📏 Form Guide

Union Saint-Gilloise

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Union Saint-Gilloise enter this match coming off the back of a 0-0 First Division A - Play-Offs draw against Club Brugge.

In that match, Union Saint-Gilloise had 41% possession and 7 attempts on goal with 0 of them on target. On the other side, Club Brugge had 14 attempts on goal with 3 on target.

Their more recent scorelines highlight the fact that much respect should be given to the Union Saint-Gilloise backline. Union Saint-Gilloise have been stingy, resulting in the total number of goals that have gone past their goalkeeper over the course of their last 6 games standing at 2.

KRC Genk

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After being defeated in their last game at the hands of Antwerp in First Division A - Play-Offs action, Genk and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that game, KRC Genk had 59% possession and 16 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. At the other end, Royal Antwerp had 10 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Tjaronn Chery (35') scored for Antwerp.

Looking at their form, and Genk have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, conceding 6 goals in total. At the back, KRC Genk certainly have room for improvement. That kind of pattern won’t necessarily follow through into this game, of course.

↔️ Head to head

Inspecting their most recent head to head clashes dating back to 03/02/2024 tells us that Union Saint-Gilloise have won 4 of these & Genk 2, with the tally of draws standing at 0.

A total of 14 goals were scored between them in these games, with 10 of them from Les Unionistes and 4 belonging to Blauw-Wit. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.33.

The last league meeting featuring these sides was First Division A - Play-Offs match day 4 on 20/04/2025 when it finished KRC Genk 1-2 Union Saint-Gilloise.

That time, KRC Genk had 67% possession and 9 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Tolu Arokodare (93').

On the other side, Union Saint-Gilloise had 10 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Promise David (42', 50') was the scorer.

The referee was Jasper Vergoote.

📰 Team News: Union Saint-Gilloise

Guillaume François (unknown injury), Sofiane Boufal (Muscle injury) and Alessio Castro-Montes (minor knock) will not be able to play for Union Saint-Gilloise boss Sébastien Pocognoli.

💡 Prediction

We’ve got the feeling that KRC Genk will likely be able to find the net against this Union Saint-Gilloise team, however that may not be enough to avoid a loss.

We can see a close game with a 2-1 advantage for Union Saint-Gilloise when the full-time whistle blows. There shouldn’t be much in it, either way.

Renata Leite, 18:02 03/05/2025