Viktoria Plzeň vs Union St. Gilloise — UEFA Europa League: stats, lineups & analysis
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- 16′Union St. Gilloise, yellow card:Time wasting
- 17′Union St. Gilloise, goal:0–1assist
- 42′Union St. Gilloise, yellow card:Foul
- 43′Union St. Gilloise, goal:0–2assist
- 45′Viktoria Plzeň, yellow card:Foul
- Half-time0 – 2
- 46′Viktoria Plzeň, substitution:off
- 46′Viktoria Plzeň, substitution:off
- 59′Union St. Gilloise, goal:0–3assist
- 60′Viktoria Plzeň, yellow card:Foul
- 63′Union St. Gilloise, substitution:off
- 63′Union St. Gilloise, substitution:off
- 63′Union St. Gilloise, substitution:off
- 64′Viktoria Plzeň, substitution:off
- 64′Viktoria Plzeň, substitution:off
- 72′Viktoria Plzeň, substitution:off
- 75′Union St. Gilloise, substitution:off
- 82′Union St. Gilloise, substitution:off
- Full-time0 – 3
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Match report
Union St. Gilloise cruise past Plzen in Europa League opener
Union St. Gilloise began their UEFA Europa League League Stage campaign with a comfortable 3-0 win away at Plzen, played at Doosan Arena. The Belgian side led at half-time and never looked troubled thereafter, extending their unbeaten run in the process.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Relebohile Mofokeng opened the scoring in the 17th minute, converting an assist from Massiré Sylla to put the visitors ahead. Mateo Biondic doubled the lead just before the break, finishing off a Louis Patris assist in the 43rd minute to send Plzen in 0-2 down at half-time. Ondřej Kričfaluši added a third in the 59th minute, teed up by Besfort Zeneli, to settle the contest.
Union St. Gilloise controlled proceedings despite a fairly even possession split of 49-51 in Plzen's favour, out-shooting their hosts 22 to 14 and landing 13 shots on target compared with Plzen's five. That efficiency in front of goal, allied to five corners against Plzen's one, underlined the visitors' superior threat throughout.
Mofokeng struck the opening goal and earned the highest rating on the pitch at 8.2, with Kričfaluši and Biondic close behind after both finding the net.
Union St. Gilloise's 13 shots on target to Plzen's five reflected their clinical edge in a match they controlled from the front.
Union St. Gilloise won 3–0 away against Viktoria Plzeň (half-time 0–2).
Viktoria Plzeň met Union St. Gilloise in the UEFA Europa League (League Stage - 1). Kick-off was Thursday, 17 September 2026, 19:00 UTC at Doosan Arena. Referee: Yigal Frid.
Team pages: Viktoria Plzeň · Union St. Gilloise · UEFA Europa League
Key moments
- 17' Goal: Relebohile Mofokeng (assist: Massiré Sylla) — 0–1
- 43' Goal: Mateo Biondic (assist: Louis Patris) — 0–2
- 59' Goal: Ondřej Kričfaluši (assist: Besfort Zeneli) — 0–3
Starting line-ups
Viktoria Plzeň (5-4-1)
Union St. Gilloise (3-4-1-2)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Viktoria Plzeň 35%, the draw 25%, Union St. Gilloise 40%. It finished Viktoria Plzeň 0–3 Union St. Gilloise.
Union St. Gilloise's rating edge outweighs Viktoria Plzeň's home ground — Union St. Gilloise are the stronger side on our strength rating, and that is most of Union St. Gilloise's 40%. The draw at 25% is trimmed by a league that produces few draws.
Why Union St. Gilloise at 40%?
Union St. Gilloise sit 191 points higher on our strength rating — 1776 to 1968. Sides with a 100–200-point rating edge on the road won 40.1% of 13,184 such games. The 300 most similar past games finished 29–26–45.
Why only 40%?
UEFA Europa League home sides out-perform the global norm — and the difference mostly flows to draws (22.8% vs 24.9% norm). UEFA Europa League homes won 47.6% of 4,447 games vs 44.9% across all 100,266 — outside the noise band, so the tally moves accordingly.
Why the draw at 25%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 27.2%. These teams' recent games average 3.0 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 24.6% of 25,104. UEFA Europa League produces fewer draws than most, taking 2.1 points off.
What did we measure but not count?
Union St. Gilloise average 6 points more possession, but the rating gap here is 191 points. Our control receipt only exists between near-equals — there it moved results; across a class gap we could not measure a separate style edge, so style scores 0 here. Union St. Gilloise scored +0.79 goals per game beyond chance-quality lately — hot streaks like that have cooled off. Measured across 2,874 games at this rating gap, hot-finishing sides won 42.1% vs 42.9% class-expected — inside the noise band, so it scores 0 until the receipt clears its evidence bar. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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About this match
On this page: the Viktoria Plzeň vs Union St. Gilloise final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this UEFA Europa League fixture.
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