📏 Form Guide

KAA Gent

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KAA Gent will be looking to improve on their last outing here following the 4-0 First Division A - Play-Offs defeat last time out to KRC Genk.

In that game, KAA Gent had 49% possession and 11 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. On the other side, Genk got 15 shots on goal with 8 on target. Konstantinos Karetsas (38'), Tolu Arokodare (50') and Hyeon-gyu Oh (88', 91') scored for KRC Genk.

KAA Gent have not been in good attacking form in recent times. Their ‘goals for’ figure equals just 4 against opposition teams over their previous 6 outings. In those games, KAA Gent have also seen the number of goals scored against them total 7.

Union Saint-Gilloise

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Union Saint-Gilloise will come into the encounter after a 5-1 First Division A - Play-Offs win over Antwerp in their most recent outing.

In that game, Union Saint-Gilloise managed 49% possession and 15 attempts at goal with 9 of them on target. For Union Saint-Gilloise, the goals were scored by Anan Khalaili (4'), Promise David (14'), Franjo Ivanović (45', 87') and Koki Machida (71'). For their opponents, Royal Antwerp had 6 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Gyrano Kerk (37') was the scorer for Antwerp.

Demonstrating their penchant for high-scoring encounters, the back of the net has been hit 22 times in the last six games in which Union Saint-Gilloise have taken to the pitch, making it an average of 3.67 goals each clash. Opposition teams have got 5 of these goals. We will have to see if that trend can be sustained here.

↔️ Head to head

A review of their prior head-to-head clashes dating back to 08/04/2023 shows us that KAA Gent have won 0 of them and Union Saint-Gilloise 2, with the number of drawn results being 4.

A combined total of 15 goals were scored between the two sides in this period, with 6 from De Buffalo's and 9 netted by Les Unionistes. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.5.

The last league fixture between the two was First Division A match day 20 on 26/12/2024 when the final score was KAA Gent 1-3 Union Saint-Gilloise.

On that occasion, KAA Gent managed 54% possession and 5 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Andri Guðjohnsen (61').

On the other side, Union Saint-Gilloise got 14 attempts at goal with 7 of them on target. Promise David (30'), Ross Sykes (51') and Anouar Ait El Hadj (54') scored.

The referee was Nicolas Laforge.

📋 Team News: KAA Gent

Stefan Mitrovic (minor knock), Davy Roef (Broken hand), Archie Brown (minor knock), Omri Gandelman (minor knock) and Max Dean (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be able to feature for KAA Gent gaffer Danijel Milićević.

It looks as if De Buffalo's may well use the 4-3-1-2 system in the match, utilising Tom Vandenberghe, Matisse Samoise, Jordan Torunarigha, Tsuyoshi Watanabe, Samuel Kotto, Atsuki Ito, Leonardo Lopes, Aime Omgba, Mathias Delorge, Dante Vanzeir and Momodou Sonko.

📋 Team News: Union Saint-Gilloise

Union Saint-Gilloise manager Sébastien Pocognoli has not got a full squad to pick from. Charles Vanhoutte (minor knock), Kevin Rodríguez (Hamstring injury) and Sofiane Boufal (Muscle injury) are not ready for selection.

It’s our belief that Les Unionistes will likely elect for a 4-4-2 system, starting Anthony Moris, Kevin Mac Allister, Christian Burgess, Koki Machida, Anan Khalaili, Noah Sadiki, Kamiel van de Perre, Ousseynou Niang, Franjo Ivanovic, Anouar Ait El Hadj and Promise David.

💡 Prediction

In our opinion, KAA Gent will need to apply a lot of pressure to put one past this Union Saint-Gilloise lineup who we think will score at least once to gain the upper hand.

Therefore, we predict a very even contest with a 0-1 advantage for Union Saint-Gilloise when the full-time whistle blows.

We’re expecting it to be that close.

Victor Martins, 18:00 05/04/2025