KAA Gent vs Royale Union Saint-Gilloise, Jupiler League 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON

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Jupiler Pro League · 2024-25

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Royale Union Saint-Gilloise

Thu 26 Dec 2024 · 19:45 UTC Ghelamco Arena HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 60' Anan Khalaili

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KAA Gent vs Royale Union Saint-Gilloise — Jupiler League at Ghelamco Arena.

KAA Gent 11 games · 28 pts (2026/27)
Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 11 games · 29 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Nicolas Laforge

5 games this season 🟨 3.0/game ⚽ 12.2 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise	11	29
2	Club Brugge KV	11	28
3	KAA Gent	11	28
4	Sporting du Pays de Charleroi	11	27
5	RSC Anderlecht	11	20
6	Lommel SK	11	16
7	KRC Genk	11	15
8	Royal Standard de Liège	11	15
9	KVC Westerlo	11	14
10	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	11	12
11	KV Mechelen	11	12
12	K. Sint-Truidense VV	11	11
13	Royal Antwerp FC	11	11
14	SV Zulte-Waregem	11	11
15	SK Beveren	11	10
16	Cercle Brugge KSV	11	9
17	UR La Louvière Centre	11	7
18	KV Kortrijk	11	4

Head-to-Head

KAA Gent 13 games · Avg 2.2 goals Royale Union Saint-Gilloise

Last 5 meetings

2024-12-26 KAA Gent 1–3 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 2024-10-19 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 0–0 KAA Gent 2024-03-10 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 1–1 KAA Gent 2023-11-26 KAA Gent 1–1 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 2023-04-08 KAA Gent 1–1 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise

Recent Form

KAA Gent

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
26 Dec	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise	H	1–3	L
22 Dec	Royal Standard de Liège	A	1–0	W
15 Dec	Cercle Brugge KSV	H	1–1	D
07 Dec	K. Sint-Truidense VV	H	2–0	W
01 Dec	KVC Westerlo	A	2–2	D
24 Nov	RSC Anderlecht	A	0–6	L

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
26 Dec	KAA Gent	A	3–1	W
22 Dec	Club Brugge KV	H	2–2	D
15 Dec	KVC Westerlo	H	3–1	W
12 Dec	OGC Nice	H	2–1	W
08 Dec	Cercle Brugge KSV	A	0–0	D
01 Dec	Royal Antwerp FC	H	2–1	W

Season Stats

KAA Gent		Royale Union Saint-Gilloise
#3	Position	#1
28	Points	29
11	Played	11
9 / 1 / 1	W / D / L	9 / 2 / 0
20	Scored	30
6	Conceded	7
+14	GD	+23
2.55	PPG	2.64
82%	Win %	82%

Key Stats

54% Both Teams to Score
H2H (13 games)

31% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

55% Clean Sheets
KAA Gent this season

55% Clean Sheets
Royale Union Saint-Gilloise this season

KAA Gent are 3rd (28 pts). Royale Union Saint-Gilloise are 1st (29 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

KAA Gent

0-15

3/1

16-30

1/–

31-45

5/2

46-60

2/1

61-75

1/–

76+

7/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise

0-15

2/1

16-30

2/3

31-45

4/1

46-60

6/1

61-75

4/–

76+

9/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

KAA Gent

Ibrahima Cisse	4 G
Momodou Lamin Sonko	3 G	1 A
Josue Vergara	3 G
Tiago Araujo	2 G	6 A

