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Cercle Brugge v Union Saint Gilloise : Pro League match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sun 8th Dec, 15:00 BST, Jan Breydelstadion, Bruges

Sébastien Pocognoli will be hoping for a crucial away win in the Pro League on Sunday afternoon, as he takes his Union Saint Gilloise side to the Jan Breydelstadion to visit Cercle Brugge and Miron Muslić. All of the key stats for the tie, including head to heads (H2Hs), predictions and odds from leading bookmakers across seventeen major markets are included in this in-depth preview. It's all brought together specifically to help you make a smart bet.


Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

Neither Cercle B or Union SG are in the sort of form that would leave us feeling very confident in tipping a match winner, so we're going with over 1.5 goals. The stats show that both have form in this market, both individually and when going head-to-head. We're predicting there's a 76% chance of two goals or more.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 40% chance of Union SG coming away with a win.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Cercle B
34%
29/10
5%
3/1
5%
Draw
26%
13/513/5
5%
Union SG
40%
9/10
4%
17/20
3%
Draw 1-1
12%
6/111/2
7%
Union SG 1-0
10%
13/26/1
Cercle B 1-0
9%
11/19/1
9%
Union SG 2-1
9%
15/213/2
Cercle B 2-1
8%
12/110/1
8%
Draw 0-0
7%
10/117/2
5%
Union SG 2-0
7%
8/115/2
6%
Cercle B 2-0
6%
20/116/1
Draw 2-2
5%
14/111/1
Union SG 3-1
4%
14/111/1
Cercle B 3-1
3%
28/1
15%
22/1
Union SG 3-0
3%
14/112/1
8%
Union SG 3-2
2%
25/1
13%
18/1
Cercle B 3-0
2%
40/133/1
Cercle B 3-2
2%
33/1
17%
25/1
Over 2.5 Goals
49%
17/204/5
3%
Under 2.5 Goals
51%
19/2010/11
2%
Home 1st Goal
47%
8/5
1%
-
Away 1st Goal
49%
4/7
3%
-
No 1st Goal
5%
10/1-
BTTS - Yes
53%
3/43/4
BTTS - No
47%
1/11/1
BTTS - Home Win
16%
13/211/2
7%
BTTS - Draw
19%
15/47/2
2%
BTTS - Away Win
18%
3/1
7%
13/5
6%
Home/draw
60%
10/1110/11
5%
Away/draw
66%
1/4
2%
2/9
Home/away
74%
2/72/7
3%
Over 1.5 Goals
74%
1/41/4
Under 1.5 Goals
26%
11/45/2
5%
Over 3.5 Goals
27%
9/42/1
4%
Under 3.5 Goals
73%
1/34/11
Over 4.5 Goals
12%
11/2
8%
9/2
5%
Under 4.5 Goals
88%
1/9
1%
1/8
2%
Over 5.5 Goals
5%
12/19/1
Under 5.5 Goals
95%
1/251/25
Over 0.5 Goals
93%
1/201/20
1%
Under 0.5 Goals
7%
10/117/2
5%
Home DNB
52%
7/4
8%
15/8
4%
Away DNB
58%
2/5
3%
4/11
2%
Cercle B win to nil
18%
6/1-
Union SG win to nil
21%
12/5
5%
-
Cercle B / Cercle B
13%
11/2
7%
5/1
8%
Cercle B / Union SG
4%
22/1
10%
18/1
12%
Cercle B / Draw
6%
14/112/1
Draw / Cercle B
10%
15/27/1
6%
Draw / Union SG
17%
15/418/5
Draw / Draw
15%
9/24/1
9%
Union SG / Cercle B
3%
33/125/1
Union SG / Union SG
27%
2/115/8
7%
Union SG / Draw
6%
12/1
13%
11/1
8%
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Win / draw / win Pro League table

Cercle B have played 16 matches so far this season and are in 15th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

14 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 8 games, drawn 3 and won 3. Cercle B have conceded 26 goals, scored 12, failed to score in 7 matches and kept 2 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Cercle B have played 8 games at home, winning 3, drawing 2 and losing 3 fixtures. They have scored 12 goals, conceded 13 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and failed to score 2 times in home league games.

Union SG lay in 6th place on 23 points in the Pro League league table having played 16 matches. Union SG are having a poor run against away teams, having not won a match so far this season. They have also not scored in 4 of those games.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 10 games against teams below them in the table, winning 3, drawing 5 and losing 2 games. They have scored 12 goals and kept 6 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Union SG have conceded 9 goals and have failed to score in 4 matches.

Away league performance

Union SG have played 8 away games, winning 0, drawing 6 and losing 2 games. They have scored an average of 0.8 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.1 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Cercle B
Union SG
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Genk1611231235 
l
 
