KVC Westerlo vs Union St. Gilloise — Jupiler Pro League: stats, lineups & analysis
Match Events
- 13′KVC Westerlo, goal:1–0assist
- 25′Union St. Gilloise, yellow card:Foul
- 28′Union St. Gilloise, goal:1–1assist
- 33′Union St. Gilloise, yellow card:Argument
- 35′KVC Westerlo, yellow card:Foul
- Half-time1 – 1
- 57′Union St. Gilloise, goal:1–2assist
- 60′Union St. Gilloise, substitution:off
- 60′Union St. Gilloise, substitution:off
- 64′Union St. Gilloise, goal:1–3assist
- 68′Union St. Gilloise, substitution:off
- 68′Union St. Gilloise, substitution:off
- 68′KVC Westerlo, substitution:off
- 68′KVC Westerlo, substitution:D. Jochemoff
- 68′KVC Westerlo, substitution:off
- 80′KVC Westerlo, substitution:off
- 81′Union St. Gilloise, goal:1–4assist
- 83′Union St. Gilloise, substitution:off
- 84′Union St. Gilloise, goal:1–5
- Full-time1 – 5
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KVC Westerlo
Union St. Gilloise
Match report
Union St. Gilloise thrash Westerlo 5-1 at Het Kuipje
Union St. Gilloise ran out 5-1 winners away to KVC Westerlo in the opening round of the Jupiler Pro League, overturning an early deficit to inflict a heavy defeat on their hosts at Het Kuipje.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Norman Bassette put Westerlo ahead in the 13th minute, finishing an Isa Sakamoto assist, but Promise David levelled for Union St. Gilloise on 28 minutes with Besfort Zeneli providing the pass, leaving the sides level at half-time. The visitors took control after the break as Raul Florucz restored their advantage in the 57th minute from a David assist, before Relebohile Mofokeng added a third on 64 minutes, teed up by Rob Schoofs.
Union St. Gilloise pulled further clear in the closing stages. Guilherme Henriques da Silva Carvalho scored in the 81st minute after Mohammed Fuseini's assist, and Darius Olaru completed the scoring three minutes later to make it 5-1. Westerlo, already struggling coming into the match, could not respond as the visitors' dominance in front of goal told.
Darius Olaru and Guilherme Henriques da Silva Carvalho both scored and were rated 7.7, while Raul Florucz also found the net and was rated 7.6 as Union St. Gilloise's attack overwhelmed Westerlo.
Union St. Gilloise had 10 shots on target compared to Westerlo's 3, underlining their clinical edge in front of goal.
Union St. Gilloise won 5–1 away against KVC Westerlo (half-time 1–1).
KVC Westerlo met Union St. Gilloise in the Jupiler Pro League (Regular Season - 1). Kick-off was Saturday, 8 August 2026, 18:45 UTC at Het Kuipje. Referee: Bert Put.
Team pages: KVC Westerlo · Union St. Gilloise · Jupiler Pro League
Key moments
- 13' Goal: Norman Bassette (assist: Isa Sakamoto) — 1–0
- 28' Goal: Promise David (assist: Besfort Zeneli) — 1–1
- 57' Goal: Raul Florucz (assist: Promise David) — 1–2
- 64' Goal: Relebohile Mofokeng (assist: Rob Schoofs) — 1–3
- 81' Goal: Guilherme Smith (assist: Mohammed Fuseini) — 1–4
- 84' Goal: Darius Olaru — 1–5
Starting line-ups
KVC Westerlo (3-4-2-1)
Union St. Gilloise (3-4-1-2)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave KVC Westerlo 15%, the draw 18%, Union St. Gilloise 67%. It finished KVC Westerlo 1–5 Union St. Gilloise.
Union St. Gilloise's rating gap outweighs KVC Westerlo's home ground — Union St. Gilloise are clearly the stronger side on our strength rating, and the early-season home fade on top gives Union St. Gilloise a clear lead. The draw at 18% is lifted by the early-season fade in home wins.
Why Union St. Gilloise at 67%?
Union St. Gilloise sit 402 points higher on our strength rating — 1545 to 1947. Sides with a more than 300-point rating edge on the road won 65.8% of 5,163 such games. Both sides are inside their first six league games — home wins land softer this early in the season, so this trims KVC Westerlo's column. Across 10,505 opening-stretch games since 2010, home sides won 42.8% where the rating map expected 44.9%, with draws up 2.0 — negative in every season since 2018. The 300 most similar past games finished 17–16–67.
Why only 67%?
No scored evidence points the other way. 67% is what this rating gap has been worth in games like these; the rest is the draw at 18% and KVC Westerlo at 15%.
Why is the draw only 18%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 16.5%. These teams' recent games average 3.1 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 24.6% of 24,733. Early-season fixtures add 2.0 points to the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Last 6 between them: KVC Westerlo 1 win, 2 draws, Union St. Gilloise 3 wins. Most recently KVC Westerlo 0–0 Union St. Gilloise, 5 months ago. Fixture history hasn't carried forward once class is level: past leaders won just 28.0% of 5561 such games — no measurable edge, 0 points.
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About this match
On this page: the KVC Westerlo vs Union St. Gilloise final score and result, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this Jupiler Pro League fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
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