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise

Raul Florucz	5 G
Relebohile Mofokeng	4 G	2 A
Besfort Zeneli	2 G	5 A
Mateo Biondic	2 G	4 A
Guilherme Carvalho	2 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' Welcome to Ghelamco Arena that hosts another battle between KAA Gent and Royale Union Saint-Gilloise.
5' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both KAA Gent and Royale Union Saint-Gilloise are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
10' Royale Union Saint-Gilloise fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
15' 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.
20' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
25' Royale Union Saint-Gilloise is showing some good football. However, Royale Union Saint-Gilloise are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
30' GOAL! Promise Akinpelu scores on 30. Assisted by Franjo Ivanovic
35' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His KAA Gent side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
40' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Royale Union Saint-Gilloise needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
45' Ross Sykes has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 1 goals to his name this season.
46' The whistle greets Sofiane Boufal as he departs to be replaced by Anouar Ait El Hadj.
51' Magnificent from Ross Sykes! That is 21 goals in 232 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
54' What a moment for Anouar Ait El Hadj! That strike on 54 puts his side firmly in control.
58' The whistle greets Pieter Gerkens as he departs to be replaced by Sven Kums.
60' Assisted by Archie Brown with the perfectly-timed delivery and Andri Gudjohnsen makes no mistake. 1-3!
60' A moment of madness from Anan Khalaili on 60 minutes earns him a card. Royale Union Saint-Gilloise will be frustrated.
65' Royale Union Saint-Gilloise is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
67' Ousseynou Niang is ready to make an impact after coming on for Alessio Castro-Montes at the 67 minute mark.
68' Royale Union Saint-Gilloise ring the changes. Promise Akinpelu has done his job and it is now time for Kevin Rodriguez to step up.
73' Royale Union Saint-Gilloise started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 73.
78' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
83' The travelling Royale Union Saint-Gilloise supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
84' A change in the Royale Union Saint-Gilloise ranks — Franjo Ivanovic exits the field as Kamiel Van De Perre enters on 84.
89' Jordan Torunarigha has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 13 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
90' KAA Gent manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Gilles De Meyer is hanging Hugo Gambor on the field on 90 minute.
Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 1-3 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

KAA Gent Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Wouter Vrancken

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise Lineups

Starting XI

26
Ross Sykes
23
Sofiane Boufal ↓ Anouar Ait El Hadj 46'
28
Koki Machida
24
Charles Vanhoutte
21
Alessio Castro-Montes ↓ Ousseynou Niang 67'
48
Fedde Leysen
49
Anthony Moris
27
Noah Sadiki
25
Anan Khalaili
12
Promise Akinpelu ↓ Kevin Rodriguez 68'
9
Franjo Ivanovic ↓ Kamiel Van De Perre 84'

Bench

Coach Sébastien Pocognoli

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
Pieter Gerkens	1

Head to Head

KAA Gent Form

2024-12-26 KAA Gent 1–3 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise L 2024-12-22 Royal Standard de Liège 0–1 KAA Gent W 2024-12-15 KAA Gent 1–1 Cercle Brugge KSV D 2024-12-07 KAA Gent 2–0 K. Sint-Truidense VV W 2024-12-01 KVC Westerlo 2–2 KAA Gent D 2024-11-24 RSC Anderlecht 6–0 KAA Gent L

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise Form

2024-12-26 KAA Gent 1–3 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise W 2024-12-22 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 2–2 Club Brugge KV D 2024-12-15 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 3–1 KVC Westerlo W 2024-12-12 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 2–1 OGC Nice W 2024-12-08 Cercle Brugge KSV 0–0 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise D 2024-12-01 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 2–1 Royal Antwerp FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

0.88 KAA Gent xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.25 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise xG

I would bet for: Royale Union Saint-Gilloise or Draw 73% + Under 2.5 goals 64%

Match Result

✓ Correct

KAA Gent27% Draw31% Royale Union Saint-Gilloise42%

Actual: Royale Union Saint-Gilloise win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes43% 0% No57%

Avg goals/match: 2.13

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	86%	14%
± 1.5	63%	37%
± 2.5	36%	64%
± 3.5	17%	83%
± 4.5	7%	93%

Double Chance

KAA Gent or Draw

59%

Draw or Royale Union Saint-Gilloise

73%

KAA Gent or Royale Union Saint-Gilloise

69%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

KAA Gent18% Draw53% Royale Union Saint-Gilloise29%

Actual: Royale Union Saint-Gilloise win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

0 – 0

14.2%

1 – 1

14%

0 – 1

13.6%

1 – 0

9.2%

0 – 2

8.9%

1 – 2

7.9%

2 – 1

5.6%

2 – 0

4.4%

0 – 3

3.6%

2 – 2

3.6%

1 – 3

Actual

3 – 1

1.7%

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%	16%	75%
-0.5	25%	—	75%
+0.5	57%	—	43%
+1	57%	23%	20%
+1.5	80%	—	20%
+2	80%	13%	7%
+2.5	93%	—	7%

Clean Sheet

KAA Gent keeps clean sheet

29% ✓

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise keeps clean sheet

42% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.