Victory to the hosting team is expected from this match if the league standings is to be trusted. The Union Saint-Gilloise regulars are optimistic that the difference between 2nd and RFC Seraing's 18th spot in the table will show on the pitch.
- Union Saint-Gilloise have the most scored goals in the second half (39) in Pro League
- RFC Seraing have the fewest scored goals (26) in Pro League
For Seraing it's their last days at this level as relegation is a fact.
The hosts Union Saint-Gilloise saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Europa League. That game was an away game at Bayer Leverkusen, so at least Union Saint-Gilloise are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Union Saint-Gilloise form and stats
38 points is a decent return from 16 Pro League games here at Stade Joseph Mariën for Union Saint-Gilloise. The data says 12 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. There’s a good atmosphere here at Stade Joseph Mariën after three straight home wins.
The Saint-Gilloise boss Geraerts and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Bayer Leverkusen in the Europa League. Teuma (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.13/10. Teuma served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 38 successful passes (of 47 total).
Before that, Union Saint-Gilloise played out a Pro League draw 1-1 when visiting Gent.Sports gamblers, take note: A review of the 10 most recent league games highlights that 8 of them had goals from both teams.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Bayer Leverkusen are coming to town in four days.
The Union Saint-Gilloise fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 31 goals in 16 league matches. 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 15 from 16 matches.
RFC Seraing form and stats
There's been little loot from RFC Seraing's travels as they have only collected 13 points from 16 away games in the Pro League. RFC Seraing only have 4 wins to counter their 11 defeats and 1 draw. With the RFC Seraing losing streak of six defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.
RFC Seraing aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 182 league minutes without a goal. Marius was the last player to find the net.
Two away games in a row for Seraing, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus Club Brugge. RFC Seraing goalkeeper Dietsch could take pride in a splendid day's work against Club Brugge, but in spite of managing nine saves the defeat could not be helped.
Preceding that, the 0-5 home loss versus Gent.The visiting Seraing have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 19 goals from 16 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. RFC Seraing have conceded 37 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The 5 most recent matches involving these opponents have all finished as Union Saint-Gilloise victories. Will history repeat itself?Here's what happened when the contenders faced each other previously this season; RFC Seraing - Saint-Gilloise 1-2.
Top Goalscorers
  T. Teuma 9 goals |  S. Adingra 9 goals |   M. Mouandilmadji 9 goals |
Union Saint-Gilloise missing players
RFC Seraing missing players
| Union Saint-Gilloise | RFC Seraing | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 16 | 32 |
| 21 | 12 | 5 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 11 | 23 |
| 64 | 31 | 13 | Scored | S | 4 | 19 | 26 |
| 38 | 15 | 3 | Conceded | C | 10 | 37 | 65 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 91% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 84% |
| 69% | 69% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 81% | 56% |
| 28% | 19% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 50% | 31% |
| 16% | 6% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 19% | 12% |
| 72% | 62% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 62% | 50% |
| 25% | 38% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 6% | 3% |
| 3% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 31% | 47% |
| 5.7 | 6.2 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 2.9 | 3.4 |
| 4.3 | 3.8 | 2.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9.4 | 7.9 | 7.2 |
| 2.4 | 2.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.1 | 2.4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 14.2 | 15.1 | 14.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.4 | 6.7 | 7.9 |
| 4.7 | 5.2 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.6 | 2.1 | 2 |
| 42% | 37% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 56% | 40% |
| 9.1 | 8.6 | 6.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.8 | 16.1 | 15.1 |
| 3.2 | 3.2 | 1.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.2 | 6.6 | 5.2 |
- All of RFC Seraing's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- RFC Seraing have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- RFC Seraing have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- RFC Seraing have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- RFC Seraing have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Pro League
- RFC Seraing have the fewest scored goals (26) in Pro League
- RFC Seraing have the fewest scored goals in the second half (12) in Pro League
- RFC Seraing have the the worst goal difference (-39) in Pro League
- RFC Seraing haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- RFC Seraing is in the worst form (0-0-6)
- 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 scored more than double the goals of RFC Seraing.
- Union Saint-Gilloise have the most scored goals in the second half (39) 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 | 32 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 71 | 33 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 20 | 38 | 71 |
| 2 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 32 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 64 | 38 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 23 | 26 | 69 |
| 3 | Antwerp | 32 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 57 | 26 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 31 | 66 |
| 4 | Gent | 32 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 62 | 35 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 21 | 27 | 55 |
| 5 | Club Brugge | 32 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 54 | 36 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 33 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 55 |
| 6 | Standard Liege | 32 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 53 | 41 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 25 | 12 | 52 |
| 7 | Westerlo | 32 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 60 | 52 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 40 | 26 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 8 | 49 |
| 8 | Sporting Charleroi | 32 | 14 | 5 | 13 | 42 | 47 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 22 | -5 | 47 |
| 9 | Anderlecht | 32 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 45 | 38 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 46 |
| 10 | Cercle Brugge | 32 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 44 | 43 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 28 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 26 | 1 | 44 |
| 11 | OH Leuven | 32 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 49 | 46 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 22 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 3 | 42 |
| 12 | Sint-Truiden | 32 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 36 | 36 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 0 | 42 |
| 13 | Mechelen | 32 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 45 | 60 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 26 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 17 | 34 | -15 | 36 |
| 14 | Kortrijk | 32 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 35 | 56 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 25 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 21 | 31 | -21 | 31 |
| 15 | AS Eupen | 32 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 39 | 63 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 35 | -24 | 28 |
| 16 | Zulte-Waregem | 32 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 43 | 74 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 43 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 31 | -31 | 24 |
| 17 | KV Oostende | 32 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 35 | 71 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 29 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 42 | -36 | 24 |
| 18 | RFC Seraing | 32 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 26 | 65 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 28 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 19 | 37 | -39 | 19 |
