January 23rd features a match where Union Saint-Gilloise plays host to Genk in a meeting of these two mismatched Pro League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 6 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Union Saint-Gilloise sits at 1st place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Gent. Neither Union Saint-Gilloise nor Gent could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 6 and 8 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Union Saint-Gilloise is on a hot streak lately, with only 1 loss in their last 10 matches, while genk is fresh off their 4-1 win against Beerschot-Wilrijk. Patrik Hrošovský struck first for Genk in the 20th minute, then Junya Ito added another in the 32nd minute on a feed from Daniel Muñoz. Genk is looking for direction having 4 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
Genk and Union Saint-Gilloise last played eachother at the Luminus Arena on Sep 12th. Genk and Union Saint-Gilloise battled to a 1-1 draw. Paul Onuachu struck first for Genk in the 73rd minute on a penalty, then in the 5th minute of the second half’s stoppage time, Marco Lund Nielsen sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Deniz Undav earning them at least the one point.
Both Junya Ito and Patrik Hrošovský have been the hottest scorers for Genk in the last five each having scored 3 goals. Union Saint-Gilloise is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Deniz Undav and Dante Vanzeir each having 2 goals in their last 5.