In a weekend match in week 2, on Friday Jul 29th, Union Saint-Gilloise will play host to Sporting Charleroi in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Pro League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 17 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Union Saint-Gilloise is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Sint-Truiden. Daichi Hayashi scored the first goal for Sint-Truiden in the 22nd minute, but Simon Adingra got the equalizer for Union Saint-Gilloise in the 71st minute earning them at least the one point. Union Saint-Gilloise looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 1st placed Sporting Charleroi, recorded a 3-1 win against AS Eupen. Anass Zaroury scored the first goal for Sporting Charleroi in the 18th minute, then Loic Bessile added another in the 51st minute. Sporting Charleroi is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Union Saint-Gilloise won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Both Vakoun Issouf Bayo and Ali Gholizadeh have been the hottest scorers for Sporting Charleroi in the last five each having scored 2 goals each. Deniz Undav and Kaoru Mitoma are the top scorers for Union Saint-Gilloise in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.