Club Brugge vs Union Saint-Gilloise Prediction: Gillose have to control their fate

Jan Breydel Stadion will serve as the location for the second round of matches in the Jupiler Pro League Championship Group encounter between Union Saint-Gilloise and Club Brugge. Both teams' first-round matches were losses, so they'll be hoping for a different outcome this time around.

Club Brugge will be aiming for a better outcome after their previous match, which was a 3-1 loss to KRC Genk in the First Division A Playoffs. During that encounter, Club Brugge held possession of the ball for 53% of the time and had 18 shots on goal, with six of them finding the target. Hans Vanaken, in the 9th minute, was the only player from Club Brugge to register a goal on the scoresheet. Genk had a total of eight shots on goal, but only four were on target. Daniel Muñoz in the 18th minute, Mark McKenzie in the 56th, and Joseph Paintsil in the 83rd minute scored for Genk. The quantity of results that include a nil is something that has been noticeable in recent games involving Club Brugge. A wager placed on both teams scoring during any of their previous six matches leading up to this one would have resulted in a loss in as many as five of those matches.

Union Saint-Gilloise will be coming into this matchup having suffered a defeat in their most recent First Division A Play-Offs contest, against Antwerp. During that match, Union Saint-Gilloise had 59% of the possession and took 13 shots on goal, with only two of them finding the target. On the other hand, Royal Antwerp had nine attempts at the goal, with four of those attempts being successful. Jurgen Ekkelenkamp in the 20th and Mandela Keita in the 30th minute scored for Antwerp. Union Saint-Gilloise have allowed their opponents to score in six of their last six games, for a total of 11 goals scored against them in those contests.

In recent history, Club Brugge and Union Saint-Gilloise have only competed against one another seven times, with Club Brugge emerging victorious four times and Union Saint-Gilloise going winless in those contests. A draw decided three of the games in total. In the head-to-head matchups between the two teams, Club Brugge scored 10 goals, while Union Saint-Gilloise only managed to score 5 goals.

Due to Club Brugge's superior performance over Union Saint-Gilloise, we anticipate that they will at the very least pick up a draw in this match. Despite this, we anticipate Saint-Gilloise to give it their all in this contest, especially given the fact that the possibility of the away team winning the championship is on the line. Since each team had two goals, a draw seemed like the best possible outcome given the circumstances.