Union Saint-Gilloise get everything set for this game after their 4-0 result vs RFC Seraing, a game that gave some clarity. How will they do against Genk?
- Union Saint-Gilloise have the most scored goals (54) in Pro League
- Genk have the most dropped points from leading position (18) in Pro League
Both sides have had plenty of rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's have faith in that this will be an enthusiastic game!
Union Saint-Gilloise form and stats
Union Saint-Gilloise are steadily winning Pro League games and points here at Stade Joseph Mariën. 7 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats is the summary from 11 games.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Anthony Moris not having conceded a league goal in 246 minutes.
A good away victory last time out for Union Saint-Gilloise, who won 4-0 against RFC Seraing (placed 17th). Midfield player Teuma got a match rating of 8.61 in that game, the max score being 10. Teuma scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Gent.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Union Saint-Gilloise handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, two draws and three defeats.
Union Saint-Gilloise are traveling soon after this match as the Pro League match at Club Brugge awaits in four days.
The Saint-Gilloise manager Mazzù has got the team scoring with 23 from 11 home games in the league. Union Saint-Gilloise's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Genk form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Pro League travels is 4 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
Genk won their last game, 4-1 versus Beerschot-Wilrijk played at home. Ito, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 9.8. Ito scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times.
Prior to that result Genk won their away game at KV Oostende. The scoreline was 4-0.Genk are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, one draw and two defeats. From a total of six matches.
Genk are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 20 times in 11 away games so far. Genk have conceded 18 goals in these games. 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 Genk have faced each other already this season: Genk - Union Saint-Gilloise 1-1. Head-2-head stats last four meetings: zero - two - two (Union Saint-Gilloise wins - draws - Genk wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Undav 17 goals |  D. Vanzeir 13 goals |   E. Onuachu 12 goals |
Union Saint-Gilloise missing players
Genk missing players
| Union Saint-Gilloise | Genk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 16 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 54 | 23 | 8 | Scored | S | 2 | 20 | 44 |
| 20 | 11 | 5 | Conceded | C | 7 | 18 | 34 |
| 95% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 91% | 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 91% | 91% |
| 68% | 64% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 55% | 59% |
| 45% | 45% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 36% | 41% |
| 18% | 18% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 27% | 32% |
| 50% | 45% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 64% | 64% |
| 45% | 45% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | 18% |
| 9% | 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 27% | 18% |
| 5.4 | 6.5 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 5.6 | 5.8 |
| 4.9 | 3.9 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.7 | 4.8 |
| 2.1 | 1.8 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13.6 | 16.4 | 17.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.7 | 14.1 | 14.8 |
| 5.7 | 5.9 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 5.1 | 5.9 |
| 43% | 35% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 36% | 34% |
| 9.7 | 9.8 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.3 | 10.4 | 11.5 |
| 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 3.9 | 4.2 |
- Genk have the most dropped points from leading position (18) in Pro League
- Genk 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 (20) 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 (10) in Pro League
- Union Saint-Gilloise have the most clean sheets (5) at home in Pro League
- Union Saint-Gilloise have the most scored goals (54) in Pro League
- Union Saint-Gilloise have the most scored goals in the first half (24) in Pro League
- Union Saint-Gilloise have the the best goal difference (+34) in Pro League
- Union Saint-Gilloise have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- 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 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 22 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 54 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 9 | 34 | 50 |
| 2 | Club Brugge | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 43 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 43 |
| 3 | Antwerp | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 40 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 40 |
| 4 | Anderlecht | 22 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 51 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 24 | 39 |
| 5 | Gent | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 35 |
| 6 | Sporting Charleroi | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 38 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 6 | 35 |
| 7 | Mechelen | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 37 | 37 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 0 | 33 |
| 8 | Genk | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 44 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 32 |
| 9 | Kortrijk | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 28 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 32 |
| 10 | Cercle Brugge | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 30 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| 11 | OH Leuven | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 29 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 17 | -5 | 26 |
| 12 | AS Eupen | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 30 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 19 | -8 | 25 |
| 13 | Sint-Truiden | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 22 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -11 | 24 |
| 14 | Standard Liege | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 19 | -12 | 24 |
| 15 | KV Oostende | 21 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 23 | 43 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -20 | 23 |
| 16 | Zulte-Waregem | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 31 | 45 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 18 | -14 | 23 |
| 17 | RFC Seraing | 22 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 23 | 46 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 26 | -23 | 19 |
| 18 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 21 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 45 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 25 | -29 | 9 |
