Soccer preview: Home fans have high expectations when Union Saint-Gilloise greet OH Leuven

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Fri 26.November
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Joseph Mariën (6000 seats)

Union Saint-Gilloise - OH Leuven. 1st place welcomes 14th place. Nothing is certain - get a comprehensive match preview here!

Insights:
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most scored goals (40) in Pro League
  • OH Leuven have yet to win a game away.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Union Saint-Gilloise form and stats

15 points is a decent return from 7 Pro League games here at Stade Joseph Mariën for Union Saint-Gilloise. The data says 5 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Saint-Gilloise has won six games in a row. The Antwerp match was the last time out without a victory.

It's back home for Saint-Gilloise, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating KV Oostende away with the result 7-1. Christian Burgess (2), Casper Nielsen, Deniz Undav (3) and Dante Vanzeir found the net in that victory. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Union Saint-Gilloise played a great game against KV Oostende and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. Deniz Undav was absolutely essential when Union Saint-Gilloise beat KV Oostende 7-1, scoring three goals. The talented striker Deniz Undav outshone all the other footballers in that game and got a match rating of 9.84 out of 10. Undav scored three goals, served one assist and hit two key passes.

Ahead of that match, Union Saint-Gilloise won a home game hosting Sporting Charleroi (4-0).

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 seven matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won five, drew two and lost zero.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (17 in 7 games), Saint-Gilloise's attacking play is working. Union Saint-Gilloise are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade Joseph Mariën in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 7 matches.

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OH Leuven form and stats

OH Leuven have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Pro League, after 0-5-2 (7 played). It's three draws from Leuven's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.

Leuven's previous game was their home loss versus RFC Seraing (1-3). Attacker Xavier Mercier got a player rating of 7.62 in the game. "Man of the match" Mercier hit five key passes.

Before that, Leuven travelled to Anderlecht and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where OH Leuven played away with similar odds. This revealed three games. The visitors overcame the odds to win one time, one were draw and the home team won as expected one time.

OH Leuven are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 7 games (in the league). The Leuven manager M. Brys has some worries about the defense as 14 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Union Saint-Gilloise four wins, three draws and OH Leuven three victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Union Saint-GilloiseD. Undav
D. Undav
13 goals
Saint-GilloiseD. Vanzeir
D. Vanzeir
10 goals
OH LeuvenS. Kaba
S. Kaba
4 goals

Union Saint-Gilloise missing players

OH Leuven missing players

Union Saint-Gilloise OH Leuven
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
15 7 2 Played P 4 7 15
11 5 2 Won W 0 0 3
1 0 0 Drew D 3 5 8
3 2 0 Lost L 1 2 4
40 17 6 Scored S 5 8 19
14 6 3 Conceded C 7 14 25
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
93% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 87%
73% 71% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 57% 53%
47% 43% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 57% 47%
20% 14% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 13%
53% 43% 100% BTTS BTTS 75% 71% 73%
40% 43% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 13%
7% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 29% 20%
 
5.4 7 10.5 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5.1 5.1
5.2 4 3 Corners against (avg) C A 8.2 6.7 5.9
1.9 1.3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.3 2.1
2 1 1 Red cards R C 2 2 4
 
14.2 18 22 Shots (avg) S ( 13.8 12.9 13.3
6 7.3 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 4.9 5.2
44% 33% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 28% 24% 24%
 
9.8 10 12 Shots against (avg) S A 18.8 18.6 16.1
2.9 2.7 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.2 5.9 5.6
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • All of OH Leuven's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • OH Leuven have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • OH Leuven have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • OH Leuven have yet to win a game away.
  • OH Leuven haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have scored more than double the goals of OH Leuven.
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most clean sheets (6) in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most scored goals (40) in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most scored goals in the first half (18) in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most scored goals in the second half (22) in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the the best goal difference (+11) at home in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the the best goal difference (+26) in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Union Saint-Gilloise haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Union Saint-Gilloise is in the best form (6-0-0) 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 15 11 1 3 40 14 7 5 0 2 17 6 8 6 1 1 23 8 26 34
2 Antwerp 15 8 3 4 26 18 7 4 2 1 12 7 8 4 1 3 14 11 8 27
3 Club Brugge 15 7 6 2 26 19 7 3 4 0 14 8 8 4 2 2 12 11 7 27
4 Mechelen 15 8 2 5 27 25 8 5 1 2 16 11 7 3 1 3 11 14 2 26
5 Sporting Charleroi 15 7 5 3 27 19 7 3 2 2 11 6 8 4 3 1 16 13 8 26
6 Anderlecht 15 5 7 3 28 21 8 3 4 1 20 12 7 2 3 2 8 9 7 22
7 Gent 15 6 3 6 23 16 7 4 1 2 16 9 8 2 2 4 7 7 7 21
8 Genk 15 6 3 6 28 25 7 3 2 2 13 9 8 3 1 4 15 16 3 21
9 AS Eupen 15 6 3 6 24 22 7 2 2 3 10 11 8 4 1 3 14 11 2 21
10 Sint-Truiden 15 6 3 6 17 21 8 2 2 4 10 14 7 4 1 2 7 7 -4 21
11 Kortrijk 15 5 6 4 18 17 7 3 3 1 10 7 8 2 3 3 8 10 1 21
12 Standard Liege 15 5 5 5 17 23 8 2 3 3 9 12 7 3 2 2 8 11 -6 20
13 KV Oostende 15 5 2 8 19 32 8 3 1 4 11 20 7 2 1 4 8 12 -13 17
14 OH Leuven 15 3 8 4 19 25 8 3 3 2 11 11 7 0 5 2 8 14 -6 17
15 RFC Seraing 15 5 1 9 19 28 7 3 1 3 11 9 8 2 0 6 8 19 -9 16
16 Zulte-Waregem 15 3 5 7 23 35 8 1 2 5 12 23 7 2 3 2 11 12 -12 14
17 Cercle Brugge 15 2 4 9 15 23 8 0 2 6 5 13 7 2 2 3 10 10 -8 10
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 15 2 3 10 15 28 8 2 0 6 5 10 7 0 3 4 10 18 -13 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.