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 (2025/26)
Sporting Clube de Braga 8 games · 17 pts (2025/26)

Match Details

Referee Nick Walsh

7 games this season 🟨 0.0/game ⚽ 3.1 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 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

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
Sporting Clube de Braga this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sporting Clube de Braga

0-15

2/1

16-30

–/3

31-45

1/1

46-60

2/–

61-75

1/2

76+

1/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' We are underway at Lotto Park. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
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' 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.
15' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Sporting Clube de Braga needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
16' GOAL! Amine El Ouazzani scores on 16. Assisted by Bruma
21' Sporting Clube de Braga started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 21.
26' Sporting Clube de Braga is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
31' 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.
36' 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.
41' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 41 minutes.
45' It’s gonna be a card for Christian Burgess.
46' Time for substitution for Royale Union Saint-Gilloise. Fedde Leysen is replaced by Kevin Rodriguez.
50' What an equalizer from Franjo Ivanovic!
55' Gabriel Martinez needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
60' Sporting Clube de Braga seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
65' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
66' The referee calls foul for Koki Machida. He receives a card.
67' Mathias Rasmussen is replacing Anouar Ait El Hadj for the Royale Union Saint-Gilloise side.
72' The travelling Sporting Clube de Braga supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
73' That looks like a foul for a card for Kevin Rodriguez.
74' What a strike from Franjo Ivanovic! The score is 2-1.
79' It’s high time Sébastien Pocognoli made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
80' The referee calls foul for Ricardo Horta. He receives a card.
82' The referee shows Royale Union Saint-Gilloise player a card on 82.
84' Time for substitution for Sporting Clube de Braga. Paulo Oliveira is replaced by Ismael Gharbi.
85' It is a substitution in Sporting Clube de Braga team. Roger Fernandes is replaced by Victor Gomez on 85 minute.
90' It’s gonna be a card for Noah Sadiki.
With this win, Royale Union Saint-Gilloise is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

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
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 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.