KAA Gent vs Royale Union Saint-Gilloise, Jupiler League 2024-25 CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND

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Jupiler Pro League · 2024-25

KAA Gent

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Royale Union Saint-Gilloise

Sat 5 Apr 2025 · 18:45 UTC Ghelamco Arena HT 45' · FT 45'

Leonardo Lopes 56' Y

Y 80' Christian Burgess

Overview

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

KAA Gent 1 games · 3 pts (2026/27)
Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 2 games · 4 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Lawrence Visser

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Club Brugge KV	2	6
2	Royal Antwerp FC	2	6
3	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise	2	4
4	SV Zulte-Waregem	2	4
5	Sporting du Pays de Charleroi	1	3
6	KAA Gent	1	3
7	RSC Anderlecht	1	3
8	KRC Genk	2	3
9	Cercle Brugge KSV	2	2
10	K. Sint-Truidense VV	2	2
11	Royal Standard de Liège	1	1
12	Lommel SK	1	1
13	SK Beveren	1	0
14	UR La Louvière Centre	1	0
15	KV Mechelen	1	0
16	KVC Westerlo	2	0
17	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	2	0
18	KV Kortrijk	2	0

Head-to-Head

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

Last 5 meetings

2025-04-05 KAA Gent 0–3 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 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

Recent Form

KAA Gent

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
05 Apr	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise	H	0–3	L
30 Mar	KRC Genk	A	0–4	L
16 Mar	KV Kortrijk	H	1–2	L
09 Mar	Royal Antwerp FC	A	1–0	W
01 Mar	Club Brugge KV	H	1–1	D
23 Feb	KRC Genk	A	0–0	D

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
05 Apr	KAA Gent	A	3–0	W
29 Mar	Royal Antwerp FC	H	5–1	W
15 Mar	KRC Genk	A	1–2	L
09 Mar	Royal Standard de Liège	H	3–0	W
01 Mar	FC Verbroedering Dender EH	H	4–1	W
23 Feb	RSC Anderlecht	A	2–0	W

Season Stats

KAA Gent		Royale Union Saint-Gilloise
#6	Position	#3
3	Points	4
1	Played	2
1 / 0 / 0	W / D / L	1 / 1 / 0
2	Scored	5
0	Conceded	1
+2	GD	+4
3.00	PPG	2.00
100%	Win %	50%

Key Stats

54% Both Teams to Score
H2H (13 games)

31% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

100% Clean Sheets
KAA Gent this season

50% Clean Sheets
Royale Union Saint-Gilloise this season

KAA Gent are 6th (3 pts). Royale Union Saint-Gilloise are 3rd (4 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

KAA Gent

0-15

–/–

16-30

–/–

31-45

2/–

46-60

–/–

61-75

–/–

76+

–/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise

0-15

–/1

16-30

1/–

31-45

–/–

46-60

1/–

61-75

1/–

76+

2/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' In just a few seconds Ghelamco Arena will turn into a battlefield for KAA Gent and Royale Union Saint-Gilloise.
5' KAA Gent started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 5.
10' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both KAA Gent and Royale Union Saint-Gilloise are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
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' 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.
25' A quiet spell here at Ghelamco Arena. Royale Union Saint-Gilloise seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
30' Both keepers have barely been tested. KAA Gent and Royale Union Saint-Gilloise are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
31' Anouar Ait El Hadj adds to his 0 season tally! Royale Union Saint-Gilloise lead 0-1 — and this changes everything.
33' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Franjo Ivanovic makes it 0-2.
38' With 0 assists to his name this season, Leonardo Lopes is clearly more than just a goal scorer for KAA Gent.
39' Brilliant from the ! Promise Akinpelu makes it 0-3 with a superb finish on 39.
44' 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.
46' It is a substitution in KAA Gent team. Samuel Kotto is replaced by Tiago Araujo on 46 minute.
51' 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.
56' That looks like a foul for a card for Leonardo Lopes.
61' The 24-year-old Mohammed Fuseini has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
62' Royale Union Saint-Gilloise ring the changes. Kevin Mac Allister has done his job and it is now time for Ross Sykes to step up.
63' Royale Union Saint-Gilloise manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Mohammed Fuseini is hanging Franjo Ivanovic on the field on 63 minute.
68' 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.
69' Time for substitution for KAA Gent. Aime Omgba is replaced by Andrew Hjulsager.
73' The supporters are chanting for Charles Vanhoutte. He replaces Kamiel Van De Perre on 73 minute.
78' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering KAA Gent that had 299 games and scored 447 goals.
79' Another change for KAA Gent made on 79 minute. Momodou Lamin Sonko leaves to be changed by Noah Fadiga.
80' Christian Burgess was booked on 80.
85' A change in the Royale Union Saint-Gilloise ranks — Anouar Ait El Hadj exits the field as Mathias Rasmussen enters on 85.
90' Royale Union Saint-Gilloise come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
Game over. The scoreline of 0-3 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

