Football betting preview: Union Saint-Gilloise favourites when Cercle Brugge arrive

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 18.December
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Joseph Mariën (6000 seats)

Union Saint-Gilloise have performed better than Cercle Brugge so far, but every match starts at 0-0. Here's all the information you require before kickoff:

Insights:
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most scored goals (47) in Pro League
  • Cercle Brugge have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Saint-Gilloise and Cercle Brugge.

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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. 6 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats is the summary from 9 games.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Anthony Moris not having conceded a league goal in 207 minutes.

Union Saint-Gilloise are returning here after visiting Zulte-Waregem in a Pro League game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Burgess and Vanzeir scored the goal(s). Teuma (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.44/10. Teuma hit four key passes.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Mechelen in a game that was won 2-0.

Goals decide football matches and Union Saint-Gilloise are scoring many of them at home; 20 on target from 9 league matches. On the other hand, Saint-Gilloise have conceded 9 goals.

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Cercle Brugge form and stats

4-2-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Cercle Brugge in their Pro League matches away. The fact that Cercle have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.

Cercle Brugge had fun at their own home (Stade Joseph Mariën) last time out, beating RFC Seraing 2-0. Hotić and Lopes scored. Midfielder Hotić was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.14. Hotić scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Sint-Truiden at their stadium, the result 2-1.

Cercle has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 14 goals from 9 games. 11 goals have been conceded by Cercle in these games.

Head 2 Head

The most up to date recorded result featuring both these participants is the Cercle Brugge - Saint-Gilloise 0-3 played not long ago this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Saint-Gilloise victories, two draws and three Cercle Brugge wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Union Saint-GilloiseD. Undav
D. Undav
15 goals
Union Saint-GilloiseD. Vanzeir
D. Vanzeir
12 goals
Saint-GilloiseK. Mitoma
K. Mitoma
4 goals

Union Saint-Gilloise missing players

Cercle Brugge missing players

Union Saint-Gilloise Cercle Brugge
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 9 3 Played P 2 9 19
14 6 3 Won W 0 4 6
1 0 0 Drew D 1 2 4
4 3 0 Lost L 1 3 9
47 20 8 Scored S 2 14 24
18 9 0 Conceded C 3 11 25
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
95% 89% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 84%
68% 67% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 56% 53%
42% 44% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 11%
16% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 5%
53% 44% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 78% 68%
42% 44% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 16%
5% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 16%
 
5.6 6.7 6 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.8 5
4.9 3.9 3 Corners against (avg) C A 7.5 5.8 4.6
2.2 1.8 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.5 2.8 2.4
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
14.2 17.2 15.7 Shots (avg) S ( 8 9.7 11.9
6 6.6 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 4 4.1
41% 34% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 39% 31%
 
9.8 10.1 8.3 Shots against (avg) S A 12.5 9.4 9.5
3.1 2.9 1.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 3.8 3.6
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Cercle Brugge have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Cercle Brugge have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Cercle Brugge 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 the fewest conceded goals (18) in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (11) in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most clean sheets (8) in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most scored goals (47) in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most scored goals in the first half (22) in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the the best goal difference (+29) in Pro League
  • 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 19 14 1 4 47 18 9 6 0 3 20 9 10 8 1 1 27 9 29 43
2 Club Brugge 19 11 6 2 39 24 9 5 4 0 20 10 10 6 2 2 19 14 15 39
3 Anderlecht 19 9 7 3 41 24 10 5 4 1 25 14 9 4 3 2 16 10 17 34
4 Antwerp 18 10 3 5 32 21 9 5 2 2 17 10 9 5 1 3 15 11 11 33
5 Sporting Charleroi 18 9 5 4 32 22 9 4 2 3 13 9 9 5 3 1 19 13 10 32
6 Gent 19 9 3 7 31 21 9 6 1 2 20 10 10 3 2 5 11 11 10 30
7 Mechelen 19 9 3 7 33 34 10 6 2 2 21 15 9 3 1 5 12 19 -1 30
8 Kortrijk 19 7 7 5 24 22 9 4 3 2 12 10 10 3 4 3 12 12 2 28
9 AS Eupen 18 7 4 7 28 26 9 3 3 3 13 13 9 4 1 4 15 13 2 25
10 Standard Liege 18 6 5 7 21 31 9 2 3 4 9 15 9 4 2 3 12 16 -10 23
11 Genk 18 6 4 8 31 30 8 3 2 3 15 12 10 3 2 5 16 18 1 22
12 Cercle Brugge 19 6 4 9 24 25 10 2 2 6 10 14 9 4 2 3 14 11 -1 22
13 Sint-Truiden 19 6 3 10 19 29 10 2 2 6 12 18 9 4 1 4 7 11 -10 21
14 KV Oostende 19 6 2 11 21 39 10 4 1 5 13 23 9 2 1 6 8 16 -18 20
15 OH Leuven 19 4 8 7 24 33 10 3 3 4 12 16 9 1 5 3 12 17 -9 20
16 RFC Seraing 19 6 1 12 23 38 9 4 1 4 13 14 10 2 0 8 10 24 -15 19
17 Zulte-Waregem 19 4 5 10 27 43 10 2 2 6 14 25 9 2 3 4 13 18 -16 17
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 18 2 3 13 15 32 9 2 0 7 5 11 9 0 3 6 10 21 -17 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.