In this 4th week match, on Thursday Oct 13th, Union Saint-Gilloise will host Sporting Braga at Stade Joseph Mariën in a Europa League match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, which is great football weather. Union Saint-Gilloise is fresh off their 2-1 win against Cercle Brugge. Dante Vanzeir struck first for Union Saint-Gilloise in the 3rd minute on a feed from Simon Adingra, then Simon Adingra added another in the 56th minute. With 21 points in their last 10 matches Union Saint-Gilloise should be reasonably happy with their performance, while in their last match, Sporting Braga recorded a 0-1 loss against Chaves. Héctor Hernández struck first for Chaves in the 2nd minute on a feed from Brito Teixeira, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Sporting Braga couldn’t muster any offence and Chaves ran away with the shutout win. With 20 points in their last 10 matches Sporting Braga should be reasonably happy with their performance.
On Oct 6th, Sporting Braga hosted Union Saint-Gilloise in their last match together. Union Saint-Gilloise took the match by a score of 2 to 1. Abel Ruiz struck first for Sporting Braga in the 49th minute, then Gustaf Nilsson tied it up for Union Saint-Gilloise in the 86th minute But luckily in the 94th minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Gustaf Nilsson.
Sporting Braga’s top weapon lately has been Carvalho Oliveira, who has two goals in the last 5 matches. For Union Saint-Gilloise, their top scorers are Victor Okoh Boniface and Christian Burgess, each having 2 goals in their last five matches.