KAA Gent Lineups

Starting XI

5
Leonardo Lopes
23
Jordan Torunarigha ↓ Hugo Gambor 69'
4
Tsuyoshi Watanabe
14
Dante Vanzeir
18
Matisse Samoise
15
Atsuki Ito ↓ Hyllarion Goore 46'
16
Mathias Delorge
2
Samuel Kotto ↓ Tiago Araujo 46'
32
Tom Vandenberghe
11
Momodou Lamin Sonko ↓ Noah Fadiga 79'
10
Aime Omgba ↓ Andrew Hjulsager 69'

Bench

Coach Danijel Milicevic

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise Lineups

Starting XI

16
Christian Burgess
28
Koki Machida
5
Kevin Mac Allister ↓ Ross Sykes 62'
10
Anouar Ait El Hadj ↓ Mathias Rasmussen 85'
22
Ousseynou Niang
49
Anthony Moris
27
Noah Sadiki
25
Anan Khalaili ↓ Alessio Castro-Montes 73'
6
Kamiel Van De Perre ↓ Charles Vanhoutte 73'
12
Promise Akinpelu
9
Franjo Ivanovic ↓ Mohammed Fuseini 63'

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
Julien De Sart	1

Head to Head

KAA Gent Form

2025-04-05 KAA Gent 0–3 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise L 2025-03-30 KRC Genk 4–0 KAA Gent L 2025-03-16 KAA Gent 1–2 KV Kortrijk L 2025-03-09 Royal Antwerp FC 0–1 KAA Gent W 2025-03-01 KAA Gent 1–1 Club Brugge KV D 2025-02-23 KRC Genk 0–0 KAA Gent D

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise Form

2025-04-05 KAA Gent 0–3 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise W 2025-03-29 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 5–1 Royal Antwerp FC W 2025-03-15 KRC Genk 2–1 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise L 2025-03-09 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 3–0 Royal Standard de Liège W 2025-03-01 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 4–1 FC Verbroedering Dender EH W 2025-02-23 RSC Anderlecht 0–2 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

0.66 KAA Gent xG

Expected Goals

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

1.01 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise xG

I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 76% + Royale Union Saint-Gilloise or Draw 76%

Match Result

✓ Correct

KAA Gent24% Draw34% Royale Union Saint-Gilloise42%

Actual: Royale Union Saint-Gilloise win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes32% 0% No68%

Avg goals/match: 1.67

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	79%	21%
± 1.5	50%	50%
± 2.5	24%	76%
± 3.5	10%	90%
± 4.5	3%	97%

Double Chance

KAA Gent or Draw

58%

Draw or Royale Union Saint-Gilloise

76%

KAA Gent or Royale Union Saint-Gilloise

66%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

KAA Gent15% Draw59% Royale Union Saint-Gilloise26%

Actual: Royale Union Saint-Gilloise win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

0 – 0

21.4%

0 – 1

17.6%

1 – 1

13.5%

1 – 0

10.9%

0 – 2

9.1%

1 – 2

6.3%

2 – 1

4.1%

2 – 0

3.8%

0 – 3

Actual

2 – 2

2.2%

1 – 3

2.2%

3 – 1

0.9%

Asian Handicap — KAA Gent

Handicap	KAA Gent covers	Push	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise covers
-2.5	1%	—	99%
-2	1%	5%	94%
-1.5	6%	—	94%
-1	6%	16%	78%
-0.5	22%	—	78%
+0.5	59%	—	41%
+1	59%	25%	16%
+1.5	84%	—	16%
+2	84%	12%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

KAA Gent keeps clean sheet

37% ✓

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise keeps clean sheet

52% ✓

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