Union Saint-Gilloise vs Leuven Prediction: This should be an easy one for the home team

Week 3 of the Jupiler Pro League pits Union Saint-Gilloise against Leuven at Stade Joseph Marien. Having enjoyed wins in their first two matches this season, Union Saint-Gilloise will look to continue their winning performance, while Leuven could only slip at home to RWDM in their last weekend matchup.

Union Saint-Gilloise are hoping to win again after their last result, a 0-1 First Division A victory over Standard Liège. In that game, Union Saint-Gilloise managed 65% possession and 24 shots at goal with 8 on target. The scorer for Union Saint-Gilloise was Dennis Eckert Ayensa in the 21st minute. For their opponents, Standard Liège had 8 shots on goal with 3 on target. Union Saint-Gilloise haven’t been able to stop scoring goals, finding the back of the net in each and every one of their last 6 games. They have managed to rack up 9 during that period and have conceded a total of 5. Looking at the pre-match facts, Union Saint-Gilloise have not been beaten in the league by Leuven in their last 3 matches. Also, the home team is undefeated in their previous 5 league matches at home.

Leuven will be looking to get back on track after suffering a loss in their previous match in First Division A action against RWD. During that match, Leuven held 58% of the possession and had 18 shots on goal, with only 5 of them finding the target. Richie Sagrado was the only player for Leuven to get their name on the scoresheet when he scored in the 18th minute. Their competitors, RWD, had 15 shots on goal, with only four of them actually hitting the target. Two of RWD's goals came courtesy of Mickael Biron in the 44th and 48th minutes. In the previous six matches that Leuven has participated in, the away team has scored a total of 22 goals, which results in a mean average of 3.67 goals for each contest.

Both Union Saint-Gilloise and Leuven have faced off against one another a total of 28 times throughout the course of the previous seasons, with Union Saint-Gilloise being victorious on 12 of those occasions and Leuven prevailing on 9 of those occasions. There were seven games in which no team won by a clear margin. In head-to-head competition between the two teams, Union Saint-Gilloise scored 41 goals, while Leuven could only muster up 30 goals for themselves.

Since it is predicted that both clubs will prioritize winning this match, there is a good chance that it will turn out to be an exciting competition. However, the result of this match will surely be determined by how successfully both teams deal with the adversity that has been presented to them and carry out the strategies that they have devised. In the meantime, looking at how the two sides have been playing over the past few weeks reveals that this side possesses a good victory record recently, despite the fact that Union Saint-Gilloise have a decent roster. Since it is anticipated that Leuven will not have much of an impact on the game due to the fact that they will have a substantial amount of work to complete defensively, the ideal outcome for this situation would be to place a bet on Union Saint-Gilloise to win. It is feasible to place a wager on there being a goal scored in each of the two halves of this match since we do not believe that it will be a boring contest from the beginning to the end.