from Union Saint-Gilloise's 2 home games: 3 goals, 1 conceded.

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Anderlecht form and stats

Things could have gone better for Anderlecht in their Pro League away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.

This match can not go any worse than the last one, a Europa Conference League home defeat versus Young Boys with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Refaelov, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.45. Refaelov hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Earlier, the Europa Conference League win away at Young Boys. So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Anderlecht playing away and similar expectations, we found 4 relevant matches. Results were 0 Anderlecht wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.

After this away game Anderlecht return home for a Pro League game against Gent. That game is only four sleeps after this.

3 goals so far away for Anderlecht, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 2 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

The 4 most recent matches featuring these opponents have all finished as Union Saint-Gilloise victories. Surely both teams are aware of this.

Top Goalscorers

AnderlechtF. Soares Silva
F. Soares Silva
3 goals
Union Saint-GilloiseT. Teuma
T. Teuma
2 goals
AnderlechtF. Amuzu
F. Amuzu
2 goals

Union Saint-Gilloise missing players

Anderlecht missing players

Union Saint-Gilloise Anderlecht
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
4 2 1 Played P 1 2 4
2 2 1 Won W 1 1 3
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
4 3 1 Scored S 3 3 8
5 1 0 Conceded C 0 1 2
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 75%
50% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 25%
25% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 50%
25% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 25%
 
5.8 6.5 8 Corners for (avg) C F 5 3 3.8
2 2.5 4 Corners against (avg) C A 6 7 5
2.8 1 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
13.8 17 17 Shots (avg) S ( 12 8.5 10.8
5 7.5 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 3.5 4
20% 20% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 43% 50%
 
7.5 6 6 Shots against (avg) S A 12 13 9.8
3.5 3.5 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 5.5 3.5
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Anderlecht have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Pro League
Union Saint-Gilloise Last season Anderlecht
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
40 20   Played P   20 40
26 11   Won W   9 20
6 3   Drew D   6 12
8 6   Lost L   5 8
83 35   Scored S   37 80
32 18   Conceded C   21 43
90% 90%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 95%
78% 70%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   70% 82%
55% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   55% 55%
38% 35%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   45% 40%
18% 15%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   15% 18%
42% 40%   BTTS BTTS   50% 55%
45% 40%   Clean Sheets C S   30% 30%
22% 30%   Failed to Score F T   25% 20%
 
5.6 6.3   Corners for (avg) C F   4.9 5.5
4.7 3.8   Corners against (avg) C A   4.6 3.7
2.4 2.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.7
5 1   Red cards R C   2 7
 
13.9 14.1   Shots (avg) S (   13.1 14.2
5.3 4.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.2 5.2
38% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   36% 38%
 
10 9.2   Shots against (avg) S A   10.5 9.9
3.1 3.3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.4 3.3

  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 5 4 0 1 15 8 3 3 0 0 9 4 2 1 0 1 6 4 7 12
2 Antwerp 4 4 0 0 8 2 2 2 0 0 5 2 2 2 0 0 3 0 6 12
3 Club Brugge 5 3 1 1 10 6 3 2 1 0 6 4 2 1 0 1 4 2 4 10
4 Anderlecht 4 3 0 1 8 2 2 2 0 0 5 1 2 1 0 1 3 1 6 9
5 Sporting Charleroi 5 3 0 2 8 6 2 1 0 1 4 4 3 2 0 1 4 2 2 9
6 OH Leuven 5 3 0 2 9 8 2 1 0 1 2 3 3 2 0 1 7 5 1 9
7 Gent 4 2 2 0 8 5 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 5 3 3 8
8 Mechelen 5 2 1 2 9 8 3 2 0 1 8 6 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 7
9 Union Saint-Gilloise 4 2 1 1 4 5 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 1 4 -1 7
10 Westerlo 5 2 0 3 11 11 2 2 0 0 6 2 3 0 0 3 5 9 0 6
11 KV Oostende 5 2 0 3 6 8 3 1 0 2 3 5 2 1 0 1 3 3 -2 6
12 Sint-Truiden 5 1 3 1 3 5 2 0 1 1 1 4 3 1 2 0 2 1 -2 6
13 Kortrijk 5 1 1 3 3 6 2 0 1 1 0 2 3 1 0 2 3 4 -3 4
14 Standard Liege 5 1 1 3 8 12 3 1 1 1 5 5 2 0 0 2 3 7 -4 4
15 Zulte-Waregem 5 1 1 3 5 9 3 1 0 2 4 7 2 0 1 1 1 2 -4 4
16 Cercle Brugge 5 1 1 3 2 6 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 3 1 6 -4 4
17 RFC Seraing 5 1 0 4 4 8 2 0 0 2 0 2 3 1 0 2 4 6 -4 3
18 AS Eupen 5 1 0 4 6 12 3 1 0 2 3 5 2 0 0 2 3 7 -6 3
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Club Brugge 6 4 2 0 8 2 3 2 1 0 3 1 3 2 1 0 5 1 6 50
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 6 2 1 3 5 5 3 1 0 2 3 4 3 1 1 1 2 1 0 46
3 Anderlecht 6 2 2 2 8 7 3 1 1 1 2 3 3 1 1 1 6 4 1 40
4 Antwerp 6 1 1 4 3 10 3 0 1 2 1 7 3 1 0 2 2 3 -7 36

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.