Royale Union Saint-Gilloise vs Sporting Clube de Braga, Europe 2024-25 LEAGUE STAGE
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Overview
Match Preview
Royale Union Saint-Gilloise vs Sporting Clube de Braga — Europe at Lotto Park.
- Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
- Sporting Clube de Braga 8 games · 17 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Nick Walsh
29 games this season 🟨 0.7/game ⚽ 4.2 goals/gameStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Olympique Lyonnais 8 21 2 Aston Villa FC 8 21 3 FC Midtjylland 8 19 4 Real Betis Balompie 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 Ferencvarosi TC 8 15 13 Nottingham Forest FC 8 14 14 FC Viktoria Plzen 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 Fenerbahce 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
Recent Form
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 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 Famalicao H 3–3 D Key Stats
100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (3 games)100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history50% Clean Sheets
Sporting Clube de Braga this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
Sporting Clube de Braga0-152/116-30–/331-451/146-602/–61-751/276+1/–■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Royale Union Saint-Gilloise is hosting Sporting Clube de Braga for another epic battle.
- 5' 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.
- 10' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 15' 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.
- 16' GOAL! Amine El Ouazzani scores on 16. Assisted by Bruma
- 21' 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.
- 26' It’s high time Carlos Carvalhal made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 31' Supporters expect more eagerness from Paulo Oliveira, as he is very good at scoring at Lotto Park with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 36' The travelling Sporting Clube de Braga supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 41' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 45' It’s gonna be a card for Christian Burgess.
- 46' It is a substitution in Royale Union Saint-Gilloise team. Fedde Leysen is replaced by Kevin Rodriguez on 46 minute.
- 50' Goal! Franjo Ivanovic scores his 23 goal in 226 matches.
- 55' It looks surprising Sporting Clube de Braga does not make any changes. Ismael Gharbi has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 60' Jean-Baptiste Gorby needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 65' Sporting Clube de Braga is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 66' Royale Union Saint-Gilloise receives a card for a hard tackle on 66.
- 67' The supporters are chanting for Mathias Rasmussen. He replaces Anouar Ait El Hadj on 67 minute.
- 72' 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.
- 73' The referee calls foul for Kevin Rodriguez. He receives a card.
- 74' Royale Union Saint-Gilloise is taking the lead after the goal scored by Franjo Ivanovic on 74.
- 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' The referee shows Sporting Clube de Braga player a card on 80.
- 82' The referee calls foul for Koki Machida. He receives a card.
- 84' The Sporting Clube de Braga manager makes a substitution. Paulo Oliveira departs to be replaced by Ismael Gharbi.
- 85' Another change for Sporting Clube de Braga made on 85 minute. Roger Fernandes leaves to be changed by Victor Gomez.
- 90' A meaty challenge results in booking for Noah Sadiki on 90.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 2-1.
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Lineups
Royale Union Saint-Gilloise Lineups
Starting XI
- 16
- 26
- 28
- 10
- 22
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48
Fedde Leysen ↓ Kevin Rodriguez 46'
- 49
- 27
- 77
- 6
- 9
Bench
- 14
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4
Mathias Rasmussen ↑ 67'
- 1
- 33
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13
Kevin Rodriguez ↑ 46'
- 74
- 32
Coach Sébastien PocognoliSporting Clube de Braga Lineups
Starting XI
- 8
- 4
- 7
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15
Paulo Oliveira ↓ Ismael Gharbi 84'
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21
Ricardo Horta ↓ Rodrigo Zalazar 84'
- 91
- 3
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11
Roger Fernandes ↓ Victor Gomez 85'
- 29
- 9
- 77
Bench
- 19
- 10
- 25
- 12
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16
Rodrigo Zalazar ↑ 84'
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6
Vitor Carvalho ↑ 46'
- 26
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20
Ismael Gharbi ↑ 84'
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Victor Gomez ↑ 85'
- 92
- 53
- 50
Coach Carlos Carvalhal -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Vitor Oliveira 3 Gustaf Nilsson 2 Victor Boniface 2 Franjo Ivanovic 2 Abel Ruiz 1 Dante Vanzeir 1 Amine El Ouazzani 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 WSporting 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 Famalicao D -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.55 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.23 Sporting Clube de Braga xGI would bet for: Both teams to score 56%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Royale Union Saint-Gilloise winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.78Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line 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
✗ WrongActual: Sporting Clube de Braga win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 12.7%2 – 1 Actual1 – 0 8.7%0 – 0 8.1%2 – 0 7.3%1 – 2 7%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.