Match Report
48 points separated the sides: Union Saint-Gilloise 2nd on 75, KV Oostende 17th on 27. The last five rounds placed Union Saint-Gilloise no better than 10th for form, against 2nd in the standings. Per game in the league, Union Saint-Gilloise were scoring 2.06 and conceding 1.21, KV Oostende 1.09 and 2.24, against a competition average of 2.29 goals per team per game.
Union Saint-Gilloise arrived on a run of four straight wins. From the last five rounds, Union Saint-Gilloise held 13 points of 15 and KV Oostende 4.
7 meetings are on record — 4 won by Union Saint-Gilloise, 2 by KV Oostende, 1 drawn, at 4 goals per meeting. Only 29% of these meetings ended in a home win. Expect goals on precedent — three or more in 71% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 86%.
The match was played at Stade Joseph Mariën in Brussels (capacity 50,093). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 3-0.