Week 24 brings us a match on Feb 5th where Union Saint-Gilloise will host Zulte-Waregem in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Pro League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 4 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. 2nd placed Union Saint-Gilloise is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Sporting Charleroi. Gustaf Nilsson scored the first goal for Union Saint-Gilloise in the 24th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Sporting Charleroi couldn’t muster any offence and Union Saint-Gilloise ran away with the shutout win. Union Saint-Gilloise looks to continue their winning ways, having 7 wins in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 16th placed Zulte-Waregem, recorded a 1-2 loss against Club Brugge. Noa Lang scored the first goal for Club Brugge in the 7th minute, but Alioune Ndour got the equalizer for Zulte-Waregem in the 32nd minute. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches.
On Sunday Sep 4th, Zulte-Waregem hosted Union Saint-Gilloise at the Elindus Arena in their last match together. Union Saint-Gilloise was victorious by a score of 3 to 1. Teddy Teuma struck first for Union Saint-Gilloise in the 38th minute on a penalty kick, then Simon Adingra added another in the 70th minute on a feed from José Rodríguez.
Both Zinho Gano and Alioune Ndour have been the hottest scorers for Zulte-Waregem in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals. Gustaf Nilsson has been the most prolific scorer on Union Saint-Gilloise in the last five matches with three goals.