📏 Form Guide

Union Saint-Gilloise

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Union Saint-Gilloise prepare for this fixture coming off the back of a 1-1 First Division A drawn result vs KV Mechelen.

In that match, Union Saint-Gilloise had 55% possession and 19 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. The only player to score for Union Saint-Gilloise was Raul Florucz (85'). For their opponents, Mechelen got 7 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target. Myron van Brederode (93') was the scorer for KV Mechelen.

Matches featuring Union Saint-Gilloise have usually been lively encounters lately with a lot of goalmouth action the rule rather than the exception. Over their past six games alone, the sum of 20 goals have been recorded for both sides combined (at an average of 3.33 goals per game) with 11 of those belonging to Union Saint-Gilloise. Nonetheless, we must now wait to see whether such a trend shall be replicated in this next game.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Union Saint-Gilloise:

• have not won against Cercle Brugge in their last 2 matches in the league.
• are unbeaten in their previous 8 league matches at home. It's been impressive.

Cercle Brugge

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Since a losing effort in their last game against Oud-Heverlee Leuven in First Division A action, Cercle Brugge and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that game, Cercle Brugge had 60% possession and 17 shots at goal with 5 on target. The scorer for Cercle Brugge was Edan Diop (37'). On the other side, Oud-Heverlee Leuven got 9 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Łukasz Łakomy (49') and Sory Kaba (61') scored for Oud-Heverlee Leuven.

Over the course of their last six outings, Cercle Brugge have bagged a tally of 7 goals. Cercle Brugge have also managed to score in every single one of those games. During those fixtures, they’ve seen 8 goals go into their own net.

Ahead of this meeting, Cercle Brugge have not won away from home in their last 3 league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A glance at their most recent head to head meetings dating back to 24/09/2023 shows us that Union Saint-Gilloise have won 3 of these & Cercle Brugge 2, with the number of draws being 1.

In all, 17 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 9 from Les Unionistes and 8 netted by Groen en Zwart. The average goals per game has been 2.83.

The previous league contest featuring the two was First Division A match day 17 on 08/12/2024 when it finished Cercle Brugge 0-0 Union Saint-Gilloise.

In that game, Cercle Brugge had 42% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 7 of them on target.

On the other side, Union Saint-Gilloise got 11 shots at goal with 4 on target.

The match was refereed by Lothar D'hondt.

ℹ️ Team News: Union Saint-Gilloise

Availability isn’t a big problem, with just a single fitness concern for the Union Saint-Gilloise manager David Hubert to be concerned with thanks to an almost full-strength group. Mohammed Fuseini (Ankle injury) misses out. Ousseynou Niang will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.

🧠 Prediction

One thing is for certain, Cercle Brugge will need to play some great football to break down a Union Saint-Gilloise side who will likely dominate this match.

We reckon that it will be a convincing 3-0 winning scoreline for Union Saint-Gilloise when all is said and done.

Andre Moura, 14:02 22/11/2025