Royale Union Saint-Gilloise vs Sporting Clube de Braga, Europe 2024-25 LEAGUE STAGE

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UEFA Europa League · 2024-25

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise

2 – 1

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Sporting Clube de Braga

Thu 23 Jan 2025 · 20:00 UTC Lotto Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Christian Burgess 45' Y

Koki Machida 66' Y

Kevin Rodriguez 73' Y

Y 73' Vitor Carvalho

Y 80' Ricardo Horta

YR 80' Vitor Carvalho

Y 80' Sikou Niakate

Koki Machida 82' YR

Noah Sadiki 90' Y

Y 90' Ismael Gharbi

Kamiel Van De Perre 90' Y

Overview

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Royale Union Saint-Gilloise vs Sporting Clube de Braga — Europe at Lotto Park.

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 0 games · 0 pts (2026/27)
Sporting Clube de Braga 8 games · 17 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Nick Walsh

6 games this season 🟨 4.8/game ⚽ 15.3 goals/game

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Olympique Lyonnais	8	21
2	Aston Villa FC	8	21
3	FC Midtjylland	8	19
4	Real Betis Balompié	8	17
5	FC Porto	8	17
6	Sporting Clube de Braga	8	17
7	SC Freiburg	8	17
8	AS Roma	8	16
9	KRC Genk	8	16
10	Bologna FC 1909	8	15
11	VfB Stuttgart	8	15
12	Ferencvárosi TC	8	15
13	Nottingham Forest FC	8	14
14	FC Viktoria Plzeň	8	14
15	FK Crvena Zvezda	8	14
16	RC Celta de Vigo	8	13
17	PAOK Thessaloniki FC	8	12
18	Lille OSC	8	12
19	Fenerbahçe SK	8	12
20	Panathinaikos AO	8	12
21	Celtic FC	8	11
22	PFK Ludogorets 1945 Razgrad	8	10
23	GNK Dinamo Zagreb	8	10
24	SK Brann	8	9
25	BSC Young Boys	8	9
26	SK Sturm Graz	8	7
27	FCSB Bukarest	8	7
28	Go Ahead Eagles	8	7
29	Feyenoord Rotterdam	8	6
30	FC Basel 1893	8	6
31	FC Red Bull Salzburg	8	6
32	Rangers FC	8	4
33	OGC Nice	8	3
34	FC Utrecht	8	1
35	Malmo FF	8	1
36	Maccabi Tel Aviv FC	8	1

Head-to-Head

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 3 games · Avg 4.0 goals Sporting Clube de Braga

Last 5 meetings

2025-01-23 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 2–1 Sporting Clube de Braga 2022-10-13 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 3–3 Sporting Clube de Braga 2022-10-06 Sporting Clube de Braga 1–2 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise

Recent Form

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
23 Jan	Sporting Clube de Braga	H	2–1	W
19 Jan	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	H	1–0	W
11 Jan	Sporting du Pays de Charleroi	A	2–1	W
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

Sporting Clube de Braga

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
23 Jan	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise	A	1–2	L
19 Jan	CF Estrela da Amadora	A	1–0	W
04 Jan	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	A	2–1	W
29 Dec	Casa Pia AC	H	1–2	L
22 Dec	CD Santa Clara	A	2–0	W
16 Dec	FC Famalicão	H	3–3	D

Key Stats

100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (3 games)

100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

50% Clean Sheets
Royale Union Saint-Gilloise this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise

