📊 Form Guide

Union Saint-Gilloise

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Union Saint-Gilloise will be hoping to return to winning ways here following a 1-0 First Division A - Play-Offs defeat last time out to KRC Genk.

In that game, Union Saint-Gilloise managed 54% possession and 12 shots on goal with 4 on target. On the other side, Genk had 7 shots at goal with 3 on target. Tolu Arokodare (27') scored for KRC Genk.

Under three goals per game were recorded in 5 of the last 6 meetings where Union Saint-Gilloise have been participants. In terms of the goal weighting during that period, their opponents scored a total of 6 while Union Saint-Gilloise managed the sum of 5.

Cercle Brugge

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Last time out, Cercle Brugge drew 1-1 in the First Division A - Play-Offs tie with Club Brugge.

In that match, Cercle Brugge managed 32% possession and 10 shots at goal with 4 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Cercle Brugge was Kévin Denkey (32'). Club Brugge had 28 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. Andreas Skov Olsen (83') scored for Club Brugge.

Miron Muslic's Cercle Brugge have found the back of the net a total of 10 times throughout their latest 6 matches. The total of goals that they have conceded during the equivalent period comes to 5.

👥 Head to head

An inspection of past results between these clubs stretching back to 02/10/2021 tells us that these encounters have been pretty painful for Cercle Brugge. They have not managed to come away with any victories at all while Union Saint-Gilloise have been the better of the two, winning in 83 per cent of those games where they have faced each other.

An aggregate of 18 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 13 from Les Unionistes and 5 netted by Groen en Zwart. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.

The previous league meeting between these clubs was First Division A match day 16 on 03/12/2023 when it finished Union Saint-Gilloise 2-1 Cercle Brugge.

In that game, Union Saint-Gilloise had 60% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 6 on target. The goalscorers were Mohamed El Amine Amoura (27') and Gustaf Nilsson (31').

Cercle Brugge got 13 attempts at goal with 6 on target. Kévin Denkey (33') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Bram Van Driessche.

🗞️ Team News: Union Saint-Gilloise

Kevin Rodríguez (Knee injury), Kevin Mac Allister (Hamstring injury) and Fedde Leysen (Shoulder injury) will be missing for Union Saint-Gilloise gaffer Alexander Blessin.

In our view, Les Unionistes may well make use of the 3-5-2 formation for the game, beginning the first half with Anthony Moris, Charles Vanhoutte, Koki Machida, Ross Sykes, A. Castro-Montes, Jean Thierry Lazare, Noah Sadiki, Cameron Puertas, Loic Lapoussin, Mohamed Amoura and Gustaf Nilsson.

ℹ️ Team News: Cercle Brugge

With a fully injury-free group available to select from, the Cercle Brugge boss Miron Muslic has zero fitness concerns to speak of ahead of this clash.

We are inclined to think that Groen en Zwart appear most likely to make use of a 4-2-3-1 system by sending out Warleson, Edgaras Utkus, Felix Lemarechal, Jesper Daland, Christiaan Ravych, L. Da Silva, H. van der, Alan Minda, Thibo Somers, Hugo Siquet and Kevin Denkey.

🧠 Prediction

We’re of the view that Cercle Brugge must be fancied to score against this Union Saint-Gilloise team, however that possibly won’t quite be as many as the goals that they could concede.

We’re tipping a 2-1 advantage for Union Saint-Gilloise by the conclusion of the game. Should be an interesting one.

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Victor Martins, 11:03 07/04/2024