Belgian Pro League · 2025Planet Group Arena

KAA Gent 2–3 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise · Belgian Pro League

2–3Historical match

A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise won 2–3.

Shots
2011
Shots on target
68
Expected goals
1.533.41
Possession
48%52%

Full time

What the match recorded

Union St. Gilloise beat Gent 3–2. Recorded in this match (Gent – Union St. Gilloise): shots 20–11, shots on target 6–8, expected goals 1.53–3.41, possession 48%–52%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

Pre-match record

What the data showed before kick-off. Kept for reference; it did not know the result.

Both teams have elevated corners records

weak

Each team's season corners average is above the competition baseline.

5.33 corners/matchCornersGent · Union St. Gilloise● 6.33 corners/match
Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Both team averages are compared with the same competition baseline.

Window: season

MetricGentUnion St. GilloiseBaseline
Corners5.33 corners/match6.33 corners/match4.5 corners/match

Caveat: A shared historical pattern is descriptive and may not repeat in one fixture.

This match

Match statistics

  • Shots20 shots11 shotsKAA Gent 20 shots, Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 11 shots
  • Shots on target6 shots8 shotsKAA Gent 6 shots, Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 8 shots
  • Expected goals1.53 xG3.41 xGKAA Gent 1.53 xG, Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 3.41 xG
  • Possession48%52%KAA Gent 48%, Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 52%
  • Corners5 corners10 cornersKAA Gent 5 corners, Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 10 corners
  • Fouls11 fouls10 foulsKAA Gent 11 fouls, Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 10 fouls
  • Yellow cards1 card4 cardsKAA Gent 1 card, Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 4 cards

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Arrows show each team’s attacking direction.

Ousseynou Niang · Union St. Gilloise · 10′ · 0.01 xG · off target or blockedLeonardo Lopes · Gent · 54′ · 0.01 xG · off target or blockedSamuel Kotto · Gent · 6′ · 0.02 xG · off target or blockedMaksim Paskotsi · Gent · 45′ · 0.02 xG · on targetAtsuki Ito · Gent · 45′ · 0.02 xG · off target or blockedFranck Surdez · Gent · 47′ · 0.02 xG · off target or blockedKevin Rodriguez · Union St. Gilloise · 9′ · 0.03 xG · on targetSiebe Van Der Heyden · Gent · 42′ · 0.03 xG · off target or blockedSamuel Kotto · Gent · 56′ · 0.03 xG · off target or blockedAtsuki Ito · Gent · 64′ · 0.03 xG · on targetWilfried Kanga · Gent · 39′ · 0.04 xG · off target or blockedWilfried Kanga · Gent · 48′ · 0.04 xG · off target or blockedMaksim Paskotsi · Gent · 90′ · 0.04 xG · goalFranck Surdez · Gent · 58′ · 0.05 xG · off target or blockedAnouar Ait El Hadj · Union St. Gilloise · 34′ · 0.06 xG · off target or blockedHyllarion Goore · Gent · 81′ · 0.06 xG · goalOusseynou Niang · Union St. Gilloise · 83′ · 0.06 xG · off target or blockedOusseynou Niang · Union St. Gilloise · 9′ · 0.07 xG · on targetAtsuki Ito · Gent · 6′ · 0.08 xG · on targetMaksim Paskotsi · Gent · 56′ · 0.08 xG · off target or blockedWilfried Kanga · Gent · 88′ · 0.08 xG · off target or blockedOmri Gandelman · Gent · 69′ · 0.10 xG · off target or blockedAdem Zorgane · Union St. Gilloise · 73′ · 0.18 xG · goalAimé Omgba · Gent · 90′ · 0.18 xG · off target or blockedFranck Surdez · Gent · 53′ · 0.20 xG · off target or blockedWilfried Kanga · Gent · 72′ · 0.25 xG · on targetRaul Florucz · Union St. Gilloise · 63′ · 0.26 xG · on targetAnouar Ait El Hadj · Union St. Gilloise · 61′ · 0.41 xG · on targetAlessio Castro-Montes · Union St. Gilloise · 90′ · 0.42 xG · off target or blockedKevin Rodriguez · Union St. Gilloise · 51′ · 0.65 xG · goalRaul Florucz · Union St. Gilloise · 9′ · 0.74 xG · on targetFedde Leysen · Union St. Gilloise · 27′ · 0.78 xG · goal
  • off target
  • on target
  • goal
  • penalty
  • size = xG

Gent: 20 shots, 6 on target, 1.38 xG. Union St. Gilloise: 12 shots, 8 on target, 3.67 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

0240′HT90′Hyllarion Goore · Gent · 81′Maksim Paskotsi · Gent · 90′Fedde Leysen · Union St. Gilloise · 27′Kevin Rodriguez · Union St. Gilloise · 51′Adem Zorgane · Union St. Gilloise · 73′

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Gent 1.38 xG · Union St. Gilloise 3.67 xG.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

0KAA Gent
2Draws
3Royale Union Saint-Gilloise
Royale Union Saint-Gilloise — KAA Gent · Belgian Pro League3–1
KAA Gent — Royale Union Saint-Gilloise · Belgian Pro League0–3
KAA Gent — Royale Union Saint-Gilloise · Belgian Pro League1–3
Royale Union Saint-Gilloise — KAA Gent · Belgian Pro League0–0
Royale Union Saint-Gilloise — KAA Gent · Belgian Pro League1–1

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: KAA Gent favored in 0 of 11 directional metrics · Royale Union Saint-Gilloise in 0 · 11 too close

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

KAA Gent3 matchesRoyale Union Saint-Gilloise3 matches
1.33 goals/matchGoals scored3/3▲ 3 goals/match
2 goals/matchGoals allowed3/3▲ 1 goal/match
1.53 xG/matchExpected goals3/3▲ 2.81 xG/match
14.3 shots/matchShots3/3▲ 15.7 shots/match
4.67 shots/matchShots on target3/3▲ 8.67 shots/match
59.3% ●Possession3/353.7%
5.33 corners/matchCorners3/3● 6.33 corners/match
0.67 cards/matchCards3/32.67 cards/match
11 fouls/matchFouls3/312.7 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade C · Limited evidenceLimited evidence — limited
Season samples3 / 3home / away teams
Recent samples3 / 3last-five windows
FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match
  • At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
  • At least one team has an incomplete last-five window.

Known unknowns

  • Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
  • The completed-match sample is too small for broad style conclusions.
  • The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.
Analysis cutoff: Sat, 9 Aug 2025, 22:45 UTC · analysis-v4

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