Union – Club: the Club facts

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They competition

Sunday evening, Club Brugge travel to the Joseph Mariënstadion for a clash with Union St.-Gilloise, the last exchange of the year. It is the 95th meeting between both teams in the Eerste Klasse and the 100th official confrontation ever. With both teams in top form, it promises to be an exciting duel to be played: Club Brugge are all 12 games in the tournament, while Union, along with Anderlecht, are a series of 11 tournaments participating.

In 2024, Club Brugge was able to gain position 11 times. A winning Sunday had a club record from 12 days in a calendar year. The previous 47 away matches in Dudenpark give the Club 13 wins, 7 draws and 27 defeats. Remarkably, that Club in the last 11 places to Union has only lost one in all games that had scored.

Earlier this season, both teams faced each other twice. Union won the Supercup in Bruges 1-2, while the competitive confrontation in the Jan Breydelstadion ended 1-1. Andreas Skov Olsen and Hans Vanaken remain the key figure for Blauw-Zwart: Olsen leads the top scorer classification of the Club with 7 goals, while Vanaken met 6 assists, which are the best of the Jupiler Pro League.

They oppose

The Union has a strong series of matches again in the best matches. They collected all 20 points in Dudenpark, which is also Club Brugge in location. The Union is the only team to die in the last four seasons, all of which are the first nine home games to be won.

Met Franjo Ivanović, the Union has a rising star in the house. The Croatian striker scored a hat-trick against Westerlo on the previous match day and is the top scorer of les Unionistes with 5 goals. Alessio Castro-Montes is met with 2 assists, the best recorded by the home team.

Union has 9 clean sheets to its name this season and won in the Croky Cup’s last match against AA Gent. In the UEFA Europa League place, the next round will meet against FC Twente and OGC Nice.

The milestone

  • Casper Nielsen can face his former teams 110th match for Club Brugge game.
  • Hugo Vetlesen is waiting for his 75th match for Blauw-Zwart.
  • Brandon Mechele can be 340e competition match for Club game.
  • Chemsdine Talbi can make 30 performances for the club.

The referees

The match is under the direction of Lawrence Visser, who was recorded by Lijnrette’s Rien Vanyzere and Thibaud Nijssen. The fourth official is Wim Smet. The VAR is Wesli De Cremer, assisted by Ella De Vries and Glenn Claes. Visser previously managed 44 of Club Brugge’s official duties, including 26 away matches (10 matches, 11 draws, 5 defeats). For Union he played 20 games, 10 of which were home matches (5 games, 2 draws, 3 defeats).

This will be the third duel between Club and Union under Visser. Earlier confrontations ended in a 0-0 draw (January 2022) and a 0-2 victory for Club (May 2022).