Pro League: Top level versus subpar, at least based on the league table. Union Saint-Gilloise - Zulte-Waregem. Home win or a surprise?
- Union Saint-Gilloise have the fewest conceded goals (6) in Pro League
- Zulte-Waregem have not yet lost a game away.
Union Saint-Gilloise and Zulte-Waregem should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Union Saint-Gilloise form and stats
Union Saint-Gilloise must be fairly happy with 6 points from their first three Pro League games here at Stade Joseph Mariën. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Saint-Gilloise after consecutive victories at their own ground.
An away draw last time out for Saint-Gilloise, facing Genk in a game that ended 1-1. The gifted forward Deniz Undav outperformed all the other footballers in that game and got a match rating of 7.8 out of 10. Undav scored one goal and hit two key passes.
Before that, Saint-Gilloise had a home game versus Standard Liege which ended with a victory 4-0.The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Union Saint-Gilloise home games with this odds we find seven games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in five wins, two draws and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, one match were won by at least two goals.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Saint-Gilloise as they have a new game in only three days, a Belgian Cup match thankfully also at home. FC Lebbeke are visiting.
Union Saint-Gilloise can score goals in their home matches. After 3 league matches they have found the net 6 times. Defensively Union Saint-Gilloise have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 3 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Zulte-Waregem form and stats
The seven points Zulte-Waregem have gathered from their first three away trips in the Pro League is impressive and could lead to great things if the form continues. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Zulte-Waregem are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Pro League home defeat versus Cercle Brugge with 2-4 on the scoreboard. Attacker Zinho Gano got a player rating of 8.42 in the game. "Man of the match" Gano scored two goals. Leading 2-0 was not enough for Zulte-Waregem in their fight with Cercle Brugge last time out. Happy faces soon turned sour as mistakes flourished in what ended up a 2-4 loss. As you can tell from the result, the match against Cercle Brugge was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?
Preceding that game was the away victory against KV Oostende with the score of 2-0.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Zulte-Waregem played away with similar odds. This revealed five games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected five times.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Zulte-Waregem are regular goalscorers on their travels. It's not easy to score on Zulte-Waregem as they have only conceded 2 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Head to head numbers (for the prior four meetings): Union Saint-Gilloise won one game, one match ended in a draw and Zulte-Waregem managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / oneTop Goalscorers
  J. Vossen 6 goals |   D. Undav 5 goals |  D. Vanzeir 5 goals |
Union Saint-Gilloise missing players
Zulte-Waregem missing players
| Union Saint-Gilloise | Zulte-Waregem | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 11 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 57% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 71% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 57% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 43% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 71% |
| 43% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 14% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 4.3 | 4.7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2.7 | 3.7 |
| 5.3 | 3.7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6.3 | 6.6 |
| 1.7 | 0.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3.3 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12.1 | 15 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11 | 10.3 |
| 4.7 | 5.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 6 | 4.7 |
| 42% | 38% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 33% |
- All of Zulte-Waregem's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Union Saint-Gilloise have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Union Saint-Gilloise have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in Pro League
- Union Saint-Gilloise have the fewest conceded goals (6) in Pro League
- Union Saint-Gilloise have the the best goal difference (+8) in Pro League
- Union Saint-Gilloise haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Zulte-Waregem have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Zulte-Waregem have not yet lost a game away.
- Zulte-Waregem have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Zulte-Waregem have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Zulte-Waregem 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 | Club Brugge | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 14 |
| 2 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| 3 | Sporting Charleroi | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 13 |
| 4 | Standard Liege | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 13 |
| 5 | Genk | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | AS Eupen | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 7 | Anderlecht | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 8 | Kortrijk | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| 9 | RFC Seraing | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 9 |
| 10 | KV Oostende | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -6 | 9 |
| 11 | Antwerp | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 12 | Cercle Brugge | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| 13 | Zulte-Waregem | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | -3 | 8 |
| 14 | Gent | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 15 | Sint-Truiden | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 7 |
| 16 | OH Leuven | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 7 |
| 17 | Mechelen | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -7 | 7 |
| 18 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -9 | 1 |