Comeback Win
Union St. Gilloise
Union St. Gilloise went behind and turned the match around.
- Final score
- 2–3
Jupiler Pro League · Matchday 5
Charleroi
F. Mbemba 27'
P. Pflucke 41'
2 – 3
FT
HT 2–2
Union St. Gilloise
M. Kone 12'
A. Zorgane 44'
K. Van De Perre 49'
Jupiler Pro League
Matchday 5Charleroi2–3Union St. Gilloise
2.18
Expected goals
1.24
12′27′41′44′49′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture, so the race is shown as full-time totals: CHA 2.18, USG 1.24.
Match report
Charleroi 2-3 Union St. Gilloise
Union St. Gilloise edged out Charleroi 3-2 at Stade du Pays de Charleroi in Jupiler Pro League. Kone turned into his own net on 12' to make it 1-0, Mbemba made it 2-0 to Charleroi on 27', Pflucke made it 3-0 to Charleroi on 41', Zorgane pulled one back for Union St. Gilloise on 44' and Perre pulled one back for Union St. Gilloise on 49'.
Expected goals finished Charleroi 2.18, Union St. Gilloise 1.24. On the balance of chances Charleroi had enough to take something from it, which makes this a result Union St. Gilloise will take more happily than the performance deserved. Charleroi held 59.0% of the ball.
Union St. Gilloise had to come from behind to get there, which is the detail the scoreline hides.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Union St. Gilloise graded out for clinical edge — 3 goals and 1.24 expected goals. Charleroi graded out for box occupation — 16 of 20 shots in the box and 0.11 xg per shot.
Kevin Mac Allister came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 8.2 for Union St. Gilloise from 3 key passes, 1 shot and 6 tackles.
It was a niggly afternoon: 29 fouls between them and 3 yellow cards, with Union St. Gilloise conceding the most free-kicks (17).
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
59%Possession41%
20Shots17
2.18xG1.24
What the numbers say
3 readsClinical Edge
Union St. Gilloise
Union St. Gilloise finished well above what their chances were worth — 3 goals from 1.24 xG.
- Goals
- 3
- Expected goals
- 1.24
- Overperformance
- +1.76
Box Occupation
Charleroi
Charleroi kept getting bodies into the area — 80% of their shots came from inside the box.
- Shots in the box
- 16 of 20
- Share
- 80%
- xG per shot
- 0.11
Timeline
🟨7'
Ondrej Kricfalusi
Foul
Mardochee Nzita
Foul
🟨9'
🔴12'
M. Kone
F. Mbemba — assist: K. Van Den Kerkhof
⚽27'
P. Pflucke — assist: J. Romsaas
⚽41'
⚽44'
A. Zorgane
🟨45+2'
Louis Patris
Foul
Half-time
⚽49'
K. Van De Perre — assist: B. Zeneli
T. Rowe ↑ A. Boukamir ↓
🔄64'
A. Colassin ↑ F. Mbemba ↓
🔄64'
A. Bojang ↑ P. Pflucke ↓
🔄72'
🔄72'
D. De Roeve ↑ L. Patris ↓
🔄72'
D. Olaru ↑ R. Florucz ↓
🔄80'
N. Havenaar ↑ B. Zeneli ↓
🔄80'
I. Hurtevent ↑ M. Biondic ↓
🔄84'
R. Schoofs ↑ A. Zorgane ↓
G. Nawata ↑ M. Nzita ↓
🔄86'
Match info
Kickoff
VenueStade du Pays de Charleroi, Charleroi
RefereeN. Laforge
CompetitionJupiler Pro League
Season2026
RoundMatchday 5
StatusMatch Finished