It's the second chance for points this season as Union Saint-Gilloise and Club Brugge battle it out at Stade Joseph Mariën.
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.
Union Saint-Gilloise form and stats
Last season, Union Saint-Gilloise's league statistics were 22 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses, resulting in a 1st position in the First Division B. Over these 28 matches they scored 69 goals and conceded 24. Playing at home last season Union Saint-Gilloise managed 12-2-0 (win-draw-lost) with 39 goals and 13 conceded. Saint-Gilloise has a nice streak going on as they have played 17 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the RFC Seraing defeat 244 days ago.
Saint-Gilloise are returning here after visiting Anderlecht in a Pro League game and winning with a 3-1 scoreline. Deniz Undav (2) and Jean Thierry Lazare Amani scored the goal(s). Attacking player Deniz Undav bested all teammates in that game and got a match rating of 8.21 out of 10. Undav scored two goals.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Deinze that ended 2-2.Club Brugge form and stats
Let's have a look at how Club Brugge performed last season in the Pro League: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 24 victories, 4 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 73 and conceded 26 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 12 - drew 3 and lost 2 with 39/11 goals scored/conceded.
There were no winners in Club Brugge's previous match, a Pro League home game that ended 2-2 vs AS Eupen (placed 8th). Charles De Ketelaere got a match rating of 7.95 in that game, top player of the team. Ketelaere scored one goal and hit three key passes.
Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Genk.Head 2 Head
Last two meetings between the teams: Saint-Gilloise won zero, Club Brugge won two and zero draws. one game with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.Union Saint-Gilloise missing players
Club Brugge missing players
| Union Saint-Gilloise | Club Brugge | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 60% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| Union Saint-Gilloise | Last season | Club Brugge | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 28 | 14 | Played | P | 20 | 40 | ||
| 22 | 12 | Won | W | 12 | 25 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | ||
| 69 | 39 | Scored | S | 42 | 81 | ||
| 24 | 13 | Conceded | C | 17 | 37 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 95% | ||
| 89% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 82% | ||
| 64% | 86% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 70% | 70% | ||
| 46% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 28% | ||
| 25% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 12% | ||
| 54% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | ||
| 43% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 45% | 38% | ||
| 7% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 18% | ||
| 6.1 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 6.2 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3.3 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.4 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 13.4 | 14.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 10.2 | ||
| 6.6 | 6.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.6 | ||
| 37% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 44% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sporting Charleroi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Kortrijk | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Mechelen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Sint-Truiden | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Cercle Brugge | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | KV Oostende | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 8 | AS Eupen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Club Brugge | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | OH Leuven | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Standard Liege | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Zulte-Waregem | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Genk | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 14 | Antwerp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Gent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | Anderlecht | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 18 | RFC Seraing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 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 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 28 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 69 | 24 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 45 | 70 |
| 2 | RFC Seraing | 28 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 55 | 37 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 24 | 18 | 52 |
| 3 | Westerlo | 28 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 41 | 30 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 43 |
| 4 | Lommel United | 28 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 50 | 47 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 3 | 43 |
| 5 | Deinze | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 45 | 46 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 30 | -1 | 39 |
| 6 | RWDM | 28 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 44 | 49 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 27 | -5 | 35 |
| 7 | Lierse Kempenzonen | 28 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 25 | 55 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 28 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 27 | -30 | 16 |
| 8 | Club Brugge II | 28 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 64 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 38 | -41 | 13 |
| 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 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 44 |
| 2 | Genk | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 44 |
| 3 | Antwerp | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 35 |
| 4 | Anderlecht | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 33 |