Union Saint-Gilloise vs Charleroi Prediction: Home team will take advantage of their turf

This round nine match of the Belgian Pro League will take place at Stade Joseph Marien and will feature Union Saint-Gilloise taking on Charleroi. The most recent encounter saw the home team come out on top against RWDM, while the away team finally broke their winless record of seven matches against Kortrijk.

Following their triumph over RWDM by a score of 2-3 in the First Division A, Union Saint-Gilloise will be looking to repeat their success and aim for a similar outcome in this match. During that match, Union Saint-Gilloise had 51% possession of the ball and 16 shots on goal, with 8 of those shots hitting the target. Gustaf Nilsson, Mohamed El Amine Amoura, and Loc Lapoussin scored goals for Union Saint-Gilloise. Gustaf Nilsson scored in the 13th minute, Mohamed El Amine Amoura scored in the 33rd minute, and Loc Lapoussin scored in the 90+6th minute. RWDM, the team they were playing against, had 10 shots on goal, with 7 of them landing on target. The goals for RWDM came from Makhtar Gueye in the 43rd minute and Pierre Dwomoh in the 45th minute. In five out of the last six contests that Union Saint-Gilloise has been a part of, the average number of goals scored was less than three per game. Concerning the goal differential during that era, their rivals scored a total of five goals, while Union Saint-Gilloise scored a total of eight. Union Saint-Gilloise have not been victorious in either of their previous two league matches played at home before this matchup.

In their most recent game, Charleroi defeated Kortrijk 1-0 to earn a win in the First Division A. During that game, Charleroi had 57% possession of the ball and 14 shots on goal, with only 5 of them finding the target. Isaac Mbenza was the lone player from Charleroi to get his name on the scoresheet, and he did it in the 31st minute. Kortrijk, the team they were playing against, had 13 shots on goal, with only three of them hitting the target. Charleroi, coached by Felice Mazzù, has a reason to be pleased with themselves after scoring six times throughout the course of their most recent six matches. They have let up a total of eight goals in those same matches, thanks to the goals that their opponents have scored.

Only five times in recent history have Charleroi and Union Saint-Gilloise competed against one another. Union Saint-Gilloise was victorious in four of those games, while Charleroi prevailed in only one. In the head-to-head matchups between the two teams, Union Saint-Gilloise scored nine goals, while Charleroi only managed to score two.

The home squad is showing signs of returning to their previous form, and I anticipate that they will use this match to their advantage. On the other hand, I do not believe that Charleroi are at that level yet, and it is very difficult to even back them here. This is despite the fact that they won their home game the previous weekend. As a result of the fact that the home team is the stronger of the two teams competing, I will put my money on the home team to win both halves of this match.