Toulouse have traveled here for an interesting Europa League fight against Union Saint-Gilloise. Prepare for the match with this cup preview!
These teams have little in common geographically as Toulouse have to travel 900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Ligue 1. That game, against Olympique Marseille, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Toulouse.
Union Saint-Gilloise form and stats
Union Saint-Gilloise participated in Europa League the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals and lost against Bayer 04 Leverkusen.2 victories, 1 draw and 1 defeat. That’s what Union Saint-Gilloise have to build on here at Lotto Park in the Pro League.
Union Saint-Gilloise's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Genk. Castro-Montes (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.43/10. Castro-Montes hit six key passes and had 34 successful passes (of 42 total).
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a Pro League home game that ended 2-2 versus Antwerp.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Saint-Gilloise have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 8 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 0 and lost 2.
Union Saint-Gilloise are traveling soon after this match as the Pro League match at Cercle Brugge awaits in three days.
Goals decide football matches and Union Saint-Gilloise are scoring many of them at home; 9 on target from 4 league matches. 5 goals have been conceded.
Toulouse form and stats
Things could have gone better for Toulouse in their Ligue 1 away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Olympique Marseille in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0. Goalkeeper Restes made a total of six saves, making him a hero against Olympique Marseille. Heavily contributing to the draw after 90 minutes. Nicolaisen was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.95. The defender Nicolaisen won 9 of 10 duels.
A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Clermont in the Ligue 1.Toulouse have another fixture that requires travelling in just three days, a Ligue 1 fixture vs Lens. A grim timetable for the guests!
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Toulouse has managed {2 goals} and let in 3 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  D. Eckert Ayensa 5 goals |   Z. Aboukhlal 3 goals |  C. Puertas 2 goals |
Union Saint-Gilloise missing players
Toulouse missing players
| Union Saint-Gilloise | Toulouse | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 7 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 44 | 22 | Scored | S | 20 | 29 | ||
| 30 | 18 | Conceded | C | 18 | 30 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 79% | 80% | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 68% | ||
| 48% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 8% | ||
| 56% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 36% | ||
| 4.7 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.7 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 12 | 14.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.2 | 10.8 | ||
| 4.3 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 4.4 | ||
| 41% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 26% | ||
| 8.1 | 7.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.8 | 11.9 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Liverpool | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Toulouse | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | LASK Linz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | Club Brugge | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 13 |
| 2 | Gent | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 3 | Anderlecht | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| 4 | Cercle Brugge | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 5 | Antwerp | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 11 |
| 6 | Genk | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 11 |
| 7 | Mechelen | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 8 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| 9 | AS Eupen | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | -1 | 10 |
| 10 | RWDM | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 10 |
| 11 | Sint-Truiden | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 8 |
| 12 | OH Leuven | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -4 | 5 |
| 13 | Sporting Charleroi | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 4 |
| 14 | Standard Liege | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 3 |
| 15 | Westerlo | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -9 | 1 |
| 16 | Kortrijk | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | -13 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Monaco | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 10 |
| 2 | Nice | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | Olympique Marseille | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | Metz | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 8 |
| 5 | Paris Saint Germain | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | Lille | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| 7 | Rennes | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | Reims | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | Brest | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 10 | Strasbourg | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 11 | Le Havre | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| 12 | Lorient | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 13 | Toulouse | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 14 | Montpellier | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 15 | Nantes | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 2 |
| 16 | Clermont | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 1 |
| 17 | Lens | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -7 | 1 |
| 18 | Olympique Lyonnais | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -7 | 1 |
