LASK Linz have traveled here for an interesting Europa League fight against Union Saint-Gilloise. Prepare for the match with this cup preview!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Union Saint-Gilloise form and stats
Union Saint-Gilloise are steadily winning Pro League games and points here at Lotto Park. 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 6 games.
A nice win for Union Saint-Gilloise last time playing, versus AS Eupen. That was also a home game and the match ended 4-1 with Nilsson, Kabangu, Rasmussen and Amoura scoring for the victors. The attacker Nilsson won the honour of being "man of the match" for Union Saint-Gilloise with a rating of 8.42/10. Nilsson scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Before that match, a Pro League win away at Sint-Truiden.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Union Saint-Gilloise as they are travelling to their away game against Westerlo in the Pro League. That match is three days after this one.
Saint-Gilloise are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Lotto Park in their league games, having scored an impressive 16 goals in 6 matches. 7 goals have been conceded.
LASK Linz form and stats
As the visiting team in Tipico Bundesliga matches, LASK Linz have produced an overall stat of 2-1-2 so far.
230 minutes! That's how long the LASK Linz goalkeeper Tobias Okiki Lawal and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Two trips in a row for LASK, whose coach Sageder could celebrate last time after the win against Salzburg. Attacker Žulj got a player rating of 8.14 in the game. "Man of the match" Žulj scored one goal.
Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Rheindorf Altach in the Tipico Bundesliga.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the LASK Linz manager Sageder as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Rapid Wien.
The visiting LASK Linz have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 6 goals from 5 games. As opposed to that, LASK have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  G. Nilsson 6 goals |  D. Eckert Ayensa 5 goals |  M. Amoura 5 goals |
Union Saint-Gilloise missing players
LASK Linz missing players
| Union Saint-Gilloise | LASK Linz | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 16 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 48 | 23 | Scored | S | 25 | 57 | ||
| 26 | 14 | Conceded | C | 10 | 26 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 24% | ||
| 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 16% | ||
| 4.8 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 4.5 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 3.8 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12.6 | 15.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.2 | 10.9 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.4 | ||
| 41% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 47% | ||
| 8.1 | 7.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.1 | 8.1 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Liverpool | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Toulouse | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 4 | LASK Linz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 |
| 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 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 25 |
| 2 | Anderlecht | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 21 |
| 3 | Gent | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 20 |
| 4 | Antwerp | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 17 |
| 5 | Club Brugge | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 16 |
| 6 | Genk | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 15 |
| 7 | Cercle Brugge | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 15 |
| 8 | RWDM | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | -8 | 15 |
| 9 | Standard Liege | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 13 |
| 10 | Sint-Truiden | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 7 | -3 | 13 |
| 11 | Sporting Charleroi | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -4 | 13 |
| 12 | Mechelen | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -1 | 11 |
| 13 | AS Eupen | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -12 | 10 |
| 14 | OH Leuven | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -5 | 9 |
| 15 | Kortrijk | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 14 | -13 | 8 |
| 16 | Westerlo | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -9 | 6 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sturm Graz | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 27 |
| 2 | Salzburg | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 16 | 23 |
| 3 | LASK Linz | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 21 |
| 4 | Hartberg | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 16 |
| 5 | Austria Klagenfurt | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| 6 | Rapid Wien | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 14 |
| 7 | Wolfsberger AC | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 7 | -2 | 13 |
| 8 | Rheindorf Altach | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 12 |
| 9 | Blau-Wei Linz | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -12 | 10 |
| 10 | Austria Wien | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 9 |
| 11 | Wattens | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -12 | 5 |
| 12 | Austria Lustenau | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -19 | 3 |
