Football betting preview: Union Saint-Gilloise favourites when AS Eupen arrive

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 26.February
Match begins: 15:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Joseph Mariën (6000 seats)

Union Saint-Gilloise should be probable winners of this home game against AS Eupen, if the league standings are thought to provide some clues. Or could we be in for a surprise?

Insights:
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most scored goals (62) in Pro League
  • AS Eupen is in the worst form (0-2-4)

Union Saint-Gilloise and AS Eupen 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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Union Saint-Gilloise form and stats

28 points is a decent return from 14 Pro League games here at Stade Joseph Mariën for Union Saint-Gilloise. The data says 9 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses.

A strong away win for Saint-Gilloise against Sporting Charleroi the last match, as Millán, Burgess and Amani were on target. Burgess was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.43 out of 10. The defender Burgess scored one goal and won 2 of 2 duels.

Ahead of that match, Union Saint-Gilloise lost 0-1 at home to Sint-Truiden.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Union Saint-Gilloise home games with this odds we find eight games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in five wins, two draws and one defeat. Looking at the victories, two matches were won by at least two goals.

A decent goal production from Saint-Gilloise in their home games so far, with 26 goals from 14 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Union Saint-Gilloise have only conceded 13 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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AS Eupen form and stats

As the visiting team in Pro League matches, AS Eupen have produced an overall stat of 4-3-7 so far. AS Eupen are desperate to end a ten-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Beerschot-Wilrijk fixture.

This match can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus Club Brugge with 1-3 on the scoreboard. Agbadou was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.31. The defender Agbadou won 4 of 10 duels.

A loss against Gent was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Eupen find the net regularly in their away games. 19 goals from 14 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. AS Eupen have conceded 24 goals in these games. Eupen has visited these top teams five times, and 4 of 5 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

AS Eupen - Union Saint-Gilloise 2-3 was the scoreline in these participants' previous h2h match, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Union Saint-Gilloise victories, two draws and six AS Eupen wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Saint-GilloiseD. Vanzeir
D. Vanzeir
14 goals
AS EupenS. Prevljak
S. Prevljak
8 goals
Union Saint-GilloiseC. Nielsen
C. Nielsen
5 goals

Union Saint-Gilloise missing players

AS Eupen missing players

Union Saint-Gilloise AS Eupen
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 14 3 Played P 5 14 28
20 9 3 Won W 1 4 7
3 1 0 Drew D 1 3 6
5 4 0 Lost L 3 7 15
62 26 10 Scored S 8 19 33
22 13 3 Conceded C 13 24 49
93% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 96%
82% 71% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 82%
61% 57% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 64% 57%
36% 36% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 80% 36% 36%
14% 14% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 21% 18%
43% 43% 67% BTTS BTTS 80% 57% 57%
50% 43% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 11%
14% 21% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 36% 36%
 
5.4 6.2 7.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 3.7 4.9
4.6 3.9 2.7 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6 5.1
2.5 2.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.8 2.4
4 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
13.9 14.3 19 Shots (avg) S ( 11.4 11.7 12.6
5.4 4.7 6.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.8 4.1 4.3
41% 39% 53% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 33% 28%
 
10.5 9.7 10.3 Shots against (avg) S A 17.8 16 14.5
3.2 3.3 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.8 5.9 5.3
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • AS Eupen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • AS Eupen have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • AS Eupen is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the fewest conceded goals (13) at home in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the fewest conceded goals (22) 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 (14) 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 (+40) 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 28 20 3 5 62 22 14 9 1 4 26 13 14 11 2 1 36 9 40 63
2 Club Brugge 28 15 9 4 52 33 14 7 6 1 27 14 14 8 3 3 25 19 19 54
3 Antwerp 28 16 5 7 48 30 14 7 3 4 26 17 14 9 2 3 22 13 18 53
4 Anderlecht 28 14 9 5 60 32 14 7 5 2 32 18 14 7 4 3 28 14 28 51
5 Mechelen 27 14 3 10 48 46 14 9 2 3 29 18 13 5 1 7 19 28 2 45
6 Gent 27 12 7 8 39 27 13 7 3 3 25 15 14 5 4 5 14 12 12 43
7 Sporting Charleroi 28 12 7 9 42 38 14 5 4 5 16 16 14 7 3 4 26 22 4 43
8 Genk 28 12 5 11 54 41 14 8 3 3 32 17 14 4 2 8 22 24 13 41
9 Cercle Brugge 28 11 5 12 40 34 14 5 2 7 17 16 14 6 3 5 23 18 6 38
10 Sint-Truiden 28 11 4 13 32 37 14 5 2 7 19 20 14 6 2 6 13 17 -5 37
11 Kortrijk 28 9 10 9 37 34 14 5 4 5 19 17 14 4 6 4 18 17 3 37
12 OH Leuven 27 9 9 9 39 44 13 6 3 4 19 20 14 3 6 5 20 24 -5 36
13 KV Oostende 28 9 4 15 28 52 14 5 1 8 16 32 14 4 3 7 12 20 -24 31
14 Standard Liege 27 7 8 12 29 43 13 2 5 6 13 21 14 5 3 6 16 22 -14 29
15 AS Eupen 28 7 6 15 33 49 14 3 3 8 14 25 14 4 3 7 19 24 -16 27
16 Zulte-Waregem 28 6 8 14 37 61 14 3 4 7 19 30 14 3 4 7 18 31 -24 26
17 RFC Seraing 27 7 2 18 26 53 14 5 2 7 15 22 13 2 0 11 11 31 -27 23
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 27 4 4 19 27 57 14 4 1 9 13 25 13 0 3 10 14 32 -30 16

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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.