Pro League preview and data: Union Saint-Gilloise - OH Leuven at Stade Joseph Mariën

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 21.January
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Joseph Mariën (6000 seats)

Union Saint-Gilloise have played great football so far, sitting at 2nd place in the table. OH Leuven have a view both up and down the table from the 7th spot.

Insights:
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most scored goals in the second half (29) in Pro League
  • OH Leuven have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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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 2 games and lost 1. days ago.

Saint-Gilloise shared the glory with Cercle Brugge in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Midfield player Lynen got a match rating of 7.85 in that game, the max score being 10. Lynen hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Antwerp in a game that was won 2-0.

Betting people might want to know that 14 of the most recent 18 league matches from these players have seen goals scored by both teams.

A decent goal production from Union Saint-Gilloise in their home games so far, with 18 goals from 10 league matches. From these home matches, Union Saint-Gilloise have conceded only 8 goals.

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OH Leuven form and stats

4-4-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for OH Leuven in their Pro League matches away.

OH Leuven's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus AS Eupen that finished 1-1. Midfielder Schrijvers was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.82. Schrijvers hit one key pass and had 68 successful passes (of 81 total).

Prior to that result Leuven won their away game at Westerlo. The scoreline was 2-1.

OH Leuven are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 20 times in 11 away games so far. As for defending, OH Leuven rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 17 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Saint-Gilloise and OH Leuven have faced each other already this season: OH Leuven - Union Saint-Gilloise 0-3. Head-to-head totals (for the former ten meetings): Union Saint-Gilloise won six games, two matches ended with a draw and OH Leuven managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / two.

Top Goalscorers

OH LeuvenM. González Gutiérrez
M. González Gutiérrez
13 goals
Union Saint-GilloiseD. Vanzeir
D. Vanzeir
10 goals
Union Saint-GilloiseS. Adingra
S. Adingra
7 goals

Union Saint-Gilloise missing players

OH Leuven missing players

Union Saint-Gilloise OH Leuven
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
21 10 4 Played P 3 11 21
14 7 3 Won W 1 4 8
4 2 1 Drew D 1 4 6
3 1 0 Lost L 1 3 7
44 18 6 Scored S 6 20 36
24 8 3 Conceded C 6 17 32
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 82% 90%
95% 90% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 82% 86%
71% 60% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 64% 62%
29% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 45% 38%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 27% 29%
71% 60% 75% BTTS BTTS 100% 73% 62%
24% 40% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 27% 24%
5% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 18% 24%
 
5.6 6.2 7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 3.9 4.9
4.4 4.4 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6.9 6.4
2.6 2.6 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 1.8 2
4 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
14.4 15.5 18 Shots (avg) S ( 9 11.5 13.1
4.4 4.3 2.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.8 4.4
47% 42% 55% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 48% 39%
 
9.3 9 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 20.7 16.9 14.1
3.3 3.4 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.7 4.4 3.9
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • OH Leuven have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • OH Leuven have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most scored goals in the second half (29) 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 Genk 21 18 1 2 52 19 11 10 1 0 29 9 10 8 0 2 23 10 33 55
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 21 14 4 3 44 24 10 7 2 1 18 8 11 7 2 2 26 16 20 46
3 Antwerp 21 13 3 5 38 22 10 8 1 1 22 8 11 5 2 4 16 14 16 42
4 Club Brugge 20 10 5 5 37 25 11 6 4 1 24 12 9 4 1 4 13 13 12 35
5 Gent 20 10 4 6 34 21 10 6 2 2 18 10 10 4 2 4 16 11 13 34
6 Standard Liege 21 10 4 7 33 24 11 6 2 3 22 11 10 4 2 4 11 13 9 34
7 OH Leuven 21 8 6 7 36 32 10 4 2 4 16 15 11 4 4 3 20 17 4 30
8 Westerlo 21 9 3 9 41 38 11 5 2 4 26 17 10 4 1 5 15 21 3 30
9 Sint-Truiden 20 8 6 6 22 20 9 3 2 4 9 10 11 5 4 2 13 10 2 30
10 Cercle Brugge 21 7 6 8 27 29 10 4 4 2 16 10 11 3 2 6 11 19 -2 27
11 Sporting Charleroi 19 8 1 10 26 32 10 4 1 5 14 16 9 4 0 5 12 16 -6 25
12 Anderlecht 21 7 3 11 30 32 11 4 1 6 18 17 10 3 2 5 12 15 -2 24
13 Mechelen 20 6 4 10 27 36 11 5 3 3 20 17 9 1 1 7 7 19 -9 22
14 Kortrijk 21 6 3 12 22 39 11 3 2 6 9 20 10 3 1 6 13 19 -17 21
15 AS Eupen 21 6 2 13 27 43 10 3 0 7 11 18 11 3 2 6 16 25 -16 20
16 Zulte-Waregem 21 5 4 12 28 45 10 3 1 6 17 28 11 2 3 6 11 17 -17 19
17 KV Oostende 21 5 2 14 22 47 10 4 0 6 12 20 11 1 2 8 10 27 -25 17
18 RFC Seraing 21 4 3 14 21 39 10 0 2 8 4 16 11 4 1 6 17 23 -18 15

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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.