📏 Form Guide

Union Saint-Gilloise

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Union Saint-Gilloise, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following a 4-1 First Division A - Play-Offs triumph versus Antwerp.

In that match, Union Saint-Gilloise had 46% possession and 14 attempts at goal with 10 of them on target. For Union Saint-Gilloise, the goals were scored by Gustaf Nilsson (37'), Kevin Mac Allister (39') and Cameron Puertas (54', 93'). At the other end, Royal Antwerp got 3 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Vincent Janssen (17') scored for Antwerp.

Three or more goals per game have been seen in 5 of the last 6 meetings where Union Saint-Gilloise have participated. Opposition teams scored 9 times in this period whereas Union Saint-Gilloise bagged a total of 11. That kind of trend might not be carried forward here, however.

RSC Anderlecht

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In the game prior to this, RSC Anderlecht drew 1-1 in the First Division A - Play-Offs match with Cercle Brugge.

In that match, RSC Anderlecht managed 50% possession and 2 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. The only player to score for RSC Anderlecht was Mario Stroeykens (11'). For their opponents, Cercle Brugge had 2 attempts on goal with 0 on target. Jesper Daland (51') scored for Cercle Brugge.

Over the course of their previous half-dozen outings, RSC Anderlecht have amassed the sum of 9 goals. RSC Anderlecht have also not failed to score in every single one of those games. During that period, they’ve seen 7 goals go into their own net.

↔️ Head to head

Looking at their past head-to-head meetings dating back to 28/08/2022 shows that Union Saint-Gilloise have won 4 of them & RSC Anderlecht 1, with the tally of draws standing at 1.

An aggregate of 19 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 12 for Les Unionistes and 7 coming from Paars-wit. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.17.

The previous league encounter featuring these clubs was First Division A - Play-Offs match day 3 on 14/04/2024 when it finished RSC Anderlecht 2-1 Union Saint-Gilloise.

That time, RSC Anderlecht had 44% possession and 7 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Goals were scored by Kasper Dolberg (11') and Francis Amuzu (76').

At the other end, Union Saint-Gilloise had 15 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Cameron Puertas (66') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Erik Lambrechts.

📋 Team News: Union Saint-Gilloise

Regarding absentees, there’s just a single fitness concern for the Union Saint-Gilloise manager Alexander Blessin to contend with from an otherwise complete group of players. Fedde Leysen (Shoulder injury) misses out.

It seems likely that Les Unionistes may well go for a 3-5-2 formation, handing starts to Anthony Moris, Kevin Mac Allister, Christian Burgess, Koki Machida, A. Castro-Montes, Jean Thierry Lazare, Charles Vanhoutte, Cameron Puertas, Henok Teklab, Mohamed Amoura and Gustaf Nilsson.

ℹ️ Team News: RSC Anderlecht

We are inclined to think that Paars-wit might play in a 4-3-3 lineup with a starting lineup of Kasper Schmeichel, Killian Sardella, Zeno Debast, Jan Vertonghen, Ludwig Augustinsson, Thomas Delaney, Mats Rits, Majeed Ashimeru, Anders Dreyer, Kasper Dolberg and Mario Stroeykens.

💭 Prediction

In our view, Union Saint-Gilloise should stay in control for long periods of time and should be able to convert a few of the chances that they create.

However, RSC Anderlecht might well find it a difficult task to score themselves but we can see them being dangerous for periods.

Accordingly, we see a comfortable 3-1 margin for Union Saint-Gilloise at full-time.

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Peter Guest, 16:01 05/05/2024