Cercle Brugge vs Union Saint-Gilloise betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Pro League match on December 08th, 2024

Cercle Brugge and Union Saint-Gilloise will on Sunday, December 08th, 2024 at 15:00h (UTC), play in a Pro League football game in Belgium, check the Cercle Brugge vs Union Saint-Gilloise betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Cercle Brugge vs Union Saint-Gilloise will occur

The game will be played in the small Jan Breydelstadion stadium, in the city of Brugge, with a capacity for 29975 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

You can follow the match live with access to all the information to help with your sports betting at Betarena, including statistics, events and odds.

Introduction to the Cercle Brugge vs Union Saint-Gilloise betting tip 2024/2025

Despite the season change, the Pro League has not changed much regarding goals. Today's average goals in the competition are still similar to what was seen in the tournament's last edition. The current mark is 2.77 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.82 goals per game of the last championship.

Cercle Brugge last match

Cercle Brugge in its last official match lost (0-1) against Sint-Truiden, in a match valid for Belgian Cup.

The match between the two teams was expected to be quite close, as evidenced by the fact that the home team's defeat had odds of 2.88.

Union Saint-Gilloise last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this contest after a previous event's victory. In a dispute valid for Belgian Cup, Union Saint-Gilloise faced the Gent team, and the score ended in favor with a 3-2.

The odds of 1.48 before the match made clear the favoritism of the team before the match, a condition that was ratified with the final positive result.

Cercle Brugge vs Union Saint-Gilloise h2h

The last time these teams played against each other was in Pro League, where Union Saint-Gilloise was at 8th place while Cercle Brugge occupied 15th place. Union Saint-Gilloise went in with a 3-4-1-2 formation while Cercle Brugge opened their game with a 3-4-3 tactic.

The previous meeting between these two teams was in the 2024/2025 season of the Pro League. The meeting took place on 27-10-2024 and ended with a 1-3 win for Cercle Brugge.

The Union Saint-Gilloise team in the last five matches has achieved more regular results, with a total of 4 wins, compared to the Cercle Brugge team, which won only 1 match.

In charge of this football game will be L. D'hondt, while R. Devillers and N. Claes will assist him.

Cercle Brugge

Pro League leaderboard now

Cercle Brugge comes into this game ranking in 15th place in the Pro League. The team has scored 15 points, 4 wins, 9 losses and 3 draws. However, this is a negative balance.

Kortrijk ranks just above, occupying 14th place in the 17th round, the team suffers a small disadvantage of 2 points.

Cercle Brugge analysis

Cercle Brugge after 16 matchdays have scored 18 goals and conceded 30 goals, and therefore shows a negative goal difference.

Cercle Brugge team comes to this game with a sequence of 3 losses in the Pro League that has been affecting the team's morale.

The performances of Cercle Brugge in recent matches suggest that they are having difficulty scoring goals, with a low number of goals and a high number of matches where they failed to score. This indicates that their attacking play is not creating enough quality chances and needs improvement.

With an average ball possession of 46.06% per game in the current league, Cercle Brugge cannot call itself a team that holds the game in its hands, rather it prefers the counterattacking strategy. But if they want to try to win the game against Union Saint-Gilloise they must try to impose their game to create difficulties for their opponents.

Best goalscorer from Cercle Brugge

Kevin Denkey has proved to be a tremendous individual asset for the team's offense this season. With 9 goals scored in the competition, the Attacker has been instrumental in leading Cercle Brugge to obtain favorable outcomes on several occasions.

It should also be noted that 1 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Union Saint-Gilloise

Pro League leaderboard now

The Union Saint-Gilloise team with 23 points currently occupies the 6th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Championship Round, with a campaign of 5 wins, 8 draws, and 3 losses.

This means that Gent team, in 7th place, is close behind in the 17th round with the same number of points.

Union Saint-Gilloise analysis

Currently, in the Pro League, Union Saint-Gilloise sums 20 goals for and a total of 14 goals against, after 16 rounds played.

As we approach the Regular Season, Union Saint-Gilloise is gearing up for another gripping match. In the opening game, the team managed 4.69 shots on target, offering a glimpse into their offensive capabilities.

Best goalscorer from Union Saint-Gilloise

In this season, the individual highlight is Promise Akinpelu that has dominated the offensive side. The Attacker has already scored 3 times this season, becoming crucial in the positive results that Union Saint-Gilloise achieved in several matches.

It should also be noted that 1 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Historical data: Union Saint-Gilloise

With 11 titles won in the history of the tournament, the Union Saint-Gilloise team is one of the competition's leading names. The record of the team will impact the final outcome of the match and it will not be the first time the team has managed to impress their opponents with a win at a time when they are in bad shape.

For bettors some entries may be interesting for this match, namely:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Cercle Brugge is Kevin Denkey, who has already scored 9 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Union Saint-Gilloise is Promise Akinpelu, he has scored in 3 opportunities.

Some study shows us that between 75-90 minutes is where most goals occur, this can be a good bet for those who follow the live game.

Taking into consideration that Union Saint-Gilloise scores an average of 0.75 goals per match when playing away, we should consider the under 2.5 betting market, especially because this team usually does not concede goals when playing out of their stadium.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 1.95.

Corners Top Betting Tips

The number of corners of both teams when combine gives an average of 6.16 corners per game, something to explore to gain good betting results.

Cercle Brugge is usually quite offensive in their matches, and this has resulted in a high average of corner kicks in the competition. Currently, the team averages 6.75 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of Cercle Brugge in this match.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Cercle Brugge has an average of 1.7 yellow cards per game over the 16 rounds, while Union Saint-Gilloise has an average of 2.6. In other words, these teams together are averaging 4.56 yellow cards per match. Therefore, it might be a good option to bet on the 'Over 4.5 cards' option in this duel.

On the Union Saint-Gilloise side, we know that it is a more aggressive team having received the red card 3 time this season, very different from Cercle Brugge who only saw the red card twice. Both the red and yellow cards market can be a good bet.

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