About Match
13 points for Union Saint-Gilloise (2nd), 2 for Cercle Brugge (14th): an 11-point gap. Scoring rates set the scale: Union Saint-Gilloise 2.8 scored and 0.6 conceded per game, Cercle Brugge 1 and 2, with the league averaging 1.53. If Union Saint-Gilloise win, their total rises to 16 and up to 1st, assuming the rest of the results stand.
Momentum sits with Union Saint-Gilloise, winners of their last three. Cercle Brugge enter with three losses in a row. The five-game form split reads 10/15 points for Union Saint-Gilloise against 2/15 for Cercle Brugge.
GioScore's database holds 14 meetings between the two: 9 for Union Saint-Gilloise, 2 for Cercle Brugge and 3 drawn, at 3.07 goals per meeting. Only 36% of these meetings ended in a home win. Expect goals on precedent — three or more in 64% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 71%. 2.2 goals per game in the last five meetings marks a drop from the historical 3.07.
Stade Joseph Mariën in Brussels, capacity 8,432, hosts the game.