Union Saint-Gilloise vs Antwerp: Full pre-match guide and statistics

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Wed 03.May
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Joseph Mariën (6000 seats)

A total of 34 sets of games are done and both Union Saint-Gilloise and Antwerp are flying high in the table. Bring it on!

Insights:
  • Union Saint-Gilloise is in the best form (5-1-0) in Pro League
  • Antwerp have the fewest conceded goals (26) in Pro League

Antwerp are staying put at 3rd place whatever happens for the rest of the season.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Belgian Cup. That game, against Mechelen, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Antwerp.

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Union Saint-Gilloise form and stats

Union Saint-Gilloise are steadily winning Pro League games and points here at Stade Joseph Mariën. 13 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 17 games. After failing to beat Standard Liege here at Stade Joseph Mariën, Union Saint-Gilloise has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.

It's back home for Saint-Gilloise, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Kortrijk away with the result 4-2. Terho (2) and Adingra found the net in that victory. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? Midfield player Teuma got a match rating of 8.1 in that game, the max score being 10. Teuma hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Ahead of that match, a home defeat in the Europa League against Bayer Leverkusen. This is expected to be a close game, with Union Saint-Gilloise perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Union Saint-Gilloise as a small favourite), we find 7 games. Union Saint-Gilloise has won 4 of these, drawn 2 and lost 1.

Goals, goals, goals? Who knows about this one, but we do know that 9 of the 11 latest league matches with this club has contained three or more goals.

The manager Geraerts will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Club Brugge in only three days.

Union Saint-Gilloise have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade Joseph Mariën with 33 goals in 17 league matches. From these home matches, Union Saint-Gilloise have conceded only 16 goals.

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Antwerp form and stats

9-4-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Antwerp in their Pro League matches away. Antwerp are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.

228 minutes! That's how long the Antwerp goalkeeper Jean Butez and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Two away games in a row for Antwerp, whose manager van Bommel could celebrate last time after the Belgian Cup win against Mechelen.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Sint-Truiden at their stadium, the result 1-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Antwerp playing away and similar expectations, we found 7 relevant matches. Results were 2 Antwerp wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.

Lacking goals? 10 of this team's last 12 league matches have contained two or less goals.

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

Antwerp have scored 23 goals on their travels this season, from 17 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (15 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

This was the score when the squads played each other previously this campaign; Saint-Gilloise - Antwerp 2-0. Head to head data (for the preceeding ten meetings): Union Saint-Gilloise won three games, two matches ended in a draw and Antwerp got five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / eight.

Top Goalscorers

AntwerpV. Janssen
V. Janssen
16 goals
Union Saint-GilloiseS. Adingra
S. Adingra
11 goals
Union Saint-GilloiseT. Teuma
T. Teuma
9 goals

Union Saint-Gilloise missing players

Antwerp missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Union Saint-Gilloise Antwerp
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
34 17 4 Played P 4 17 34
23 13 1 Won W 2 9 22
6 2 1 Drew D 1 4 6
5 2 2 Lost L 1 4 6
70 33 7 Scored S 5 23 59
41 16 8 Conceded C 6 15 26
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 91%
91% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 71% 71%
71% 71% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 35% 44%
29% 18% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 12% 21%
18% 6% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 15%
74% 65% 75% BTTS BTTS 50% 29% 32%
24% 35% 25% Clean Sheets C S 25% 53% 56%
3% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 24% 21%
 
5.7 6.5 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 4.6 5.1
4.1 3.6 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.8 4.1
2.4 2 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 1.6 1.6
4 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
14.4 15.4 12.8 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 12.1 13.5
4.9 5.4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 4.6 4.7
42% 36% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 29% 37%
 
