Slavia Prague vs Union Saint-Gilloise Match Analysis and Prediction

Slavia Prague vs Union Saint-Gilloise Match Analysis & Prediction

Slavia Prague

07/08/2024 8:00 pm

Union Saint-Gilloise

by Vincent

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Entering the battle for a precious Champions League spot, Slavia Prague and Union Saint-Gilloise meet for the first leg of their third qualifying round tie on Wednesday.

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Having been pipped to the Czech title by Sparta Prague for the secons successive season, Slavia Prague’s consolation prize was a spot in this year’s Champions League qualifiers, and victory in their opening tie would take them straight into the playoffs.

Following a successful pre-season, which featured four wins from five, Jindrich Trpisovsky’s side have been back in competitive action since late last month, when they began their league campaign with a disappointing goalless draw at Slovacko.

Subsequent wins over Slovan Liberec and Dynamo Ceske Budejovice have since lifted Slavia to their familiar spot behind Sparta in the very early standings, and they have yet to concede a single goal across their first three matches.

Slavia now make this season’s European bow at Fortuna Arena, where in four Europa League matches last term they posted three wins and one loss, memorably beating Roma 2-0 in November.

As a result, they finished first in Group G with 15 points, and a 6-0 victory over Sheriff Tiraspol was the club’s biggest in UEFA competition outside of qualifying – they also became the first Czech team to top their group.

Ultimately exiting to AC Milan in the last 16, losing 7-3 on aggregate, ended Slavia’s dream of reaching a first continental final, but now their main aim is to dine at Europe’s top table.

Meanwhile, Union Saint-Gilloise take their place in qualifying after topping Belgium’s regular-season table for a second time in three years, although they again finished runners-up – this time behind club Brugge – in the final league standings.

Union SG finally ended an almost 90-year wait for a major trophy by securing the Belgium Cup, and new boss Sebastien Pocognoli has since made a successful start by winning the Super Cup against Club Brugge, with a 2-1 win at Jan Breydel Stadium.

After then dropping point away to newly-promoted Dender in a goalless opening-day draw, Union SG recorded their first Pro League victory of 2024-25 with Friday’s 3-1 defeat of Beerschot.

Last Autumn, Union SG finished third in a Europa League group also featuring Liverpool, Toulouse and LASK, despite notably beating the Premier League side 2-1, and after battling past Eintracht Frankfurt in the Conference League playoffs, they ultimately lost to Fenerbahce in the last 16.

Along the way, they registered two wins, one draw and two losses in five matches on their travels, and they now head for Prague seeking a positive result to take into next week’s second leg.

Slavia Prague vs. Union Saint-Gilloise Head to head

This will be the first meeting between these two teams.

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Champions League

Slavia Prague Team News

While Ivan Schranz and Mojmir Chytil are both available to start on Wednesday, Slavia Prague may again be without their main marksman.

Vaclav Jurecka has topped the Czech First League’s scoring charts for the past two years, netting 19 times last season, but he is yet to play a single minute this campaign due to a contract dispute.

Slavia Prague's Last 5 Matches

09/07/2024

Slavia Prague

4

Podbrezova

2

Club Friendlies
13/07/2024

Zilina

1

Slavia Prague

5

Club Friendlies
21/07/2024

Slovacko

0

Slavia Prague

0

Czech Liga
27/07/2024

Slavia Prague

4

Ceske Budejovice

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Czech Liga
02/08/2024

Slovan Liberec

0

Slavia Prague

1

Czech Liga

Union Saint-Gilloise Team News

Cameron Puertas was the leading scorer in Union SG’s last European campaign, scoring three goals in 2023-24, and after finding the net again on Friday, he is set to start in support of Dennis Eckert up front.

English pair Ross Sykes and Christian Burgess have been ruled out by injury, while Madagascar midfielder Loic Lapoussin is out in the cold following his recent transfer request.