Early sportsbook lines insinuate Union Saint-Gilloise superiority when meeting Kortrijk

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 13.August
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Joseph Mariën (6000 seats)

Union Saint-Gilloise battle Kortrijk for fame and sporting success.

These are hustling days for the home side, as they had a match only four days ago in the Champions League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Rangers.

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Union Saint-Gilloise form and stats

Union Saint-Gilloise have only played one Pro League game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 1 win, 0 draws and 2 defeats from 3 matches.

The followers are hoping that Union Saint-Gilloise will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-3 away defeat in the Champions League fixture against Rangers.

A Pro League defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Mechelen.

Saint-Gilloise are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 7 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 4, drew 2 and lost 1.

Early season league goal statistics from Union Saint-Gilloise's 1 home game: 1 goal, 0 conceded.

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Kortrijk form and stats

Only one away game in the Pro League so far for Kortrijk and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 4 victories, 6 draws and 7 losses from 17 travels.

Kortrijk have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Marko Ilic. It's been 180 minutes since they last conceded in Pro League.

Kortrijk's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Sint-Truiden that finished 0-0. Selemani, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.4. Selemani hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.

Prior to that result Kortrijk won their away game at RFC Seraing. The scoreline was 1-0.

It's early days yet, but Kortrijk has scored 1 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - two - two (Saint-Gilloise wins - draws - Kortrijk wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Union Saint-GilloiseR. Sykes
R. Sykes
1 goals
Union Saint-GilloiseS. Adingra
S. Adingra
1 goals
KortrijkT. Watanabe
T. Watanabe
1 goals

Union Saint-Gilloise missing players

Kortrijk missing players

Union Saint-Gilloise Kortrijk
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 0 1 3
1 1 0 Won W 0 1 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
2 1 0 Scored S 0 1 1
4 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 67%
67% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 33%
33% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
33% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 67%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 67%
 
6 8 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4 4.7
2.3 4 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3 4.3
3.7 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 1.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
12.7 17 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 8 12
3.7 6 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3 3.3
18% 17% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 10%
 
8 6 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 20 19
3.7 4 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 2.7
Union Saint-Gilloise Last season Kortrijk
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
40 20   Played P   17 34
26 11   Won W   4 9
6 3   Drew D   6 10
8 6   Lost L   7 15
83 35   Scored S   20 43
32 18   Conceded C   24 48
90% 90%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
78% 70%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   94% 85%
55% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   35% 41%
38% 35%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   24% 29%
18% 15%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 12%
42% 40%   BTTS BTTS   53% 53%
45% 40%   Clean Sheets C S   24% 24%
22% 30%   Failed to Score F T   24% 24%
 
5.6 6.3   Corners for (avg) C F   4.1 4.5
4.7 3.8   Corners against (avg) C A   6.8 5.9
2.4 2.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.5 2.7
5 1   Red cards R C   2 4
 
13.9 14.1   Shots (avg) S (   10.6 12.2
5.3 4.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.8 4
38% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 32%
 
10 9.2   Shots against (avg) S A   17.3 15.6
3.1 3.3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.9 4.7

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Antwerp 3 3 0 0 7 2 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 5 9
2 Genk 3 2 0 1 9 6 2 2 0 0 7 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 3 6
3 Anderlecht 3 2 0 1 5 2 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 6
4 OH Leuven 3 2 0 1 6 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 4 4 2 6
5 KV Oostende 3 2 0 1 5 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 6
6 Gent 3 1 2 0 5 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 5
7 Zulte-Waregem 3 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 4
8 Club Brugge 3 1 1 1 5 5 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 4
9 Standard Liege 3 1 1 1 5 5 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 4
10 Kortrijk 3 1 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 -1 4
11 Union Saint-Gilloise 3 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 4 -2 4
12 Mechelen 3 1 0 2 4 4 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3
13 Sint-Truiden 3 0 3 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 3
14 Sporting Charleroi 3 1 0 2 4 5 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 3
15 Westerlo 3 1 0 2 3 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 4 -1 3
16 AS Eupen 3 1 0 2 5 8 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 3 7 -3 3
17 Cercle Brugge 3 1 0 2 1 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 4 -3 3
18 RFC Seraing 3 0 0 3 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 5 -5 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 Club Brugge 6 4 2 0 8 2 3 2 1 0 3 1 3 2 1 0 5 1 6 50
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 6 2 1 3 5 5 3 1 0 2 3 4 3 1 1 1 2 1 0 46
3 Anderlecht 6 2 2 2 8 7 3 1 1 1 2 3 3 1 1 1 6 4 1 40
4 Antwerp 6 1 1 4 3 10 3 0 1 2 1 7 3 1 0 2 2 3 -7 36

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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.