2-3A
Feb 8
w
 
4-0F
Mar 15
2
Brugge169431731 
Mar 8
l
 
3-0A
Dec 22
d
 
1-1F
3
Anderlecht167631827 
l
 
0-5A
Mar 15
d
 
0-00-0
Feb 22
4
Antwerp168351527 
Mar 1
l
 
3-0A
w
 
2-1A
l
 
2-0A
5
Mechelen167361024 
Jan 11
l
 
2-0A
Feb 15
d
 
1-1F
6
Union SG Away16583623 
Dec 8
w
 
1-3A
-
-
7
Gent16655523 
w
 
2-1F
Dec 15
d
 
0-00-0
Dec 26
8
Westerlo16646422 
Feb 15
l
 
3-0A
Dec 15
l
 
4-3F
9
S. Liege16646-822 
Feb 1
l
 
1-0A
Mar 8
d
 
0-00-0
10
Leuven16394-418 
Dec 22
d
 
1-1F
Jan 18
d
 
1-1F
11
S.Charleroi16538-518 
w
 
2-0F
Jan 25
w
 
1-0F
Jan 11
12
Dender16466-918 
d
 
0-00-0
Jan 18
Mar 1
d
 
0-00-0
13
St Truiden16466-1118 
d
 
1-1F
Dec 27
Feb 1
d
 
0-00-0
14
Kortrijk16529-1717 
l
 
1-2A
Feb 22
w
 
3-0F
Feb 8
15
Cercle B Home16439-1215 
-
-
l
 
1-3F
Dec 8
16
Beerschot162410-2110 
w
 
4-1F
l
 
3-2F
w
 
3-1F
Jan 25
Championship Round
UEFA Conference League Play Offs
Relegation Round
Win / draw / win form
3
Cercle B have lost 3 consecutive league games
4
Union SG have drawn 4 consecutive away league games
8
Union SG have not won in 8 consecutive away league games
Cercle B 15TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
3
Goals: Scored
35
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
7
Draw
6
Lost
7
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
34
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
6
D
4
Lost
10
Union SG 6TH
20 league games
Away
4
Overall
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
6
Draw
10
L
4
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
17
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
7
Draw
10
L
3
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Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
5
Union SG have not lost to Cercle B in 5 consecutive away league meetings
League games at Cercle B since 2019
Cercle B
Union SG
Goals: Scored
4
11
Games: Scored
3 / 5
5 / 5
Clean sheets
0 / 5
2 / 5
D
1
USG
4
League games at Union SG since 2019
Union SG
Cercle B
Goals: Scored
13
11
Games: Scored
6 / 6
6 / 6
Clean sheets
0 / 6
0 / 6
CER
2
USG
4
Goal Statistics

Goals have been an issue for Union Saint Gilloise of late. It has been 9 Pro League games since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.4 suggests they'll have problems ending that run on Sunday afternoon against Cercle Brugge.

Cercle B 15th Union SG 6th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.2
goals
1.4
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
29%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 65% probability that Cercle B will score no more than 1 goal
0
25%
1
35%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 60% probability that Union SG will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+2
Cercle B’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-17
Union SG have scored 17% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.8
average goals scored
1.3
average goals scored
1.4
conceded
1.1
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Pro League - 2024/2025 season
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Cercle B
PG (predicted goals)
Union SG
1.2
1.4
Attack rating
CER
USG
11%
better
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Games scored9
10
Failed to score7
6
Scored first6
9
Goals scored18
20
Avg. goals scored1.1
1.3
Avg. shots per game9
10
Avg. shots per goal8
8
Conversion rate for12
12
Avg. XG for1.5
1.6
KickOff rating
+11%
Defence rating
CER
USG
50%
better
view stats
Games conceded14
8
Clean sheets2
8
Conceded first9
2
Goals conceded30
14
Avg. goals conceded1.9
0.9
Avg. shots/game conceded9
7
Avg. shots/goal conceded5
8
Conversion rate against21%
13%
Avg. XG against1.8
1.2
KickOff rating
+50%

Cercle B v Union SG Pro League lLine ups will show here when available.

Cercle B Pro League squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
16935
T SomersK DenkeyF NazinhoS Miangue
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
A Francis MID162
-
T Somers FWD1612
1
-
C Ravych  DEF151
2
-
H Bruggen  MID1511
2
-
K Denkey FWD1591
3
-
L Agyekum MID14
-
F Nazinho DEF133
4
-
E. Nunes Barbosa dos Santos MID13
2
-
A Minda MID131
1
-
K Olaigbe FWD131
1
-
G Magnée DEF121
-
S Miangue DEF12
5
-
F Augusto FWD1212
-
Warleson GLK9
1
-
I Diakité DEF8
1
E Utkus  DEF8
2
1
A. Ouattara FWD82
1
-
M Delanghe GLK7
1
-
Bruninho FWD711
-
P. Brunner FWD5
-
M. Efekele FWD5
-
N Wilde MID4
-
B Popovic DEF2
1
-
J Lietaert DEF1
-
Union SG Pro League squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
16335
A MorisK AllisterA Castro-MontesK Allister
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
A Moris GLK16
2
-
N Sadiki MID1611
3
-
C Vanhoutte MID15
1
1
K Machida DEF14
2
1
K Allister DEF1431
4
1
M Fuseini FWD1431
2
-
F Leysen DEF11
2
-
J Amani MID11
2
-
P David FWD113
2
-
M Rasmussen MID101
-
A Castro-Montes MID103
2
-
F Ivanovic FWD1021
2
-
A Khalaili FWD102
2
-
K Rodríguez FWD102
-
C Burgess  DEF9
4
-
C Terho FWD91
2
-
A Hadj MID7
2
-
E Kabangu FWD6
-
R Sykes DEF511
2
-
K. Van de Perre MID4
1
-
L Lapoussin MID411
1
-
D Ayensa FWD31
-
H Teklab FWD3
-
G François DEF2
-
V Chambaere GLK1
-