Royale Union Saint-Gilloise vs Club Brugge KV, Jupiler League 2025-26 CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND

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Jupiler Pro League · 2025-26

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise

2 – 1

Full Time

Club Brugge KV

Sun 19 Apr 2026 · 16:30 UTC Stade Joseph Marien 7,858 HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 15' Brandon Mechele

Mateo Biondic 29' 1–1

Besfort Zeneli 81' 2–1

Ross Sykes 12' Y

Adem Zorgane 13' Y

Y 13' Hugo Vetlesen

Y 24' Carlos Forbs

Y 32' Romeo Vermant

Anan Khalaili 45' Y

Y 54' Joel Ordonez

Y 90' Aleksandar Stankovic

Overview

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Royale Union Saint-Gilloise vs Club Brugge KV — Jupiler League at Stade Joseph Marien.

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 7 games · 19 pts (2026/27)
Club Brugge KV 7 games · 18 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Lawrence Visser
Assistant 1 Ruben Wyns
Assistant 2 Thibaud Nijssen

5 games this season 🟨 4.2/game ⚽ 14.2 goals/game

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise	7	19
2	KAA Gent	7	19
3	Club Brugge KV	7	18
4	Sporting du Pays de Charleroi	7	18
5	RSC Anderlecht	7	13
6	SV Zulte-Waregem	7	11
7	Royal Standard de Liège	7	11
8	KVC Westerlo	7	10
9	KRC Genk	7	9
10	SK Beveren	7	9
11	K. Sint-Truidense VV	7	8
12	Lommel SK	7	8
13	Royal Antwerp FC	7	7
14	UR La Louvière Centre	7	4
15	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	7	4
16	Cercle Brugge KSV	7	3
17	KV Mechelen	7	3
18	KV Kortrijk	7	3

Head-to-Head

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 16 games · Avg 2.3 goals Club Brugge KV

Last 5 meetings

2026-04-19 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 2–1 Club Brugge KV 2026-02-01 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 1–0 Club Brugge KV 2025-10-05 Club Brugge KV 1–0 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 2025-04-27 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 0–0 Club Brugge KV 2025-04-24 Club Brugge KV 0–1 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise

Recent Form

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
19 Apr	Club Brugge KV	H	2–1	W
12 Apr	KV Mechelen	A	1–0	W
04 Apr	K. Sint-Truidense VV	H	1–0	W
22 Mar	K. Sint-Truidense VV	A	3–1	W
14 Mar	FC Verbroedering Dender EH	H	2–0	W
07 Mar	KRC Genk	H	2–1	W

Club Brugge KV

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
19 Apr	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise	A	1–2	L
11 Apr	K. Sint-Truidense VV	A	2–1	W
06 Apr	RSC Anderlecht	H	4–2	W
22 Mar	KV Mechelen	H	4–1	W
14 Mar	KVC Westerlo	A	2–1	W
08 Mar	RSC Anderlecht	H	2–2	D

Season Stats

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise		Club Brugge KV
#1	Position	#3
19	Points	18
7	Played	7
6 / 1 / 0	W / D / L	6 / 0 / 1
21	Scored	15
3	Conceded	3
+18	GD	+12
2.71	PPG	2.57
86%	Win %	86%

Key Stats

56% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)

44% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

71% Clean Sheets
Royale Union Saint-Gilloise this season

71% Clean Sheets
Club Brugge KV this season

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise are 1st (19 pts). Club Brugge KV are 3rd (18 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise

0-15

2/1

16-30

2/1

31-45

3/1

46-60

4/–

61-75

3/–

76+

6/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Club Brugge KV

0-15

2/–

16-30

2/1

31-45

2/1

46-60

3/–

61-75

3/–

76+

2/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise

Raul Florucz	4 G
Relebohile Mofokeng	3 G	1 A
Besfort Zeneli	2 G	4 A
Mateo Biondic	2 G	4 A
Guilherme Carvalho	1 G	1 A

Club Brugge KV

Hugo Vetlesen	3 G
Nicolo Tresoldi	3 G
Carlos Forbs	2 G	3 A
Brandon Mechele	2 G
Mamadou Diakhon	1 G	2 A

