April 24th features a match where Anderlecht will travel to Brussels to battle Union Saint-Gilloise in a clash of the Pro League in the anticipated Brussels derby. Union Saint-Gilloise is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Beerschot-Wilrijk. Union Saint-Gilloise had 0 on net, and Beerschot-Wilrijk had 0, but no one could beat the goalie, and the game ended in a 0-0 draw,. Union Saint-Gilloise should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 21 points in their last 10 matches, while 3rd placed Anderlecht is fresh off their 3-2 win against Kortrijk. Trent Sainsbury scored the first goal for Kortrijk in the 20th minute on a penalty shot, then Joshua Zirkzee tied it up for Anderlecht in the 25th minute on a penalty shot Finally they completed the comback in the 52nd minute on a goal by Anouar El Hadj to cap off a wild match. Anderlecht looks to continue their winning ways, having 7 wins in their last 10 matches.
On Sunday Jan 30th, Union Saint-Gilloise hosted Anderlecht in their last match together. Union Saint-Gilloise won by a score of 1 to 0. Marco Lund Nielsen struck first for Union Saint-Gilloise in the 11th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Anderlecht couldn’t muster any offence and Union Saint-Gilloise ran away with the shutout win.
Anderlecht’s most prolific scorer has been Joshua Zirkzee. The Dutch attacker has netted three goals over the last five matches. Union Saint-Gilloise is glad to have Deniz Undav in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored 5 goals.