Belgian Pro League Knockout phase Sun, Aug 24 · 17:30 Stade Communal du Tivoli, La Louvière
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Our take

Union St. Gilloise were slight favourites.

Union St. Gilloise were the stronger side on L90 Strength (55 vs 24). Union St. Gilloise usually keep the ball (58% on average), which points to more chances at both ends. RAAL La Louvière had 7.1 days of rest, Union St. Gilloise 7.9 and had to travel 42 km.

Away travel42 kmRest days7.1 · 7.9Matches / 14d1 · 1
RAAL La Louvière25%
Draw26%
Union St. Gilloise49%
Expected goals 1.07 – 1.59
RAAL La Louvière26%
Draw26%
Union St. Gilloise48%
Expected goals 1.11 – 1.61
RAAL La Louvière24%
Draw26%
Union St. Gilloise49%
Expected goals 1.06 – 1.60
RAAL La Louvière19%
Draw24%
Union St. Gilloise56%
Expected goals 0.96 – 1.78
RAAL La Louvière26%
Draw26%
Union St. Gilloise48%
Expected goals 1.13 – 1.59
Over 2.5 50% Both score 53% Likeliest score 1–1
Rebuilt after the match from pre-match Elo. Real context is the full LOAD90 forecast; Strength only is Elo and home edge alone. How it works.
Weather (La Louvière)

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RefereeNathan Verboomen
  • Cards per match 3.8
  • Penalties per match 0.12
  • Matches 26

Team strength

RAAL La LouvièreUnion St. Gilloise
24 L90 StrengthIn forecast 55
17 Current StrengthIn forecast 70
15 AttackIn forecast 62
15 DefenceIn forecast 74
— Form indexContext —
In forecastContext

L90 Strength, Attack and Defence come from the same Elo rating and attack and defence ratings the forecast uses. Form index is explained in Recent performance.

Match Opportunity

Full analysis

RAAL La Louvière

Attack—
Defense risk—

Union St. Gilloise

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

RAAL La LouvièreUnion St. Gilloise
0.50 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 3.00
1.25 Goals concededVia Att/Def 0.75
0.75 xGVia Att/Def 3.00
1.25 xG allowedVia Att/Def 0.70
-0.25 Goals minus xGContext +0.00
50% Scored inContext 100%
25% Clean sheetsContext 50%
10.25 ShotsContext 18.00
2.50 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 9.25
24% On target shareContext 51%
6.50 Shots in the boxContext 14.00
61% Box shareContext 70%
5% ConversionContext 17%
2.00 OffsidesContext 3.50
11.00 Shots allowedContext 9.50
5.00 On target allowedVia Att/Def 3.67
2.75 BlocksContext 1.75
4.00 Goalkeeper savesContext 3.00
80% Save rateContext 82%
35% PossessionIn forecast 58%
273 PassesContext 453
192 Accurate passesContext 380
70% Pass accuracyContext 84%
6.75 Team ratingContext 7.16
13.50 FoulsContext 12.50
12.25 Fouls sufferedContext 8.75
2.00 Yellow cardsContext 2.25
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.00
This league season, per match · 4 and 4 games
0.50 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 2.00
1.25 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.00
0.75 xGVia Att/Def 2.58
1.25 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.10
-0.25 Goals minus xGContext -0.58
50% Scored inContext 90%
25% Clean sheetsContext 30%
10.25 ShotsContext 18.10
2.50 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 7.80
24% On target shareContext 43%
6.50 Shots in the boxContext 13.67
61% Box shareContext 74%
5% ConversionContext 11%
2.00 OffsidesContext 2.80
11.00 Shots allowedContext 10.10
5.00 On target allowedVia Att/Def 4.00
2.75 BlocksContext 2.40
4.00 Goalkeeper savesContext 2.78
80% Save rateContext 69%
35% PossessionIn forecast 55%
273 PassesContext 468
192 Accurate passesContext 377
70% Pass accuracyContext 81%
6.75 Team ratingContext 7.16
13.50 FoulsContext 13.50
12.25 Fouls sufferedContext 11.20
2.00 Yellow cardsContext 3.10
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.00
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 4 and 10 games
In forecastVia Att/DefContext

In forecast: possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Via Att/Def: goals, xG and shots on target feed the attack and defence ratings. Context: describes the style, no correction of its own.