Events

Match Events

0' Welcome to Stade Joseph Marien that hosts another battle between Royale Union Saint-Gilloise and Club Brugge KV.
5' 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.
10' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. David Hubert will be considering his options from the bench.
12' Royale Union Saint-Gilloise player sees a card in front of him.
13' Adem Zorgane picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
15' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Brandon Mechele makes it 0-1.
20' Bjorn Meijer needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 8 Yellow cards this season.
24' A meaty challenge results in booking for Carlos Forbs on 24.
29' Assisted by Anan Khalaili with the perfectly-timed delivery and Mateo Biondic makes no mistake. 1-1!
32' The referee calls foul for Romeo Vermant. He receives a card.
37' Romeo Vermant is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Royale Union Saint-Gilloise so far.
42' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Christian Burgess made 378 appearances and scored 17 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
45' It’s a booking for Royale Union Saint-Gilloise player. Anan Khalaili gets a card.
50' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Royale Union Saint-Gilloise that had 241 games and scored 404 goals.
54' That looks like a foul for a card for Joel Ordonez.
59' The travelling Club Brugge KV supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
64' Besfort Zeneli is ready to make an impact after coming on for Anouar Ait El Hadj at the 64 minute mark.
69' Hans Vanaken gets the nod from Club Brugge KV. He replaces Raphael Onyedika and will look to change the dynamic.
74' Club Brugge KV come into this ranked 2 in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
79' 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.
81' GOAL! Besfort Zeneli fires home to make it 2-1!
84' Fresh legs for Club Brugge KV! Nicolo Tresoldi comes on to replace Hugo Vetlesen.
86' The whistle greets Kamiel Van De Perre as he departs to be replaced by Ivan Pavlic.
87' Another change for Royale Union Saint-Gilloise made on 87 minute. Kevin Rodriguez leaves to be changed by Mohammed Fuseini.
90' The Club Brugge KV manager makes a substitution. Joaquin Seys departs to be replaced by Gustaf Nilsson.
90' That is a card for Club Brugge KV. Aleksandar Stankovic will be fuming at that decision.
What a match! Full time at {STADIUM} — Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 2-1 Club Brugge KV.

Lineups

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise Lineups

3-4-3

Starting XI

16
Christian Burgess
26
Ross Sykes
37
Kjell Scherpen
5
Kevin Mac Allister
10
Anouar Ait El Hadj ↓ Besfort Zeneli 64'
8
Adem Zorgane
9
Mateo Biondic ↓ Massire Sylla 90'
13
Kevin Rodriguez ↓ Mohammed Fuseini 87'
11
Guilherme Carvalho
25
Anan Khalaili
6
Kamiel Van De Perre ↓ Ivan Pavlic 86'

Bench

Coach David Hubert

Club Brugge KV Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Ivan Leko

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Hans Vanaken	4
Andreas Skov Olsen	3
Franjo Ivanovic	2
Mohammed Amoura	2
Brandon Mechele	2
Besfort Zeneli	1
Koki Machida	1
Christos Tzolis	1

Head to Head

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise Form

2026-04-19 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 2–1 Club Brugge KV W 2026-04-12 KV Mechelen 0–1 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise W 2026-04-04 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 1–0 K. Sint-Truidense VV W 2026-03-22 K. Sint-Truidense VV 1–3 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise W 2026-03-14 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 2–0 FC Verbroedering Dender EH W 2026-03-07 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 2–1 KRC Genk W

Club Brugge KV Form

2026-04-19 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 2–1 Club Brugge KV L 2026-04-11 K. Sint-Truidense VV 1–2 Club Brugge KV W 2026-04-06 Club Brugge KV 4–2 RSC Anderlecht W 2026-03-22 Club Brugge KV 4–1 KV Mechelen W 2026-03-14 KVC Westerlo 1–2 Club Brugge KV W 2026-03-08 Club Brugge KV 2–2 RSC Anderlecht D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.17 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise xG

Expected Goals

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

0.72 Club Brugge KV xG

I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 71% + Under — clean sheet likely 63%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise49% Draw30% Club Brugge KV21%

Actual: Royale Union Saint-Gilloise win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes37% 0% No63%

Avg goals/match: 1.89

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	82%	18%
± 1.5	56%	44%
± 2.5	29%	71%
± 3.5	13%	87%
± 4.5	5%	95%

Double Chance

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise or Draw

79%

Draw or Club Brugge KV

51%

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise or Club Brugge KV

70%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise29% Draw56% Club Brugge KV15%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

0 – 0

17.6%

1 – 0

16.4%

1 – 1

13.6%

2 – 0

9.9%

0 – 1

9.5%

2 – 1

Actual

1 – 2

4.4%

3 – 0

3.8%

0 – 2

3.7%

3 – 1

2.9%

2 – 2

2.8%

3 – 2

1.2%

Asian Handicap — Royale Union Saint-Gilloise

Handicap	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise covers	Push	Club Brugge KV covers
-2.5	7%	—	93%
-2	7%	13%	80%
-1.5	20%	—	80%
-1	20%	25%	55%
-0.5	45%	—	55%
+0.5	79%	—	21%
+1	79%	15%	6%
+1.5	94%	—	6%
+2	94%	5%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise keeps clean sheet

49% ✓

Club Brugge KV keeps clean sheet

32% ✓

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