Evenly matched teams: Union Saint-Gilloise vs Club Brugge match preview

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 08.May
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Joseph Mariën (6000 seats)

Both squads are enjoying a nice season so far and fixtures like today could be momentous. Read more about Union Saint-Gilloise - Club Brugge!

Insights:
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most scored goals (78) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge is in the best form (5-1-0) in Pro League

Union Saint-Gilloise are already the Pro League winners and can relax with the season objective secured. If they do relax it might give the away team a slightly better chance in this one. Brugge are staying put at 2nd place whatever happens for the rest of the season.

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.

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Union Saint-Gilloise form and stats

The overall Pro League stats at home this season for Union Saint-Gilloise are 10-3-4 (wins-draws-losses). Two home wins in a row for Union Saint-Gilloise bring valid hopes of a third.

Union Saint-Gilloise drew their last game, 0-0 away at Antwerp. Moris, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.01 out of 10 in that game. Moris topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that, Saint-Gilloise had a home game versus Anderlecht which ended with a victory 3-1.

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 four matches with the results: Won two, drawn one and lost one.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Union Saint-Gilloise as they are travelling to their away game against Club Brugge in the Pro League. That match is three days after this one.

A decent goal production from Saint-Gilloise in their home games so far, with 32 goals from 17 league matches. Union Saint-Gilloise have only conceded 14 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Club Brugge form and stats

Club Brugge have an excellent away record in the Pro League so far with 11-3-3 from 17 games. Things are running smoothly for Brugge who hasn't tasted defeat in their last ten matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Gent.

294 minutes! That's how long the Club Brugge goalkeeper Simon Mignolet and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Anderlecht in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0. Defender Mechele was the best team player with a rating of 7.74. Mechele won 10 of 13 duels.

Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Antwerp.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Union Saint-Gilloise in just three days.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Brugge are regular goalscorers on their travels. Club Brugge have conceded 21 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Union Saint-Gilloise and Club Brugge have played each other earlier this season: Club Brugge - Union Saint-Gilloise 0-0. Head-2-head stats last four meetings: zero - one - three (Saint-Gilloise wins - draws - Club Brugge wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Union Saint-GilloiseD. Undav
D. Undav
25 goals
Union Saint-GilloiseD. Vanzeir
D. Vanzeir
14 goals
Club BruggeC. De Ketelaere
C. De Ketelaere
14 goals

Union Saint-Gilloise missing players

Club Brugge missing players

Union Saint-Gilloise Club Brugge
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
36 18 5 Played P 5 18 36
25 11 3 Won W 1 11 22
6 3 1 Drew D 3 4 10
5 4 1 Lost L 1 3 4
81 35 9 Scored S 4 36 73
28 15 3 Conceded C 8 21 37
89% 89% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 94% 94%
81% 72% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 78% 83%
61% 56% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 61% 58%
42% 39% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 50% 44%
19% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 22% 19%
47% 44% 40% BTTS BTTS 60% 61% 58%
47% 44% 60% Clean Sheets C S 40% 33% 39%
17% 22% 20% Failed to Score F T 20% 11% 8%
 
5.7 6.4 5.4 Corners for (avg) C F 6.2 5.4 6.2
4.5 3.6 4.4 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 5.6 4.6
2.3 2.1 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 1.9 1.8
4 1 0 Red cards R C 1 5 8
 
14.2 14.3 10.8 Shots (avg) S ( 9.6 13.3 15.1
5.4 4.6 4.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.4 5.4 5.7
40% 38% 41% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 37% 36%
 
9.9 9.1 9.8 Shots against (avg) S A 13.4 11.3 10.2
3.1 3.2 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 4 3.3
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Club Brugge have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Club Brugge have the most scored goals in the first half (34) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge is in the best form (5-1-0) in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the fewest conceded goals (14) at home in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the fewest conceded goals (27) in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (14) in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most clean sheets (17) in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most scored goals (78) in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the the best goal difference (+51) 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 34 24 5 5 78 27 17 10 3 4 32 14 17 14 2 1 46 13 51 77
2 Club Brugge 34 21 9 4 72 37 17 10 6 1 36 16 17 11 3 3 36 21 35 72
3 Anderlecht 34 18 10 6 72 36 17 10 5 2 41 19 17 8 5 4 31 17 36 64
4 Antwerp 34 19 6 9 55 38 17 9 4 4 30 19 17 10 2 5 25 19 17 63
5 Gent 34 18 8 8 56 30 17 11 3 3 37 16 17 7 5 5 19 14 26 62
6 Sporting Charleroi 34 15 9 10 55 46 17 7 5 5 24 16 17 8 4 5 31 30 9 54
7 Mechelen 34 15 7 12 57 61 17 10 4 3 36 24 17 5 3 9 21 37 -4 52
8 Genk 34 15 6 13 66 47 17 10 3 4 39 18 17 5 3 9 27 29 19 51
9 Sint-Truiden 34 15 6 13 42 40 17 7 3 7 26 23 17 8 3 6 16 17 2 51
10 Cercle Brugge 34 12 9 13 49 46 17 6 4 7 23 20 17 6 5 6 26 26 3 45
11 OH Leuven 34 10 11 13 47 58 17 7 4 6 25 25 17 3 7 7 22 33 -11 41
12 KV Oostende 34 10 7 17 34 61 17 5 3 9 19 37 17 5 4 8 15 24 -27 37
13 Kortrijk 34 9 10 15 43 48 17 5 4 8 23 24 17 4 6 7 20 24 -5 37
14 Standard Liege 34 9 9 16 32 51 17 3 5 9 15 26 17 6 4 7 17 25 -19 36
15 AS Eupen 34 8 8 18 37 61 17 4 4 9 18 29 17 4 4 9 19 32 -24 32
16 Zulte-Waregem 34 8 8 18 42 69 17 5 4 8 23 32 17 3 4 10 19 37 -27 32
17 RFC Seraing 34 8 4 22 30 68 17 5 3 9 16 30 17 3 1 13 14 38 -38 28
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 34 4 4 26 33 76 17 4 1 12 16 33 17 0 3 14 17 43 -43 16

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.