Recent performance last 5 · schedule

RAAL La Louvière
Rest7.1 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d1all competitions
Travel0 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
No finished matches with a forecast yet.
Union St. Gilloise
Rest7.9 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d1all competitions
Travel42 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
No finished matches with a forecast yet.

Expected points come from each pre-match EloLambda forecast (3 × win chance + draw chance). Explains recent results; in our tests recent form did not add predictive value on top of the model. Rest, travel and schedule load are context; only High Congestion (4+ matches in 14 days) changes the forecast. Full schedule below.

Full schedule & recovery
RAAL La Louvière Union St. Gilloise
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 0Low · 0
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match7.1Belgian Pro League 2025-2026, 17 Aug7.9Belgian Pro League 2025-2026, 16 Aug
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km42 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways0 km0 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days0 / 1 / 30 / 1 / 3
Next matchdays after this one5.97

All competitions synced from eScored, including cups and Europe. Distances are straight-line between stadium cities. Only High Congestion changes the forecast; the other rows are context. Some venues have no coordinates yet.

Squad & lineups

RAAL La Louvière Confirmed XI
5-3-2
21M. Peano(G)
5T. Lutonda 25D. Lamego 13M. Maisonneuve 4Wagane Faye 11J. Liongola
98Owen Maes 15S. Lahssaini 10M. Pau
29O. Mendy 9M. Guindo
+2 more reported missing outside this XI
Union St. Gilloise Confirmed XI
3-4-1-2
37K. Scherpen(G)
48F. Leysen 16C. Burgess 5K. Mac Allister
21A. Castro-Montes 8A. Zorgane 24C. Vanhoutte 25A. Khalaili
10A. Ait El Hadj
13K. Rodríguez 30R. Florucz
+2 more reported missing outside this XI

Last XI is the club's most recent recorded starting lineup, Confirmed XI is the official lineup for this match. We do not publish a predicted lineup. Players in red are reported missing for this match.

Key absences
RAAL La Louvière Scores 0.00 · concedes +0.01 goals Absences are shown before kick-off
Union St. Gilloise Scores -0.02 · concedes +0.02 goals Absences are shown before kick-off
Total impact vs full squads
  • RAAL La Louvière+0.6 pp
  • Draw+0.1 pp
  • Union St. Gilloise-0.7 pp

Home / Away this season

RAAL La Louvière · Home 1.50points per game · 2 home games
W-D-L
1-0-1
Scored
0.50
Conceded
1.00
Union St. Gilloise · Away 2.00points per game · 2 away games
W-D-L
1-1-0
Scored
2.00
Conceded
1.50

Actual results only, not forecast λ. Samples this early in the season are small, so these numbers are not used as a forecast correction.

Common opponents 2 this season

League games this season against teams both sides have played. A small, uneven sample: context only.

Head to head

No earlier meetings in our data.

Referee · Nathan Verboomen 26 matches before this one

Per match, all competitions

Yellow cards3.54league 3.54
Red cards0.27league 0.23
Cards 5+50%league 29%
Fouls23.1league 22.9
Penalties0.12league 0.34
Home wins46%league 46%
RAAL La Louvière1 with this referee
Record0-0-1 Cards · opp.1.0 · 0.0 Pens for · against0 · 0
  • L2 Aug 25A · Gent0–11
Union St. Gilloise1 with this referee
Record1-0-0 Cards · opp.1.0 · 4.0 Pens for · against0 · 0
  • W18 Feb 24A · Kortrijk3–11

From eScored match records before this kick-off. "league" is this league season's average; red is notably above it, green below. Cards · opp. is cards shown to the club and to its opponents per match with this referee. Context only: referees are not part of the forecast.

Goal timing

RAAL La Louvière4 games · scored 2 · conceded 5
1 0-15
1 1 16-30
1 31-45
46-60
1 61-75
2 76-90
Union St. Gilloise4 games · scored 12 · conceded 3
2 0-15
2 16-30
1 31-45
3 46-60
4 61-75
1 2 76-90
RAAL La Louvière4 games · scored 2 · conceded 5
1 0-15
1 1 16-30
1 31-45
46-60
1 61-75
2 76-90
Union St. Gilloise10 games · scored 20 · conceded 10
3 0-15
4 2 16-30
1 2 31-45
4 2 46-60
5 1 61-75
3 3 76-90

scored conceded, by 15-minute band (stoppage time counts to the band before it). Only games with a complete goal log.

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