Week 8 brings us a match on Sep 11th where Union Saint-Gilloise hosts Genk in a meeting of these two closely matched Pro League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 19 degrees, which is great football weather. Union Saint-Gilloise is fresh off their 3-1 win against Zulte-Waregem. Teddy Teuma struck first for Union Saint-Gilloise in the 38th minute on a penalty, then Simon Adingra added another in the 70th minute. Union Saint-Gilloise is looking for direction having 4 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 2nd placed Genk, recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Sint-Truiden. Neither Genk nor Sint-Truiden could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 16 and 9 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Genk should be reasonably happy with their performance.
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 1 win.
Bryan Heynen has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, the midfielder has scored four goals for Genk. Union Saint-Gilloise’s top weapon lately has been Teddy Teuma, who has 3 goals in the last 5 matches.