Royal Standard de Liège vs Royale Union Saint-Gilloise, Jupiler League 2023-24 REGULAR SEASON

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Jupiler Pro League · 2023-24

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Royale Union Saint-Gilloise

Fri 4 Aug 2023 · 18:45 UTC Stade Sclessin HT 45' · FT 45'

William Balikwisha 4' Y

William Balikwisha 35' YR

Y 56' Senne Lynen

Aron Donnum 61' Y

Romaine Mundle 90' Y

Overview

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Royal Standard de Liège vs Royale Union Saint-Gilloise — Jupiler League at Stade Sclessin.

Royal Standard de Liège 30 games · 40 pts (2026/27)
Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 30 games · 66 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Jonathan Lardot

Standings

#	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 Liège	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 Louvière Centre	30	31
15	Cercle Brugge KSV	30	31
16	FC Verbroedering Dender EH	30	19

Head-to-Head

Royal Standard de Liège 10 games · Avg 3.1 goals Royale Union Saint-Gilloise

Last 5 meetings

2023-08-04 Royal Standard de Liège 0–1 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 2023-02-18 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 2–4 Royal Standard de Liège 2022-11-13 Royal Standard de Liège 2–3 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 2022-04-03 Royal Standard de Liège 1–3 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 2021-08-28 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 4–0 Royal Standard de Liège

Recent Form

Royal Standard de Liège

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
04 Aug	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise	H	0–1	L
30 Jul	K. Sint-Truidense VV	A	0–1	L
23 Apr	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	A	2–3	L
14 Apr	Sporting du Pays de Charleroi	H	3–1	W
09 Apr	KRC Genk	H	2–0	W
01 Apr	KV Oostende	A	3–1	W

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
04 Aug	Royal Standard de Liège	A	1–0	W
28 Jul	RSC Anderlecht	H	2–0	W
23 Apr	KV Kortrijk	A	4–2	W
20 Apr	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	H	1–4	L
16 Apr	FC Seraing	H	2–1	W
13 Apr	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	A	1–1	D

Season Stats

Royal Standard de Liège		Royale Union Saint-Gilloise
#8	Position	#1
40	Points	66
30	Played	30
11 / 7 / 12	W / D / L	19 / 9 / 2
27	Scored	50
35	Conceded	17
-8	GD	+33
1.33	PPG	2.20
37%	Win %	63%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)

70% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Royal Standard de Liège are 8th (40 pts). Royale Union Saint-Gilloise are 1st (66 pts).

Events

Match Events

0' We are underway at Stade Sclessin. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
4' It’s a booking for Royal Standard de Liege player. William Balikwisha gets a card.
9' Royal Standard de Liege have won 363 goals from 372 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
14' Over 14 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
19' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Royal Standard de Liege that had 372 games and scored 363 goals.
20' A stunning finish from Dennis Eckert — that came from absolutely nowhere!
25' Royal Standard de Liege are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Royale Union Saint-Gilloise's shape.
30' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
35' Controversy at the stadium! William Balikwisha argues furiously but the card stands.
40' Jacob Laursen has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
45' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
46' Time for substitution for Royale Union Saint-Gilloise. Mathias Rasmussen is replaced by Lazare Amani.
51' Noah Ohio has been relatively quiet despite scoring 13 goals in his last 282 appearances.
54' The Royal Standard de Liege manager makes a substitution. Hayao Kawabe departs to be replaced by Romaine Mundle.
56' Controversy at the stadium! Senne Lynen argues furiously but the card stands.
59' Noah Ohio makes way for Denis Dragus at the 59 minute mark. A tactical switch from Royal Standard de Liege.
61' A moment of madness from Aron Donnum on 61 minutes earns him a card. Royal Standard de Liege will be frustrated.
66' Royal Standard de Liege started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 66.
71' Aron Donnum is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Royal Standard de Liege tonight.
76' A quiet spell here at Stade Sclessin. Royale Union Saint-Gilloise seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
79' Another change for Royale Union Saint-Gilloise made on 79 minute. Aron Donnum leaves to be changed by Gustaf Nilsson.
84' Loic Lapoussin needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
89' 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.
90' Romaine Mundle was booked on 90.
90' Casper Terho is ready to make an impact after coming on for Cameron Puertas at the 90 minute mark.
The final score is 0-1.

Lineups

Royal Standard de Liège Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Carl Hoefkens

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Alexander Blessin

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Dante Vanzeir	4
Casper Nielsen	2
Moussa Sissako	2
Dennis Eckert	2
Bart Nieuwkoop	2
Promise Akinpelu	2
Philip Zinckernagel	2
William Balikwisha	1

Head to Head

Royal Standard de Liège Form

2023-08-04 Royal Standard de Liège 0–1 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise L 2023-07-30 K. Sint-Truidense VV 1–0 Royal Standard de Liège L 2023-04-23 Oud-Heverlee Leuven 3–2 Royal Standard de Liège L 2023-04-14 Royal Standard de Liège 3–1 Sporting du Pays de Charleroi W 2023-04-09 Royal Standard de Liège 2–0 KRC Genk W 2023-04-01 KV Oostende 1–3 Royal Standard de Liège W

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise Form

2023-08-04 Royal Standard de Liège 0–1 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise W 2023-07-28 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 2–0 RSC Anderlecht W 2023-04-23 KV Kortrijk 2–4 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise W 2023-04-20 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 1–4 Bayer 04 Leverkusen L 2023-04-16 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 2–1 FC Seraing W 2023-04-13 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1–1 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

0.87 Royal Standard de Liège xG

Expected Goals

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

1.67 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise xG

I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✓ Correct

Royal Standard de Liège22% Draw27% Royale Union Saint-Gilloise51%

Actual: Royale Union Saint-Gilloise win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes48% 0% No52%

Avg goals/match: 2.54

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	90%	10%
± 1.5	72%	28%
± 2.5	46%	54%
± 3.5	25%	75%
± 4.5	12%	88%

Double Chance

Royal Standard de Liège or Draw

49%

Draw or Royale Union Saint-Gilloise

78%

Royal Standard de Liège or Royale Union Saint-Gilloise

73%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Royal Standard de Liège15% Draw47% Royale Union Saint-Gilloise38%

Actual: Royale Union Saint-Gilloise win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

0 – 1

Actual

1 – 1

12.3%

0 – 2

10.8%

0 – 0

9.9%

1 – 2

9.2%

0 – 3

5.9%

1 – 0

5.8%

1 – 3

5.2%

2 – 1

4.7%

2 – 2

4.1%

2 – 0

2.9%

0 – 4

2.5%

Asian Handicap — Royal Standard de Liège

Handicap	Royal Standard de Liège covers	Push	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise covers
-2.5	1%	—	99%
-2	1%	5%	94%
-1.5	6%	—	94%
-1	6%	12%	82%
-0.5	18%	—	82%
+0.5	45%	—	55%
+1	45%	24%	31%
+1.5	69%	—	31%
+2	69%	17%	14%
+2.5	86%	—	14%

Clean Sheet

Royal Standard de Liège keeps clean sheet

20% ✓

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise keeps clean sheet

43% ✗

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