0-15

–/1

16-30

1/–

31-45

3/–

46-60

3/1

61-75

–/–

76+

3/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise

Besfort Zeneli	2 G	1 A
Guilherme Carvalho	2 G
Relebohile Mofokeng	1 G	1 A
Mateo Biondic	1 G
Ondrej Kricfalusi	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' Three points are at stake. Royale Union Saint-Gilloise host Sporting Clube de Braga — let the battle begin!
5' Sporting Clube de Braga started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 5.
10' The home supporters are growing impatient. Royale Union Saint-Gilloise must find a spark to ignite this game.
15' Ricardo Horta has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
16' Amine El Ouazzani has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 16 minutes.
21' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
26' Fedde Leysen, a Belgium defender, has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
31' 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.
36' It’s high time Carlos Carvalhal made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
41' 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.
45' Christian Burgess catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 45.
46' A change in the Royale Union Saint-Gilloise ranks — Fedde Leysen exits the field as Kevin Rodriguez enters on 46.
50' Against the run of play, Franjo Ivanovic has scored! This game has turned on its head.
55' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
60' It is a cagey affair so far. Royale Union Saint-Gilloise in their trying to find a way past Sporting Clube de Braga's compact .
65' Koki Machida needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
66' Koki Machida was booked on 66.
67' Royale Union Saint-Gilloise make a change. Anouar Ait El Hadj trudges off to be replaced by Mathias Rasmussen on 67 minutes.
72' It looks like no one’s ball. Sporting Clube de Braga is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
73' Poor challenge from Kevin Rodriguez. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
74' Franjo Ivanovic doubles the advantage! 2-1 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
79' 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.
80' It’s a booking for Sporting Clube de Braga player. Ricardo Horta gets a card.
82' A meaty challenge results in booking for Koki Machida on 82.
84' It is a substitution in Sporting Clube de Braga team. Paulo Oliveira is replaced by Ismael Gharbi on 84 minute.
85' It is a substitution in Sporting Clube de Braga team. Roger Fernandes is replaced by Victor Gomez on 85 minute.
90' Poor challenge from Noah Sadiki. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from Royale Union Saint-Gilloise to claim maximum points.

Lineups

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise Lineups

Starting XI

16
Christian Burgess
26
Ross Sykes
28
Koki Machida
10
Anouar Ait El Hadj ↓ Mathias Rasmussen 67'
22
Ousseynou Niang
48
Fedde Leysen ↓ Kevin Rodriguez 46'
49
Anthony Moris
27
Noah Sadiki
77
Mohammed Fuseini
6
Kamiel Van De Perre
9
Franjo Ivanovic

Bench

Coach Sébastien Pocognoli

Sporting Clube de Braga Lineups

Starting XI

8
Joao Moutinho
4
Sikou Niakate
7
Bruma
15
Paulo Oliveira ↓ Ismael Gharbi 84'
21
Ricardo Horta ↓ Rodrigo Zalazar 84'
91
Lukas Hornicek
3
Robson Bambu
11
Roger Fernandes ↓ Victor Gomez 85'
29
Jean-Baptiste Gorby ↓ Vitor Carvalho 46'
9
Amine El Ouazzani
77
Gabriel Martinez

Bench

Coach Carlos Carvalhal

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Vitor Oliveira	3
Franjo Ivanovic	2
Gustaf Nilsson	2
Victor Boniface	2
Amine El Ouazzani	1
Abel Ruiz	1
Dante Vanzeir	1

Head to Head

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise Form

2025-01-23 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 2–1 Sporting Clube de Braga W 2025-01-19 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 1–0 Oud-Heverlee Leuven W 2025-01-11 Sporting du Pays de Charleroi 1–2 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise W 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

Sporting Clube de Braga Form

2025-01-23 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 2–1 Sporting Clube de Braga L 2025-01-19 CF Estrela da Amadora 0–1 Sporting Clube de Braga W 2025-01-04 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 1–2 Sporting Clube de Braga W 2024-12-29 Sporting Clube de Braga 1–2 Casa Pia AC L 2024-12-22 CD Santa Clara 0–2 Sporting Clube de Braga W 2024-12-16 Sporting Clube de Braga 3–3 FC Famalicão D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.55 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise xG

Expected Goals

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

1.23 Sporting Clube de Braga xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 56%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise48% Draw26% Sporting Clube de Braga26%

Actual: Royale Union Saint-Gilloise win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes56% 0% No44%

Avg goals/match: 2.78

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	77%	23%
± 2.5	52%	48%
± 3.5	31%	69%
± 4.5	16%	84%

Double Chance

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise or Draw

74%

Draw or Sporting Clube de Braga

52%

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise or Sporting Clube de Braga

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise32% Draw46% Sporting Clube de Braga22%

Actual: Sporting Clube de Braga win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.7%

2 – 1

Actual

1 – 0

8.7%

0 – 0

8.1%

2 – 0

7.3%

1 – 2

0 – 1

6.7%

2 – 2

5.5%

0 – 2

4.6%

3 – 1

4.6%

3 – 0

3.7%

3 – 2

2.9%

Asian Handicap — Royale Union Saint-Gilloise

Handicap	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise covers	Push	Sporting Clube de Braga covers
-2.5	9%	—	91%
-2	9%	13%	78%
-1.5	22%	—	78%
-1	22%	21%	57%
-0.5	43%	—	57%
+0.5	71%	—	29%
+1	71%	16%	12%
+1.5	88%	—	12%
+2	88%	8%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise keeps clean sheet

30% ✓

Sporting Clube de Braga keeps clean sheet

22% ✓

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