KVC Westerlo

vs

Union St.-Gilloise

Preview

KVC Westerlo

• KVC Westerlo have won one of their last five matches (D2, L2) and have drawn two and lost three of their last five at home.
• Issame Charai's team have won just one of their last five in all competitions and have posted consecutive draws at home before a 1-2 defeat at the hands of Samsunspor last time out.
• Westerlo have scored just three goals in their last five at their own ground in all competitions, which suggests they're missing a goal.

Union St.-Gilloise

• Union, by contrast, are in flying form and arrive in Belgium after back-to-back wins.
• David Hubert has his team playing a high-tempo brand of football where the wing-backs are flying up and down, pressing is coordinated and the attacks are sharp and vertical.
• Louis Patris has been a live wire for Union with two goals in his last five appearances and Union have scored five themselves in that spell.
• The away record for Union isn't as pretty, with just one draw and two defeats in their last three away matches in all competitions, but the back line has looked more open on the road with 12 goals conceded in that trio of trips.

Head-to-Head

Key Players

Betting Insights

• The market is slightly in favour of the visitors at 1.7, with Westerlo the underdogs at 4.6 and the tie odds at 3.8.
• Union are the clear favourites with the bookmakers, but they seem a bit too short for our taste here, particularly as they are coming up against a team that will set up in a compact 4-2-3-1 system which is built on structure, low blocks and counters.

Prediction

• It's the Union attack that looks more polished and the bookmakers agree, so we will back the away side to edge this one.
• We're going to swerve the spread and instead take a 1-2 away win for the correct score as Westerlo's compact shape can keep it tighter than the market suggests.
• A Both Teams to Score play is also advised if it opens up, as it certainly should when Union make this a high-tempo, up-tempo game.