Here's all we know about the Union Saint-Gilloise - Gent fixture:

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 26.December
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Joseph Mariën (6000 seats)

Get ready for a show! The main antagonists are Union Saint-Gilloise and Gent, victory is the objective and 90 minutes the playing time.

Insights:
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most scored goals (50) in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Gent have scored away.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Belgian Cup.

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Union Saint-Gilloise form and stats

Union Saint-Gilloise have performed here at Stade Joseph Mariën this season with 7 wins from 10 Pro League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 0 games and lost 3. With a nice streak brewing from their home games, Saint-Gilloise are also looking for their fifth consecutive victory regardless of location.

Saint-Gilloise's last game was hosting Cercle Brugge (placed 14th) and winning 3-2. Midfield player Lapoussin got a match rating of 7.33 in that game, the max score being 10. Lapoussin hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 6 of 8 times.

In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Zulte-Waregem.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Union Saint-Gilloise handle that role? We have found eight games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, three draws and three defeats.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (23 in 10 games), Saint-Gilloise's attacking play is working. 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.

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Gent form and stats

Playing away, Gent have won 3 games, drawn 2 and suffered 5 defeats in the Pro League this season.

The supporters enjoyed Gent's previous game versus Standard Liège (placed 12th), a Belgian Cup 3-1 win played at home.

That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Sint-Truiden in the Pro League.

We have checked recent matches where Gent have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those three games were one victory, one draw and one defeat.

Gent are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 10 games (in the league). It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Gent have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The former H2H encounter ended Gent - Saint-Gilloise 0-2, played this season.

Top Goalscorers

Union Saint-GilloiseD. Undav
D. Undav
15 goals
Union Saint-GilloiseD. Vanzeir
D. Vanzeir
12 goals
GentT. Tissoudali
T. Tissoudali
10 goals

Union Saint-Gilloise missing players

Gent missing players

Union Saint-Gilloise Gent
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 10 3 Played P 2 10 20
15 7 1 Won W 0 3 10
1 0 0 Drew D 1 2 3
4 3 2 Lost L 1 5 7
50 23 5 Scored S 1 11 33
20 11 3 Conceded C 2 11 22
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 95%
95% 90% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 50% 70%
70% 70% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 50%
45% 50% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 10% 25%
20% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 15%
55% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 40% 50%
40% 40% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 30% 30%
5% 10% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 40% 25%
 
5.7 6.7 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 5 6.2 7
4.8 3.7 6 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 4.4 4.5
2.2 2 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 1.9
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
14.4 17.4 16.7 Shots (avg) S ( 11.5 15.6 15.7
6 6.5 7.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 5.3 6.3
42% 35% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 21% 26%
 
9.8 10 12 Shots against (avg) S A 12 10 9.8
3.1 3 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 3.3 3.3
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Gent have scored away.
  • 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 (8) in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most scored goals (50) 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 (+12) at home in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the the best goal difference (+30) in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 20 15 1 4 50 20 10 7 0 3 23 11 10 8 1 1 27 9 30 46
2 Club Brugge 20 11 7 2 41 26 10 5 5 0 22 12 10 6 2 2 19 14 15 40
3 Antwerp 20 11 4 5 37 24 10 6 2 2 21 12 10 5 2 3 16 12 13 37
4 Anderlecht 20 9 8 3 43 26 10 5 4 1 25 14 10 4 4 2 18 12 17 35
5 Gent 20 10 3 7 33 22 10 7 1 2 22 11 10 3 2 5 11 11 11 33
6 Sporting Charleroi 19 9 5 5 35 26 9 4 2 3 13 9 10 5 3 2 22 17 9 32
7 Kortrijk 20 8 7 5 26 22 9 4 3 2 12 10 11 4 4 3 14 12 4 31
8 Mechelen 20 9 3 8 35 37 10 6 2 2 21 15 10 3 1 6 14 22 -2 30
9 Genk 20 7 5 8 36 33 10 4 3 3 20 15 10 3 2 5 16 18 3 26
10 AS Eupen 20 7 4 9 30 34 10 3 3 4 13 17 10 4 1 5 17 17 -4 25
11 KV Oostende 20 7 2 11 23 39 10 4 1 5 13 23 10 3 1 6 10 16 -16 23
12 Standard Liège 18 6 5 7 22 30 8 2 3 3 9 12 10 4 2 4 13 18 -8 23
13 OH Leuven 20 5 8 7 26 34 11 4 3 4 14 17 9 1 5 3 12 17 -8 23
14 Cercle Brugge 20 6 4 10 26 28 10 2 2 6 10 14 10 4 2 4 16 14 -2 22
15 Sint-Truiden 20 6 3 11 20 31 10 2 2 6 12 18 10 4 1 5 8 13 -11 21
16 Zulte-Waregem 20 5 5 10 30 45 11 3 2 6 17 27 9 2 3 4 13 18 -15 20
17 RFC Seraing 20 6 1 13 23 40 10 4 1 5 13 16 10 2 0 8 10 24 -17 19
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 19 2 3 14 15 34 10 2 0 8 5 13 9 0 3 6 10 21 -19 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.