9 8.5 9.8 Shots against (avg) S A 11 11.4 9.5
3.3 3.1 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.2 3.2 3
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Antwerp have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Antwerp have the fewest conceded goals (15) away in Pro League
  • Antwerp have the fewest conceded goals (26) in Pro League
  • Antwerp have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Pro League
  • Antwerp have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Pro League
  • Antwerp have the most clean sheets (19) in Pro League
  • Antwerp have the most clean sheets (9) away in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most scored goals in the second half (42) in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Union Saint-Gilloise is in the best form (5-1-0) 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 Genk 34 23 6 5 78 37 17 14 1 2 44 15 17 9 5 3 34 22 41 75
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 34 23 6 5 70 41 17 13 2 2 33 16 17 10 4 3 37 25 29 75
3 Antwerp 34 22 6 6 59 26 17 13 2 2 36 11 17 9 4 4 23 15 33 72
4 Club Brugge 34 16 11 7 61 36 17 10 6 1 40 15 17 6 5 6 21 21 25 59
5 Gent 34 16 8 10 64 38 17 9 4 4 28 16 17 7 4 6 36 22 26 56
6 Standard Liege 34 16 7 11 58 45 17 10 3 4 34 17 17 6 4 7 24 28 13 55
7 Westerlo 34 14 9 11 61 53 17 8 4 5 40 26 17 6 5 6 21 27 8 51
8 Cercle Brugge 34 13 11 10 50 46 17 8 7 2 31 18 17 5 4 8 19 28 4 50
9 OH Leuven 34 13 9 12 56 48 17 7 5 5 29 24 17 6 4 7 27 24 8 48
10 Sporting Charleroi 34 14 6 14 45 52 17 7 2 8 23 27 17 7 4 6 22 25 -7 48
11 Anderlecht 34 13 7 14 49 46 17 6 4 7 27 23 17 7 3 7 22 23 3 46
12 Sint-Truiden 34 11 9 14 37 40 17 6 4 7 20 19 17 5 5 7 17 21 -3 42
13 Mechelen 34 11 7 16 49 63 17 7 6 4 29 27 17 4 1 12 20 36 -14 40
14 Kortrijk 34 8 7 19 37 61 17 4 5 8 16 29 17 4 2 11 21 32 -24 31
15 AS Eupen 34 7 7 20 40 75 17 4 4 9 22 33 17 3 3 11 18 42 -35 28
16 Zulte-Waregem 34 6 9 19 50 78 17 3 4 10 27 46 17 3 5 9 23 32 -28 27
17 KV Oostende 34 7 6 21 37 76 17 5 1 11 18 33 17 2 5 10 19 43 -39 27
18 RFC Seraing 34 5 5 24 28 68 17 1 4 12 8 29 17 4 1 12 20 39 -40 20

Table
  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 34 23 6 5 78 37 17 14 1 2 44 15 17 9 5 3 34 22 41 75
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 34 23 6 5 70 41 17 13 2 2 33 16 17 10 4 3 37 25 29 75
3 Antwerp 34 22 6 6 59 26 17 13 2 2 36 11 17 9 4 4 23 15 33 72
4 Club Brugge 34 16 11 7 61 36 17 10 6 1 40 15 17 6 5 6 21 21 25 59
5 Gent 34 16 8 10 64 38 17 9 4 4 28 16 17 7 4 6 36 22 26 56
6 Standard Liege 34 16 7 11 58 45 17 10 3 4 34 17 17 6 4 7 24 28 13 55
7 Westerlo 34 14 9 11 61 53 17 8 4 5 40 26 17 6 5 6 21 27 8 51
8 Cercle Brugge 34 13 11 10 50 46 17 8 7 2 31 18 17 5 4 8 19 28 4 50
9 OH Leuven 34 13 9 12 56 48 17 7 5 5 29 24 17 6 4 7 27 24 8 48
10 Sporting Charleroi 34 14 6 14 45 52 17 7 2 8 23 27 17 7 4 6 22 25 -7 48
11 Anderlecht 34 13 7 14 49 46 17 6 4 7 27 23 17 7 3 7 22 23 3 46
12 Sint-Truiden 34 11 9 14 37 40 17 6 4 7 20 19 17 5 5 7 17 21 -3 42
13 Mechelen 34 11 7 16 49 63 17 7 6 4 29 27 17 4 1 12 20 36 -14 40
14 Kortrijk 34 8 7 19 37 61 17 4 5 8 16 29 17 4 2 11 21 32 -24 31
15 AS Eupen 34 7 7 20 40 75 17 4 4 9 22 33 17 3 3 11 18 42 -35 28
16 Zulte-Waregem 34 6 9 19 50 78 17 3 4 10 27 46 17 3 5 9 23 32 -28 27
17 KV Oostende 34 7 6 21 37 76 17 5 1 11 18 33 17 2 5 10 19 43 -39 27
18 RFC Seraing 34 5 5 24 28 68 17 1 4 12 8 29 17 4 1 12 20 39 -40 20

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