KAA Gent vs Royale Union Saint-Gilloise, Jupiler League 2025-26 CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND
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Overview
Match Preview
KAA Gent vs Royale Union Saint-Gilloise — Jupiler League at Planet Group Arena.
- KAA Gent 30 games · 45 pts (2025/26)
- Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 30 games · 66 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Jasper Vergoote
- Assistant 1 Michele Seeldraeyers
- Assistant 2 Martijn Tiesters (Belgium)
25 games this season 🟨 0.9/game ⚽ 5.5 goals/game 🟥 3 totalStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 30 66 2 Club Brugge KV 30 63 3 K. Sint-Truidense VV 30 57 4 KAA Gent 30 45 5 KV Mechelen 30 45 6 RSC Anderlecht 30 44 7 KRC Genk 30 42 8 Royal Standard de Liege 30 40 9 KVC Westerlo 30 39 10 Royal Antwerp FC 30 35 11 Sporting du Pays de Charleroi 30 34 12 Oud-Heverlee Leuven 30 34 13 SV Zulte-Waregem 30 32 14 UR La Louviere Centre 30 31 15 Cercle Brugge KSV 30 31 16 FC Verbroedering Dender EH 30 19 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 21 May Royale Union Saint-Gilloise H 0–0 D 16 May K. Sint-Truidense VV A 1–1 D 10 May RSC Anderlecht H 1–1 D 03 May KV Mechelen A 0–1 L 26 Apr Club Brugge KV H 0–2 L 22 Apr Royale Union Saint-Gilloise A 0–0 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 21 May KAA Gent A 0–0 D 17 May Club Brugge KV A 0–5 L 10 May KV Mechelen H 3–0 W 02 May K. Sint-Truidense VV A 1–2 L 26 Apr RSC Anderlecht A 3–1 W 22 Apr KAA Gent H 0–0 D Season Stats
KAA Gent Royale Union Saint-Gilloise #4 Position #1 45 Points 66 30 Played 30 13 / 6 / 11 W / D / L 19 / 9 / 2 49 Scored 50 43 Conceded 17 +6 GD +33 1.50 PPG 2.20 43% Win % 63% Key Stats
54% Both Teams to Score
H2H (13 games)31% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history25% Clean Sheets
KAA Gent this season48% Clean Sheets
Royale Union Saint-Gilloise this seasonKAA Gent are 4th (45 pts). Royale Union Saint-Gilloise are 1st (66 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
KAA Gent0-151/116-301/231-452/246-60–/161-75–/176+–/7■ Scored ■ ConcededRoyale Union Saint-Gilloise0-151/116-305/–31-453/446-601/–61-753/176+4/4■ Scored ■ ConcededTop Scorers (This Season)
KAA GentWilfride Kanga 12 G 3 A Max Dean 7 G 1 A Omri Gandelman 7 G 1 A Hyllarion Goore 5 G 4 A Atsuki Ito 4 G 3 A Royale Union Saint-GilloiseKevin Rodriguez 10 G 1 A Promise Akinpelu 8 G 1 A Raul Florucz 7 G 1 A Ross Sykes 5 G Rob Schoofs 4 G 4 A -
Events
Match Events
- 0' It’s Showtime! The match between KAA Gent and Royale Union Saint-Gilloise is underway.
- 5' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 10' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Fedde Leysen suffering a number of foals already.
- 15' KAA Gent started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 15.
- 20' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 25' KAA Gent is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 30' It looks like no one’s ball. Royale Union Saint-Gilloise is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 35' Mathias Delorge needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 40' Michal Skoras has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 4 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 41' A meaty challenge results in booking for Wilfride Kanga on 41.
- 46' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 51' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. KAA Gent needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 56' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Kevin Mac Allister made 167 appearances and scored 15 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 57' Michal Skoras was booked on 57.
- 62' KAA Gent is showing some good football. However, KAA Gent are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 67' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 72' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 77' The travelling Royale Union Saint-Gilloise supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 82' It’s high time Rik De Mil made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 83' It’s gonna be a card for Momodou Lamin Sonko.
- 86' GOAL! Mateo Biondic scores on 86.
- The final score is 0-0.
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Lineups
KAA Gent Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 22
- 7
- 29
- 33
- 4
- 44
- 8
- 20
- 17
- 27
- 45
Bench
- 15
- 30
- 24
- 37
- 11
- 10
- 54
- 57
- 75
Coach Rik De MilRoyale Union Saint-Gilloise Lineups
3-4-2-1Starting XI
- 16
- 37
- 5
- 10
- 22
- 48
- 8
- 13
- 25
- 6
- 23
Bench
- 27
- 19
- 14
- 1
- 9
- 7
- 30
- 11
- 3
- 18
- 29
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Promise Akinpelu 4 Dante Vanzeir 3 Jean Thierry Lazare 3 Andri Gudjohnsen 2 Teddy Teuma 2 Anouar Ait El Hadj 2 Franjo Ivanovic 2 Mateo Biondic 1 Head to Head
KAA Gent Form
Royale Union Saint-Gilloise Form
2026-05-21 KAA Gent 0–0 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise D 2026-05-17 Club Brugge KV 5–0 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise L 2026-05-10 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 3–0 KV Mechelen W 2026-05-02 K. Sint-Truidense VV 2–1 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise L 2026-04-26 RSC Anderlecht 1–3 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise W 2026-04-22 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 0–0 KAA Gent D -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 40.94 KAA Gent xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.4 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise xGI would bet for: Royale Union Saint-Gilloise or Draw 71% + Under 2.5 goals 59%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.34Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 88% 12% ± 1.5 68% 32% ± 2.5 41% 59% ± 3.5 21% 79% ± 4.5 10% 90% Double Chance
KAA Gent or Draw 58%Draw or Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 71%KAA Gent or Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 70%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 13.6%0 – 1 12.4%0 – 0 Actual0 – 2 9.1%1 – 2 8.6%1 – 0 7.9%2 – 1 5.7%0 – 3 4.2%2 – 2 4.1%1 – 3 4.1%2 – 0 4.1%2 – 3 2%Asian Handicap — KAA Gent
Handicap KAA Gent covers Push Royale Union Saint-Gilloise covers -2.5 2% — 98% -2 2% 6% 91% -1.5 9% — 91% -1 9% 15% 76% -0.5 24% — 76% +0.5 54% — 46% +1 54% 23% 23% +1.5 77% — 23% +2 77% 14% 9% +2.5 91% — 9% Clean Sheet
KAA Gent keeps clean sheet 25% ✗Royale Union Saint-Gilloise keeps clean sheet 40% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.